I was taught slide rule basics in 8th grade. The teacher had one of those giant slide rules that was mounted above the blackboards. Then in freshman year of hig

I was taught slide rule basics in 8th grade. The teacher had one of those giant slide rules that was mounted above the blackboards. Then in freshman year of high school I got my first calculator (a Bowmar "Brain"). Every now and then I grab one my old slide rules and do some calculations, just for the fun of it.