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Subject:	Slide rule generation Was Re: Purimish fun
Newsgroups:	lugnet.people, lugnet.off-topic.fun
Date:	Fri, 24 Mar 2000 05:00:50 GMT
Reply-To:	mcambron@pacbell#StopSpammers#.net
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sheree rosenkrantz wrote: > > :-) Let it suffice to say that I grew > up using a sliderule not a calculator.) If it makes you feel any better, so did I. I remember my friends all wanted cars for high school graduation, but I just had to have one of the first HP calculators. (Yikes! I guess I really must have been a geek.) : ) Maggie C.

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		Re: Slide rule generation Was Re: Purimish fun
(...) Ya well...I used one to finish grade 13 with...and I'm NOT old :). I did it for the sillyness of not having a decent calculator...got quite good at using it, but it fades fast. (I had a +-/* calculator, and the slide rule, and a book of (...) (24 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.people, lugnet.off-topic.fun)

		Re: Slide rule generation Was Re: Purimish fun
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 (...) (24 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.people, lugnet.off-topic.fun)

		Re: Slide rule generation Was Re: Purimish fun
(...) 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 (...) (24 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.people, lugnet.off-topic.fun)

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		Re: Purimish fun
Dan Boger <dan@giccs.georgetown.edu> wrote in message news:38DAB195.7540B3...own.edu... (...) it (...) hi Sheree is just the name of a movie star my mom liked many ... years ago, Sheree North. (If you think I'm going to tell you how many years I (...) (24 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.people, lugnet.off-topic.fun)

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