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Re: Almanac Heaven: where Alamancs go to die
From: Robert Eno
Date: 2006 Mar 14, 22:57 -0500
From: Robert Eno
Date: 2006 Mar 14, 22:57 -0500
Hmmm. You might be on to something here Doug. Old Nautical Almanacs for income tax services...... Robert ----- Original Message ----- From: "Royer, Doug"To: Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2006 2:46 PM Subject: Re: Almanac Heaven: where Alamancs go to die > Subject: Re: Almanac Heaven: where Alamancs go to die > > Thanks Frank, > > An inveterate and sentimental pack rat I am! > > But your post begs the question: > > If people are buying used Nautical Almanacs on e-bay, what are they using > them for? > > Nautical d?cor of course. It's considered chic to display items or for the > person displaying the items to have big JuJu in displaying them. They > don't > even have to understand what the almanacs/gear are really used for. > Case in point: > The CPA I use to complete my income taxes has his office full of nautical > motifs yet has no clue what most of them are used for. He asks me every > time > I go to his office to explain what one piece of gear's or another's > function > is. > I've also given him a few old hard backed N.A.s for his office's d?cor. > > > > > > > Re: the British Almanac, I cannot tell you what they look like. As far as > I > know, most of us here in Canuckistan purchase our almanacs from the "Great > Satan" ;-^). It is possible, however, that the Canadian Navy -- assuming > that they still use astro -- purchase theirs from mother England. > > I know for sure that as late as the mid-1980's, the Royal Canadian Air > Force > was purchasing their sight reduction tables (AP3270) from England but > their > Air Almanacs from the USA. That was when the latter was published in 6 > month > intervals. > > Robert > > > Laughing my butt off on this reply. Canuckistan and the Great Satan. > Priceless!