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Mark B's avatar

They Slide Rule 😀

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Skip Rochefort's avatar

nerd jokes....love it. I was in the last class that was taught how to use slide rules in my UG years. Then this new fangled invention called the "calculator" came out. It could do basic math functions....and take logs! Yahoo!

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Dave Peterson's avatar

What is a slide rule?

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Chuck's avatar

Never start down the slide until the person in front of you has gotten out of the way.

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Skip Rochefort's avatar

You have to join the nerd club to find out. It is our secret weapon:)

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tc's avatar

Wonder where mine went? Had it from HS. Not sure I can figure it out anymore.

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David's avatar

If you want one i have mine and my dad's. He was an engineer too. I took all of his measuring tools.

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Charles A Roseberry's avatar

Hell, tc, I couldn't figure it out then!

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tc's avatar

Boy is that the truth.

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Brian M's avatar

My dad was a master with a slide rule which he used as an officer in the Army artillery in Korea. I had to learn to use one in HS math class but calculators had just come out (from the brand new HP plant in Corvallis) and so I never really got into them

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Charles A Roseberry's avatar

A couple years ago I gave my Grandson-in-law my slide rule from my student days. He wasn't sure what it was for. I used to talk to young engineers in companies I called on about how we drew plans and working drawings. Even funnier!

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