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Originally Posted by MKSixer
It's sad and a lost skill. My dad made me beat the cash register for a treat when I was young and it helped me learn to calculate in my head very quickly.
The future is in their hands!!  |
A lifetime ago I was an inventory manager for a lumber wholesaler. Spent many an hour out prowling the yard, verifying and correcting inventory counts. I had to do 3- and 4-digit addition in my head, adding up the counts of multiple bundles - sometimes as many as 15 or 20. I had to do it in my head because calculators with LCD screens don't work when it's minus 20 degrees. And these precious snowflakes can't make change? There's no hope.