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I don't need it, but I think you should send it to me all the same, just to send a message to all the kids that they really don't need a calculator to do any mathematical stuff. When I worked through my university, I could not afford a calculator, and I dreamed about owning an 89, because all my friends had one. Well, I didn't get one.

And as a result, I can do pretty complex math in my head, and I know how to triple check my calculations to make sure that they not only are correct, but also make sense.

I never owned any calculator, and I came out just fine. The young ones should learn the lesson. And I should finally get the calculator now that I don't need it anymore.

Because that's how life is.



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