Re: RC: RE: Age dating via electronic equipment

[Kit <missdusty@yahoo.com>]

Hi, I just had to say something.  I'm not that old and I
remember my father teaching me how to use a slide rule :) 
I can't any more, but it was kinda cool!

Of course, I also remember pecking away in dos on the
TRS80, so ...

--- Teddy Lancaster <Teddy@runningbear.com> wrote:
> Say, does anybody remember what a slide rule is?  I grew
> up on them (talk
> about aging myself), but I swear I've long since
> forgotten how to use one.
> 
> Teddy
> 
> Bob Morris wrote:
> 
> > You youngsters most likely never remember when the
> calculator was called a
> > "slip stick" The first mechanical calculator I ever had
> was hand cranked
> > called a "CURTA" Still have it, still works and never
> runs out of power!!
> >
> > Bob Morris
> > Morris endurance Enterprises
> > Boise, ID\
> >
> > PS you kids missed out an a lot of interesting
> things!!!
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From:   Lif Strand [mailto:fasterhorses@gilanet.com]
> > Sent:   Wednesday, June 16, 1999 7:23 PM
> > To:     AERC
> > Subject:        RC:  Age dating via electronic
> equipment
> >
> > Heidi wrote last Tuesday:  "(Dating myself here, but
> remember when
> > calculators came out? About 60.00 and the size of your
> telephone? Now
> > they are smaller that a credit card and 1.99!!)"
> >
> > Ahem.  (Shuffle shuffle.  Eyes darting from side to
> side.)  The first
> > calculators I ever heard about  were about 10 times the
> amount you
> > mentioned.  Lif
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