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> >> >>> "NOYDB" <ljlameres at acd.net>



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> >> > My first calculator was a solar one. It required very strong light to
> >> > use
> >> > it. Bought another one a couple of years later that works even in dim
> >> > light. I still have it but it's starting to look decrepit. Still
> >> > works
> >> > though.
> >>
> >> I just use the one on my computer
> >
> > Used to have a really nice light-powered credit card-sized calculator.
> > Not much thicker than a credit card either. Freebie from a labware
> > salesperson. It's dead now and can't find another locally. Very handy at
> > the supermarket.
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> I am actually quite good at adding up the groceries in my head. I learned
> to do that after once shopping with wild abandon for a party I was giving,
> only to discover that my total was $200 more than I had! If that wasn't
> embarrassing. I was young then.

Used to be good at calculating in my head. But blood flow in brain had
to be rerouted a few years back and now that math ability is compromised



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> Now if I am just buying a few things and have plenty of money with me (I
> almost always pay cash), I generally don't do it. But if I am buying a lot
> of stuff, I tend to round up or down and add it all up in my head. I am
> usually quite close to the total.
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