Hi A not-so-old occupation that has become obsolete and is likely to be forgotten, is that of Comptometer operator. Operators' fingers would fly! Probably, half the population has never heard of a Comptometer. Bob Doerr in the beautiful Missouri Ozarks Sole surviving founding officer, Missouri Chapter, Nature Conservancy, 1956 http://www.nature.org/wherewework/northamerica/states/missouri/ Editor, since 1992, Missouri State Genealogical Association Journal http://www.mosga.org

Was that the official name of my father's big old (mechanical) adding machine? It was black, had an array of 100 round keys to use for entering the numbers, and a few more for special things I can't remember now... There was a crank on the side that needed a strong right arm. If you pulled it once, it added; I think twice made it multiply (with a most impressive clunking of gears inside). --- Bob Doerr <bdoerr@msm.umr.edu> wrote: > Hi > > A not-so-old occupation that has become obsolete and is likely to be > forgotten, is that of Comptometer operator. Operators' fingers would > fly! Probably, half the population has never heard of a Comptometer. > > > Bob Doerr in the beautiful Missouri Ozarks > Sole surviving founding officer, Missouri Chapter, Nature > Conservancy, 1956 > http://www.nature.org/wherewework/northamerica/states/missouri/ > Editor, since 1992, Missouri State Genealogical Association Journal > http://www.mosga.org > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MO-STLOUIS-METRO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Looking for a deal? Find great prices on flights and hotels with Yahoo! FareChase. http://farechase.yahoo.com/