In a message dated 11/22/2005 7:34:13 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
jeffc@... writes:
hear ya.
my father [an engineer of many sorts] used to try and explain things to
me. he finally gave up after spending 2 hours trying to explain his
slide rule to me. he wore it in a pouch on his belt the way people
wear a cell phone today.
he was better at doing than he was at teaching.
i inherited the slide rule.
still have it.
still have no idea how he used it.
[yet, i can read stereo instructions and badly translated synth manuals,
and my VCRs only blink "12:00" after a power outage]
...jeff
It ain't, "rocket science."