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To: Gary E who wrote (35768)	10/7/1999 6:16:00 PM
From: Patrick Slevin	Read Replies (1) of 44573

When I started TI and HP were just coming out with calculators but only the kids with excess capital could afford them The TI added, subtracted, multiplied and divided PLUS did square roots for $145 or so. The HP was a full blown log calculator for over $600. And that was the late 60's, when Berkshire Hathaway was still under a hundred bucks. The calculators are just a memory but one share of BRK is enough margin to trade a few contracts today. Shows you what engineers know......I remember sitting around with others discussing buying gold when Nixon was taking it off. I should have saved my tuition money and done either one, buy BRK or Gold. I coulda been sumbody. I think the slipsticks were made by Dietz. I have one or two around, somewhere. Another worthless antique. I'm quite certain few people today would know what they were. We have a kid who caddies at the club named Mahoney. The older guys call him "Slip". He has no idea what they are talking about. The entire culture has gone Tele-Tubby.

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