Thailand has an 18-foot abacus, fronting the counter at a pharmacy in Rayong. The pharmacist reports being able to calculate bills on it faster than with a standard electronic calculator.
Abacus [Reuters via Red Ferret Journal]
Thailand has an 18-foot abacus, fronting the counter at a pharmacy in Rayong. The pharmacist reports being able to calculate bills on it faster than with a standard electronic calculator.
Abacus [Reuters via Red Ferret Journal]
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The title of this post is hugely misleading.
It is, isn’t it?
Yeah, but the picture one centimeter below the headline kind-of gives it away.
Misleading in what way? She sells drugs! All kinda awesome fun stuff like keflex!
Awesome hed. =]