Help a Luddite help a friend

[GarethM]

They utilised other apple phones to piggy back location details back the apple, Bluetooth is good for 100-300m so unless you're in the literal middle of nowhere it still works. 

Edited December 26, 2022 by GarethM

[Steven P]

and if you do find it, don't disable it, keep it at yours or where a handy friend might live - a risky option of course, or let is live in a few friends houses for a day or so, move on a few times, and then stash it away.. in the dog kennel.... no somewhere like an empty industrial unit (so there is no 1 place where it has been, no obvious home)

[Stubby]

Blue tack it to the underside of a police motorway patrol car .

[GarethM]

Local AA man might be funnier, bloke turns up to some remote breakdown expecting a fun time and find a bloke fumbling under the bonnet.

[Doug Tait]

10 minutes ago, GarethM said:

Local AA man might be funnier, bloke turns up to some remote breakdown expecting a fun time and find a bloke fumbling under the bonnet.

 

I was driving to a fairly out the way Tilhill woodland in the dark one Saturday evening to walk the dogs, single track road for a few miles from the main road. A car in a layby near to the junction pulled out behind me and followed to the forest car park which seemed strange, had me on edge when it parked opposite so I jumped out confidently and let the dogs out in a show of force (had 3, one a German shepherd). A lone, older guy got out at the same time and said "you brought dogs?". I replied of course, couldn't walk them otherwise could I! He said no more and left, quickly, looking very awkward.

Only realised what had happened when I told a mate who explained that car park had a reputation for nocturnal activity among gentleman.

 

If eggs finds this airtag, feel free to send it up north to me to give whoever is playing a game the runaround.

[scbk]

11 minutes ago, Doug Tait said:

 

I was driving to a fairly out the way Tilhill woodland in the dark one Saturday evening to walk the dogs, single track road for a few miles from the main road. A car in a layby near to the junction pulled out behind me and followed to the forest car park which seemed strange, had me on edge when it parked opposite so I jumped out confidently and let the dogs out in a show of force (had 3, one a German shepherd). A lone, older guy got out at the same time and said "you brought dogs?". I replied of course, couldn't walk them otherwise could I! He said no more and left, quickly, looking very awkward.

Only realised what had happened when I told a mate who explained that car park had a reputation for nocturnal activity among gentleman.

 

 

Can't go dogging without dogs!!

 

I had the late night layby (in the borders funnily enough!), with someone flashing their lights at me, I took it as a compliment 

 

A good place for the tracker would be stuffed down the back of a seat on the glasgow subway, plenty of phones to leach off, and spends all day going round in a circle

Edited December 26, 2022 by scbk

[pleasant]

Years ago me and a mate heard about a local dogging site...never been to one before, so one night after the pub kicked out we thought we would have a drive down, park up and watch some action. We arrived, and to check we had gone to the right place I turned the interior light on so I could read the address I had on a piece of paper....within 2 minutes my car was surrounded by four or five blokes peering in. Apparently turning the interior light on is a signal to doggers to come over and I later found out it was a gay haunt, so they naturally assumed me and my mate were going to put a show on for them!

[Doug Tait]

7 minutes ago, scbk said:

I had the late night layby (in the borders funnily enough!), with someone flashing their lights at me, I took it as a compliment 

 

That was me, you missed the time of your life!

[spudulike]

I resorted to sticking bluetooth trackers on my fathers walking sticks when he was in a care home as the residents kept pinching them and he had around 5 floating around the place....it really pissed me off.

I never got to test them as Covid struck and he bowed out a few months later!

[petercb]