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No.. I'm not. Mostly Ace Fastener. The Scout, the Pilot, a long reach Pilot, an Aceliner. I have a Bostitch from the 20's, back when it was still Boston Wire Stitching. One cool one is the Bates Model B, which is a wire feed stapler. It has a spool of wire, and it will feed it, cut it, bend it, and staple. All in one push.
Pretty boring, huh?
I actually have way more calculators than stapler. I'm a dull guy. Here are some of my favorites there.
๐ Duder, I don't get this one bit, but keep doing what you're doing. (That wire feed stapler does sound pretty interesting tho, not gonna lie)
I genuinely think this is neat. That Bates Model B sounds cool, I've never heard of a wire feed stapler before now, do you have a pic of it?
ETA: this is a green flag collection btw
89 Titanium FTW!
It's powerful, for sure. The only reason I bought it, though, was for calc 3. Most of the time, I prefer the TI-86. Custom menus that are one button away, a great unit convertor that is two buttons. Super easy to program for. And, it just looks good.
I also really like the Casio FX-9750GIII.
I've just been using 89s since I was in middle school. Always liked them. Always kept with them. My main calculator is a 20 year old 89 Titanium. Those things are built like tanks.
Though it may be a bit of a ship of Theseus. I've replaced the cover and battery cover 2-3 times, and I even replaced the tiny backup battery cover once.
Dang, now I feel like listening to ASMR of a nerd collecting calculators to fall asleep.
Maybe ASMR of calculator restorations.
Or modifications.