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Post by librarylady on Mar 6, 2022 23:16:47 GMT
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Post by librarylady on Mar 6, 2022 23:17:38 GMT
 I even joined the slide rule club one year, because that was full of boys!!
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Post by lucyg on Mar 6, 2022 23:22:21 GMT
I can’t believe they don’t make them anymore. What if the nerds WANT to go through all the steps themselves? Or teach kids how it’s done?
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Mar 6, 2022 23:23:45 GMT
I never needed to learn. My DS did know how, my mom would have been proud of him.
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Post by katlady on Mar 6, 2022 23:27:48 GMT
My dad was an engineer and used one. I still have his. He tried to teach me once how to use it, but I never got the hang of it.
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peabay
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Post by peabay on Mar 6, 2022 23:28:51 GMT
Nope. I'm old and I don't even know what one looks like.
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Post by AussieMeg on Mar 6, 2022 23:35:15 GMT
I've heard of them, but I have never used one. I don't think I've even seen one. It looks awfully complicated!
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scrappinwithoutpeas
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Post by scrappinwithoutpeas on Mar 6, 2022 23:36:24 GMT
My dad was an engineer and used one. I still have his. He tried to teach me once how to use it, but I never got the hang of it. Same with my Dad. He gave his to DS, who has no idea how to use it but respects the history and novelty of it. I was taught how to use it in grade school as part of a "GT" program/slide rule club (yes, also mostly boys). I remember thinking it was really great at the time because it was like a secret calculator that had all the answers, LOL. |
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Post by littlemama on Mar 6, 2022 23:56:22 GMT
No, I never needed to know how to use one and I was too young to use one at the time the final one was produced.
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Post by agengr2004 on Mar 7, 2022 0:17:00 GMT
I have two that belonged to my grandfather. He was a GE engineer that worked at NASA. He taught me how to use them.
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Post by myboysnme on Mar 7, 2022 0:50:10 GMT
I chose no because I have no idea how to use it even though we had one and I went to school in the 60's. I was so bad at math that I took what we would today consider special education math and we never attempted slide rule. But I know what it is.
Remins me of the song, "...don't know what a slide rule is for.. but I do know that I love you.."
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Post by ntsf on Mar 7, 2022 1:11:57 GMT
As I clean out my dad's house, I know he has two or three slide rules and a book that explains how to use them. we all learned about them from him..he was an engineer. my cousin who was a math professor at university of minnesota had a slide rule that was 6 ft long.. very precise.
and I remember my brother getting one of the first hp calculators when he graduated high school in 1970.. went on to be a civil engineer. maybe he will take the slide rule.
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Post by MZF on Mar 7, 2022 1:53:57 GMT
I used one in high school and first year of college. I still have it, I can do a couple of things on it, but would need to relearn most.
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Post by bc2ca on Mar 7, 2022 2:14:12 GMT
I can’t believe they don’t make them anymore. What if the nerds WANT to go through all the steps themselves? Or teach kids how it’s done? My dad had one and I begged him to show me how it worked.  I honestly don't remember if we used them in high school. DH is a few years older and said he did for sure. I know I've seen them at antique stores and shown them to the kids. |
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Post by catmom on Mar 7, 2022 2:20:58 GMT
I think I’ve heard of them but I’ve never seen one and definitely never used one.
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Post by Linda on Mar 7, 2022 2:42:43 GMT
My 12th grade maths teacher taught us but I haven't touched one since and that was....some time ago.
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maryannscraps
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Post by maryannscraps on Mar 7, 2022 11:05:53 GMT
I have my Dad’s, and he taught me to use it. I went to engineering school in the calculator age, but as a nerd, I was interested in how they worked.
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Post by mikklynn on Mar 7, 2022 12:57:20 GMT
I used one my first year of college for engineering. I doubt I could use it now.
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Post by twinks on Mar 7, 2022 13:53:37 GMT
My Dad had one and taught me how to use it. My Dad was a Math whiz and an Ophthalmologist. It was the one thing I wanted from his personal office when I cleaned it out shortly before my Dad died. It was in the top drawer of my dresser when I left my marriage. This is the #1 thing I feel bad that I don’t have. I know my ex kept it because he knew how much my Dad’s slide rule meant to me. My Dad’s slide rule and my music were asked for repeatedly. My attorney and the Judge both commented about it. My ex had just decided that I wasn’t going to get either of them and he wanted to be mean and vindictive. My ex had dug his heals in and no matter what anyone said, he was not going to give the slide rule or the music to me.
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milocat
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Post by milocat on Mar 7, 2022 15:50:44 GMT
I've never seen or used one, I was born the year after the last one was made.
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Gennifer
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Post by Gennifer on Mar 7, 2022 16:23:34 GMT
I've never seen or used one, I was born the year after the last one was made. Same. twinks, I’m sorry. What a jackhole. |
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Post by mich5481 on Mar 7, 2022 16:26:15 GMT
My Dad had one and taught me how to use it. My Dad was a Math whiz and an Ophthalmologist. It was the one thing I wanted from his personal office when I cleaned it out shortly before my Dad died. It was in the top drawer of my dresser when I left my marriage. This is the #1 thing I feel bad that I don’t have. I know my ex kept it because he knew how much my Dad’s slide rule meant to me. My Dad’s slide rule and my music were asked for repeatedly. My attorney and the Judge both commented about it. My ex had just decided that I wasn’t going to get either of them and he wanted to be mean and vindictive. My ex had dug his heals in and no matter what anyone said, he was not going to give the slide rule or the music to me. Your ex sounds like a conniving thief. |
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Post by rymeswithpurple on Mar 7, 2022 17:54:54 GMT
My dad was an engineer and used one. I still have his. He tried to teach me once how to use it, but I never got the hang of it. This is exactly my answer, except my nearly 70 year old father is *still* working.  |
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Post by melanell on Mar 7, 2022 19:31:41 GMT
I remember using them in school, but I doubt I would remember how to use one now. I haven't seen one since, so I haven't had a chance to test my memory, but if it's anything like the high school French I never used and therefore forgot, I'm thinking the knowledge is long gone.
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Post by angel97701 on Mar 7, 2022 20:29:56 GMT
When I taught Chemistry full time I would hold up my yellow plastic slide rule and say "Behold the calculator from the 70's and before"! It is also referenced in some old movies, maybe Apollo 13?
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Post by MalleyCat on Mar 8, 2022 5:05:33 GMT
We have one from the thrift store that we used to volunteer at. One of the older volunteers had to tell my teens and I, what it was.😉
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I even joined the slide rule club one year, because that was full of boys!!
