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[OT] Future Calculator Nut? Message #1 Posted by Tim Wessman on 19 Feb 2010, 12:16 p.m. Probably not. . . For those of you who know and have met my wife Katie (Wessman with no 'a' and no 'r') at the past few HHC conferences, she is feeling great and both are doing well. Since I have access to more calculators now, this new little one gets an upgrade compared to his older sister. She had to chew on a quickcalc. He gets upgraded to a 10bII so he can start learning at an earlier age what a good keyboard (to a small extent) should feel like. I don't mind if it gets sucked on. More info for those wanting at timandkatie.com. TW Edited: 19 Feb 2010, 12:18 p.m.

Re: [OT] Future Calculator Nut? Message #2 Posted by Thomas Radtke on 19 Feb 2010, 12:27 p.m., in response to message #1 by Tim Wessman Cute. Congratulations, Tim! Make sure to not have batteries in the calculator. For the childs sake, not the 10BIIs ;-).

Re: [OT] Future Calculator Nut? Message #3 Posted by Tim Wessman on 19 Feb 2010, 12:41 p.m., in response to message #2 by Thomas Radtke Would you like to donate a 41 or something for a crib toy? :-) TW

Re: [OT] Future Calculator Nut? Message #4 Posted by Thomas Radtke on 19 Feb 2010, 1:08 p.m., in response to message #3 by Tim Wessman Erm, classic calculators are out of discussion. You know, some small parts might have become loose over the time ;-).

Re: [OT] Future Calculator Nut? Message #5 Posted by Michael Meyer on 19 Feb 2010, 1:50 p.m., in response to message #4 by Thomas Radtke There's always the Woodstocks. I know there were stories about them surviving being buried in the snow all winter, being dropped from great heights, being thrown from a snow blower, being run over with cars, etc. But child testing would be the ultimate. Probably wouldn't be safe because of the keys, though... Congratulations on the new addition to your collection!

Re: [OT] Future Calculator Nut? Message #6 Posted by Walter B on 19 Feb 2010, 4:47 p.m., in response to message #5 by Michael Meyer Woodstocks? Though they were pretty solid, you're talking about Voyagers presumably ... d:-) @Katie & Tim: All the best to you four d:-)

Re: [OT] Future Calculator Nut? Message #7 Posted by Allen on 19 Feb 2010, 7:28 p.m., in response to message #1 by Tim Wessman Congrats (again)!!!

Re: [OT] Future Calculator Nut? Message #8 Posted by Don Shepherd on 19 Feb 2010, 8:10 p.m., in response to message #1 by Tim Wessman A 10bii? Give him a new 30b so he can start learning keystroke programming between his Dr. Seuss books! We need to pass the torch to his generation. Congrats on your growing family. Don

Re: [OT] Future Calculator Nut? Message #9 Posted by hpnut on 19 Feb 2010, 8:27 p.m., in response to message #1 by Tim Wessman Tim and Katie, congratulations!! May your little one grow into A true calculator nut like me. Uncle hpnut in Malaysia :-)

Re: [OT] Future Calculator Nut? Message #10 Posted by Namir on 20 Feb 2010, 12:26 a.m., in response to message #1 by Tim Wessman Tim, Congratulations on the HP-10BII .... the kid looks kinda cute too!!! Namir

Re: [OT] Future Calculator Nut? Message #11 Posted by David Hayden on 20 Feb 2010, 9:18 p.m., in response to message #1 by Tim Wessman Congratulations to you and Katie! This reminds me of a funny story. When my wife was pregnant in 1995, I wrote a very small and VERY simple program for the 100LX she had from work. It timed her contractions.... The trick was that had to be better than bullet-proof. It had to be better than idiot-proof. It had to be "expectant dad with wife in labor" proof!! Now that was a challenge. I settled on 3 buttons: START STOP and SHOW. Press START when she started a contraction, press STOP when it ended and press SHOW to display a table of their duration and frequency. The code had to account for, say, pressing START, and then not being able press STOP because the missus was squeezing my hand and shouting at me... :) I actually used the calculator during her brutal 45 hr labor. The 100LX is in sight right now. Mother and child are upstairs watching a movie. :) Dave P.S. Tim, your children will not remember learning to use a mouse any more than you remember learning to use a door knob. They will have no memory of EVER hunting for keys on a keyboard. The very idea of not knowing which key is where will be completely alien to them.

Re: [OT] Future Calculator Nut? Message #12 Posted by Bill Zimmerly on 21 Feb 2010, 4:24 p.m., in response to message #1 by Tim Wessman Hi Tim and Katie! I'm glad Katie is feeling great and the baby is doing well. (What a cute little boy!) I hope he is a talented engineer/mathematician someday. ;) - Bill

Re: [OT] Future Calculator Nut? Message #13 Posted by Eddie W. Shore on 23 Feb 2010, 9:23 a.m., in response to message #1 by Tim Wessman How nice :). Congratulations! Eddie

Re: [OT] Future Calculator Nut? Message #14 Posted by db (martinez, ca.) on 23 Feb 2010, 10:50 p.m., in response to message #1 by Tim Wessman IMHO, your kids deserve RPN calculators to chew on. But like the song almost says: "don't let your babies grow up to be surveyors" - even ones with great software. Congrats, db

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