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Re: Retracing Sir Shackleton's journey
From: Stan K
Date: 2014 Jan 16, 13:35 -0500
From: Stan K
Date: 2014 Jan 16, 13:35 -0500
Hewitt,
Some of us righties have had to learn to write lefty!
Ha! Not really, at least in my case. But, seriously, I can see your point. Never thought about it that way.
Stan
Some of us righties have had to learn to write lefty!
Ha! Not really, at least in my case. But, seriously, I can see your point. Never thought about it that way.
Stan
-----Original Message-----
From: Hewitt Schlereth <hhew36@gmail.com>
To: slk1000 <slk1000@aol.com>
Sent: Thu, Jan 16, 2014 1:12 pm
Subject: [NavList] Re: Retracing Sir Shackleton's journey
From: Hewitt Schlereth <hhew36@gmail.com>
To: slk1000 <slk1000@aol.com>
Sent: Thu, Jan 16, 2014 1:12 pm
Subject: [NavList] Re: Retracing Sir Shackleton's journey
FWIW re southpaws and sextants:
I'm left-handed and liked the fact that holding the sextant with my right hand I did not have to let go of the sextant or shift it to the other hand in order to write down sights. So, to me being a lefty is an advantage.
Hewitt
Yes, that was apparent to me. I thought my quotation marks and smiley would be enough. :-(
I thought it was particularly timely in light of Frank's recent "oops" saying that sextants favored left-handed people.
Stan
-----Original Message-----
From: Greg Rudzinski <gregrudzinski---.com>
To: slk1000 <slk1000---.com>
Sent: Thu, Jan 16, 2014 11:58 am
Subject: [NavList] Re: Retracing Sir Shackleton's journey
Stan,The negative was probably transposed in the dark room. Any visible arc numbers or lettering should verify this.Greg RudzinskiRe: Retracing Sir Shackleton's journey
From: Stan K
Date: 2014 Jan 16, 03:58 -0500
I finally got around to watching the first of the three episodes. The original expedition must have had money to spare. The photograph of Worsley shows him holding a "custom left-handed" Hezzanith sextant. ;-)Stan
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