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Re: Later OriginalGriff11-Jan-11 2:25 OriginalGriff 11-Jan-11 2:25  You prompted me to check FleaBay, and not only can you buy one there easily, but I found the exact make and model of one of mine - at £29.99! I think this is one of the few times in my life when I have bought something, used it, and then could sell it for a profit... Real men don't use instructions. They are only the manufacturers opinion on how to put the thing together. Re: Later Mike Hankey11-Jan-11 2:28 Mike Hankey 11-Jan-11 2:28  Now that amazes me not only did I not think you could purchase/find one anymore but to pay such a price? Who would have thought? I think at the time I paid $7-$10 dollars for mine and only because I got a better quality/fancy one. The things that make you say hmmm, hmmm? I like long walks, especially when they are taken by people who annoy me. http://www.hq4thmarinescomm.com[^] My Site Re: Later OriginalGriff11-Jan-11 2:32 OriginalGriff 11-Jan-11 2:32  It gets worse. Google "buy slide rule" and the first link is "Slide Rule World" http://www.sphere.bc.ca/test/sliderule.html[^] It's nice (but a little worrying) to know there are people more anal than yourself... Real men don't use instructions. They are only the manufacturers opinion on how to put the thing together. Re: Later Mike Hankey11-Jan-11 2:43 Mike Hankey 11-Jan-11 2:43  Anal wouldn't have been the word I would have used but to be KSS that will work. I bet they also wear pocket protectors too. Dang I believe the one I owned was the green K E in the left hand side bar here[^]. It's a small world ain't it? Fresh off the WAYBACK machine. Just a few. Amazing, but true, we still have BRAND NEW slide rules. These are disappearing quickly. Ugh?? (scratches head) I like long walks, especially when they are taken by people who annoy me. http://www.hq4thmarinescomm.com[^] My Site 3rd grade! QuiJohn10-Jan-11 2:36 QuiJohn 10-Jan-11 2:36  Started in the third grade when a friend's mother converted a janitor's closet at the school to a PC lab with 5 TRS-80's in it. We went down in groups and did some logo and basic programming. Fun times, and what started me on this path. I would have been 8 going on 9. Jeez that's a long time ago. He said, "Boy I'm just old and lonely, But thank you for your concern, Here's wishing you a Happy New Year." I wished him one back in return. Latecomer To The Game Chris Meech10-Jan-11 2:30 Chris Meech 10-Jan-11 2:30  When I was in high school, there were no computer courses at all, yet the one course I took in grade 9 that has helped me the most in life was type writing. Learning the QWERTY keyboard is a skill that I still use today and helps me a lot. It wasn't until I was in University that computer courses were starting to be available. And even then I only took two courses. Chris Meech I am Canadian. [heard in a local bar] In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is. [Yogi Berra] posting about Crystal Reports here is like discussing gay marriage on a catholic church’s website.[Nishant Sivakumar] Re: Latecomer To The Game Corinna John10-Jan-11 2:42 Corinna John 10-Jan-11 2:42  Who cares for courses? Programming ist like cooking and washing: Something to learn at home, not at school. This statement is false. Re: Latecomer To The Game Chris Meech10-Jan-11 3:22 Chris Meech 10-Jan-11 3:22  I'm actually going to agree with you Corinna, though I'd qualify the agreement by saying it refers to today's programming environment. However back in 1972, the only two ways of learning programming were either on-the-job or at University and College. Chris Meech I am Canadian. [heard in a local bar] In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is. [Yogi Berra] posting about Crystal Reports here is like discussing gay marriage on a catholic church’s website.[Nishant Sivakumar] Re: Latecomer To The Game PIEBALDconsult10-Jan-11 7:52 PIEBALDconsult 10-Jan-11 7:52  Only if you cook and wash for yourself and never for others. Re: Latecomer To The Game Member 11032310-Jan-11 5:08 Member 110323 10-Jan-11 5:08  I can relate, Chris. I first started playing around with the TRS-80 at the back of the math classroom in 1980. That was my senior year in high school. I agree on the enduring value of the typing class. The school was filled with IBM Selectric typewriters and had one computer. Today the schools are filled with computers and nobody knows what a typewriter is. Funny how 3 decades changes things. What year was it you started? Re: Latecomer To The Game PIEBALDconsult10-Jan-11 7:57 PIEBALDconsult 10-Jan-11 7:57  The typing class I took my senior year of high school (1983) used manual typewriters. It didn't take -- I type my own special way. Member 110323 wrote: and had one computer What was it? My school's was the PDP-11 that ran the town's whole school system. Re: Latecomer To The Game Member 11032310-Jan-11 8:13 Member 110323 10-Jan-11 8:13  It was the TRS-80 in the math class room. The first computer I ever laid hands on. Re: Latecomer To The Game Pualee10-Jan-11 11:11 Pualee 10-Jan-11 11:11  I was in HS in 1998, and we were still using typewriters for the typing class... I grew up in a poor school district I didn't learn to type fast until it became a necessity of communicating in FPS and RTS games

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