Re: 1937--uncontrolled figures can clog up any business! (Monroe)

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From: hanc...
Date: Fri, 06 Apr 2018 19:31

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On Friday, April 6, 2018 at 3:27:37 PM UTC-4, Charlie Gibbs wrote:
> On 2018-04-06, hanc...@bbs.cpcn.com <hanc...@bbs.cpcn.com> wrote:
> 
> > cute cartoon ad for Monroe calculators
> > https://books.google.com/books?id=qEsEAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA6&dq=life%20%22monroe%20adding%22&pg=PA6#v=onepage&q&f=false
> 
> Nice.
> 
> The one that stuck in my head (I think I first saw it here) is:
> 
>     Rockwell calculators,
>     Gee, they're really neat.
>     They have big green numbers,
>     And little rubber feet.
> 
> I've heard that the ad was the product of Dick Orkin,
> better known as Chickenman.  (He's everywhere, he's everywhere!)

There's a bunch of Rockwell's available on e-bay:
https://www.ebay.com/b/Rockwell-Vintage-Calculator/58042/bn_348448

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