On Thu, Feb 23, 2006 at 09:49:06AM -0500, John Ferrell wrote:
> You may be an old time techie (OTT) if you have any or all of the following:
>     T-Square
>     Drafting instruments
>     Slide rule
>     Drafting machine
>     VTVM
>     RCA Receiving Tube Manual
>     More than 5 Heathkits
>     Simpson 260 Multimeter
>     Any equipment with the Olson, Lafayette or Knight brand name.
> 
> When I finally got around to upgrading my Ham license to Extra Class a few 
> years ago, I noticed an collective gasp in the class room when I sat down 
> and placed my Dietzgen Log-Log-Decitrig slide rule on the desk in front of 
> me. It doesn't matter what everyone else was thinking, this old man felt 
> like a Jedi Knight...
> BTW, I never needed the slide rule!

There is hope... At my school, my friend Adam makes all his circuit
boards by hand, with a dremel, his circuit designs are all on paper and
he transfers them over to the board with a pen and a good sense of
layout. He also tends to draw stuff in the empty spaces... Great looking
boards, but I've still gotta get him a slide rule...

I made a bamboo slide rule for my dad last christmas, figured it was
fair as I have his one at my apartment. Still gotta learn how to use it
though.

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