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Re: Cell phone time, dip at beach!
From: Mike Burkes
Date: 2005 Apr 10, 12:01 -0700
From: Mike Burkes
Date: 2005 Apr 10, 12:01 -0700
HI Zvi and thanks much 4 input!! I kinda had that in mind but wanted to
check with the List and is most logical!
Mike Burkes
----- Original Message -----From: Zvi DoronSent: Sunday, April 10, 2005 10:31 AMSubject: Re: Cell phone time, dip at beach!The way I do it is to ask a person of a known height to stand at the water edge and sit myelf at a position up the beach where the top of their head touches the horizon. Because of dip this is probably not super accurate but appears to be good enough for pactical purposes. Trying to estimate you height above the water without a reference is more difficult than one would imagine.