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<p>[QUOTE="TheOLdGuy, post: 128124, member: 878"]Slide rules? Never had one. But I did additions and multiplications backwards since the 1st grade. They thought I was backwards. I managed to pass the required Alg. Geometry and Trig. but don’t ask me <u>anything</u> about them. </p><p><br /></p><p>I envy a friend who was a whiz and got a reprimand for a cop in court back in the 70s.. The cop clocked him at 80 mph. Bob went back to the location, measured everything in feet. In court he asked the cop to confirm that his cruiser was parked behind X sign when Bob went by. Then he pulled out and stopped Bob at Y intersection. Taking out his slide rule he showed the judge that the cop would have to average 125 MPH to catch up with Bob.</p><p><br /></p><p>The cop got a good “talking to” and of course Bob got off scot free.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="TheOLdGuy, post: 128124, member: 878"]Slide rules? Never had one. But I did additions and multiplications backwards since the 1st grade. They thought I was backwards. I managed to pass the required Alg. Geometry and Trig. but don’t ask me [U]anything[/U] about them. I envy a friend who was a whiz and got a reprimand for a cop in court back in the 70s.. The cop clocked him at 80 mph. Bob went back to the location, measured everything in feet. In court he asked the cop to confirm that his cruiser was parked behind X sign when Bob went by. Then he pulled out and stopped Bob at Y intersection. Taking out his slide rule he showed the judge that the cop would have to average 125 MPH to catch up with Bob. The cop got a good “talking to” and of course Bob got off scot free.[/QUOTE]
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