[Shotimes] (Even more OT) Top 100 Gadget...competition

[Ron Porter]

Well, OK, I helped invent it!!!!  ;-)

Ron Porter

-----Original Message-----
From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]
On Behalf Of Dave
Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2005 4:41 PM
To: Ron Porter
Cc: 'Shotimes'
Subject: Re: [Shotimes] (Even more OT) Top 100 Gadget...competition

Ron I gotta call bullshit on the abacus. I believe you had that model 
when it was new.
Dave

Ron Porter wrote:

>I've had twelve:
>
>Mattel Intellivision (and I still own it!! With just about every game
>offered)
>Rubik's Cube
>Zippo Lighter
>Fisher Space pen (I have that exact model in my pocket right now)
>Laser Pointer
>Master Lock Padlock (who hasn't had a bunch of these?)
>Cuisinart
>Magic 8-Ball
>Etch-A-Sketch
>Handspring Visor (I bought one soon after the came out, I use a Treo today)
>Pulsar Digital Watch (got that for college graduation)
>Swiss Army Knife
>
>I didn't count the following, since I had different models:
>
>Swingline Stapler (many Swinglines, but not that one)
>Maglight
>Walkman
>Abacus
>Car alarm key fob
>Sandisk Compact Flash
>Telephone
>Polaroid Land Camera (still own one)
>
>Ron Porter
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]
>On Behalf Of cmichaelo@optonline.net
>Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2005 11:52 AM
>To: Ron Porter
>Cc: Shotimes; V8List SHO
>Subject: Re: [Shotimes] (Even more OT) Top 100 Gadget...competition
>
>I know there are gadget freeks on this list.  So can you beat me???
>
>I've had 6 of the gadged on the 100-list:
>
>7. US Robotics Pilot 1000. (Hot, hot...at the time.)
>8. Diamond Rio MP3. (Frustrating.)
>15. HP-35 calculator. (Probably to most useful tool I ever owned.)
>38. SanDisk CF card. (I showed it to everybody.)
>50. Etch-a-scetch. (Frustrating.)
>89. Rubik's cube. (Did it in 3 1/2min. More competition...:) )
>
>RULES FOR PARTICIPATION:
>
>Since I'm starting the competition, I also set the rules... ;-)
>
>Only include items that were yours in their original form/appearance. 
>
>It's OK to have obtained a later version of it as long as the appearance
AND
>functionality of it is identical to the original.
>
>For example, being the owner of a US Robitics Pilot 5000 (it had more
memory
>but looked the same) or a 3Com Palm Pilot (had a lot more memory) doesn't
>count in lieue of the US Robotics Pilot 1000.
>
>Michael
>94MTX,green,BOS+,Koni/Intrax,Baer,Corbeau
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