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To: Amelia
"Ha! When I took trig, there were no calculators."

When I took Trig I walked 5 miles uphill in the snow to school and 5 miles uphill home.

To keep our fingers from freezing we would rapidly slide our slide rules....one student even ignited some parchment.

182 posted on 09/18/2005 3:26:46 PM PDT by spokeshave
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To: spokeshave

Fortunately I grew up in a part of Florida where there was no snow and very few hills. ;-)


191 posted on 09/18/2005 3:55:56 PM PDT by Amelia (Common sense isn't particularly common.)
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To: spokeshave
To keep our fingers from freezing we would rapidly slide our slide rules....one student even ignited some parchment.

ROFLOL

220 posted on 09/18/2005 7:50:49 PM PDT by Professional Engineer (As an Engineer, you too can control the awesome power of the Ductalator.)
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