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To: Doppler who wrote (60955)12/2/2000 9:07:33 PM
From: Neenny  Read Replies (4) | Respond to of 63513
 
If any of us are old enough to remember that, do you think we will admit it????



To: Doppler who wrote (60955)12/3/2000 7:26:30 AM
From: Oral Roberts  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 63513
 
Hey I can use a slide rule! VBG My dad was an engineer and I looked at it one day and said what's this? He taught me how to use it. Handy little things.

We sent men to the moon and back with folks using slide rules. Pretty incredible when you think of it.

Jeff



To: Doppler who wrote (60955)12/3/2000 4:44:57 PM
From: Lazarus_Long  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 63513
 
Abacus? Nah, never used one. Slide rule? You bet! Being fast with a slipstick was important; it could determine whether you survived your physics and engineering exams.

Still have a slipstick in a closet at home. Haven't used it since '70's when calculators drove them into extinction.

The dumb spellchecker doesn't even recognize "slipstick" these days. Sic transit gloria mundi.

(OTOH, the spellchecker doesn't recognize "spellchecker".)


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