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July 17th 05, 11:11 PM

wrote:
From: Jim Hampton on Jul 17, 3:32 pm

Funny how some folks can't even make change without a calculator. Just
punch the number into the calculator.

I have two "everyday" watches. One is a La Crosse radio watch
that sets itself to WWVB between midnight and 6 AM. Made in
China. Don't know where the engineering design came from
other than its been done for years by hobbyists and is in the
example software from PIC Microchip (freebie). Cost me all of
$30 plus change (shipping included) via e-order. The other is
a watch-calculator purchased at the Sav-On drug store chain for
$15 plus tax. I wear that one for shopping to check out totals
and tax and things. The little microprocessor inside handles
the watch functions and the four-function calculator functions
plus decoding the little "keyboard."

You change watches to go shopping? You wear a calculator watch so you
can enter each item, total the items and punch in the tax? Who knew one
could waste so much time in a supermarket?

I generally wear the same Skagen watch each day. When I've finished
shopping, the clerk scans each item. The electronic cash register keeps
track of each item and adds the proper amount of state tax if I'm here
in West Virginia. If food shopping across the river in Ohio, there is
no tax to be calculated. A printed receipt provides a detailed list of
what I've paid for each item.

It is a Brave, New World you live in, Leonard.

Dave K8MN