[PUP] Hong Kong to Portland update

[scottebulger@comcast.net]

Thank you for the explaining this!  I'll try to convert them in the future!  Scott

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> In answer to Paul's question: 
> >> Position: 440 0'N, 1480 45' E 
> >I'm trying to make sense of Mike's position. What kind of globe has 440 
> >degrees N, or 1480 degrees E? Or does he mean 
> >44Degrees, 0Min, 0Sec N by 148Degrees 0Min 45Sec E? 
> 
> The email program Samurai uses converts the degree symbol to a zero. That 
> is why I substitute it with a 'D' when I do the 'Idlewild' postings to PUP 
> for position, course heading, and temperature. The program also won't 
> reproduce a quotation mark properly, although it will do an apostrophe, or 
> single quotation mark '. 
> 
> Chris Byer 
> No. Hollywood 
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