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Almanac Heaven
From: Robert Eno
Date: 2006 Mar 13, 22:38 -0500
From: Robert Eno
Date: 2006 Mar 13, 22:38 -0500
Hello List,
I have been in retirement for quite a while and for
one reason or another, neglected to activate the list after deactivating it
several months ago.
A question which I have been meaning to
ask:
What do you do with your old Nautical
Almanacs? Since the late 1980's, I have been regularly ordering the US
government edition with its wonderful sewn binding and hardboard covers (I
purchase the commercial version for my vessel's library). I have thus far hung
on to every copy because I am loathe to throw them out. It would be like
throwing out a hardbound edition of a good novel.
Is there any conceivable use for old Nautical
Almanacs? Will, say, the 1999 version ever be of use again through some
cyclic mechanism in the universe (notwithstanding precession etc.)?
Or am I just being an inveterate and sentimental
packrat?
Robert
