• BoxOfFeet@lemmy.world
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      No… I’m not. Mostly Ace Fastener. The Scout, the Pilot, a long reach Pilot, an Aceliner. I have a Bostitch from the 20’s, back when it was still Boston Wire Stitching. One cool one is the Bates Model B, which is a wire feed stapler. It has a spool of wire, and it will feed it, cut it, bend it, and staple. All in one push.

      Pretty boring, huh?

      I actually have way more calculators than stapler. I’m a dull guy. Here are some of my favorites there.

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        😂 Duder, I don’t get this one bit, but keep doing what you’re doing. (That wire feed stapler does sound pretty interesting tho, not gonna lie)

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        I genuinely think this is neat. That Bates Model B sounds cool, I’ve never heard of a wire feed stapler before now, do you have a pic of it?

        ETA: this is a green flag collection btw

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          It’s powerful, for sure. The only reason I bought it, though, was for calc 3. Most of the time, I prefer the TI-86. Custom menus that are one button away, a great unit convertor that is two buttons. Super easy to program for. And, it just looks good.

          I also really like the Casio FX-9750GIII.

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            I’ve just been using 89s since I was in middle school. Always liked them. Always kept with them. My main calculator is a 20 year old 89 Titanium. Those things are built like tanks.

            Though it may be a bit of a ship of Theseus. I’ve replaced the cover and battery cover 2-3 times, and I even replaced the tiny backup battery cover once.

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              Yeah, I didn’t get mine until halfway through college in like, 2008. By that time, I was pretty well-versed in the 86. I had a bunch of dog ears in the giant manual it came with. At some point, I still want to do the AGS-001 frontlight mod to it. People have taken the frontlight panel out of the original Gameboy advance sp and put it in the 86. I’ve been thinking about doing it for the last 20 years, should just do it.