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Monday, March 27, 2006

Old Skool


Check out the antique calculator we found whilst clearing out some drawers at work!

Jane  Hey I had an even older one than that, it was mechanical. If you wanted to multiply 15.68 by 15 you set it to read 15.68 then turn the handle 15 times.

Unfortunately I got rid of it when I moved down south. 
Stegbeetle  Ooh! A "real" calculator! 
Lizz  I had one of those!!!

Had to use it regularly when I was a pizzamaker. Did you know the keys don't work so well when they have flour stuck in them? 
steph_angel  "mechanical...

Luxury... Our dad used to count out the sums by throwing rocks at us in our garden... He would then work out the sum by counting up the number of bruises.

Kids of today :) 
steph_angel  "Had to use it regularly when I was a pizzamaker..."

I can't imagine they're any good for making pizzas with either ;-) 
Joanna  Hmm... Boobless

;-)

Can do boobies too 
hannaviolane  "luxury"

and steph you tell the kids of today that and they wont beleive you...they wont! 
Becky  Trust the teacher to spot the "Boobless" gag, Jo. :-)

Three different people in the office made the calculator show that at different times!

I thought that BOOBLESS was more tranny-related than BOOBIES. :-) 
pagey64  Did you give it a "SHEllOIL" as well? :-) 
Becky  SHELLOIL? :-D 
Joanna  How about a Calculator Haiku?? 
Michelle Faith  ok that took a minute. I read it at 430 in the morning. 
Lizz  Quote:
I can't imagine they're any good for making pizzas with either ;-)

Nope. they weren't. But they did work really well in calculating numbers. 'Cept when you hit the wrong keys. Then they didn't... err they did calculate fine then, but... frustration often set in...

Oh and should I add they have a melting point of about 150C? 
VB-W  Are you seriously trying to tell us the NHS has drawers that haven't been opended since before you were born?

Put it on eBay. 

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