We had a guy in our group who kept a supply of what were called “Universal Planning Forms” in a drawer in his desk. It was basically a paper and pencil version of an Excel spreadsheet. He was convinced that someday the computers were all going to go “poof”, and he’d be the only one still able to function, because he had those old paper forms! Of course, in the “old days” when using them it took him a week to create what he could do in a few hours on his PC. Whenever a new software came out he always said “it’ll never work!” He usually ended up being the most proficient user though.tongueriver wrote: ↑Mon Apr 26, 2021 12:40 am Memory lane! Heck, I even remember when we did stuff with pencils and paper! (Still do, of course).
BTW I still have my old Dietzgen slide rule - somewhere. Not sure I can still operate it though. But I bet it would come back to me fairly quickly if I had to use it. And no, all you wiseacres, I never used an abacus!
Ken