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I was issued one at King's Point Merchant Marine Academy in 1957 and used it constantly. A side benefit was the learned ability to estimate an answer and decim
by shellback3 8mo ago
I was issued one at King's Point Merchant Marine Academy in 1957 and used it constantly. A side benefit was the learned ability to estimate an answer and decimal point a skill which I still use. As I recall I mostly used multiplication, division, logs, and trig. I think I quit using it when I purchased a HP scientific calculator years later.
- kstrauser 8mo agoRe: your username My mom found my shellback card among some stuff in her basement and asked if I’d like her to send it to me. Yes, please! Darned if I want to earn a replacement card.
- shellback3 8mo agoShwllback3 was my radio callsign in Vietnam in '67 & '68.
- kstrauser 8mo agoNice. I got mine 4 miles off the coast of Mogadishu in '94.
- HardwareLust 8mo agoI got mine on the way home from Australia in 1985.
- kstrauser 8mo agoDid you fly out and then sail home?
- HardwareLust 8mo agoNah, it was the tail end of a WESTPAC, we were on our way home from liberty in Perth. We skipped it on the way down.
- kstrauser 8mo agoSimilar here! Except we got it going out on WESTPAC, not on our way home from Perth.