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Things You Don't See Anymore Part 3

I had a TI-81 graphing calculator I used for a long time. When those came out they were powerful tools. I think I still used it until decent cell phones and apps came out. I ran across it a while back and loaded a bunch of batteries and it still worked!
My mom has an 80s-vintage Casio slim calculator that is still working on its original battery...
 
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A huge time saver for patching knee holes but they detached very quickly.
Speaking of knees, have you skinned your knee as an adult? Man that hurts. I was on a run a few days ago, tripped on a root went down and skinned a patch the size of a silver dollar and it kept me awake all night. When we were kids we ran around like that all the time and never gave it a thought.
 
Speaking of knees, have you skinned your knee as an adult? Man that hurts. I was on a run a few days ago, tripped on a root went down and skinned a patch the size of a silver dollar and it kept me awake all night. When we were kids we ran around like that all the time and never gave it a thought.
Yes and if we were told to rub some dirt on it to help it heal! Lol
 
I still have mine from when I was a kid. Great way to get rid of old airplane models.
Ditto on the model airplane destruction.

When my son became old enough to have his own BB gun, we'd tape a few aluminum Pepsi cans together length-wise, toss it in a pond, and pepper our homemade 'submarine' until it sank. I think I enjoyed that as much or more than my son did. :D