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In the Pacific during WWII, US pilots called their E&E button compass an "A--hole compass".
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and in different circumstances, it can be substituted.. In the POW camp, "No guard, I do not have a rolex watch, but I do have a compass" <img src="/images/graemlins/shocked.gif" alt="" />