Date: Sat, 30 Jun 2001 19:20:47 -0400 From: "Bob" <robert.mauri.NOSPAMnopsam.net> Subject: Re: compass in a saab ?
"Four Weis" <mweinopsamcom> wrote in message news:3B3BEFA3.3465864Bnopsamcom... > Whatever floats his boat. It's his money and his decision. > > Personally I don't need a compass. I know where I live and I know the sun rises > in the east and sets in west. At night I know how to find the North Star and I > know enough, thanks to my interest in astronomy to tell directions by the > various major constellations based on the date and time. My Saab has a sun > roof, so I can see the stars at night. > > Saab owners, at least in the past, were generally considered intelligent and > well educated. > > Mike Goldstein wrote: What do you do when it's noon or the sun or stars are hidden behind clouds? I personally have a horrible sense of direction, although I too can track with objects such as the sun. I have a compass in the car and will get a GPS car tracking receiver as soon as I can afford one. Where I live, even with maps, I constantly get lost. Home to work, sure. Home to 122 Somewhere, BFE, I don't know.
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