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To: Cboldt

When my son was in Junior High, I showed him how to use a slider rule. He spent one whole afternoon on the couch trying to get it to screw up. ;o)

65 posted on 10/24/2019 8:56:06 PM PDT by super7man (Madam Defarge, knitting, knitting, always knitting)

To: super7man

slider rule = slide rule

66 posted on 10/24/2019 8:58:05 PM PDT by super7man (Madam Defarge, knitting, knitting, always knitting)

To: super7man

Slide rule enforces order of magnitude discipline, and with that, some sense of understanding the answer.

71 posted on 10/24/2019 9:13:41 PM PDT by Cboldt

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