Posted by Peter Ceresole on December 05, 2008 at 07:20:11 user PeterC.
In Reply to: Dick's watch - Nancy's wrist-watch posted by Paul on December 05, 2008 at 01:18:24:
Does anybody else remember an old Boy Scout trick
to find North.
Yup, I've used it often.
Of course, it helps if you can see the sun, and if your watch is set to GMT. But it's pretty approximate anyway, as pointing the hour hand at the sub is surprisingly hard. It helps to take the watch off the wrist, or to use a pocket watch.
As a matter of interest, has anybody seen any real person (as opposed to a professional fogey) use one of those in the past few decades?