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Re: Nautical Almanac Usage
From: Fred Hebard
Date: 2004 Oct 22, 19:10 -0400
From: Fred Hebard
Date: 2004 Oct 22, 19:10 -0400
It's of better construction quality, so sturdier for day to day use. Heavier paper, heavy cover. On Oct 22, 2004, at 6:02 PM, Alexandre Eremenko wrote: > Could anyone explain me why would people > (say on this list, I don't mean the Navy) > but the government edition at all?! > > Commercial edition sold by Celestaire is IDENTICAL. > If the five added pages of advertisement irritate you > so much you can just tire them out. > > It ships by FedEx in 3-4 days. > I bought my 2005 in September, and they were so kind that > added their last copy of 2004 for free! > > Alex. > > On Fri, 22 Oct 2004, Michael Dorl wrote: > >> Have any members tried to obtain one? >> >> Well, last time I got one was back in 2000 when my daughter asked me >> what I >> wanted for Christmas. >> This was say Nov 1999. She ordered and paid for the almanac. As I >> remember, I got it just in time for it >> to be obsolete somewhere in late 2000. Will I order another? I >> doubt it. >