I used to, but not for a long time now
I was chatting to another old fart at work about this. My mental arithmetic used to be spot-on, and I could work out puzzles to a personally acceptable standard. Not any more. He said the same: he used to be able to calculate optimum temperatures for the separation of metals in his head. Not any more.
I told him I have a theory as to why we've both slipped, and it's nothing to do with a gradual failing of mental capacity: it's because as one grows older, one realises that nobody is going to shag you for being clever. And with that conclusion, one takes the easier option, and grabs a calculator.
Posted By: Sugbad The Bad on March 20th 2012 at 13:03:16
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