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Avoid these compasses
Back in the early 1960s' the Tates Watch Company of Massachusetts
decided to diversify so they started producing other products. Among them were a line of expensive compasses for yachts. It turned out the new compasses were so inaccurate that some yachtsmen ended up hundreds of miles off course. It is said that this is the origin of the expression, "He who has a Tates is lost!" Wilbur Hubbard |
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Avoid these compasses
On Apr 17, 7:39 pm, "Wilbur Hubbard"
wrote: Back in the early 1960s' the Tates Watch Company of Massachusetts decided to diversify so they started producing other products. Among them were a line of expensive compasses for yachts. It turned out the new compasses were so inaccurate that some yachtsmen ended up hundreds of miles off course. It is said that this is the origin of the expression, "He who has a Tates is lost!" Wilbur Hubbard Obviously the origin of Capt Jack Sparrow's compass. |
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