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16. I used a slide rule in high school.

Wed Dec 9, 2020, 05:01 AM

Dec 2020

My husband, just a few years younger, never did. Amazing devices. Slide rules rule!

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I hate to be saying goodbye to Chuck Yeager [View all] Chainfire Dec 2020 OP

I hope somebody slipped nocoincidences Dec 2020 #1

Beat me to it Docreed2003 Dec 2020 #2

In Seattle - all the boys KT2000 Dec 2020 #3

That's amazing. Wow. nt crickets Dec 2020 #14

A Special Memory ProfessorGAC Dec 2020 #5

Yeager was a brilliant engineer, Chainfire Dec 2020 #10

I don't believe that man wasted one moment of his life. Cracklin Charlie Dec 2020 #7

Chuck Yeager didn't need aroma therapy to break the sound barrier Blue Owl Dec 2020 #9

While in the Air Force, my dad had him as a CO. yonder Dec 2020 #11

I sort of grew up in the middle of the film 'The Right Stuff' pecosbob Dec 2020 #12

I used a slide rule in high school. Ilsa Dec 2020 #16

An old test pilot joke... Happy Hoosier Dec 2020 #13

Yup. And few pack that quality! Happy Hoosier Dec 2020 #17