Geeky Blast From the Past
I don’t usually wear a watch much anymore. I’ve got a nice one, but I constantly had to remove it to go through the metal detectors at Airports or different Federal Agencies so I pretty much shelved it. I use my iPhone for telling time if I need to know. But I remember this watch from my High School years. Some of my friends had them until they were confiscated by math teachers.
How funny is it that they actually slowly demonstrate doing real calculations as if people wouldn’t believe that a watch can add/subtract/multiply/etc?
OMG!!!!! What will they think of next?!?!?! LOL
Isn’t it amazing that the “unheard of price” has been $19.99 for something like forEVER? OK, not that it’s been THAT long; you know what I’m trying to say… It HAS been awhile…………..
Fine!!! It HAS been a really, REALLY long time… Now where’s my Geritol!!!!!
It was shortly after they came out that I had one. Friends laughed at the idea until…
I was sittin’ in Chilkoot Charlies drinkin’ to excess when the bartender announced that whoever could guess how many beans were in a 1 gallon jar, or come the closest, would win round trip tickets to Seattle.
Being drunk and full of myself I set out to win. I estimated how many beans would fit in a square inch, asked some questions about the half beans I saw in the jar and made some calculations on my calculator watch. Those around me laughed and made fun of me. They had a good giggle ’til the bartender took my guess and his jaw dropped. He looked at me with what I would call “awe”, and suggested that I be there when they gave the tickets away. The laughter stopped abruptly.
I had come within 35 beans of how many were in the jar.
I had a nice little vacation. Used the Seattle tickets to get me to Florida.