[alberg30] Re: GPS, binocs, etc.

[Robert Kirk]

From: Robert Kirk <kirk at neptune.gsfc.nasa.gov>

At 03:28 PM 10-01-99 +0000, you wrote:
>From: "Gordon E. White" <gewhite at crosslink.net>
>
>    My son, the naval officer, who has been ashore a couple of years, is
>about to become XO of a destroyer. He asked me if I had any
>recommendations on GPS, image-stabilized binoculars or rangefinders.
>
>    My own equipment is not state of the art. Anyone have any
>recommendations?
>                                - Gordon White, A-275 (Deltaville, VA)

My goodness. You stabilize your binoculars by leanng against the 
bridge bulwark while the rain runs under the back of your collar and you
wipe the lens with toilet paper.

The Navy's going to Hell in a handbasket.

Cheers,
Bob Kirk
Isobar #181


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