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That is cool as heck. Thanks for sharing!

I remember using something like the above instrument in a basic cartography class. Somewhere in the basement I should have some of the...

So here's the manual... And how it sets up... And an example of how it works... Using this planimeter, which measures one square...

I don't know anything obsolete about the old camp gear. Our power was out twice this past week. Pulled out the Coleman stove and...

Time flies like an arrow. But fruit flies like a banana. :giggle:

When I was in the Air Force as a KC-135 tanker air refueling navigator, on one of our missions out of Eielson AFB, I was chosen as lead...

Indeed technology has advanced exponentially during my lifetime, but tempus fugit. 1956 was three generations ago.

That's the exact situation I'm in and why I started my thread asking about tandems. The only differences are we aren't yet in our 70s...

Not photos of my father's originals . . . But when I was 12 in 1956, I was communicating with all of you at 5 WPM with this device...

I don't know anything obsolete about the old camp gear. Our power was out twice this past week. Pulled out the Coleman stove and...

I can't think of any traditional gear that is obsolete, that's one of its' benefits.

I never got over about eight words a minute sending, but I could read a little faster. Amazing how far we've gone in one generation.

I never got over about eight words a minute sending, but I could read a little faster. Amazing how far we've gone in one generation.

Not photos of my father's originals . . . But when I was 12 in 1956, I was communicating with all of you at 5 WPM with this device...

I remember using something like the above instrument in a basic cartography class. Somewhere in the basement I should have some of the...