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WHAT DID PEOPLE DO BEFORE GOOGLE?
Well, one of the things they did was manufacture cardboard calculation and answer wheels. I've seen ones for calculating tips, for tracking calories, and for comparing prices.
Of course, if my relatives had left behind any calculating or comparing ones, the prices on them would have been too low to be of any use. Yes, I know. There are ways to use them by just shifting the decimal place or multiplying the result . . . but if you could do that, you could probably do the percentage or division directly in the first place.
But do you know enough about U.S. Presidents? Information about Presidents isn't a simple calculation. You either know the fact or you don't.
Think about it. You could be sitting in a bar and shooting the breeze when some know-it-all starts talking about a President and gets the name of his Vice-President wrong.
Just whip out this simple device and put him firmly in his place. . . assuming he wasn't talking about a President who presided after 1956. If he came after Ike, you'd better hope you remembered to bring your smartphone.
But that's not all it can do. Flip this baby over and you have all the election information you could use about any of the 48 States.
Well, all the information you could have used in 1956. Learn which Presidential Candidate the State supported in 1954, how many electoral votes the State has, which offices are up for vote this year* and the name of the current Governor.*
You can get both information wheels in one handy device for the reasonable price of 25 cents. Although possibly Time Magazine gave them away with subscriptions.
I think I may keep this. It won't take up much space and it's kind of cool. I can always throw it away later.
* this year and the current being 1956.
