Thursday, December 25, 2008

Compass

OK, So I was sitting behind a Jeep Compass and since the red light was longer than 10 seconds, I started to think of compasses.

A compass does not point the way. It simply points towards the North and the South when it's calm.
Shake the heck out of it, and it points every which way till you stop shaking it. Now it would be nice to have something that is constant and consistent. Especially in these wild times.

Oh, and it doesn't even point NORTH, it points to a location in North Eastern Canada.
Wow, that must have really messed with Henry Hudson's navigator. When they got there,
and Henry thought he was at the North Pole, his navigator used the sextant to 'shoot the sun' and found out that they were really only around 82 North, 110 West. So then Henry Hudson said, "Bay !!" , like a sheep.
And that's how it got it's name... Hudson's Bay !! ( Just Kidding.... )

Anyway, getting back to the compass. Steady, Consistent, ... nice job if you can get it.

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