I missed the staff meeting but the minutes show Mark
wrote back on Wed, 16 Mar 2005 06:06:18 -0800 in rec.crafts.metalworking :
Gunner wrote:
I stopped in a second hand store today after a doctors visit, and
bought a Pickett slide rule. Its 6' long. Hangs from the ceiling by
chains. G

Anyone interested?

Gunner

Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats.
H. L. Mencken
Didn't the constipated mathmatician work things out with a slide rule?

Number 2 pencil.

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pyotr filipivich
"With Age comes Wisdom. Although more often, Age travels alone."