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August 2001, Week 4

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Re: OT:What's a slide rule...
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"Steve Dirickson (Volt)" <[log in to unmask]>
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Steve Dirickson (Volt)
Date:
Thu, 23 Aug 2001 18:00:47 -0700
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> Interesting you should mention slide rules...  I've recently 
> gotten interested
> in them again.  Somewhere at home is a Sterling Decitrig Log 
> Log that I bought
> for school in the late 60's / early 70's.  Back then I really 
> wanted a nice
> wooden slipstick, but couldn't afford one.  Now I'm indulging 
> those long-ago
> desires by purchasing used rules on eBay.

Thanks for the suggestion; I've never even thought about trying the eBay
approach. I had an absolutely gorgeous laminated-bamboo Teledyne-Post
stick (similar to the Post 1460) in the early '80s that has disappeared
somewhere along the way; maybe I can find a replacement.

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