R: [Rollei] Obsolete skills (was Why the 6-element lens for 3.5Fs)

["Guido Cova" <guido.cova]

Me too! in Milano, Italy, in the 60's.
The inkwells were of 2 different types: glass and bakelite. The bakelite one
was built in such a way that it can be turned upside-down without spilling
ink.
Guido
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From: Slobodan Dimitrov <sld  >
To: <rollei  
Sent: Sunday, May 04, 2003 2:37 AM
Subject: Re: [Rollei] Obsolete skills (was Why the 6-element lens for 3.5Fs)


> I think this is even more obsolete. I had to learn penmanship with pen
> and ink. In elementary school, I had an inkwell in the top right hand
> (that's right, the state didn't recognize left handed writing) corner of
> my school desk. We had to wear smocks over our school clothes to keep
> them from being soiled with ink.
> Oh, and yeah, this was in France, the land of Liberty, Fraternity,
> Equality, etc.
> Slobodan Dimitrov
>
>
> ll.clark   wrote:
> >
> > In <000401c311be$274752f0$55440a0a@Gostenin>, on 05/03/03
> >    at 05:41 PM, "Dan Kalish" <kaliushkin  > said:
> >
> > >I was using a slide rule in the 6th grade.  I'm sure Jerry, since he
> > >also went to Bronx Science, mastered slide rules.
> >
> > Are there more than three of us on this list?
> >
> > -----------------------------------------------------------
> > les clark / edgewater, nj / usa
> > -----------------------------------------------------------

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