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- Yep, that's what anybody who doesn't have at least two grandparents born in
- Wayne County, Kentucky, USA, is called around here.
-
- There doesn't seem to be any problem with sending computer disks of
- non-commercial material around the world. I can send you an updated copy of my
- programs for an ounce of international postage. Another ounce carries the
- protractor & ruler.
-
- If you have some strange unit of measure, I can modify the program to use it.
- Hint: for distance, just select P=pace and define your whatzit in US feet.
-
- The instruments are another matter. At no extra cost, I can obtain a Silva
- Ranger type 15 compass with the needle balanced for any area of the known
- earth. Simply tell me where you plan to use it. The default is Northern,
- which is generally north of Mexico City, the Mediterranean Sea, Himalayas,
- Shanghai, and Hawaii.
-
- The surveyors' tape measures are available in metric.
-
- My wholesaler can handle all the customs (Misc Forestry Equip), Certificate of
- Origin (USA, Sweden, Japan), international freight (FOB Jackson, Mississippi),
- etc. I just pass on my international orders to her. (She really enjoys all
- those strange foreign spellings over the telephone, too!)
-
- The problem is shipping! The shipping almost costs more than the instruments.
- For example, a recent package to Australia incurred nearly $US40 shipping. And
- that only got it as far as the Sydney Airport. If you balk at high shipping
- costs, and find a supplier in your own country, then ask him if he would like
- to handle my local (to him) sales.
-
- Oh, please don't spend shipping on the flagging. A roll weighs almost a pound, and it
- is worth only $US2. Use rags.
-
- I don't know enough to estimate international shipping to every area. You may
- inquire first, or guesstimate at $US40, for air parcel post.
-
- Please make payment in $US dollars, preferably by international money order.
- My backwoods bank out here has probably never seen a draft cheque from your
- country before.