On Sun, 15 Jun 2003 at 20:48:38, Dilwyn Jones wrote:
(ref: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>)
>
>> >ask was "what advantage does a slide rule have over a calculator
>other
>> >than you can draw a straight line with it?"
>> You can flick ink pellets and swat flies.
>Is this some indication of what Tony Firshman was like at school :o|
of course...
The best trick is to blow into the gas pipe in chemistry labs.
This causes havoc with the teacher's demo (8-)#
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