14 May
1998
14 May
'98
8:35 a.m.
Haven't you ever spelled upside-down words on a calculator before?
Q: What is the Divine Comedy about?
( [4] [3] [3] [7] [M+] ) Hell
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Russ Blakeman wrote:
> Remember when the LED HP calculators were banned from high schools
and
> considered cheating? My best friend was suspended
over just the
possession of
> one in school, not even in class. Of course
he's a few years younger
than I as
> I don't remember calculators being much less
than the price of a good
used car
> when I was in school. They came down dramatically
in 76 when I was
going
> through electronics training. I think the one I
had cost $105 then
and we
thought that
was cheap.
I was forbidden to take my old Pickett out of its holster many times
back in my early 70s high school days. Never understood what
advantage it was supposed to give me in an EngLit test ...
--
Ward Griffiths
They say that politics makes strange bedfellows.
Of course, the main reason they cuddle up is to screw somebody else.
Michael Flynn, _Rogue Star_