In message <Pine.GSO.4.21.0305111203330.5409-100000_at_lanshark.lmi.net>, "Fred Ci
sin (XenoSoft)" writes:
>What IS the definition being applied? What grounds are being used to
>exclude an abacus? I would guess that there are many that are still in
>use for HUNDREDS of years.
One of my abaci (abacuses?) is still regularly applied once a month
to balance my checkbook. It keeps me from getting too rusty. Of
course, I don't have any that are themselves hundreds of years old,
but the design is still in use.
Brian L. Stuart
Received on Sun May 11 2003 - 19:10:01 BST