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![]() "Shortwave Sportfishing" wrote in message ... I 'da man. I was trying to figure out how to move the Halman on the trailer without actually launching the boat. The reason is that the boat isn't sitting right on the trailer - too far forward and a little to the right on the rollers. Came up with the answer this morning in a fit of genius. I jacked up the bow, used a heavy duty tie down rig, strung it across the bow and attached it to the right and left stanchions on the trailer. VOILA!!! It only took me three days to figure it out, but hey... That is because you are a mathematician. And your slide rule was not strong enough. |
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Shortwave Sportfishing wrote:
Would you believe that I still use a slide rule? Can you give lessons over the internet? I learned how to use one in 1968 but it's been packed away ever since. |
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On Wed, 05 Oct 2005 23:52:14 GMT, Don White wrote: Shortwave Sportfishing wrote: Would you believe that I still use a slide rule? Can you give lessons over the internet? I learned how to use one in 1968 but it's been packed away ever since. I can do better than that... http://www.sliderules.clara.net/a-to-z/a-to-z.htm Every once in a while, I get dragooned into substituting for one of the middle/high school advanced math teachers. I always take my slide rules along, put up an equation appropriate for the class on the black boats and challenge the class to beat me to a solution with their calculators. In twenty years, I've never been beat. Sets the tone for the rest of the time I'm there don't 'cha know. :) Thanks Tom. Tomorrow I go up to the attic and dig out the old sliderule. I got it at DeVry Institute of Technology in Toronto. |
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![]() "Shortwave Sportfishing" wrote in message ... On Wed, 05 Oct 2005 20:15:18 GMT, "Bill McKee" wrote: "Shortwave Sportfishing" wrote in message . .. I 'da man. I was trying to figure out how to move the Halman on the trailer without actually launching the boat. The reason is that the boat isn't sitting right on the trailer - too far forward and a little to the right on the rollers. Came up with the answer this morning in a fit of genius. I jacked up the bow, used a heavy duty tie down rig, strung it across the bow and attached it to the right and left stanchions on the trailer. VOILA!!! It only took me three days to figure it out, but hey... That is because you are a mathematician. And your slide rule was not strong enough. Would you believe that I still use a slide rule? Is that to work it out at times? |
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![]() "Shortwave Sportfishing" wrote in message ... On Wed, 05 Oct 2005 23:52:14 GMT, Don White wrote: Shortwave Sportfishing wrote: Would you believe that I still use a slide rule? Can you give lessons over the internet? I learned how to use one in 1968 but it's been packed away ever since. I can do better than that... http://www.sliderules.clara.net/a-to-z/a-to-z.htm Every once in a while, I get dragooned into substituting for one of the middle/high school advanced math teachers. I always take my slide rules along, put up an equation appropriate for the class on the black boats and challenge the class to beat me to a solution with their calculators. In twenty years, I've never been beat. Sets the tone for the rest of the time I'm there don't 'cha know. :) The first TI SR-52 I got was faster than the slide rule. Did not lose the decimal point. |
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![]() "Shortwave Sportfishing" wrote in message ... On Thu, 06 Oct 2005 00:25:47 GMT, Shortwave Sportfishing In twenty years, I've never been beat. Sets the tone for the rest of the time I'm there don't 'cha know. :) Black boats? Should be black boards. Man, I'm really tired. What's the problem? This is rec.boats. I just assumed it was a play on words with a nod to our venue. |
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