Invisible wrote:
>> You know, that is why they invented cup holders?
> 
> My car doesn't have those. Unfortunately.

They make ones that tuck into the window sill or glove box that cost like $1.50.

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>>> You know, that is why they invented cup holders?
>>
>> My car doesn't have those. Unfortunately.
> 
> They make ones that tuck into the window sill or glove box that cost 
> like $1.50.

Heh. To think that for a dollar I could have avoided this... I'm really 
not very intelligent.

Hmm, I wonder... Have they invented a way to attach a satnav device to 
your car in such a way that it won't constantly fall off??

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Invisible wrote:
> Heh. To think that for a dollar I could have avoided this... I'm really 
> not very intelligent.

You confuse stupidity with ignorance. Ignorance can be cured. (Indeed, we 
just did that.) Stupidity hurts forever. :-)

> Hmm, I wonder... Have they invented a way to attach a satnav device to 
> your car in such a way that it won't constantly fall off??

Well, mine is built into the dash. ;-)

Otherwise, I've found a drop or two of silicon gel on the back of a suction 
cup before pressing it to the glass will keep it there for at least several 
years. (The bird feeder hasn't fallen off the window since I did that, a 
good 3 or 4 years ago.)  Of course you have to let it dry completely before 
you put weight on it.

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   I ordered stamps from Zazzle that read "Place Stamp Here".

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>> Heh. To think that for a dollar I could have avoided this... I'm 
>> really not very intelligent.
> 
> You confuse stupidity with ignorance. Ignorance can be cured. (Indeed, 
> we just did that.) Stupidity hurts forever. :-)

No, there are all kinds of ways in which this unfortunate event could 
have trivially been avoided. Hell, I could have just tipped the drink 
down the drain before driving off. Or just waited until I drank it all. 
But noooo... I was too stupid. :-/

>> Hmm, I wonder... Have they invented a way to attach a satnav device to 
>> your car in such a way that it won't constantly fall off??
> 
> Well, mine is built into the dash. ;-)
> 
> Otherwise, I've found a drop or two of silicon gel on the back of a 
> suction cup before pressing it to the glass will keep it there for at 
> least several years. (The bird feeder hasn't fallen off the window since 
> I did that, a good 3 or 4 years ago.)  Of course you have to let it dry 
> completely before you put weight on it.

Trouble is, you then advertise to everybody that you have an easily 
removable satnav hidden somewhere in the car, and they should break in 
to extract it...

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> Hmm, I wonder... Have they invented a way to attach a satnav device to 
> your car in such a way that it won't constantly fall off??

Don't you have one of those suction cups with the lever on it to make the 
vacuum?  I got one of eBay for my 2nd GPS (the built-in one doesn't show 
speed or height in a very sensible way) for like 5 pounds and it's always 
remained stuck on fine.

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Invisible <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
> Do you know what happens if you drive your car with an open can of Pepsi 
> on the passenger seat?

  Hey, you are less anti-social than me: You have a driver's license.

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>> Hmm, I wonder... Have they invented a way to attach a satnav device to 
>> your car in such a way that it won't constantly fall off??
> 
> Don't you have one of those suction cups with the lever on it to make 
> the vacuum?  I got one of eBay for my 2nd GPS (the built-in one doesn't 
> show speed or height in a very sensible way) for like 5 pounds and it's 
> always remained stuck on fine.

My TomTom came with a suction cup, which worked 100% of the time.

Until that time I did a trip with my mum, who completely believes that 
you have to LICK the cup before sticking it to the windscreen. Wouldn't 
believe me no matter how much I tried to tell her that you're not 
supposed to do this.

Now it works 14% of the time. The rest, after a few minutes or hours, it 
lets go. Fine on a motorway, but as soon as you turn a corner, the [very 
expensive] device gets uncerimoniously dumped onto the floor. :-/

I'm wondering if there's some way I could drill it to the dashboard, or 
stick it down with tape or something...

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>   Hey, you are less anti-social than me: You have a driver's license.

Heh. You remember that I live 48 miles from where I work, right?

It's not like you can get the bus to "empty field 26 miles sound of 
Coventry". ;-)

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Invisible wrote:
> 
> Hmm, I wonder... Have they invented a way to attach a satnav device to
> your car in such a way that it won't constantly fall off??

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-Aero

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> Now it works 14% of the time.

Can't you just clean the window and suction cup surface thoroughly?  Use 
alcohol or something to get rid of the grease.

> I'm wondering if there's some way I could drill it to the dashboard, or 
> stick it down with tape or something...

You can get some pretty strong tapes, but usually they lose their stickyness 
at high temperatures (I assume you leave your car out in the sun at some 
point in the summer).  Screwing it into the dashboard is an option, but it's 
going to lose you some re-sale value on your car probably.  Maybe there is 
some edge or corner that you can use a clamp with?  Something like this:

http://www.themountdepot.com/RAP_B_121BU_p/rap-b-121bu.htm

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