Betty by Gary Delainey and Gerry Rasmussen for December 01, 2023

No ifs, ands, nor bots.

I remember using a slide rule and never imagining calculator’s would ever be allowed

Had a class in college that didn’t allow calculators! Guess I am old.

Pocket Calculators were new in my first year of university. On the Enginering exams, we had to hand over the calculator and use slide-rule only. Anyone caught with a calculator failed the exam (and there were a few).

I’ll take the foot massage.

all the AI is still GIGO.

Along with the use of slide rules mentioned by some of my fellow fossils, there was also the joy of interpolating trig functions and logs from tables. Mind you, we had calculators and were allowed to use them, but there were some older teachers who felt it was really important to keep the old ways alive for some reason. I’ve never used a slide rule since then…

Awww, poor Betty blew a fuse.

Foot massage!

When your mom made you toast, she did use a toaster. She didn’t lie to anyone about it..

I bought my first calculator in 1972 in Japan. I still have it…