The reply above mine is spam. Ignore it. I have always wanted to GPS my garden and there are two main issues. Trees and accuracy. At present, nine feet plus (3 meters) is the most accurate consumer product available. There are a few high end business models that are accurate to about a foot but cost thousands of dollars. Too rich for this blood. Maybe someday........ ken squared

Actually the point of the post I intended to make was less about the deaths themselves but more about the voices and how money, success, etc, can't make you happy so thanks for the post and the courtesy. I am not a person who consults the Tarot cards or something before making a move, but often I go with my "gut feeling" on things. There's times it never made sense but my gut just said don't do it, or occasionally says "do it!" and I really think it's something that demands respect. Can it be coincidence? Often yes. I'm not trying to suggest otherwise. But for me, there's been too many times when "something" happened that I do have a respect for it. Not to say I've never been wrong though! LOL There's been times when there was a strong feeling and when I checked it out, it was nothing. So you have to be aware of false alarms too. But if I'm walking down the street and something says take a different route, I'll usually do it. Not much to lose. Or is there? (Do you hear the Twilight Zone theme playing? do-do-do-do, do-do-do-do...)

We bought our GPS three years ago when we were going to Missouri to see my son and then to Buffalo to husband's sister and his home town. We named ours not very long into our trip. She is Jila. Jila was a little Asian girl who came to my class in pre-school. She was very quiet and shy. For about two weeks. When we went out onto the playground, we wouldn't be out there for longer than five minutes and a child would come up and tell us that " Jila is bossin' us again!"

Passe, maybe, still worthwhile. Dang right, for me anyway. I use them all the time. One is carried on me most all the time. If I don't make a note of things, I tend to forget. Plus it's handy for price comparisons, remembering in what lot you're car is parked and much more. The Sony is a nice unit but the buttons are small. If that's an issue, the Olympus one linked is much better. Buttons are big and easy to figure out as far as basic record/play functions. I have 2 old Sonys that are quite basic by todays standards but they're so user-friendly, they are advantageous. But they're no longer made. I have a newer Sony that is similar to one linked and I have an Olympus that is very similar to the Sony linked. I don't like that Olympus. I also have an Olympus very similar to the one linked and I like it but it's not used too much. Why do I have so many? I had one I would carry on me for work, I'd leave one in the vehicle and left one next to my chair. Got one for free that I couldn't turn down and I bought one for a gift and it was already one received so I decided to keep it since the old ones were starting to show their wear. Much of your challenge will be whether he's willing to do it and if he is excited about doing it, there won't be much of an issue getting him to use the recorder as long as you have one that's pretty self explanatory. I wanted to do a similar thing when my Dad was alive. Didn't happen. Good luck getting it going.