Basic Instructions by Scott Meyer for October 25, 2017

Actually, good advice [about computers]. SInce technology advances so rapidly, it is wise to buy as close to “cutting edge” as possible in a new computer, so that five or six years down the road, it is still a viable machine, rather than an obsolete paperweight. Buying the best available computer technology means you only have to replace the thing every seven or eight years, rather than every two or three.

Unless you drink at the computer, then you replace the more expensive computer every year or so, regardless.

You can take my slide rule when you pry it from my cold dead hands!

Holding a ruler at an angle to the object measured will give an incorrect measurement longer than the object, not shorter.

The accurate ones are called “scales” not rulers. A Starrett brand, made in U.S.A., 12 inch scale, graduated in 1/64", 1/32", 1/50" and 1/100" is around $53.

I used a welders straight edge as a scraper. He was not amused.

This is when you remind her you got the best wife.

Y’all do know that Stainless Steel expands and contracts with temperature, right?That’s why the best slide rules were made of wood and ivory, like a piano key, or a low expansion material (low mass) like aluminum.Maybe in the summer the straight edge will still be …Oh never mind!