[chbot] !!!Choc fish challenge!!!!

[Charles Manning]

On Friday 22 July 2011 14:42:35 Cass Jones wrote:
> The F91w still looks the same as far as I know, wikipedia reckons they
> have only been around since 1991

I want something older than that.

 Hints so far:
It takes batteries
It has an LCD
If you have one you probably wear a tie.
It has been in continuous production since before 1991
Casio FX91 was "getting closer"


>
> On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 2:40 PM, Charles Manning
>
> <manningc2 at actrix.gen.nz> wrote:
> > On Friday 22 July 2011 14:33:35 Synco Reynders wrote:
> >> Digital watch?
> >
> > I don't want a category of item. I want a Make/Model that is the same as
> > it was years ago with no cosmetic changes.
> >
> > While Casio G-Shocks have been around for well over 20 years they are not
> > the same model as the original ones and don't look the same.
> >
> > Hints so far:
> > It takes batteries
> > It has an LCD
> > If you have one you probably wear a tie.
> >
> > No more hints yet to give others a chance...
> >
> >> /s
> >>
> >> On 22 July 2011 14:31, Charles Manning <manningc2 at actrix.gen.nz> wrote:
> >> > On Friday 22 July 2011 14:24:23 Cass Jones wrote:
> >> > > Oh a pocket calculator the fx-82 I presume
> >> >
> >> > Getting closer.
> >> >
> >> > The FX-82 is not a single model. It is a family of models with
> >> > different capabilities and different look and feel.
> >> >
> >> > What I am looking for is a gizzmo that looks identical over the last
> >> > many decades (except for different "Made In xxx" etc).
> >> >
> >> > One manufacturer. One model. Looks exactly the same.
> >> >
> >> > Hint3: If you have one you probably wear a tie.
> >> >
> >> > > On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 2:23 PM, Charles Manning
> >> > >
> >> > > <manningc2 at actrix.gen.nz> wrote:
> >> > > > These are not the same gadget. They are different models made by
> >> > > > different manufacturers.
> >> > > >
> >> > > > The answer I want is a fully functional gizzmo made by the same
> >> > > > manufacturer under the same model number for decades.
> >> > > >
> >> > > > Hint 2: It has an LCD.
> >> > > >
> >> > > > On Friday 22 July 2011 14:20:11 Synco Reynders wrote:
> >> > > >> Light-bulb? Fuse? Spark-plugs? Torch? Door-bell? ...
> >> > > >> Hoping to get atleast 1 chocolate fish ;-)
> >> > > >> /s
> >> > > >>
> >> > > >> On 22 July 2011 14:08, Charles Manning <manningc2 at actrix.gen.nz>
> >> >
> >> > wrote:
> >> > > >> > I hereby off a choc fish to the first correct answer to this
> >> > > >> > question...
> >> > > >> >
> >> > > >> > In this crazy world we live in, electronic gadgets change all
> >> > > >> > the time. Try to
> >> > > >> > find something you bought last and you will find it has been
> >> >
> >> > replaced
> >> >
> >> > > >> > by a different model.
> >> > > >> >
> >> > > >> > There is, however, one electronic gadget that has been in
> >> > > >> > production for a few
> >> > > >> > decades. Same model. Same function. Still in production.
> >> > > >> >
> >> > > >> > What is it?
> >> > > >> >
> >> > > >> > Charles
> >> > > >> >
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