Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Gadget alert!

[Coalbunny <coalbunny@vcn.com>]

I have a CB radio that also has a compass.  The darn thing is a piece of
junk.  It's "properly installed" according to the techie that installed
it.  Except it shows me going NW when I'm going south and S when I'm
going E.  Get a good Brunton or Silva compass instead.
Carl


Warren Greenway wrote:
> 
> I have known a few people who purchased those
> compasses...They failed within a few months...
> Count me out!
> 
> Warren.
> 
> --- David Buchner <buchner@wcta.net> wrote:
> >
> > On Wednesday, Mar 19, 2003, at 12:56 US/Central,
> > Michael B Holt wrote:
> >
> > > In the recent "Clever Gear" catalog, on page 35 is
> > a nice little
> > > device that provides a compass, thermometer and
> > battery
> > > level display.
> > >
> > > It's a Digital Car Compass. ....
> >
> > Oh, now I see what you were talking about. (Dang --
> > it's like you guys
> > expect me to read my e-mail every *week* or
> > something! And what with
> > the war and all, it was really piling up... what a
> > relief to learn a
> > bunch of it was just malignant goofiness, that I
> > could delete right off
> > the bat...)
> >
> > It does indeed look like a cool toy -- but I'm a
> > little frightened of a
> > compass that costs $60 and has "COMPASS" printed on
> > it, in great big
> > capital letters.
> >
> > Any more tantalizing details of your Nautilus plans?
> > Anywhere I can see
> > a picture of what this version is supposed to look
> > like?
> >
> > (Apparently "Goliath Awaits" is available on VHS,
> > but not DVD. Amazon
> > has it. And I found this amusing review of it... or
> > rather, of the box:
> >
> http://www.badmovieplanet.com/inferno/archives/goliath.html
> > ...I was
> > surprised at how many people seem to think it's a
> > good movie, though. I
> > never saw it, but it sounds like such an absurd
> > premise... apparently
> > the video version is all chopped up and shortened
> > and wrecked, though.)
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > - - -
> >
> > David
> > buchner@wcta.net
> > Osage, MN USA
> > http://customer.wcta.net/buchner
> >
> >
> > - - -
> >
> > David
> > buchner@wcta.net
> > Osage, MN USA
> > http://customer.wcta.net/buchner
> >
> > The United Nations is like a crime-fighting
> > committee whose board of
> > directors includes the leading gangsters of the
> > community. --Ayn Rand
> >
> 
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