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Re: Air travel with a sextant
From: Bruce Stark
Date: 2004 Dec 9, 13:19 EST
From: Bruce Stark
Date: 2004 Dec 9, 13:19 EST
GO HENRY!
Alex wrote: "Security 'officers' I met were of the same kind as 17-years old girls in a local supermarket who cannot count your change when the computer is off."
You responded: "Hardly different from a navigator who can't do a time sight if his
calculator gives up -- is it now? Sorry Alex, I just had one of those
irresistible urges!"
Perfect shot! Even though we both know Alex is probably better than we are at hand calculation.
Bruce
Alex wrote: "Security 'officers' I met were of the same kind as 17-years old girls in a local supermarket who cannot count your change when the computer is off."
You responded: "Hardly different from a navigator who can't do a time sight if his
calculator gives up -- is it now? Sorry Alex, I just had one of those
irresistible urges!"
Perfect shot! Even though we both know Alex is probably better than we are at hand calculation.
Bruce