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To: knarf

Have not seen one of those in years. Kind of refreshing.

Remember the old Friden gear driven calculators that would grind away for several seconds before producing an answer?


18 posted on 02/17/2016 2:13:11 PM PST by redfreedom (Voting for the lesser of two evils is still voting for evil.)
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To: redfreedom

Used one of those in 1966, my first year working in a manufacturing plant. We were taking inventory.


20 posted on 02/17/2016 2:14:48 PM PST by nascarnation (RIP Scalia. Godspeed)
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To: redfreedom
No ... I had Bro Germain pounding into our heads the basics of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division .... the which I entirely forget today ...

Except maybe I can show you how to multiply 2X2

27 posted on 02/17/2016 2:22:34 PM PST by knarf (I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but they're true.)
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To: redfreedom

Yes.
(oh man)


28 posted on 02/17/2016 2:22:39 PM PST by LoneStar42 (Turn right.)
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