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Re: Buying a sextant- a cautionary tale.
From: Alexandre Eremenko
Date: 2006 Apr 30, 23:50 -0400
From: Alexandre Eremenko
Date: 2006 Apr 30, 23:50 -0400
Frank, You wrote: > That advice was in a test message to "NavList". I don't think GH has signed > up though most everyone else has. So I passed him your advise:-) I also signed for the new list very reluctantly, and only a day or two ago. I strongly prefer the old list, but of course I don't want to stay alone in it:-) > Unless I mis-read his note, GH already got his money back from the seller > when he went to pick up the instrument. Oh, if so, I missed this. (I had somehow the opposite picture from George's messages). > and actually I assumed you would reply since that's exactly the problem > you've got, too, though on a smaller scale. Yes, I seem to have exactly the same problem, though I am still reluctant to confirm it. (If so, this would imply that both Freiberger and CP arc tests are a balooney. I would rather assume that I am a poor observer, my sight deteriorates etc... But my results seem stable and reproducible). Alex.