Reading the thread about the Nautical Mile and its' variations

[Mudisox]

I believe that there are a number of different Norths.
Map, True, Magnetic, chart, GPS, etc

Any more?

 

[NormanS]

Grid.

 

[penberth3]

Grid.

Which Grid?

 

[NormanS]

Which Grid?

Ordnance Survey maps are based on Grid North. Hence Grid Reference etc.

 

[Roberto]

Lowell ?
and his sons "Sails", of course

 

[JumbleDuck]

I believe that there are a number of different Norths.
Map, True, Magnetic, chart, GPS, etc

Any more?

"It's Grim Up" North?

 

[Neeves]

"It's Grim Up" North?

Very grim from those of us 'down South'

This focus on 'North' might be considered bigoted

Jonathan

 

[Buck Turgidson]

celestial ;-)

 

[JumbleDuck]

Very grim from those of us 'down South'

This focus on 'North' might be considered bigoted

Jonathan

Yes, but you are all upside down so it balances out.

 

[STATUE]

I asked my Daughter, born in Devon, after her 4th year in Wigan, 'Is there a North/South divide?'

'Yes' she said 'They talk to you up there ! '

 

[Sharky34]

Wassit got to do with NM's?

 

[penberth3]

Wassit got to do with NM's?

There's a lot of them between Devon and Wigan.

 

[Uricanejack]

Wassit got to do with NM's?

They get bigger ones up north

 

[john_morris_uk]

There's a lot of them between Devon and Wigan.

When I worked in Faslane but we had our family home in a cottage in Devon, the local Devonians used to think Wigan was a long way away. I used to point out that when I drove to my house in Helensburgh, Wigan /Manchester was about half way!

 

[cpedw]

When I worked in Faslane but we had our family home in a cottage in Devon, the local Devonians used to think Wigan was a long way away. I used to point out that when I drove to my house in Helensburgh, Wigan /Manchester was about half way!

I'm crossing my fingers that people who work with nuclear weapons are able to distinguish between , say, Manchester and Wigan.

 

[capnsensible]

I'm crossing my fingers that people who work with nuclear weapons are able to distinguish between , say, Manchester and Wigan.

The russian targetting committee will be highly aware.

 

[JumbleDuck]

They get bigger ones up north

Nautical miles have to get bigger in the north because the lines of longitude are closer together. Some people just don't understand YM theory at all, do they?

 

[JumbleDuck]

When I worked in Faslane but we had our family home in a cottage in Devon, the local Devonians used to think Wigan was a long way away. I used to point out that when I drove to my house in Helensburgh, Wigan /Manchester was about half way!

Some years ago I was at a meeting in Edinburgh for people from the across the organisation I work for. An attendee from Plymouth was impressed to hear that someone had come from even further than him. "Penzance?" he asked. "No", we told him. "Lerwick."

I'm crossing my fingers that people who work with nuclear weapons are able to distinguish between , say, Manchester and Wigan.

They don't need to. That's the point, really. A Minuteman (or Russian equivalent) on Astley will take out both quite effectively.

 

[penberth3]

Nautical miles have to get bigger in the north because the lines of longitude are closer together. Some people just don't understand YM theory at all, do they?

Apparently not.

 

[john_morris_uk]

I'm crossing my fingers that people who work with nuclear weapons are able to distinguish between , say, Manchester and Wigan.

I just looked after the people who guarded them.
As far as my journeying N is concerned, as Wigan and Manchester are on very similar latitudes, my story makes perfect sense as far as I’m concerned.