"Julie Bove" > wrote in message
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>> "Julie Bove" > wrote in message
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>>> "NOYDB" <ljlameres at acd.net> wrote in message
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>>>>I find that I frequently want to adjust a recipe up or down in
>>>> quantity. I use an old slide rule to set up the original proportion (
>>>> set the 1 over the adjusted quantity; 2, 3, .5, whatever ) then read
>>>> the new quantity directly under the original quantity. Sometimes
>>>> there's a problem in measuring the new quantity exactly though.
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>>>> Anyway I was wondering if anybody else does this or if I'm just an old
>>>> geek. I started using a sliderule studying electronics in the '70's.
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>>> I've never even used a slide rule! I don't even know what they are
>>> really. I think my dad had one though.
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>> I think it is the foreunner of a calculator but I might be wrong
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> Could be. I am old enough that I remember when calculators came out.
> They were very expensive. We were never allowed to have them in school.
> These days they are a requirement.
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> My first calculator was a solar one. It required very strong light to use
> it. Bought another one a couple of years later that works even in dim
> light. I still have it but it's starting to look decrepit. Still works
> though.

I just use the one on my computer
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