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I can't stop. Please help ! Message #1 Posted by Pyerre L. on 28 Nov 2002, 9:27 p.m. Hello, I'm quite new to this hobby and learning RPN. Beleive it or not I've been bitten by the monster HP calculators collecting bug & ill with it for about a month now. I have to stop before she will throw me on the street with those junks (as she calls it) ;-( Someone has a crue ? Great forum, Pyerre

Re: I can't stop. Please help ! Message #2 Posted by Vieira, Luiz C. (Brazil) on 28 Nov 2002, 11:08 p.m., in response to message #1 by Pyerre L. Hi; it's just for the first three-four months; then you get used to. No big deal... Who do you call "she"? Wife? Girl-friend? Both in one person only? If you cannot beat them, join them. Give her a new HP and promise her you'll stop collecting the day she can use the calculator completely (give her an HP49G). IF it happens, it's gonna be two of you instead of one. You'll both share the same illness. Cheers. (my ex-wife loved to play Hunt the Wumpus in my HP41C).

Re: I can't stop. Please help ! Message #3 Posted by Pyerre L. on 29 Nov 2002, 12:14 a.m., in response to message #2 by Vieira, Luiz C. (Brazil) Hi, I'm collecting old radios (big things) for years and now switched to HP calculators (small toys), 14 of them now. Too much hein ! She = Lovely wife Pyerre

Re: I can't stop. Please help ! Message #4 Posted by Art Litka on 13 Dec 2002, 8:29 p.m., in response to message #2 by Vieira, Luiz C. (Brazil) Well, here's my story. I have been collecting HP's for a while and needed a way to show them off instead of storing them in a closet. My wife encouraged me to display them so we bought a display case in a resale consignment store. When I first saw the case I knew it was perfect, so I asked how much they wanted for it. The proprieter looked at me quizically and said " but it's empty!" I told her that I wanted to display old electronic calculators in it. At that point she probably thought I was looney and tried to tell me that the case was not for sale but I persisted. She contacted the owner and we struck a deal. I looks great with both HP and TI units in it but now it's full! Should I look for another case or stop collecting? My wife is now thinking that I've "lost it". Maybe if I pursue this she will have a "legitimate case" agaisnt me! Any thoughts?

Re: I can't stop. Please help ! Message #5 Posted by David Smith on 29 Nov 2002, 4:13 p.m., in response to message #1 by Pyerre L. The cure: take two HP35 red dots and call me in the morning ;)

Re: I can't stop. Please help ! Message #6 Posted by Pyerre L. on 29 Nov 2002, 8:13 p.m., in response to message #5 by David Smith Hi, If you have a "red dot" to offer... I could not stop anymore & should quit the forum then. Too much tentations up here! ;-) Pyerre

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