So I've got a metaphor for you guys, but I'm not entirely sure what it is a metaphor for.

So that's how you know this is going to be a good episode.

Welcome back to T-R-X talk.

Today we're talking about a bunch of different things that all kind of fall, I believe, under a single metaphor.

And this is something that I've been thinking about for a while, as I've been researching land navigation in particular.

As you may or may not know, T-Rex sells compasses, and we sell protractors a couple different types so that you can do

land navigation as I've been researching land navigation for the last little while I realized something that

actually technically we all know this there is true North and then there is magnetic north. True north is where north actually is on

this planet, the actual rotation of the earth, where the axis of the earth that is spinning

at a little over 24 hours every single day, where that axis intersects with the Earth's surface.

So on the northern half, you know, in the Arctic Circle, that's the North Pole, and then down

South and Antarctica is the South Pole. This is true north and true South. And then we all know that

the Earth has a magnetic field that runs more or less

north and south. And so if you got a compass, you got a compass that points north and south. But it

doesn't point directly to true north. It points towards magnetic north. And that's going to be off

by a few degrees. And it's going to be off by a few degrees. And it's going to be off by a few degrees

one way or another way depending on where you are. And as you travel, Magnetic North is going to be

off by slightly different directions. And then over time, Magnetic North actually drifts. So it's

going to be off, you know, from year to year as well. But that doesn't stop us from

using compasses to navigate. We just know what that deviation is, what that declination is, and we

figure it out. If you're using paper maps to navigate, then down in the corner of that paper

map, you will have a number that tells

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