What’s on your mind?

[The Clark]

This afternoon I had to stop at the local gas station for a couple things, and the bill came to $10.71. I gave her a ten, a dollar, and a penny.
She slowly placed the money into the register, and then stared at the display, a long time; I try to be patient with these kids.
Somewhere, in the distance, a dog barked.
Finally, she gave me my change. A five, two ones, two quarters and two dimes... wtff. I said, "No, I gave you a ten, and... " And she said, "Oh, wait, let me..." Her supervisor came over, she called up the Calculator on her iPhone, and she started plugging away. I told her she only owed me $0.30, which I finally got.

Im thinking she might have had a learning disability like dyscalculia which would make this task impossible for her.

 

[JackAHyde]

I found a spare monitor DVI monitor that I could use with my Power Mac G5, but I need an ADC/DVI adapter now, and I've already spent so much on this setup in the past two months as it is.

 

[Clix Pix]

I am one who is somewhat mathematically challenged......I can do math, but it usually takes me a little longer than it probably does most people. It's not for lack of intelligence; when we were having math lessons in school, a lot of times I would slip a book under my desk and read it instead of paying attention to the lesson!! Somehow I never got caught. Ehhh...so years later I am still paying the price for that.

At the dinner table our family usually engaged in conversation about our day and all that sort of thing; we occasionally discussed historical events happening or something which had happened in history but somehow math never came up. My father was definitely better at it than either my mother or me but he was very busy all day at work and I think just wanted to relax when he was at home in the evenings with us.

Thank goodness for calculators, as they help me get the necessary calculations done much more quickly than I could do on my own!

 

[rm5]

Didn't see this post earlier... is the keyboard in this video smaller than your Yamaha?

Yes, it is. My Yamaha CP88 is a full-size keyboard. It’s a wonderful board but I’m not willing to lug it around constantly, especially since I don’t have a car up in Wisconsin.

I ended up picking up a used Yamaha MX61 locally. It’s got great sounds, including some great synths.

 

[kagharaht]

My how much my life has changed. As I was sorting my Safari Bookmarks, which I haven't done in years, all those website that I use to frequent multiple times a day are no longer live. From 1984 through today... "melancholy" feeling going on here... After cleaning it out, I decided to keep just 6 bookmarks. Most for just old times sake. Applefritter, Mac OS X Easter Eggs, Macintosh Garden, Macupdate, Internet Archive Macintosh Software Library. Macrumors is now my only daily Mac News site I visit...