This was Richard’s dad’s slide rule. We keep it on display because it’s magnificent, but we don’t know how to use it.
This is not to say we’re very modern here. This is the calculator that Paige uses. This was my calculator in high school and college. It is 18-20 years old:
The screen is pock-marked but it still works.
Yesterday we had to find the missing cover plate with the secret codes on it.
This is not all that Paige uses from the catacombs of our educational gadgets. She is still working through Richard’s supply of engineering paper and sets up his old bookstand every morning during Algebra.
I just thought this was all very interesting.