[TowerTalk] north

[Patrick Greenlee]

I hope the majority of those reading here get as much amusement out of 
the various replays of the war of the Lilliputians under various guises 
as I do.

For those not able to recollect the root cause of that war and thereby 
get a chuckle from the parallels, here you are:

It was the outgrowth of an argument over which end of the boiled egg 
should be uppermost in the boiled egg holder at your place at the dining 
table and therefore be the end opened first to eat the egg out of shell 
with your spoon.  One faction supported the little end up and the other 
faction warred to support having the large end up to be cracked open and 
eaten first.

Proper true north alignment of the table setting got no consideration in 
the face of the weighty big end/little end debate.

So, until the next bit of minutia comes along to obsess over, Happy 
trails to you, good DX, and keep smiling.

Patrick   NJ5G

On 12/25/2014 2:53 PM, Don wrote:
> Dang! Don't 'cha you just love what science brings to our everyday 
> table. Sixty years of hamming and I never knew my old eyeballing of my 
> yagi's were so imprecise, ashamed! Must be way I couldn't break some 
> of the east coast curtain pileups from time to time.
>
> I will start paying attention to the walkers and their dogs down in 
> the village. Suspect I will have to be fast though if I want to get a 
> good bearing from a local dog (I have a cat but think they are more 
> direction aligned to the direction of the kitty litter box). Perhaps 
> someone has some information on that.  Hope the ladies don't think I'm 
> bit daft sneaking up behind their pooches.
>
> Will try the solar noon trick when we see some sun next Spring.
>
> What a great site for information.
>
> Hope Santa brought what you all wanted.
>
> Don W7WLL
>
> -----Original Message----- From: RMorris
> Sent: Thursday, December 25, 2014 10:47 AM
> Cc: towertalk at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] north
>
>
> On Dec 25, 2014, at 1:39 AM, Spencer wrote:
>
>> In the northern hemisphere,  the shadow of a vertical object at solar 
>> noon will point north.
>>
>> MERRY CHRISTMAS
>>
>> Spencer W1GAK
>>
>>
>
> Since about every subject  comes around twice a year, I'll repeat the 
> north finding method reported six months ago, without cell phones, 
> stars, and sticks.
>
> http://www.livescience.com/42317-dogs-poop-along-north-south-magnetic-lines.html 
>
>
> http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/watching-them-poop-researchers-discover-that-dogs-can-sense-which-way-is-north/2014/01/26/26f7f85e-83ae-11e3-bbe5-6a2a3141e3a9_story.html 
>
>
> http://news.discovery.com/animals/pets/dogs-have-a-butt-compass-poop-facing-ns-pole-140102.htm 
>
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