OT ? Do you wish you still had your old slide rule ?

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They have them for sale here

They have everything from fancy specialized rules (hundreds of dollars) down to cheap pocket ones (as low as 16 dollars!).

And yes, they do come with instructions.

-- biker (y2kbiker@hotmail.com), November 11, 1999

Answers

You just reminded me - I still have my slide rule. But wow, I do need the instructions.

Bookworm

-- Bookworm (bookworm_2@hotmail.com), November 11, 1999.


Still have one...

snoozin'...

The Dog

-- The Dog (DesertDog@-sand.com), November 11, 1999.


Bookworm,

Here are some instructions: http://www.sphere.bc.ca/test/kelesson.html

Nifty site biker. I know I've got my dad's squirreled away somewhere.

-- flora (***@__._), November 11, 1999.


Still have 3 slide rules (one is a circular one).

But ... I also have about 6 solar-only calculators (and a solar-only watch).

-- Dean -- from (almost) Duh Moines (dtmiller@midiowa.net), November 11, 1999.


I went to the local Staples store and asked for a slide rule. There was NOONE working in the store that knew what I was talking about. When I was in high school, we had to learn how to use the slide rule. I wish I had that seventh grade math book and my old slide rule now.

-- Carol (glear@usa.net), November 12, 1999.


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