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13. It's a shame children aren't taught to use slide-rules!

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Thu Jun 27, 2013, 10:22 PM

Jun 2013

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It is tragic that our children aren't taught to write with fountain pens. [View all] alphafemale Jun 2013 OP

lol riverbendviewgal Jun 2013 #1

Me, too. lol Arkansas Granny Jun 2013 #4

I thought the rest of us one room school graduates had died out. Ms. Toad Jun 2013 #12

Fountain pens discriminate against lefthanders... n/t PoliticAverse Jun 2013 #2

And birds! Warpy Jun 2013 #3

Good point. The Constitution was written with a quill, so all other pens are unconstitutional. n/t PoliticAverse Jun 2013 #7

I pretty much learned with that technology, except the quill. Cleita Jun 2013 #24

lol. i remember the ink wells. DesertFlower Jun 2013 #42

My dad worked for the guy who introduced the first ballpoint pens to the U.S. pinboy3niner Jun 2013 #43

I learned with the inkwell and the wooden stick into which we stuck a JDPriestly Jun 2013 #52

Me too. When I got to college I took a course in lettering from a nun, who was so Cleita Jun 2013 #61

And thus do God's will. winter is coming Jun 2013 #6

Sure, kids still write with fountain pens. Honeycombe8 Jun 2013 #5

most kids aren't in Harry Potter novels, that's why CreekDog Jun 2013 #53

Maybe your definition of fountain pen is different from mine. nt Honeycombe8 Jun 2013 #68

It all went to hell when we stopped making typewriters. randome Jun 2013 #8

And did away with rotary dial phones... Historic NY Jun 2013 #9

What a Royal mistake! pinboy3niner Jun 2013 #11

Remington Standards are declining! NoPasaran Jun 2013 #15

IBMostly inclined to agree with you there pinboy3niner Jun 2013 #17

remember the Pica and Elite gang wars? Whisp Jun 2013 #54

I think the Polaroid camera was the peak of human species. Take picture, have physical picture. JaneyVee Jun 2013 #10

It's a shame children aren't taught to use slide-rules! backscatter712 Jun 2013 #13

The switch to electric calculators caused global warming... n/t PoliticAverse Jun 2013 #16

How is the next generation going to build things like the Apollo program without slide rules? n/t backscatter712 Jun 2013 #19

I really miss my abacus GObamaGO Jun 2013 #65

lol. and rapidographs! A rapidograph for every child at age 10. cali Jun 2013 #14

I disagree Travis_0004 Jun 2013 #18

Handwriting was a form of unique self-expression that has been replaced by choice of ringtones. arcane1 Jun 2013 #33

And where the hell did Latin go NightWatcher Jun 2013 #20

Old corn cob works best in an outhouse Generic Other Jun 2013 #21

My mother loved it mitchtv Jun 2013 #22

and if we still had the abacas, there would be no NSA. n/t Whisp Jun 2013 #23

Who needs an abacus, anyway? IDemo Jun 2013 #25

impressive, but try to stick that in a phone line. Whisp Jun 2013 #26

Is a phone line anything like a telegraph? Liberal Veteran Jun 2013 #31

Kind of, but IDemo Jun 2013 #39

Apparently the ancient contraption was powered by something called 'ringy-dingies' pinboy3niner Jun 2013 #40

Thanks for that trip LWolf Jun 2013 #56

I thought about getting an abacus but I couldn't find one with a 120V AC adaptor struggle4progress Jun 2013 #41

Apple sells an ibacus that can be charged via USB. n/t PoliticAverse Jun 2013 #44

I guess I'll look into it, but I bet the USB connector has got some funky nonstandard Apple twist struggle4progress Jun 2013 #45

Hey, don't forget slide rules. Before we had pocket calculators we had slide rules Cleita Jun 2013 #46

! struggle4progress Jun 2013 #49

what fancy slide rules you talking about. Whisp Jun 2013 #50

And you never had to count past 21 either. oneshooter Jun 2013 #57

I had to walk uphill both ways to count that far. Whisp Jun 2013 #58

Hardly any of them know how Jackpine Radical Jun 2013 #27

And I can't remember the last time I broke the wax seal on a letter. Liberal Veteran Jun 2013 #32

I had the coolest teacher in middle school Marrah_G Jun 2013 #48

It's too bad, that there isn't as much emphasis on lost crafts like this like there is on Cleita Jun 2013 #62

This message was self-deleted by its author yellowcanine Jun 2013 #28

I'm still pissed that we don't teach kids to write with a quill anymore. Lex Jun 2013 #29

If nothing else, that skill would be a feather in their cap. Arugula Latte Jun 2013 #38

Or WovenGems Jun 2013 #30

True story, my brother didn't learn how to read an analog clock in school. Liberal Veteran Jun 2013 #34

Thus, he had/has no understanding of the "60" concept. Does he know how many hours are in a day? WinkyDink Jun 2013 #64

i still have my mother`s comptometer madrchsod Jun 2013 #35

I got training for one of those and many other office machines that today Cleita Jun 2013 #47

I got my hands on a fountain pen in 3rd grade. JVS Jun 2013 #36

Someone has her bloomers in a bunch. Arugula Latte Jun 2013 #37

oh you're a keeper alright! CreekDog Jun 2013 #51

I think it is more tragic that Thav Jun 2013 #55

i wouldn't put the loss of fountain pen training in the same category CreekDog Jun 2013 #59

I still know how to use pen and ink. I also know how to oneshooter Jun 2013 #60

Apparently, the teaching of "analogy" has also gone by the wayside. WinkyDink Jun 2013 #63

How about a nice quill? DonRedwood Jun 2013 #66

And computer manufacturers discriminate against graphics tablets kentauros Jun 2013 #67