tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28152265.post7146791840045517481..comments2023-10-07T07:54:08.140-07:00Comments on zzsimonb's rantings: Where Have I Been?Simon Barretthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00375109820563334086noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28152265.post-38253540569024808472008-05-02T18:30:00.000-07:002008-05-02T18:30:00.000-07:00Took me a week to figure out you had come back./ ...Took me a week to figure out you had come back./ <BR/><BR/>The gizmo sounds facinating. I can clearly remember spending $300 in the late 60's to buy the incredible 'electronic calculator' . First of it's kind, weighed about a pound, about as big as a 1/2 brick, did the 4 basic arithmetic calculations, period. $300 was a pretty healthy chunk of change back then...a months pay, say for an office worker. The next generation obsoleted the slide rule almost instantly.<BR/><BR/>Now you come on and write about this memory marvel the size of a pack of cigs only 40 years later. We are still zooming on the technology front!!Bruce A. Batemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03804747424525560858noreply@blogger.com