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I once soled and heeled a pair of boots.

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I once started an old Austin A7 using the starting handle.

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@the-gravedigger said
I once started an old Austin A7 using the starting handle.
yeah I am an old crank to A35

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Cursive writing.

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i can do long division on paper,
with a pen
no eraser

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@rookie54 said
i can do long division on paper,
with a pen
no eraser
So in other words no mistakes. 🙂

-VR

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I used to be able to understand, transcribe and send Morse code.

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I still use a command-line driven word processor.

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I used to use Logarithm Tables.

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@the-gravedigger said
I used to use Logarithm Tables.
You needed tables? I did them in my head. Bit out of practice now though. 😆

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@moonbus said
You needed tables? I did them in my head. Bit out of practice now though. 😆
LOL seems archaic looking back.

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@the-gravedigger said
LOL seems archaic looking back.
Yup. I had a monochrome Nokia cell phone for many years, too. It phoned and texted, that was it. Visible pixels in the display. I was quite happy with it, and the battery charge lasted a week. Great for trips abroad. But the service provider technology changed and it wouldn't connect reliably to 4G much less 5G, which are now both widespread in Europe. I sold it to someone else for good money; seems they are popular in other countries. Gotta iPhone 13 now; it is sobering to think that that has more computing power than the NASA mainframes which guided the moonshots.

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I did logs, sq roots, exponentials on a slide rule.

It ain't bragging, it's complaining

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-Removed-
Yup, that’s the one. Great piece of electronics. Replaceable/removable batteries, too.