easysurfer
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Kind a surprised to say this in this day and age, but recently I discovered my old, trusty calculator I've used for about 35 years is not up to the task. There isn't anything physically broken with the calculator but as I was double checking totals on a spreadsheet of my portfolio values, I then discovered, there aren't enough digits displayed. My trusty calculator is only a measly 8 digit calculator. I'm surprised that it took this long to run in this situation.
I know what folks are thinking. 1) just use a phone app. I can "get by" doing that as I do have a calculator app. But the font is small and no real keys to press. Could get tedious pretty fast. 2) use a calculator program on the computer and use the numeric keypad. I can "get by" with this too, but I'm less error prone using a physical calculator as I hunch over my desk inputting numbers than squinting at numbers on the computer screen.
Peeking over at Amazon, I guess calculators haven't gone out of style as there are plenty to choose from. That's a good thing. I think .
I know what folks are thinking. 1) just use a phone app. I can "get by" doing that as I do have a calculator app. But the font is small and no real keys to press. Could get tedious pretty fast. 2) use a calculator program on the computer and use the numeric keypad. I can "get by" with this too, but I'm less error prone using a physical calculator as I hunch over my desk inputting numbers than squinting at numbers on the computer screen.
Peeking over at Amazon, I guess calculators haven't gone out of style as there are plenty to choose from. That's a good thing. I think .