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(...) Like Shiri said, 'off-topic' means 'not about lego'. Maybe LUGNET needs an .on-topic.fun group... Steve (26 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Here's a web page with tons of old HP calculators: (URL) used one of the early desktop models at my dad's work. I also used the original Wang calculator at his work. Fun stuff. I've got an HP 25C at home which I picked several years ago at a (...) (26 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.people, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Now to spoil everyone's fun, here's a good reference as to what DIM WT is (complete with a form to calculate it)... (URL) used for air shipping to get a handle on the volume of a package, since airplanes don't have infinite space. This took a (...) (26 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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Shiri Dori <shirid@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:FrwrCw.7H2@lugnet.com... (...) Purim (...) I have been know to make some filled with chocolate chips, others with pecan pie filling and still others with marzipan/almond paste and slivered (...) (26 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.people, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Wait, your messages have demarcation between when you're lying and when you're telling the truth? What ASCII character code is that? I want to be able to tell too! ++Lar (26 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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ravi <helixwolf2000@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:FrxC2L.H87@lugnet.com... (...) it (...) using (...) and (...) A sliderule is an instrument used for calculations/operations including multiplication, division, extraction of square roots as (...) (26 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.people, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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Maggie Cambron <mcambron@pacbell.net> wrote in message news:38DAF681.9F9442...ell.net... (...) wanted (...) HP (...) Hi Maggie I don't mind being "old" :-) . I mind the teflon coating my brain seems to have developed in some instances when I am (...) (26 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.people, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) I had a Casio 3600p during high school and a Casio 5000 during university and was very happy with the latter especially. It was a very efficient engineering student tool, AFAIK. It has built in matrix math capability up to 5x5 (including (...) (26 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.people, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Slide rule... Hmm... How can I explain?.. I saw one when I was in middle school but never used one (There were Casio 3600Ps when I was a high school student, and Casio 5000s during university) It's kind of a computing tool for logarithms and (...) (26 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.people, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Hey, no problem! Any time! (...) Hmm... my easy solution is to read lugnet via the web. That way you can follow the most recent threads if you have enough time... or just follow any group you like individually. You can also easily find threads (...) (26 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.people, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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