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Radio_Lady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-08-07 01:15 PM Original message |
Question: What does a compass show in the Southern Hemisphere? |
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Radio_Lady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-08-07 01:18 PM Response to Original message |
1. Any Australians with us today? |
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EstimatedProphet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-08-07 01:19 PM Response to Original message |
2. Yes |
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RogueSpirit (141 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-08-07 01:21 PM Response to Original message |
3. It still reads true |
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DS1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-08-07 01:23 PM Response to Original message |
4. It shows North, but you have to hold it upside down otherwise |
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mainegreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-08-07 01:26 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. On the equator you must hold it vertically. |
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DS1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-08-07 01:28 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. to the left if facing east on the first half of the month, and to the right on the latter half |
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RogueSpirit (141 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-08-07 01:37 PM Response to Reply #4 |
10. on a side note... |
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billyskank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-08-07 01:29 PM Response to Original message |
7. It points to matcom's ass. |
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mainegreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-08-07 01:50 PM Response to Reply #7 |
12. So what happens if we clone matcom? |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-08-07 01:34 PM Response to Original message |
8. The needle aways points north |
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Squatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-08-07 01:48 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. Actually, it always points to the magnetic north pole |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-08-07 01:52 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Shhh.... |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-08-07 01:35 PM Response to Original message |
9. that america sucks |
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Squatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-08-07 02:05 PM Response to Original message |
14. On another note...coriolis force does not affect the direction in which |
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mainegreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-08-07 02:06 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. You would not (or maybe you would) believe how many arguments I've gotten into over that. |
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Radio_Lady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-08-07 03:30 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Well, count me as one of the 95% who believed it... before today. |
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conscious evolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-08-07 04:37 PM Response to Original message |
17. I say the needle points south |
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