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   Raven set the following eddies spiralling through the space-time continuum:   
      
   > "JimboCat" <103134.3516@compuserve.com> skrev i meddelelsen   
   > news:0c42ada6-9070-4324-b3ac-6d33e19ff67d@c29g2000yqd.googlegroups.com...   
   >   
   >> We may have lost our moral compass but we still have our chaste   
   >> sextant, our modest flashlight, our ethical pen knife, and our   
   >> virtuous canteen. --  jwkinraleigh   
   >   
   >    I notice that of the five instruments the (chaste) sextant is the most   
   > old-fashioned one, and least needed in modern life.  I certainly have a   
   > compass, a flashlight, a pen knife of sorts and a canteen of sorts in the   
   > house.  And of the five instruments it is the chaste sextant I have the   
   > least use for.  The other four are of good use to me. :-)   
   >   
   > HarabanaR.   
      
   I have never felt the need or desire to carry a penknife, ethical or   
   otherwise. I walk my course through life totally unarmed. I like to think   
   I'm chaste, modest and virtuous in myself so don't need artificial aids   
   thereunto.   
      
   (Sorry can't think of a meaningful group of letters to sign off with.)   
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