[Moo] Asking the obvious...and now for the answer

[Cyberhaaz at aol.com]

Took a compass on a walk around the house.
 
Being near any steel item skews it.  Being very near a large  steel item 
completely invalidates it. 

There's some variance based upon elements I can't assess (in some  cases 
small steel items had a worse effect than large ones) , but that's  the basic 
picture.  Steel poles on my bookcase, fire extinguisher, tank of  Mapp gas, metal 
candlesticks, and some appliances all make the compass point in  a direction 
that isn't remotely connected to North.  And it doens't swing  back and forth 
more or give any sign of being wrong; it's just wrong
 
So the next time you are stuck in the woods in full armor, skip the compass  
:-)

Celia  
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