re: #816 buzzsawmonkey
I may be going a little too apocalyptic here, but I figure that if the country really falls apart under a combined series of terror attacks, knowing how to use a slide rule will be, perhaps not as necessary in the short run as knowing how to use a gun, but necessary for rebuilding society without having to rely on batteries.
And also, some people will need to get over being finicky about how their food gets to their tables.