PART’ 38 degrees 57 minutes 0 seconds North 77 degrees 37 minutes 35 seconds West, ‘DESTINATION’ 32 degree 64 minutes 47 seconds North 96 degrees 48 minutes 30 seconds West and ‘RETURN’ 38 degrees 57 minutes 0 seconds North 77 degrees 47 minutes 35seconds West. I just wish I had looked at those dials before I left Washington; however, the gauge on my arrival time back in Washington is 12:29:31 just one second from my departure time.”
“John, I jest hate to ask but what in the devil er you talking about, and most of all, what is that god-awful smell in here? It smells like one of them cows done got in here an fertilized this place.”
Thinking for a moment, the Captain grinned when he thought of the towel he had used earlier to wipe the manure from his boot... it had been lying over in the corner, fermenting for the past couple of days. Clem was right - it was truly ‘ripe’. Walking to the hatch he tossed the white towel out into the night air.
“See those numbers,” the Captain said pointing with his finger to the glowing displays, “they indicate where I left from, where I was supposed to land and where and when I am to return. As you can see ‘DEPARTURE’ and ‘RETURN’ should be exactly the same, I know the ‘DESTINATION’ is wrong and look at the ‘DEPARTURE’ and ‘RETURN’ Clem - they are different. Notice the 37 in minutes in ‘DE