tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post111836527337916703..comments2024-03-28T16:17:20.965-05:00Comments on Bill Crider's Pop Culture Magazine: Long, long agomybillcriderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02350478005243505108noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-1118629049317251532005-06-12T21:17:00.000-05:002005-06-12T21:17:00.000-05:00You're right. Being in that club and then getting...You're right. Being in that club and then getting those glasses preserved my precious bodily essences for a long time.mybillcriderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02350478005243505108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-1118627647743855302005-06-12T20:54:00.000-05:002005-06-12T20:54:00.000-05:00...this was before I got the fabulous birth-contro...<I>...this was before I got the fabulous birth-control glasses that I was wearing in the wedding picture of a few posts back. </I><BR/><BR/>Not to worry, Bill, being in the Slide Rule Club was probably more effective as birth control than any glasses you could wear.JD Rhoadeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07123361739160525998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-1118603940741984672005-06-12T14:19:00.000-05:002005-06-12T14:19:00.000-05:00Oh my God, slide rules. That takes me back. Do kid...Oh my God, slide rules. That takes me back. Do kids today even know what a slide rule is?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-1118456473372603312005-06-10T21:21:00.000-05:002005-06-10T21:21:00.000-05:00What went on at the Slide Rule Club meeting? Did ...What went on at the Slide Rule Club meeting? Did you just sit around doing cube roots and natural logarithms?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-1118445779123027132005-06-10T18:22:00.000-05:002005-06-10T18:22:00.000-05:00I was on the Slide Rule Team for one year in high ...I was on the Slide Rule Team for one year in high school, which was the ancestor of the math and science teams they have today. But I was just an alternate and never got to compete.<BR/><BR/>I might be able to multiply and divide on a slide rule now, but I'd hate to risk anything important on it.James Reasonerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18049917964433932612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-1118425528279773902005-06-10T12:45:00.000-05:002005-06-10T12:45:00.000-05:00I'm with the Cap'n. But where's the "kick me" sig...I'm with the Cap'n. But where's the "kick me" sign?<BR/><BR/>Are you sure it was you and not Depression-era photo?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-1118424401177788552005-06-10T12:26:00.000-05:002005-06-10T12:26:00.000-05:00I think I still have a slip stick around here some...I think I still have a slip stick around here somewhere. I was getting out of school just as the first hand-held calculators (with the LEDs) were coming in, and boy were they expensive, and they couldn't do half of what a slide rule could.Brent McKeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14883838112004433045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-1118412215312509392005-06-10T09:03:00.000-05:002005-06-10T09:03:00.000-05:00Just lucky, I guess. I wish I had my slide rule. ...Just lucky, I guess. I wish I had my slide rule. I think my mother threw it away along with my funny books.mybillcriderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02350478005243505108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-1118411696079508052005-06-10T08:54:00.000-05:002005-06-10T08:54:00.000-05:00Slide rule club! Then how did you wind up an Engl...Slide rule club! Then how did you wind up an English teacher? BTW, I still have my K&E Log-Log Duplex Decitrig, sheathed in its scabbard & ready for battle.<BR/><BR/>ArtAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-1118403404188068712005-06-10T06:36:00.000-05:002005-06-10T06:36:00.000-05:00Front right, flannel shirt. But why do all the gu...Front right, flannel shirt. But why do all the guys behind the giant slide rule look like they're members of the car club?Cap'n Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11783977137812876489noreply@blogger.com