When I went through high school, their use had been discontinued. I learned how to use one anyways. Then I got one of those fancy 4 - function calculators that fit in my pocket with the little lamps that had a collection of filament shapes inside that KNEW THE ANSWER and I never looked back. Then one day I found myself in a machine shop with a vernier caliper.
Deja vu all over again. ;-)
I think my poor boss soiled himself when I was able to read it on the first go-round.
Bill
Charlie - I'm guessing you are somewhere near 55 (+/- 5). I learned to use a slide rule in tech school too and graduated in '67. During the early to mid 70's HP and TI started producing the technical calculators that eventually replaced the sliderules.
RonB
Just be happy you never invited any engineer women. There was one in my class at Tech (gorgeous by the way) who was putting herself through school working summers as an instructor at the Colorado Outward Bound (which means that she got to haul the weenies _down_ the mountain who broke themselves going _up_ the mountain). Somebody challenged her to a chugging contest once. She put down not one, but _two_ Guinness in a single pour.
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