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Post by nica575 on Dec 11, 2022 20:51:29 GMT -5
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Post by nica575 on Dec 11, 2022 21:01:58 GMT -5
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Post by pi on Dec 11, 2022 21:33:03 GMT -5
Counting down the covers on Glee that surpassed the originals.
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Post by girldrummer on Dec 11, 2022 22:05:43 GMT -5
So happy that We The People won in its category! Adam's segment was wonderful. Glad he was a part of it. Now, the frosting on the cake would be if A Tale Dark and Grimm won in its category, too. Adam had a lusciously rich part in that series. He acted his butt off to perfection!
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Post by happy on Dec 11, 2022 23:39:30 GMT -5
LindaG23 and SophieB Funny! I was thinking false economy too, but I understand the urge to not pay more than the best price. I have two recent battery stories. I too needed a CR2032 battery for a remote. I had the option of buying one, two or four with each option getting cheaper per battery. I thought since I only needed one, that is what I bought. Of course, a couple of weeks later, my key fob gave up the ghost. Unlike LindaG23, I did not have a second battery, so back to the store I walked to buy yet another single battery!! And Youtube is your friend for figuring out how to do things! Second story: A cheap calculator I bought a few years ago needed a new battery recently. When I priced the battery, I was shocked to see that it cost much more than buying another Dollar store calculator. A dilemma for me as I hate waste. Luckily, I have a second calculator that I purchased a really, really long time ago. What does that say about built-in obsolescence.
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Post by DancyGeorgia on Dec 12, 2022 0:17:01 GMT -5
Speaking of calculators. When I graduated from high school, my parents splurged and bought me the new Sears handheld programmable scientific calculator for $300. At the time, it was the only competition for the HP-65 handheld programmable scientific calculator which cost $800.
When I started grad school 4 yrs later, the Sears calculator died. I bought a new handheld programmable scientific calculator for $30. Now, I can download a free scientific calculator app to my smartphone. And my smartphone has more computational power than the mainframe computer I did my grad school research on.
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Post by LindaG23 on Dec 12, 2022 6:49:34 GMT -5
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Post by LindaG23 on Dec 12, 2022 6:55:33 GMT -5
happy — I guess two batteries is the optimal purchase. One to use and one to give away... or put in a key fob!
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Post by happy on Dec 12, 2022 16:27:13 GMT -5
Speaking of calculators. When I graduated from high school, my parents splurged and bought me the new Sears handheld programmable scientific calculator for $300. At the time, it was the only competition for the HP-65 handheld programmable scientific calculator which cost $800. When I started grad school 4 yrs later, the Sears calculator died. I bought a new handheld programmable scientific calculator for $30. Now, I can download a free scientific calculator app to my smartphone. And my smartphone has more computational power than the mainframe computer I did my grad school research on. Yup, my husband has a similar story. He still uses an old HP calculator which has all sorts of unintelligible to me buttons! |
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Post by happy on Dec 12, 2022 16:28:46 GMT -5
happy — I guess two batteries is the optimal purchase. One to use and one to give away... or put in a key fob! That would seem to be the moral of our stories.  |
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