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      04-17-2021, 09:15 AM   #2421
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Can anyone here do long division w/ pencil & paper?
Our OCD psycho dog used to help the kids down the street with their long division homework when he was younger.

These days, he's focusing his efforts on finding a cure to the common cold.....
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Our OCD psycho dog used to help the kids down the street with their long division homework when he was younger.

These days, he's focusing his efforts on finding a cure to the common cold.....
My grandfather could amortize a mortgage with pencil and paper. My dad, with a spreadsheet. Would it be fair to say anyone under 50 likely can't figure out a mortgage payment without the internet? I swear I have visions of people sitting down to buy a car, and they're waiting for the finance manager to tell them what it will cost a month--like it's a mystery as unusual as the Lochness Monster (is that spelled right lol)
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My grandfather could amortize a mortgage with pencil and paper. My dad, with a spreadsheet. Would it be fair to say anyone under 50 likely can't figure out a mortgage payment without the internet? I swear I have visions of people sitting down to buy a car, and they're waiting for the finance manager to tell them what it will cost a month--like it's a mystery as unusual as the Lochness Monster (is that spelled right lol)
My Dad could write Loch Ness Monster with pencil and paper. Just sayin'.
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oh s*** my HP calculators use them. I have a HP15C (made in USA) and a HP12C (this one was a replica / anniversary edition no way built like my USA 15C)

btw my 15C was $90 brand new. It was on eBay a few years ago in the mid $300's if it had the original box and books....they're like watches and guitars, go up in value over time
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I loved my 12C and 15C! It was how you separated the math wheat from the chaff in class!!!

I still have mine somewhere. I will have to find them.
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I loved my 12C and 15C! It was how you separated the math wheat from the chaff in class!!!

I still have mine somewhere. I will have to find them.
What's funny is I still use my HP 12C and HP 41CV both with RPN. When I attempt to use a calculator with an "=" I get confused. So inefficient!

I even have the 12C on my Pixel.
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..when you're sore the next day from changing tires and doing an oil change
Get off my lawn, kid! I'm sore from just setting up the jack these days!

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I swear I have visions of people sitting down to buy a car, and they're waiting for the finance manager to tell them what it will cost a month--like it's a mystery as unusual as the Lochness Monster (is that spelled right lol)
Playing devil's advocate, I have a lot of fun messing with their minds by twisting their four-square math around. They like to work with monthly payments in their negotiations, and I insist that all math be done in total prices. Tips the negotiating table in my direction when they have to think.....
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Get off my lawn, kid! I'm sore from just setting up the jack these days!



Playing devil's advocate, I have a lot of fun messing with their minds by twisting their four-square math around. They like to work with monthly payments in their negotiations, and I insist that all math be done in total prices. Tips the negotiating table in my direction when they have to think.....
No...it's over when you force them to think. It's literally throwing a hand grenade into the room and walking away. BOOM.
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..when you're sore the next day from changing tires and doing an oil change
Did the rear shocks and the two bumpers TODAY. Not sure I can get into bed
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I bought my car as a trade-in from a guy that couldn't get in and out of it anymore. He bought an SUV.
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Dude!!

I loved my 12C and 15C! It was how you separated the math wheat from the chaff in class!!!

I still have mine somewhere. I will have to find them.
I distinctly remember when people asked if they could borrow a calculator, I would hand them the 15C, they'd look at it, and hand it back

I was relieved that the coin cells of today still work in the 80's 15C....
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With us it was Unguentine.
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