I have a little compass rose in my head - I, too, seem to carry a "running fix" or "GPS."
Wilton ----- Original Message ----- From: "Wonko the Sane" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Sent: Monday, September 08, 2008 9:20 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT - GPS voice > Local farmers can get anywhere by looking at the sun -- or going on internal > GPS. Wife can do it (farm girl) and it drives me (a former aircraft > navigator) crazy. I think midwest folks have a compass implanted into their > brains at birth. ... I was born in coal mine territory, where the only > important direction was down. > > On Mon, Sep 8, 2008 at 7:54 PM, OK Don <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I didn't take it that way - just saw an opportunity to complain about > > the random layout of roads "back East" (from the perspective of a > > section line guy - IFR=I follow roads). > > > > On Mon, Sep 8, 2008 at 7:47 PM, Wilton Strickland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > 'Didn't mean to sound like was complaining about or "faulting" the > > section > > > lines, etc. As I indicated, they make flying and checking/setting > > certain > > > heading systems a lot easier. They make navigation much simpler. 'But I > > > don't have a problem in either area. It is shorter via the diagonal, > > > though, but we would not wanta mess up those nice, square wheat, corn, > > soy > > > bean, etc., fields - much more efficient for farming big, square and flat > > or > > > gently rolling. > > > > > > Wilton > > > > -- > > OK Don, KD5NRO > > Norman, OK > > "There are three kinds of lies: lies, damn lies, and statistics." > > -Benjamin Disraeli, popularized by Mark Twain > > '90 300D (Rattled), '92 300D (Saber), ' '81 240D (Gramps), '97 Ply > > Grand Voyager (Vincent van-go) > > > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > > -- > LT Don > http://don.homelinux.net/~don/ > > apt-get update > apt-get upgrade > The following packages will be replaced > Prez > Do you want to continue? [Y/n] Y > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
