[Spridgets] Fractional Vernier Caliper

[Chris Manuel]

Why?  Did they swipe them out of your store to sell to the geeks on the good
side of town?

Oh yeah there's a late 70s memory I forgot...cheap Fisher stereos :)

Chris
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From: spridgets-bounces at autox.team.net
[mailto:spridgets-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Sales at " Just Brits
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Sent: Thursday, November 12, 2009 7:52 PM
Cc: Spridgets
Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Fractional Vernier Caliper

<<  I recall a friend who had a Casio calculator in 1977 that was able
to accept fractions, display them as fractions, perform arithmetic
functions on them and return the answer as a properly reduced
fraction. I guess it never caught on.  >>

Sure did around this area, David.  I was Store Manager
for Olsen Electronics then and we couldn't keep them
in stock !!

Dumber kids down here I guess <G> !!!

Ed

PS:  For those of you that don't know David or I, we
live on opposite [sorta <G>] sides of Chicago.
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