To: Waterleak
I forgot to mention the all-powerful international conspiracy of slide rule manufacturers, who ruthlessly quashed the upstarts who tried to market a transistorized hand-held calculator.
And don't get me started on what the brutal combine of candle-makers did to poor ol' Thomas Edison.
48 posted on
04/27/2005 2:20:47 PM PDT by
PatrickHenry
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To: PatrickHenry
I forgot to mention the all-powerful international conspiracy of slide rule manufacturers, who ruthlessly quashed the upstarts who tried to market a transistorized hand-held calculator. Ahem...The "Incredible" Curta Type 1 "took out" the slide ruler... :))
50 posted on
04/27/2005 3:14:55 PM PDT by
skinkinthegrass
(Just because you're paranoid, doesn't mean they aren't out to get you :^)
To: PatrickHenry
And don't get me started on what the brutal combine of candle-makers did to poor ol' Thomas Edison."The Secret History of the Candle Cartel" -- coming to an Art Bell show soon!
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