I had an abacus before I got a sliderule :-)

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Post #343,149 by boxley 5/30/11 4:03:51 PM Reply	I had an abacus before I got a sliderule :-) Any opinions expressed by me are mine alone, posted from my home computer, on my own time as a free American and do not reflect the opinions of any person or company that I have had professional relations with in the past 55 years. meep
Post #343,152 by folkert 5/30/11 4:58:16 PM Reply	You had sticks rocks before that.
Post #343,162 by Ashton 5/31/11 12:17:52 AM Reply	We were so poor we only had seven sticks; rest of family has been out of work since octal went all hexy.

The Mathematics Generation Gap - (Another Scott) - (11) - May 30, 2011, 03:23:21 PM EDT

I had an abacus before I got a sliderule :-) -NT - (boxley) - (2) - May 30, 2011, 04:03:51 PM EDT

You had sticks rocks before that. -NT - (folkert) - (1) - May 30, 2011, 04:58:16 PM EDT

We were so poor - (Ashton) - May 31, 2011, 12:17:52 AM EDT

AIn't it da truff.. - (Ashton) - May 30, 2011, 06:46:18 PM EDT

At the Food Hole meat counter last week... - (rcareaga) - (6) - May 31, 2011, 02:06:13 AM EDT

:-/ -NT - (Another Scott) - May 31, 2011, 07:17:35 AM EDT

around here une quinto would have done the trick. -NT - (boxley) - (1) - May 31, 2011, 08:02:48 AM EDT

That's why we need immigration reform - (mhuber) - May 31, 2011, 11:31:49 PM EDT

Heh.. tried, "4-tenths of a pound of __" - (Ashton) - (2) - May 31, 2011, 04:34:32 PM EDT

Speaking of pounds, suppose you had one and one-third pounds - (dmcarls) - (1) - June 1, 2011, 03:34:08 PM EDT

Good lord that's convoluted -NT - (drook) - June 1, 2011, 03:48:19 PM EDT

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