On Wed, 12 Nov 2008 17:35:16 -0800 (PST), Frogwatch
wrote:

Dont even get me started on Cell Phones and digital watches, I'd be
better off with tin cans, string and a sundial. Yes, I do own a
slide rule and I know how to use it.

I have a dozen slide rules including those that do graphic solutions
of the wind triangle, and those that help aim artillery shells. My
watch ticks. They still make them. Rolex, for example.

Casady