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To: PIF

My grandfather used to double check his hand held calculator with his slide rule.


76 posted on 01/27/2023 3:47:35 PM PST by HusbandMan
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To: HusbandMan

Rings a bell! My first calculator was a $90 Novus, four arithmetic functions, Reverse Polish. One of my first calculations was to figure out how much my dad spent on cigarettes. When I told him, he gave up smoking for an entire afternoon. When balancing the checkbook, my mom always double-checked her little pocket calculator’s answers with pencil and paper.


83 posted on 01/29/2023 7:42:03 AM PST by Blurb2350 (posted from my 1500-watt blow dryer)
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