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Q: Can you use the Chinese Abacus Suanpan (suànpán) ?
Isnt it fascinating to see this ancient and historic 'calculating device' commonly used in China till date ?
I am getting one to learn to operate !
Yes. I learned this useless skill(?) at school. Then we checked the answer with a calculator. Yet another pointless thing I can do.
I look for at Yahoo-gle what is that sauce pan ...I knew the diff. between both pans, and I wanted to reply: 'I only use flat pan ....with cover.'
Then I realized, 'spell checker' was immediately on my side too, because it converts 'suanpan' to 'sauce pan' 
.
Now, I am on 1800 m (many feet...) elevation, where O2 is rarer, so my brain might works slower, too. A bit.
Despite Guizhou Internet connection is also like 'world snails championship', I got what that is. It always looked like some kind of kids game to me.
I didn't know, that's an ancient calculator.
That might be the reason
for constant overcharging in China
.
I'll tell them to switch to digital....
asap.
WhyHowWhen:
:-) :-) I use flat pan too. Pls don't make them switch to digital yet.. this has survived eons of ages, let it be :-)
No, it is not fascinating.
Next stupid question.
WhyHowWhen:
Learn to say 'please' when you request something. Its manners.
Keep coming to check for next, since you are too idle to reply stupid questions.
Yes. I learned this useless skill(?) at school. Then we checked the answer with a calculator. Yet another pointless thing I can do.
