yes, we had to actually know the various formulas to use when; and be able to calculate accurately.
BTW - we could only use pencils in our classes; except for essay papers which could either be printed with a fountain pen or typed without errors. From: Graham P Davis <news...@scarlet-jade.com> Date: Sat, Jul 25, 2015 at 8:35 AM Subject: [libreoffice-users] Re: [OT] Operating Environment Survey To: users@global.libreoffice.org On Thu, 23 Jul 2015 11:45:08 +0000 (UTC) Gary Collins <gcatl...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > > > > On 23/07/15 09:40, Gary Collins wrote: > > We didn't have computers at all at school, > neither did we....log tables and slide rule! > We only had log tables; standard slide rules weren't allowed as they were too inaccurate. Drifting a bit more OT, ball-point pens weren't allowed either, only fountain pens. To put this in some sort of perspective, I left school in 1962 aged 18. -- Graham P Davis, Bracknell, Berks. OS: Linux: openSUSE 13.2 (64-bit); KDE 4.14.9; Kernel: 4.1.3 -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted