[NSRCA-discussion] Why are fire engines red? Was Slide Rules....was Art Wagner
James Oddino
joddino at socal.rr.com
Tue Oct 14 07:27:32 AKDT 2008
Fire engines are red because they have 8 wheels and 4 people ride in
them. 8 and 4 is 12. Twelve inches is a foot. A foot is a ruler. Queen
Elizabeth was a ruler. Queen Elizabeth was a ship that sailed the
seas. Fish swim in the sea. Fish have fins. The Finns faught the
Russians. The Russians are reds. Fire engines are always rushin', so
they must be red.
I think I paid $26 for my high end slide rule in 1951. I wouldn't buy
a calculator until they got down to $100 and that turned out to be a
TI. But the the best and the one I still have is the HP 15C and yes
it had RPN. I'm thinking of buying the app for it for my iPhone, but
I'm having a hard time trying to justify it as I don't do much with
complex numbers anymore.
Jim
On Oct 13, 2008, at 11:24 PM, rcmaster199 at aol.com wrote:
> Geez Oddino....was that a trick (or treat) answer?? Thot that QE was
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> From: Troy Newman <troy at troynewman.net>
> To: General pattern discussion <nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org>
> Sent: Mon, 13 Oct 2008 8:04 pm
> Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Slide Rules....was Art Wagner
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> Matt,
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> I had the opportunity to watch my boss try and figure out my
> calculator, HP-48. I left it on my desk and he just grabbed it for
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> He’s not an engineer. His comment was no wonder I can’t get things
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> By the way Art doesn’t do a Slide rule. That is too
> advanced, Abacus is right up Arts’ alley that way you can count the
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> [mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org] On Behalf Of James
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> Sent: Monday, October 13, 2008 4:50 PM
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> Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Slide Rules....was
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> Queen Elisabeth was a ruler.
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> If you hung your calculator by your belt, you were considered a
> nerd. I remember some of the kids would use that as bragging
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> Also the strange arguments that would ensue over whether straight up
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> My circular slide ruler was tucked away safely in my pocket, but I
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> From: Bob Richards <bob at toprudder.com>
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> My physics class in high school was the last year they used slide
> rules (did not allo w calculators). One thing that I learned, that I
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> difficulty keying numbers. The good ol' days.
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> From: Jay Marshall <lightfoot at sc.rr.com>
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> Remember those exams where all was quiet, then there was a
> “Oh s&%$#, my battery died”? We used to come early to get next
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> ounces at lists.nsrca.org] On Behalf Of vicenterc at comcast.net
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> engineering school. The tests were redesigned to account for the time
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> Don't say that to Art.
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> Art does not own a computer. He uses a slider rule.
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> Subject: [NSRCA-discussion]
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> Looking for Art Wagner's email or phone number.
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> Email me at steveandlaurel at valornet.com
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