HP Forum Archive 13

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What, nobody likes Paul Simon ? Message #1 Posted by NH on 20 June 2003, 8:39 a.m. to the tune of Paul Simon "Kodachrome" ** ** ** ** ** ** ** (roll,roll,roll, THUNK ) (sound of quarter being put into jukebox) Selection "34-C" Record comes up, "THUD" needle hits record.... (a few scratches & pops) .................... When I think of all the crap I learned in high school.... its a wonder I can think at all, it werent for my trusty red LED calculator, math class wouldn't have done me no good at all. RED LED'''''s, give me them bright red digits give me them 7 bright segments, make me think every calculation is a sunny day, oh yeah, I got an HP 34C I love to do caaalculations but Carly gonna take my 34C away. (chorus) Carly don't take my 34C Carly don't take my 34C Carly don't take my 34C away Carly she took my 34C Carly she took my 34C Carly she took my 34C away .....

Hey Norm Message #2 Posted by bill platt on 20 June 2003, 8:55 a.m., in response to message #1 by NH We liked your song---and Glynn's song--- we were just laughing too hard to type straight!

Encore!! Message #3 Posted by james (UK) on 20 June 2003, 11:31 a.m., in response to message #1 by NH Excellent - as Bill said took a while to recover from the fits of laughter. Rock on!

25C ... John Denver ... Take me Home Country Roads Message #4 Posted by Norm on 20 June 2003, 5:38 p.m., in response to message #3 by james (UK) Sung to the tune of "Take me Home Country Roads". ** ** ** ** ** ** ** (roll,roll,roll, THUNK ) (sound of quarter being put into jukebox) Selection "25-C" Record comes up, "THUD" needle hits record.... (a few scratches & pops) .................... ........... Almost Heaven, nineteen seventy-six, Hewlett Packard Calculators, Model 25C ..... Things they worked then, they worked properly, Had an owner's manual, and they'd sell accessories. (Chorus) Hewlett Packard, take me home, to designs, that were strong ..... TWENTY FIVE CCCCCCCC, sensible people Dont say Kinpo, Hewlett Packard . All my memories, it did impress your friends, and if you got a nice one, it will impress 'em yet again. A dark backdrop, red LED's bright as the sky, Misty smell of new stuff, a teardrop in my eye . (Chorus) Hewlett Packard, take me back, to designs, that were strong ..... TWENTY FIVE CCCCCCCC, no pulldown menuuuus Take me back, Hewlett Packard . I smell some MBA's now, they're like tent caterpillars, chawin' up our dreams and our money like green leaves, Driving down the road I get a feeling like I want to run them over nowwwwwww (over nowww........) (Chorus) Hewlett Packard, take me back, to designs, that were strong ..... TWENTY FIVE CCCCCCCC, small and heavyyyy Take me back, Hewlett Packard . *()&)^&)&)*&)*&)(*&*&^&^%(^%( &*)*&^*&^(*&( *** GLUNK *** needle returns to side, record drops back out of view.... The jukebox, full of sound, fun, and intrigue, falls silent... until next time.

Re: 25C ... John Denver ... Take me Home Country Roads Message #5 Posted by Trent Moseley on 20 June 2003, 10:45 p.m., in response to message #4 by Norm Norm- You bring tears to my ears! My first HP in 1978. tm

Another smash hit ..... Message #6 Posted by james (UK) on 21 June 2003, 7:47 a.m., in response to message #4 by Norm ...for Red and the Leds! Super, Norm, absolutely wonderful.

thank you, thank you, no applause, just send money :o) Message #7 Posted by Norm on 21 June 2003, 12:59 p.m., in response to message #6 by james (UK) thank you, thank you, everybody thank you........ at this rate we need a new section, "HP jukebox hits" . Does anybody have links that make a song play on the internet ? I would want link addresses to paul simon "kodachrome" John Denver "Take me home country roads" and 2 more AC/DC Highway to Hell AC/DC Money talks (listen to the money)

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