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Old 11-18-2020, 05:20 PM   #16
ford38v8
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Default Re: Cubic inch question

In my dotage now, my sliderule days are long forgotten, but you can do more today with a $6.99 drugstore calculator than the best sliderule ever made.
My old sliderule was never much good for making straight lines anyway, with that bumpy thingy right there in the middle.
I will say though, I had a round one once that helped me earn free pizza in my sports car rally days. (Back in the day, you'd have to tell them if you didn't want anchovies.)
Come to think of it, I guess I could have used my sliderule to determine how much beer was in a "'Yard of Beer' Stein".
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