I still have a couple of Picketts from back in the day. The first calculators I used were huge things with gears and levers needed for my statistics classes. Later I had an electronic brick with lit up numbers.
Greg -----Original Message----- From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes Sent: Monday, November 30, 2015 12:39 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List Cc: Andrew Strasfogel; ned kleinhenz Subject: Re: [MBZ] Calculators I used the Pickett aluminum 803 ES XL (??) back in HS, about 30 years before the start of the Dark Ages. We also called them Slip Sticks and had a dorky holster, the polar opposite of "babe magnet" On Mon, Nov 30, 2015 at 3:18 PM, ned kleinhenz via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > My "slip stick" from the olden days is a Dietzgen slide rule. It's > mahogany and about 13 inches long (is that bragging?). It even has a > holster to complete the injunear geek affect. It now lives in a box of > memorabilia. When I started a graduate course in the mid-1970's, I carried > it to the first class. All my class mates had TI calculators. Felt like > the fool who brought a knife to a gun fight. That same week I bought a TI > SR-50 which I used for about 10 years. It went through several batteries > and chargers. I replaced it with an HP 11C. I still use that same HP every > day. It's older than my married children. Never found another calculator > with the quality and durability of that vintage HP. It only requires three > new button batteries once every 5 years or so. > > Ned Kleinhenz > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
