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Got this very cheap at a yard sale yesterday. (Original Post) multigraincracker Aug 2021 OP
no image.... gotta be a link to an image on the internet CurtEastPoint Aug 2021 #1
Found that image but it won't post, multigraincracker Aug 2021 #2
read this. CurtEastPoint Aug 2021 #3
Thanks, I found a youtube film of one multigraincracker Aug 2021 #4
The one in the video is electric. multigraincracker Aug 2021 #5
That is mind boggling that someone could invent this! CurtEastPoint Aug 2021 #6
Found the one I have on youtube, here it is. multigraincracker Aug 2021 #7
Very cool, my dear multigraincracker! CaliforniaPeggy Aug 2021 #8
It is a tank. multigraincracker Aug 2021 #9
If you have an Amish business nearby, they would love to have it. LakeArenal Aug 2021 #10
Lots of Amish just north of me. multigraincracker Aug 2021 #14
Then you could return the deal. Nice. LakeArenal Aug 2021 #15
Be happy to give it to them, multigraincracker Aug 2021 #16
Oh I had friends that I found two manual calculators. LakeArenal Aug 2021 #17
No instructions so not sure multigraincracker Aug 2021 #18
Is it a Burroughs? Sneederbunk Aug 2021 #11
Monroe multigraincracker Aug 2021 #13
I would have skipped my McDonalds fine dinner to buy that for $5.00. Chainfire Aug 2021 #12

CaliforniaPeggy

(152,069 posts)
8. Very cool, my dear multigraincracker!
Sun Aug 8, 2021, 09:28 AM
Aug 2021

We used to have one of those!

We called it Black Bart.

My husband finally gave it away to a pre-school. The kids could not destroy it and they played endlessly with it.

multigraincracker

(34,068 posts)
14. Lots of Amish just north of me.
Sun Aug 8, 2021, 10:56 AM
Aug 2021

I got my best ever deal on LP records at an Amish barn sale. Got 90 records all in mint to almost mint. Many were promotional, not for sale records. Some never opened or played, all from the early 80s. She a dollar apiece on them and I offered $40 for all. Go figure.

LakeArenal

(29,797 posts)
17. Oh I had friends that I found two manual calculators.
Sun Aug 8, 2021, 11:44 AM
Aug 2021

One I gave to an Amish greenhouse. She stills uses it all the time.

The other I gave to a store that sold fabric for Amish clothes. I think she still uses that too.

 

Chainfire

(17,757 posts)
12. I would have skipped my McDonalds fine dinner to buy that for $5.00.
Sun Aug 8, 2021, 10:40 AM
Aug 2021

Somewhere there will be collectors of mechanical adding machines. If you don't want to keep it for its "cool" value, you should be able to make a handsome profit on it. It would make a nice office prop for an accountant or bookkeeper.

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