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Re: Benefits of Stigmatizing
From: Gary LaPook
Date: 2010 Oct 09, 12:48 -0700
From: Gary LaPook
Date: 2010 Oct 09, 12:48 -0700
I guess that it was just my inate prejudice against everything British due to the Brits burning the U.S. Capitol in 1814. gl On 10/9/2010 1:04 AM, Douglas Denny wrote: > > Gary wrote: > ".. > I have attached two pages from the Celestaire catalog showing the > Kollsman periscopic sextant and the A-10A. The Kollsman cost four > times the A-10A. I bought the A-10A since there was no way I could > afford the Kollsman. This is the 1977 catalog so $600 dollars then was > real money..." > -------- > > I note in your catalogue page, the English MkIX was for sale too at > $85 with averager; whereas the American A10 was $94. > > You should have bought the MkIX - it's better and cheaper..... :-) > > (tongue-in-cheek: eyes looking upwards...) > Douglas. > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > NavList message boards and member settings: www.fer3.com/NavList > Members may optionally receive posts by email. > To cancel email delivery, send a message to NoMail[at]fer3.com > ---------------------------------------------------------------- >
