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Re: C. Plath bye bye
From: Dan Allen
Date: 2002 Apr 20, 10:09 -0700
From: Dan Allen
Date: 2002 Apr 20, 10:09 -0700
I too am retired. It is good being retired, but one has more time to want things and less income to afford them, whereas when employed one has little time to want things and a better income to buy things! It is a classic time vs money tradeoff... Having said that, I bought the last C. Plath Navistar Classic sold two years ago; these recent Plaths were most likely Navistar Traditional sextants. I believe that Cassens & Plath still make some brass sextants, and perhaps Tamaya, and of course the Chinese Astra IIIb is still around as choices for metal sextants. With the passing of C. Plath, it is like Mercedes Benz going out of the car business... a sad day indeed. Dan -----Original Message----- From: Navigation Mailing List [mailto:NAVIGATION-L@LISTSERV.WEBKAHUNA.COM]On Behalf Of Brian Whatcott Sent: Saturday, April 20, 2002 6:48 AM To: NAVIGATION-L@LISTSERV.WEBKAHUNA.COM Subject: Re: C. Plath bye bye At 17:31 4/19/02 -0500, Rod Myrvaagnes wrote: >Anybody who has lusted after a C. Plath sextant.... >Being retired, I avoid thinking about objects of lust, but anyone who has >ever handled >one of these gorgeous instruments may feel a twinge of regret. > >Rodney Myrvaagnes On a point of fact: doesn't retirement offer new vistas of opportunity to obsess on ones ones altars of lustful worship? and this being the case - is this not an attractively economical alternative to cashing in the annuity and making excessive hay while the Sun shines? Asked in humble recognition of both impending senility and the increasing awareness of the practical difficulties of self-control.....