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July 7, 2008 9:14 AM   Subscribe

 
My father-in-law still has a calculator watch. And I still own, but have not worn in years, a Timex Datawhatever watch. The kind where you can store, like, 8 full bytes of data via a lengthy procedure involving making your monitor flash.

Meanwhile, stereotypes still talk about pocket protectors which I'm not sure I've even ever seen in real life. And I work at MIT!

Some of those magical gadgets are hilarious. Once you've snagged a babe at the bar by lighting her cigarette with a calculator you can bring her back to your place for a little action.
posted by DU at 9:39 AM on July 7, 2008 [2 favorites]


I was hoping this was a tutorial on how to use your calculator to spell dirty words upside down.

*sniff*
posted by jonmc at 10:05 AM on July 7, 2008


80085
posted by serazin at 10:09 AM on July 7, 2008 [1 favorite]


5318008
posted by ardgedee at 10:16 AM on July 7, 2008 [1 favorite]


55378008?
posted by sunshinesky at 10:24 AM on July 7, 2008


serazin, thanks for showing me your 80085.

heh
posted by jonmc at 10:28 AM on July 7, 2008


The name of this site is kinda misleading - it's actually better known for being one of the best resources on 80s walkmen. I talked to these guys a few years ago (uh, 6) when I bought my WM-20 MkII.
posted by forallmankind at 10:30 AM on July 7, 2008


7734.40
posted by ROU_Xenophobe at 11:33 AM on July 7, 2008


I'd pay serious money for a Sexum watch without a goddamn second thought.
posted by dosterm at 12:00 PM on July 7, 2008


710.77345 was the answer to some calculator riddle I can't remember.
posted by not_on_display at 12:54 PM on July 7, 2008


710.77345 was the answer to some calculator riddle I can't remember.

Ya, that, 710.0553 and BOOBLESS were the big ones in grade 5.
posted by chococat at 4:14 PM on July 7, 2008


42626407 / 3 * 5, if I remember right.
posted by flabdablet at 10:59 PM on July 7, 2008


Bugger it. 42646407.
posted by flabdablet at 11:00 PM on July 7, 2008


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