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  1. Johann replied to the thread CIE slide rule.

    :) .... I get it, Rich. But if you're studying how they're made, or that's actually your job, it's risky. Kinda like "winging it" on a...

    Mar 31, 2023 at 1:43 AM

  2. Johann liked Rich Douglas's post in the thread CIE slide rule.

    It's not just factoring. There is also consistency across measures. A gram of water weights a millitre. I just wing it.

    Mar 31, 2023 at 1:27 AM

  3. Johann replied to the thread CIE slide rule.

    They sure have --- but look what we GET for them. :) Plus - as an old guy, I don't pay income tax any more. Haven't had to in years....

    Mar 30, 2023 at 9:38 PM

  4. Johann replied to the thread CIE slide rule.

    Or, you could use your CIE (or other) slide rule and divide the metric measurement in cm by 2.54 to get the same measurement in inches.

    Mar 30, 2023 at 6:26 PM

  5. Johann replied to the thread CIE slide rule.

    We're all about equal rights in Canada - so women's bra sizes here are not metric either. I believe they are, in Europe. I saw a...

    Mar 30, 2023 at 6:09 PM

  6. Johann replied to the thread CIE slide rule.

    We're a bilingual country... or so we say. We're SUPPOSED to use both. When I got here, I could out-English most Canadian kids on the...

    Mar 30, 2023 at 4:34 PM

  7. Johann replied to the thread CIE slide rule.

    Wow, you have cheap liquor there! That Admiral Nelson's costs about $11.25 a fifth. Here, minimum price for all Class A spirits (over...

    Mar 30, 2023 at 4:53 AM

  8. Johann liked Dustin's post in the thread CIE slide rule.

    I'm not sure if it's a rule here but all the stores I shop at here in Iowa have the same thing. It's why I bought a bottle of Admiral...

    Mar 30, 2023 at 4:33 AM

  9. Johann replied to the thread CIE slide rule.

    I don't have to do that, here. There's a rule that supermarkets have to include price-per-quantity on shelf stickers - e.g. so much per...

    Mar 30, 2023 at 2:09 AM

  10. Johann replied to the thread Saint Leo University.

    I first learned how to spell Bialystok from Sholem Aleichem stories, 60+ years ago, while I was in high school. I heard one or two on...

    Mar 30, 2023 at 1:58 AM

  11. Johann replied to the thread CIE slide rule.

    Don't know much about slide rules, but Sam Cooke - yeah, Sam had a very special talent. One of the world's most wonderful musical voices...

    Mar 30, 2023 at 1:40 AM

  12. Johann liked Maniac Craniac's post in the thread CIE slide rule.

    "Don't know what a slide rule is for." - Sam Cooke (lyric from the song "Wonderful World") I don't either, btw.

    Mar 30, 2023 at 1:38 AM

  13. Johann replied to the thread CIE slide rule.

    So THAT's why I can never get it right.... :)

    Mar 30, 2023 at 1:36 AM

  14. Johann liked Rich Douglas's post in the thread CIE slide rule.

    Every time you stare at two sizes of peanut butter, trying to decide which is the better value, you're doing algebra.

    Mar 30, 2023 at 1:36 AM

  15. Johann replied to the thread Saint Leo University.

    Thanks!

    Mar 30, 2023 at 1:34 AM
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