<VV> slide rule

[airvair]

Also had the same thing happen the other day when I stopped into the
computer store for something. The owner (who built my present computer)
and I got to talking, and he mentioned that the floppy drive (and the
zip drive) are obsolete. But then, I use them all the time. Just because
they're "obsolete" doesn't mean they don't work, nor serve the purpose.
For what I'm doing on the computer, they serve admirably. So what's the
problem? Why fix something if it ain't broke?

Sometimes, "new" doesn't really do the job any better. It's just newer.

And yes, I still use my Beta VCR. (G)

-Mark

Tony Underwood wrote:
> 
> At 02:37 PM 1/26/2007, airvair wrote:
> >Hey, I still have my slide rule from college. And it still works just as
> >good as it did then. No batteries needed! (G)
> >
> >-Mark
> 
> There's something to that batteries thing.    I have a pretty nice
> slide rule that I like a lot, bought it at a flea market for 50
> cents, which was kinda sad because it's a classy piece that cost some
> bucks new.    Obsolete...
> 
> Or is it?   My buddy who works for the railroad in the electrics
> shops repairing computers on locomotives (Roanoke is and always has
> been a railroad town) carries a slide rule with him to work
> daily.    Says it comes in handy on occasion, and it always works.
> 
> I also recall an interview with an engine builder for a pro race team
> Back When, in the '60s, who said he never opened the door to the
> machine ship unless he had his slide rule with him.
> 
> What worked then should still work now.
> 
> tony..
>