Still got a copy on the bookshelf but forgotten how to use them. In the upper stream the kids were taught by a physics master who could reportedly quote most of them from memory - & beware any kid that got one wrong.
OT - does anyone remember credit card torches?
Jan 04, 2025
Last reply: 1 year ago
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That's one heck of a generalisation. We are not all alike.
I recently found 4 in a drawer, still working, & took then to the charity shop.
Don't be silly.
Just because you could doesn't mean everyone could.
Your statement is also patently untrue because I was taught sums as a 6/7 year old and never grasped the principles.
Cheers
Dave R
How is the tot going to know whether the result is 0.5, 5, 500 or 500,000?
Or a cylindrical one:
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Four of the same calculator? Someone must be a collector.
I don'r have any, but as a matter of interest - does anyone else have a SwissCard? (I have two)
Still available
They were promotion give aways which were destined for the bin.
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