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From: Jim Henderson
Date: 5 Oct 2011 10:58:23
Message: <4e8c708f$1@news.povray.org>

On Wed, 05 Oct 2011 11:05:44 +0100, Stephen wrote:

> On 05/10/2011 8:55 AM, Invisible wrote:
>>>> Can you blame them?
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Yes, the above sum is mental arithmetic. It does not need pencil and
>>> paper.
>>
>> To be fair, if there were a few more items, you'd probably need to
>> write it down just to keep track of it all. But two pencil sharpeners
>> which are £1.95 each shouldn't trouble anybody...
> 
> I blame the education system. I don’t know what for but something is to
> blame.

Technology.  Why should one have to figure out how to do sums when 
everyone has a phone with a calculator built into it?

Jim

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