tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8083165316546520942.post6921051030608463034..comments2024-03-10T17:58:10.080-07:00Comments on The Turning of Generations: Calculators - 52 Weeks of Personal Genealogy & History -Week 8Michelle Goodrumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03427355155193196767noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8083165316546520942.post-4657133229494201932011-02-27T15:50:53.855-07:002011-02-27T15:50:53.855-07:00These are like milestones in my life. I used the ...These are like milestones in my life. I used the slide rule in college, and I found it frustrating. In my first job, as a claims adjuster,I used the adding machine to add up body shop estimates. At later job in a retail store, I witnessed the sale of the first calculators, which were the size of a good-sized book and had to be plugged into the wall. Later, I used a hand held financial calculator, which was smaller, more accurate and easier to use than all of the others.Free Genealogy Guidehttp://freegenealogyguide.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8083165316546520942.post-53723523716358923142011-02-21T18:17:28.996-07:002011-02-21T18:17:28.996-07:00You really don't know how welcome the calculat...You really don't know how welcome the calculator was after using a slide rule! I used it for one semester in college until I was given a calculator for Christmas.Brenda Leyndykehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08530495186632931677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8083165316546520942.post-43381050282442016302011-02-21T13:04:27.637-07:002011-02-21T13:04:27.637-07:00The slide rule was a lot of fun, so you don't ...The slide rule was a lot of fun, so you don't know what you missed.Charleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15311523372083088677noreply@blogger.com