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[Daren Todd]

 

[Daren Todd]

 

[Daren Todd]

 

[Daren Todd]

 

[Daren Todd]

 

[Tughill Tom]

 

[Magicman]

 

[fried1765]

For some reason those couple sentences from Daren’s post brought back a memory…

It was 1967 or 68. Although serving in the US Coast Guard, I was stationed for a year in northern Thailand. The Coast Guard operated a system of LORAN stations in various locations, which were used for navigation by aircraft and ships. Anyway there was a system installed specifically for use by military aircraft, over Vietnam mainly.

We were a group of 28 or 29 men in a town about 60 miles south of the city of Chiang Mai, in case anyone’s interested. It was actually a good place to be. The barracks was about halfway between a normal military barracks and a college dorm. We had rooms that held four people, and the rooms were divided in half by a wall that was T-shaped and about 7 feet high. we each ended up with a roommate sharing a cubicle. We paid a small amount monthly, and had maids that would clean the place, make our beds and wash our laundry. Not a bad situation.

I come back from town one day in the afternoon with a bag of loose tea that I bought somewhere. If you looked at it, it actually looked like it was grass. So I walk into my cubicle and my roommate is there.

I show him the bag and say “ Look what I bought“ with a bit of an evil smile, and put the tea in my desk drawer (yes we each had a small desk).

I go do something and come back about an hour later, and my roommate isn’t there, and I look in the desk and my tea isn’t there either!

Finally found him sitting out back in a folding chair, smoking my tea!

Chaing Mai is a lovely area!

 

[Toyboy]

 

[MOOTS]

This dog was doing the whole sloped roof thing 10 years ago. Even climbed a ladder to get up there with me.

 

[xrocketengineer]

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How to protect yourself from Microsoft's latest software fiasco:

How Southwest did it

 

[Daren Todd]

 

[D2Cat]

The passenger steamer SS Warrimoo was quietly knifing its way through the waters of the mid-Pacific on its way from Vancouver to Australia. The navigator had just finished working out a star fix and brought Captain John DS. Phillips, the result.

The Warrimoo's position was LAT 0º 31' N and LONG 179 30' W. The date was 31 December 1899. "Know what this means?" First Mate Payton broke in, "We're only a few miles from the intersection of the Equator and the International Date Line".

Captain Phillips was prankish enough to take full advantage of the opportunity for achieving the navigational freak of a lifetime. He called his navigators to the bridge to check & double check the ship's position. He changed course slightly so as to bear directly on his mark. Then he adjusted the engine speed. The calm weather & clear night worked in his favor. At mid-night the SS Warrimoo lay on the Equator at exactly the point where it crossed the International Date Line! The consequences of this bizarre position were many:

The forward part (bow) of the ship was in the Southern Hemisphere & in the middle of summer.
The rear (stern) was in the Northern Hemisphere & in the middle of winter.
The date in the aft part of the ship was 31 December 1899.
In the bow (forward) part it was 1 January 1900.
This ship was therefore not only in:
Two different days,
Two different months,
Two different years,
Two different seasons
But in two different centuries - all at the same time!

 

[i7win7]

 

[i7win7]

 

[Magicman]

 

[Tughill Tom]

 

[DustyRusty]

Acquisition and maintenance is too expensive! A dog is less expensive, lower maintenance, and much more loyal.

 

[Tughill Tom]

Acquisition and maintenance is too expensive! A dog is less expensive, lower maintenance, and much more loyal.

Yea, but not as much fun!

 

[Daren Todd]