Jerry,
Agreed! The ISRG also has been around much longer. While I may not
ever be able to catch up, I still hope that we can find our niche.
The kind of discussion we are having here will certainly contribute
toward that end.

--- In slideruleforum@yahoogroups.com, "jerry_mccarthy_uk"
<jerry_mccarthy_uk@...> wrote:
>
> --- In slideruleforum@yahoogroups.com, slidegeek <no_reply@> wrote:
> > When I started this group, it was the only one in Yahoo groups.
The
> > International Slide Rule Group was an E-Group that merged in to
> > Yahoo. I kept hoping that this group would find its "niche" and
> > still be active even with such excellent "competition." Thus far
> > that has not happened.
> > sg
> >
>
> One thing that somewhat works against you is that the ISRG has some
1260
> members, as opposed to this group which only has some 220.
>
> Most collectors I've met in Europe and USA know about the ISRG,
whereas
> this one is in a bit of backwater.
>
> Regards, Jerry McCarthy, U.K.
>