Am I getting soft in my old age?

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by Mark Padgett

Take out the slide rule from the chest pocket on the front of your jersey.

Mark Padgett: Man, you really are ignorant. The only proper way to carry a slide rule is to carry it in a leather holster attached to one's belt. If one were to carry a slide rule in one's chest pocket, even if it were in a pocket protector, one's friends would make sport of this slide rule fashion fau paux. Yet another reason why officials should be allowed to wear belts, as long as the belt is black.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

The only proper way to carry a slide rule is to carry it in a leather holster attached to one's belt.

Of course, there is another option, the slide rule tie clip. My high school chemistry teacher, Mr. Dalton, had one of these, and, man, did he look cool wearing it. And, the slide rule tie clip is a real chick magnet.

[26 Year Gap]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

Of course, there is another option, the slide rule tie clip. My high school chemistry teacher had one of these, and, man, did he look cool wearing it. And, the slide rule tie clip is a real chick magnet.

But who wants to attract biddies?

[amusedofficial]

I used to know how to use a slide rule, about 30 years ago. I lost interest when I realized it had no function for team fouls.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by amusedofficial

I used to know how to use a slide rule, about 30 years ago. I lost interest when I realized it had no function for team fouls.

Multiplication, and division? Yes. Reciprocals? Yes. Logarithms? Yes. Sines, and cosines? Yes. Tangents, and cotangents? Yes. Squares, and square roots? Yes. Cubes, and cube roots? Yes. Some slide rules even had a measuring ruler function.

Addition? Unfortunately, no. Back then, in the midtwentieth century, we had to use a mechanical adding machine for addition.