Calculators, Calculators, Everywhere

In the last week Simon has been discovering calculators everywhere.

He found one on the Casio keyboard that his Uncle David played with extensively as a youth. Did David know there was a calculator on the keyboard? Hard to say. Simon first noticed that there were "calculator signs" under some of the keys (ie +, -, x, =) and then figured out how to set the switch from "on" to "piano" to "cal". Had anybody ever wondered what "cal" meant? I hadn't. As far as I know, that thing has been in the family for 25 years with nobody noticing it had a calculator feature.

Then this weekend he discovered (through his own searching) the calculator feature on my laptop. (yes, he's discovered Windows menus...). "Mommy, what does accessories-calculator mean?" This one has fewer features--though it does have "percent"--a new fixation.

What other calculators lurk in the rest of the consumer electronics throughout the house? Stay tuned!