#299055 - 06/03/21 07:37 AM
Re: old timer chat
[Re: Chisel]
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I have PT tomorrow and I'm actually looking forward to it! I'm eager to get back to some semblance of normality!
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#299057 - 06/03/21 05:06 PM
Re: old timer chat
[Re: Phaedrus]
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I have PT tomorrow and I'm actually looking forward to it! I'm eager to get back to some semblance of normality! I hope you get well soon
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#299058 - 06/03/21 05:11 PM
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[Re: Blast]
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Yes, Blast And learned my lesson.
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#299059 - 06/03/21 11:20 PM
Re: old timer chat
[Re: Chisel]
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Also, if possible, I am looking for any kind of 'handyman companion' type book like the DESK REF by Glover. I remember another book of that category but my memory cells are falling apart and cannot gather the details
If you know any book that is close to these subjects, I will appreciate it. Can't help with the book, but YouTube has how-to videos that have saved me thousands for a new washer and dryer. I repaired both of the old machines with parts costing a few dollars.
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#299060 - 06/04/21 03:58 AM
Re: old timer chat
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Thanks Brian Actually I am not looking for a How-to-fix book. What I am looking for is some sort of "homeowner math assistant" type book, if that makes sense. As I said above, I once saw a book which had a section on math for home finance, math for home repairs, etc.
What triggered the need of such a book is a conflict between me and the engineering office about exact dimensions in some corners of the new house which I am planning to build. Land looked like a rectangle, and it is almost a rectangle, but in fact is 'slightly' a parallelogram. They got it wrong in some dimensions, and I wanted to do my own math to be sure about a few things.
I did two calculations and got 25.5 cm, and 24.8 cm , with an average of approximately ~ 25 cm ( ~10 inches). My son did different calculations and got 32.8 cm. So, I wanted to upgrade my bookshelf in the area of geometry and home-related math.
OK. I can see many eyebrows about the 'insignificance' of these numbers related to a HOUSE. LOL. They are not that big of a deal in themselves, but they are necessary for some other details.
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#299061 - 06/04/21 07:19 PM
Re: old timer chat
[Re: Chisel]
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#299064 - 06/06/21 04:15 AM
Re: old timer chat
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Thanks Dave. That's a great little book.
I have ordered the bigger version of that book , called : DESK REF. This one is not meant to be carried in the pocket, but stays on the desk. It is a combination of two books: the Pocket REF, and the Handyman. Also, it is written in a bigger font, which is necessary for my retired eyes.
Now just if I can manage to get a Casio 85v calculator, life will be perfect. It was the calculator I used at work before retiring. Colleagues got newer models but I remained faithful to this old thing. I asked my boss if I could take with me after retiring and he said OK. However, it collapsed, and the electronic guy at work told me it could not be fixed. I love that model for so many reasons , and wish I can get one these days.
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#299065 - 06/06/21 07:14 AM
Re: old timer chat
[Re: Chisel]
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Just got an idea and a question
In this age of WOW technology, it seems everything is possible. So, here is my tech question: Do you know if there is a Casio calculator simulator. Maybe, just maybe, I can work again on a Casio FX-85v. Won't be the same (it weighed almost nothing, did linear regression in a heart beat, had great features like "constant arithmatic"..etc. ). Constant arithmatic is when you have a list of numbers and you need to subtract 2 from each one of them, or multiply each by 7 , or whatever. I needed to do that repeatedly and it was very fast and simple.
MS Excel will 'excel' in some of these tasks, but not all in such a small package.
So, is there an Android App that simulates Casio calculators ??
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#299066 - 06/06/21 08:06 AM
Re: old timer chat
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