A present for my father, best HP12C model?

[gift4dad]

(11-10-2021 02:39 PM)Ren Wrote:  

(11-10-2021 07:39 AM)gift4dad Wrote:  Hello everyone,

I am a complete newbie when it comes to this stuff.
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Money is not a problem.
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Have I got a deal for you!
Did I mention that it comes with a bridge that connects to Brooklyn?
B^)

Seriously, good luck, I hope you find a great model.

Hah! Thanks.

(11-10-2021 05:57 PM)floppy Wrote:  HP12C? is whatever year a good thing. I got a new model in the hand and it has the HP key feeling.
But why 12C, why not HP15C? (HP15C is a bit more expensive)
If your father is working around the house (repairing), he will need few angular and sinus and cosinus calculation before he cut the wooden pieces. A scientific HP15C would be the "engineer" choice.
Calculating the status of his account on the Jersey Island (see Pandora papers; perhaps your name is there?), then the HP12C is probably a good thing. haha

Almost a decade ago we lost most of our stuff from a fire.
Insurance came in handy but not for the gold horizontal calculator.

The calculator was pretty much glued to my father.
Well... except for that one time it got left behind and evidently burned LOL

Not really sure what he's been using since then.
All I know for certain is it's not shaped like the 12c with the horizontal layout.
I moved out and he's retired across the atlantic.

I think this would be a nice gift, along with some other goodies. Maybe I'll throw in a McLaren 12c