Re: [geek] was [Moderate geek. . .]

On Sun, 12 Feb 2006 16:29:50 GMT, Mary Pegg
<nospam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Peter Corlett wrote:

Mary Pegg <nospam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
[...]
How much did that cost?

I've no real idea. When you're five, you can't really grasp large amounts
of money.

But calculators of that era were a number of tens of pounds.

Was it an appropriate present?

Look what it did to him...

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