Like any mental skill
if you don't use it, you may well lose it. The question is whether that actually matters that much. I am old enough to have been at school just at the start of calculators being allowed in maths exams and I have to say I thought 'why the fuck not'? If I ever want to divide 18965423 by 845.668 I will use a fucking calculator to do it. They're not hard to come by.

NO-ONE is safe from my laser. But there's a huge queue in front of you so don't sweat it.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 29 Jul 2010, 10:35, 1 reply, 16 years ago)

What if you were in the Crystal Maze
and it was a metal challenge and there were no calculators?!

(With Richard of course not ETP he was wank)
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Thu 29 Jul 2010, 10:40, Reply)

A 'metal' challenge?
"Monty, to get the crystal you must crowdsurf on to the stage, grab that guitar and belt out some heavy riffs, and then smash it up before diving back off."
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Thu 29 Jul 2010, 10:48, Reply)

I would simply use whatever metal there was available.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 29 Jul 2010, 10:48, Reply)