The Random, Meaningless Announcements Thread 3!

[Revoltingest]

So did I - those were the days. I also had a nerd pack.

But did your carry a briefcase in grade school?
Even I knew better than to do that.

 

[sun rise]

Understanding working in business: lesson 15

 

[Revoltingest]

Luckily those were going away REAL fast when I was in high school....we had

We didn't see those til college.
My first was a used HP35 for $200.
($400 new)

 

[sun rise]

Luckily those were going away REAL fast when I was in high school....we had

I had one of those as well. It goes all the way back to lining up rocks in the cave as a computational method.

 

[Wu Wei]

But did your carry a briefcase in grade school?
Even I knew better than to do that.

No backs, no briefcases in my school...... that made you a target....of course carrying a lot of books made you are target to...you know...I think everyone was a target in my school to different degrees

 

[Wu Wei]

We didn't see those til college.
My first was a used HP35 for $200.
($400 new)

In college I had one of these

 

[Wu Wei]

I had one of those as well. It goes all the way back to lining up rocks in the cave as a computational method.

HA!!!! Your old....we RODE mastodons to school in my day

 

[Revoltingest]

In college I had one of these

Those weren't out yet when I needed one.

 

[savagewind]

Do you know something I don't?

Of course I do! LOL

 

[Wu Wei]

You know...thinking about the old calculators from college and the only thing I can remember using it for was 01134....now turn you calculator over and it spells hello....and I took physics to mechanics and math up through calc 3

 

[Wu Wei]

Those weren't out yet when I needed one.

Well we even had these in my day

They were surprisingly NOT waterproof by the way......

 

[savagewind]

You know...thinking about the old calculators from college and the only thing I can remember using it for was 01134....now turn you calculator over and it spells hello....and I took physics to mechanics and math up through calc 3

A brain in our midst.

 

[Revoltingest]

I remember me old bike from me college days....

 

[Wu Wei]

Well I had one of these in high school

It was the first 10 speed bike with an automatic transmission....it shifted by itself all the time....beat me up, knocked me down and even put me in the ER once with that little option

 

[Wu Wei]

A brain in our midst.

Yeah but I lost that years ago.....have no idea where I left it.....can't find the dang thing anywhere

 

[Revoltingest]

My high school ride...

 

[Wu Wei]

My high school ride...

Yeah, but did yours have an automatic transmission..... HA!!!! I bet it didn't.

My Raleigh was not supposed to either, but it did, and no one seemed to be able to fix the problem. But I eventually fixed it....I went out and bought a Schwinn

 

[Revoltingest]

Yeah, but did yours have an automatic transmission..... HA!!!! I bet it didn't.

My Raleigh was not supposed to either, but it did, and no one seemed to be able to fix the problem. But I eventually fixed it....I went out and bought a Schwinn

No shifting problems.

 

[Estro Felino]

Our cakes are very sugary...for example this cassata is mostly marzipan and icing

 

[beenherebeforeagain]

That's not where you'd find my decency.

Where then? Wrapped up in burlap sack in a safe-deposit box? In a mayonnaise jar on Funk and Wagnall's back porch?