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Re: Turning Off the GPS
From: John Manson
Date: 2006 Apr 5, 15:04 -0400
From: John Manson
Date: 2006 Apr 5, 15:04 -0400
He did the math in his head! What? You doubt it? -----Original Message----- From: Navigation Mailing List [mailto:NAVIGATION-L@LISTSERV.WEBKAHUNA.COM] On Behalf Of Royer, Doug Sent: Wednesday, April 05, 2006 2:54 PM To: NAVIGATION-L@LISTSERV.WEBKAHUNA.COM Subject: Re: Turning Off the GPS Gordon wrote: BTW, Has anyone seen those German films of the U-Boats during World War II in the North Atlantic pitching and rolling? I start getting seasick just watching it. I saw one where a German Officer was taking a noon sight on a sub like that. They may have been the enemy, but they sure had guts. (It took guts to stand up to them too) Yes, Das Boot was a great movie in more ways than 1. That scene where the exec is attempting to take the noon sight was pretty real as far as I could see. On another tack there are some real goofy portrayals of seamanship in many movies. Most viewers haven't a clue so nothing is subtracted from the movie. However, there is one WW II naval movie (can't remember the title) where John Wayne is shown taking a cut with a sextant while standing on the bridge wing. After the cut is taken he turns the sextant to its side and looks at the sextant's arc and calls out the lat and lon. Pretty funny. -------------------------------------------------------- This email communication is intended as a private communication for the sole use of the primary addressee and those individuals listed for copies in the original message. The information contained in this email is private and confidential and If you are not an intended recipient you are hereby notified that copying, forwarding or other dissemination or distribution of this communication by any means is prohibited. If you are not specifically authorized to receive this email and if you believe that you received it in error please notify the original sender immediately. We honour similar requests relating to the privacy of email communications. Cette communication par courrier electronique est une communication privee a l'usage exclusif du destinataire principal ainsi que des personnes dont les noms figurent en copie. Les renseignements contenus dans ce courriel sont confidentiels et si vous n'etes pas le destinataire prevu, vous etes avise, par les presentes que toute reproduction, transfert ou autre forme de diffusion de cette communication par quelque moyen que ce soit est interdite. Si vous n'etes pas specifiquement autorise a recevoir ce courriel ou si vous croyez l'avoir recu par erreur, veuillez en aviser l'expediteur original immediatement. Nous respectons les demandes similaires qui touchent la confidentialite des communications par courrier electronique.