NavList:
A Community Devoted to the Preservation and Practice of Celestial Navigation and Other Methods of Traditional Wayfinding
Re: Age: is it relevant?
From: John Kabel
Date: 2005 Apr 4, 21:45 -0400
From: John Kabel
Date: 2005 Apr 4, 21:45 -0400
Dan et al., I get a strangest look when I mention "sextant" if someone happens to spot me using it on the beach for practice. How dare a 50ish man say "sex" in public? But I explain, or I let my kids explain, and everything is cool again within a couple of minutes. I'm just proud of the fact that I was still able to learn such a complicated subject at age 45! These last few months, I forget the most amazing things. BTW, in support of this listserv, I found the recent discussion on GPS as a pseudo-sight reduction tool fascinating. Keep up the good work, folks, flames and old farts notwithstanding! John Kabel London, Ontario > On Apr 4, 2005, at 4:35 PM, George Huxtable wrote: > > > Frank Reed recently chose to tell us that he is 41 years old. > > > > Remarkable, that. I had taken him to be MUCH younger. > > > > For anyone who thinks it to be relevant, I'm seventy. > > I am 46 and my teenagers think that I am very strange because I use > sextants. They have never met any other kids whose fathers use them. > On the other hand, I think they feel somewhat special because they > actually know what a sextant is. Few kids do today... > > Dan > > > -- > Incoming messge appears to be virus-free. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.9.1 - Release Date: 4/1/05 > -- Outbound e-mail is scanned for viruses. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.9.1 - Release Date: 4/1/05
