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Set the controls for the heart of the Sun. | |||
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| Little ray of sunshine  |
No, I don't. But my dad has a good K&E slide rule from his college years, 1953 to 1957. The fish is mute, expressionless. The fish doesn't think because the fish knows everything. | |||
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Don't Panic |
Yes, though it's been years (decades) and I couldn't put my hands on any of mine, if indeed I still have them. Haven't thought about them in forever. | |||
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| Author, cowboy, friend to all |
For many a slide rule was a magnet for females who figured we would be wealthy engineers. | |||
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No worries! |
38 and I've never even seen one in person. Other than the one my grandfather brought back from WWII that is a Japanese navigator's rule | |||
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Slide rules, sure. But it's been a long time since I've needed to worry about knowing them... Never go down one in shorts in the summer time. Always wait for the person ahead of you to get off before you go down. _____________________________________________________ Sliced bread, the greatest thing since the 1911. | |||
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| Peace through superior firepower  |
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| 10mm is The Boom of Doom  |
Anyone have a Curta? It's a pocket sized mechanical adding machine.  God Bless and Protect the Once and Future President, Donald John Trump. | |||
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| Peace through superior firepower |
Looks like a steampunk hand grenade. | |||
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| 10mm is The Boom of Doom |
I bought one at a gun show. I also got the instruction manual, but I've never tried it. God Bless and Protect the Once and Future President, Donald John Trump. | |||
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Used a Curta during T, S , D road rallies in the 60s. Remember how to use the C and D scales on the slipstick. | |||
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No I don't own one. But in working condition they are worth a bunch of money nowadays. ----------------------------------- Regards, Steve The anticipation is often greater than the actual reward | |||
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| Peace through superior firepower |
cas, what does this mean? ____________________________________________________ "I am your retribution." - Donald Trump, speech at CPAC, March 4, 2023 | |||
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SIG's 'n Surefires |
I have my old Pickett in a box in the basement. Or attic. Or somewhere. "Common sense is wisdom with its sleeves rolled up." -Kyle Farnsworth "Freedom of Speech does not guarantee freedom from consequences." -Mike Rowe "Democracies aren't overthrown, they're given away." -George Lucas | |||
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I'll guess you could get a nasty thigh burn and endanger fellow sliders in front. I might think going head first or standing on the way down are also not the way to go. Set the controls for the heart of the Sun. | |||
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I think this refers to a playground slide and its related rules. Took me a few minutes to pick that up.  | |||
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Unhyphenated American |
 __________________________________________________________________________________ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Always remember that others may hate you but those who hate you don't win unless you hate them. And then you destroy yourself. Richard M Nixon It's nice to be important, it's more important to be nice. Billy Joe Shaver NRA Life Member | |||
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No offense Ed but you added your comment inside of my quote. I fixed it above ----------------------------------- Regards, Steve The anticipation is often greater than the actual reward | |||
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| No double standards |
I am looking at an abacus given to me by a friend after his trip to China. He went to a local shop to buy souvenirs, the checkout clerk was using it behind the counter to tally purchases, he bought it for the company accountant (me). I have no clue how to use it. "Liberty lies in the hearts of men and women. When it dies there, no constitution, no law, no court can save it....While it lies there, it needs no constitution, no law, no court to save it" - Judge Learned Hand, May 1944 | |||
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