Enquiry of the Month goes to the elderly man with the long, straggly beard. In a time of many a stupid question he takes the ship's biscuit for asking me where he could obtain in Edinburgh an 18th century sextant. Bear in mind I work in a bookstore, not a store specialising in purveying the finest navigational instruments of previous eras. When I told him I had no idea and that if anyone did have an 18th century sextant for sale it would most likely be at Christie's Acution Rooms he was not amused. Shaking his greasy grey hair and ratty beard he explained to me that he was, of course, looking for a shop which sold replica 18th century sextants. Ah, I thinks, why didn't you say that the first time? Have you tried Ye Olde Sextant Simulacra Store on the Canongate? It's run by the Sea Captain from the Simpsons when he's not filming the series... I love working with the public...