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Originally Posted by HappyMartin
I remember being taught to use a slide rule at school, I was useless with it. I remember stamps and letters. In fact I remember posting a letter to my mother from Ethiopia and getting to her home in Johannesburg before the letter, and I did the trip from Ethiopia to South Africa on a bicycle!!!! Some stuff you just don't miss.
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Ahhh. That reminds me of one lesson where we used mechanical calculators.... Wonderful, if noisy, things. Couldn't hear a word the teacher said when we were all turning the handles.