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Re: Nautical Almanac Usage
From: Ken Gebhart
Date: 2004 Oct 24, 12:31 -0500
From: Ken Gebhart
Date: 2004 Oct 24, 12:31 -0500
on 10/24/04 10:02 AM, Fred Hebard at Fred@ACF.ORG wrote: > On Oct 24, 2004, at 2:59 AM, Frank Reed wrote: > >> Fred H wrote regarding the government Nautical Almanac: >> "It's of better construction quality, so sturdier for day to day use. >> Heavier paper, heavy cover." >> >> It also makes a much better coaster for your cup of coffee. >> >> Frank R >> [ ] Mystic, Connecticut >> [X] Chicago, Illinois > > > Yes, that slick cover on the commercial edition makes a lousy coaster. > More seriously, I haven't had any pages fall out of the government > edition, but have out of the commercial edition. It depends on whether > you use it every day or not. Of course the ads in the commercial > edition are of some value. > As long as we are beating this subject to death, I might as well add that it has been reported that when wet the orange cover will stain your clothes! Ken
