Engineer's Guide to Cats

That's great... especially since the better half and I just got a couple of cats last night! I'll definitely be forwarding this to her.
 
We have some cats who resemble those performances. Marathon lounging! I love it.

Oh, and this engineer prefers his HP-41CV.
 
smigaldi said:
I always wanted one of those!!

I have an HP15C, HP28S, HP12C, HP48, and an HP13
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Bought it new in the early 80s when I was working for Martin Marietta. I had an HP-34C, but the programs we were writing took too much memory, so I bought the 41CV. Never did run out of resources with it. And it still works. I have to make a Radio Shack run every few years to get a set of N cells for it (nobody else seems to even know what they are), but otherwise it just keeps chugging along. Got to love HP reliability.
 
That's a great video... my sister in law squeeze hugs her cats that way... but I don't think she knows the bagpipe-accordian maneuver... YET. Sent her the video. lol
 
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Love the yodeling, and I can attest to the effectiveness of the controlled cuddling. It does annoy them.

This (former) businessman loves his HP12C. It's particularly effective in making finance officers at car dealerships and mortgage brokers feel like dumbasses. Few things are more satisfying than calculating a different number, having the finance guy question my result (knowing full well why the numbers don't match, the cheatin' bastards) and having me toss the 12C at 'em and say "Why don't you use my calculator to check that."

"Uh, uh. Hmmm. Um. Hmmmm. Yeah. Um. Uh. Well, that's ok, here's your calculator, I can't find the equals sign, but I believe you, sir."
 
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Love the yodeling, and I can attest to the effectiveness of the controlled cuddling. It does annoy them.

This (former) businessman loves his HP12C. It's particularly effective in making finance officers at car dealerships and mortgage brokers feel like dumbasses. Few things are more satisfying than calculating a different number, having the finance guy question my result (knowing full well why the numbers don't match, the cheatin' bastards) and having me toss the 12C at 'em and say "Why don't you use my calculator to check that."

"Uh, uh. Hmmm. Um. Hmmmm. Yeah. Um. Uh. Well, that's ok, here's your calculator, I can't find the equals sign, but I believe you, sir."
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I've got a program always in memory in my old HP-41CV to calculate monthly payments. And I've had that discussion with a car dealer, too. :D
 
Okay, you HP calculator lovers, this one's for you:



The alt text on the XKCD site says "It looks good, but it needs more postfixins." :rofl:

And Scott, you'll notice it has no ketchup, so you'll like this kind of reverse polish too. ;)
 
flyingcheesehead said:
The alt text on the XKCD site says "It looks good, but it needs more postfixins." :rofl:

And Scott, you'll notice it has no ketchup, so you'll like this kind of reverse polish too. ;)
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Polish can have ketchup, it is not a hotdog after all. ;)

I do agree it does need some more fixins'. Some nice grilled onion would be tasty on that. I suppose one could even 'Chicago it up' with some radioactive green relish, onion, tomato, and pickle/cucumber.
 
i can't believe i missed this thread! In my 15 seconds of youtube fame I have a cameo in one of Paul's follow on videos.

 
smigaldi said:
Polish can have ketchup, it is not a hotdog after all. ;)

I do agree it does need some more fixins'. Some nice grilled onion would be tasty on that. I suppose one could even 'Chicago it up' with some radioactive green relish, onion, tomato, and pickle/cucumber.
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Polish is a SAUSAGE. And according to the National Hot Dog and Sausage Council, the rules include:

Don't...
Use ketchup on your hot dog after the age of 18.
Mustard, relish, onions, cheese and chili are acceptable.
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TangoWhiskey said:
Polish is a SAUSAGE.
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Yes....and....? It is still not a hot dog. Those rulz you posted don't say anything about sausage in general. They lay out a specific type of sausage classified as the hot dog. A hot dog is a is a moist sausage of soft, even texture and flavor, often made from mechanically recovered meat or meat slurry. A polish sausage is a staple of Polish cuisine and comes in dozens of varieties, smoked or fresh, but almost always based on pork.

Kent may eat his polish with ketchup if he so chooses and is not breaking any culinary rules or regulations. His consistent disregard for hot dog etiquette however show a habitual lack of knowledge of the finer things in life.





:) ;)
 
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smigaldi said:
Yes I can. But only true engineers would use HPs, false engineers use TI. :D:D
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Cats make excellent wind direction indicators. Dropped from the correct altitude, quite accurate and generally get 9 uses before replacing.:D

BTW - Still using my HP-45!!

Gary
 
smigaldi said:
Yes....and....? It is still not a hot dog. Those rulz you posted don't say anything about sausage in general. They lay out a specific type of sausage classified as the hot dog. A hot dog is a is a moist sausage of soft, even texture and flavor, often made from mechanically recovered meat or meat slurry. A polish sausage is a staple of Polish cuisine and comes in dozens of varieties, smoked or fresh, but almost always based on pork.

Kent may eat his polish with ketchup if he so chooses and is not breaking any culinary rules or regulations. His consistent disregard for hot dog etiquette however show a habitual lack of knowledge of the finer things in life.

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Just for the record, Scott is correct. ;) Here's what the National Hot Dog and Sausage Council wrote me in response to the question of whether or not the "no ketchup after 18" rule applies to hot dogs exclusively, or both cased meats:

Good afternoon Troy,

The ketchup rule only applies to hot dogs. I believe as long as the word ‘dog’ is mentioned, the ketchup rule still applies. While I wouldn’t recommend putting ketchup on most types of sausages, you wouldn’t be breaking any rules!

I hope this helps to settle your debate.

Take care,

Philip Giles
Coordinator, Legislative and Public Affairs
American Meat Institute
P: 202/587-4251
F: 202/587-4300
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Gary said:
Cats make excellent wind direction indicators. Dropped from the correct altitude, quite accurate and generally get 9 uses before replacing.:D

BTW - Still using my HP-45!!

Gary
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A classic, no doubt. Just not programmable.

David_L_Wilson said:
Don't forget the old TI-81
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Isn't that one of those calculators with the unnecessary "=" sign key? :D Kind of like the SR-10 gathering dust in a drawer at home?
 
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