The totally off-topic thread

[JohnK]

JohnK banks are fair game.

Sure but what are you going to do when you run out of banks paying points for ATO spend?

I hope you are reading the ANZ story on fees and charges and now they are appealing the case so maybe they will miss out on having to refund some charges.

No. I don't use credit cards that often.

 

[cove]

Just started a journey with some US credit cards JohnK..... Then today my wife asked about English credit cards to earn points there as well. Now that could make the game just a bit more complicated.
We are still ok in Australia at the moment with credit cards earning points.
I need to go to London to get a lesson on rebates from one of our England residing AFFers.

 

[Flashback]

Those teachers must be quite young indeed. Even though we never even came close to using one, most of us in school my age knew what a slide rule was, let alone knew at least how to use it for multiplication and division.

*sticks hand up* Sorry, no idea on the slide rule!

Just started a journey with some US credit cards JohnK..... Then today my wife asked about English credit cards to earn points there as well. Now that could make the game just a bit more complicated.
We are still ok in Australia at the moment with credit cards earning points.
I need to go to London to get a lesson on rebates from one of our England residing AFFers.

Still happy to give referals for the AMEX

 

[cove]

Flashback is there are standout Visa or MasterCard for British Airways points like Citicards are for AA miles in the US at the moment? We bank at HSBC at the moment in London but that is purely to keep the show on the road and it is easy to transfer money at a fair price any day of the week.

 

[NM]

I still have, and use very regularly, my calculator purchased in 1982. In fact, its out on my desk right now, cover off and in prime position for use. Since its purchase in 1982, its only on its third set of batteries (uses 3x 357/303 button batteries) and I still have the original user manual on my office bookshelf. I reach for this calculator rather than use my phone calculator apps or a PC calculator. I just find it quicker and easier to use. Oh, and I have been a fan of RPN since about 5 mins after purchasing the thing so many years ago.

It was such a popular calculator, that they recently initiated a "Limited Edition" manufacturing run which can still be purchased NIB at some places (certainly available on eBay). Even the Limited Edition production run was so popular that those who still have stock are advertising them significantly above MSRP. One place shows MSRP of US$179.99 and "Our Price" of US$449.00. I paid A$180 back in 1982.

 

[anat0l]

I still have, and use very regularly, my calculator purchased in 1982. In fact, its out on my desk right now, cover off and in prime position for use. Since its purchase in 1982, its only on its third set of batteries (uses 3x 357/303 button batteries) and I still have the original user manual on my office bookshelf. I reach for this calculator rather than use my phone calculator apps or a PC calculator. I just find it quicker and easier to use. Oh, and I have been a fan of RPN since about 5 mins after purchasing the thing so many years ago.

Having brought up in the era where scientific calculators were in-fix rather than postfix (viz. RPN), I can't get used to RPN fully to save my life. That said, when you learn programming you often get an assignment on stack-based calculators or arithmetic parsing, so you eventually run into a version of RPN.

 

[Pushka]

Two TR for the price of one?

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[serfty]

When I commenced my Physics degree back in 1976 I scored an "HP25" and would look with envy at those with an "HP65".

A rock solid device simply carked it for no apparent reason in 1995.

 

[NM]

When I commenced my Physics degree back in 1976 I scored an "HP25" and would look with envy at those with an "HP65".

A rock solid device simply carked it for no apparent reason in 1995.

Both excellent devices in their day (and for years after). The change to the 11C, 12C, 15C range was the next step in efficiency, with the introduction of the LCD screen and new form factor. The HP keys were to calculators what the IBM Thinkpad keyboard is to laptops - while some may be close, none are better.

 

[erkpod]

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It's a good way to start!

 

[QF WP]

HP12C - my dad still uses his and I have a very basic working knowledge of some functions.

 

[erkpod]

I found this on FB. Not that this applies to me but with many couples here, I thought this would be an interesting exercise.


If it did apply to me, potential locations could include at work, at a gig, at 70000 Tons of Metal, in Vegas, in a hotel room in Amsterdam.

 

[Mwenenzi]

When I commenced my Physics degree back in 1976 I scored an "HP25" and would look with envy at those with an "HP65".
A rock solid device simply carked it for no apparent reason in 1995.

I still have an operating HP35 And several working slide rules. A (former) colleague collects and repairs old calculators. He takes donations. (An electrical engineer by training he retired on Friday)

 

[blackcat20]

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I found this on FB. Not that this applies to me but with many couples here, I thought this would be an interesting exercise.


If it did apply to me, potential locations could include at work, at a gig, at 70000 Tons of Metal, in Vegas, in a hotel room in Amsterdam.

Hmmm. Melbourne Airport

 

[drron]

Basically I did.married in the building next door to where I met mrsdrron.

 

[Hvr]

For those of us who need to look at a Tube map, here's some wacky alternatives....

17 London Underground Maps You Never Knew You Needed

And some more interesting underground news: In pictures: photography exhibition shows all kinds of life on the London Underground - London - News - London Evening Standard

The photo is from a recent no pants day on the Tube.

 

[medhead]

When I commenced my Physics degree back in 1976 I scored an "HP25" and would look with envy at those with an "HP65".

A rock solid device simply carked it for no apparent reason in 1995.

Pretty sure our physics lab had 2 HP25s with printers for communal use. Calculator use was discouraged in preference to using the calculator between the shoulders. My HP48S is still working but I rarely use it.

One of my lecturers had glass blowing facilities when he was a physics student. They were required to make their own glassware. Glad that was before my time.

 

[erkpod]

I think that photo was taken at coughnal.....

 

[NM]

HP12C - my dad still uses his and I have a very basic working knowledge of some functions.

Mine is 15C.

 

[Clivem]

I've been known to get off at Euston Square..........