A sextant could be a worker in a church too.Well, you're probably going to be sorry you asked, but here goes. After watching some programs about Lewis and Clark and their exploration and mapping of the western US I became curious about how they were able to do that. I learned they uses a sextant among other devices. Having wondered how sextants operate, I did a little research on the Internet and then (naturally for me anyway) had to have one and purchased a Davis Mark 15 sextant which just arrived an hour ago. So for the foreseeable future I'll be playing with my new toy and learning how to use it. It will join the surveying transit I bought a year or so ago as my location/mapping toys. What can I say, I have this anal curiosity about how things work and then have to have one (when reasonably possible).
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BRG wants to know when you’re gonna get to mounting those mirrors correctly on those cars……These keep me busy
How about women?? Have you figured them out yet??Well, you're probably going to be sorry you asked, but here goes. After watching some programs about Lewis and Clark and their exploration and mapping of the western US I became curious about how they were able to do that. I learned they uses a sextant among other devices. Having wondered how sextants operate, I did a little research on the Internet and then (naturally for me anyway) had to have one and purchased a Davis Mark 15 sextant which just arrived an hour ago. So for the foreseeable future I'll be playing with my new toy and learning how to use it. It will join the surveying transit I bought a year or so ago as my location/mapping toys. What can I say, I have this anal curiosity about how things work and then have to have one (when reasonably possible).
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That was the nickname for my ex.It wasn't intentional, it is Truckingboards after all with its collection of post-pouncers!
And y’all worried bout the sextant. SmhWell, you're probably going to be sorry you asked, but here goes.What can I say, I have this anal curiosity.
No. My toys come with owner's manuals/user guides. Women never do.
You ever stop and wonder how the old method took into account hills and valleys or was it a straight line? Of course the flat earthers had a different method.
Sure they do, just ask them and they will tell you. Audio instructions, just remember the two famous words of a successful marriage “ yes dear”.No. My toys come with owner's manuals/user guides. Women never do.
It was all measured with a surveying transit, tape measure and trigonometric calculations taking into account the various angles.
Friend of mine used to say the angle of the dangle was important, I now know what he was talking about.
All early models came from the factory as such. Mounting mirrors on the doors of MG’s causes a failure in the door skin known as “the crack of doom.” Fender mounted convex mirrors provide a much greater field of vision. It also looks cool
Does it matter between left or right hand drive?All early models came from the factory as such. Mounting mirrors on the doors of MG’s causes a failure in the door skin known as “the crack of doom.” Fender mounted convex mirrors provide a much greater field of vision. It also looks cool
I think plumbers suffer from the same fate as MG doors…….
Does it matter between left or right hand drive?
I think plumbers suffer from the same fate as MG doors…….
I hope he flushed those thoughts from his mind.