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

[Charles Manning]

On Friday 22 July 2011 14:39:29 Synco Reynders wrote:
> To clarify: I mean the swingy 'thingy' that uses a coil as magnetic pick
> and the amplifies the pulse and drives another coil which makes the
> 'thingy' move back and forth.
> ('Thingy' can be a dolphin jumping through a hop, golf player swinging,
> sailing boat etc...)

Is there one that has the same manufacturer and model and look and feel for 
many decades?


> /s
>
> On 22 July 2011 14:35, Cass Jones <jones.cass at gmail.com> wrote:
> > a cassio f-91?
> >
> > a pager of some type?
> >
> > On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 2:33 PM, Synco Reynders
> >
> > <synco.reynders at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Digital watch?
> > > /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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