03-21-2022, 12:09 AM
(03-21-2022, 12:02 AM)Ninurta Wrote:(03-20-2022, 11:56 PM)kdog Wrote:(03-20-2022, 09:02 PM)Ninurta Wrote:(03-20-2022, 08:42 PM)NightskyeB4Dawn Wrote: I spent over twenty years on the road with my job. I had a ship load of maps, and I loved using them.
I like to think there was an art to map reading, but it probably was just something I had to do to go from point A to point B.
Yes, there IS an art to map reading, and it is becoming a lost art. Less well known is that there is also an art to map FOLDING. All newly minted lieutenants should be required to take a 6 week course in map folding, so that the art sinks in.
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Folding is very important. It's like an accordion.
Yep, VERY important - the trick is to fold it so that the area you are interested in is exposed, and the rest safely tucked away for future use when you're interested in a different area...
Come to think of it, that is sometimes easier to do in a drunken state!
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It's amazing what I could do in a drunken state. I had a call one time to get some drunk college boys off an elevator. I was drunker then they were and when I showed up , there were police and firemen there trying to get them out. I walked, or stumbled up to the machine room , reset the problem, rode the pissed filled elevator down , said sign here for a very expensive bill, drove home and passed back out. I hated being on call.
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