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From: Joshua Carty
Date: 2026 Jun 29, 18:57 -0700
Hi Steve.
I'm glad you enjoyed it, and thanks for saying so. I'll have another tomorrow. And thanks for that suggestion about James Cook and 1776. Good idea.
Patrick T.,
You goit it. It's the "shores of Tripoli" and all that. I'm glad to see my setup included enough information!
Greg,
No. No line of death (I had to look that up). The American intervention on the "shores of Tripoli" two centuries ago was more important for both countries than the meaningless sacrifice of those poor Libyan pilots annihilated by F-14 back in the '80s.
Ross Henderson,
I guess you ended up in the wrong ocean. Of course this never happens I.R.L. so it's not a REAL LIFE mistake. But I think the technical error was subtracting GHA from LHA maybe? The dLON (your LHA) you're calculating should be added to GHA when the body is rising. That's how I was taught at least. See if that moves you to the Mediterranean......
Thanks, everyone.
Josh
