Yeah, when I was at college, you could tell the nerds by the slide rules
hanging off their belts instead of the pocket protectors and
calculators! :)
I still have my Post slide rule! I use it to draw straight lines!!!!!
Joe
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-fot@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-fot@autox.team.net] On
Behalf Of Jack W. Drews
Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2003 4:07 PM
To: kas kastner; John Herrera; cartravel@pobox.com
Cc: fot@autox.team.net; try0548@rit.edu
Subject: Re: Cylinder Head Flow
> This is so much fun I may have to unlimber my turbocharged solar
>powered slide rule.
My youngest daughter has a Ph.D. in Math and is an associate professor
of
same. Not too long ago she was home for a few days and i showed her my
old
Post Versalog. She had never seen a slide rule! What's the world coming
to?
uncle jack
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