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Originally Posted by rubicon

We lived in the Minneapolis area for many years where Aldi's had a heavy presence. All of the clerks were required to memorize the food prices and a good number of them could add the total in their heads faster than a cash register. My father had the ability and would amaze and amuse celrks and customers. We kept telling him to stop showing off.
Aldi's orginated in Germany moved into the American market.

My father had that ability too. He could add a column of 4 figures in his head without writing the numbers at the bottom. It was scary. I can't add 2 + 2.