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Originally Posted by DoubleF
Lol. If I can calculate a cost per use comparison, I've probably done it.
When I was a kid, to reduce video games, my parents only let my brother and I play our game boy if we bought our own batteries. Ever ready batteries were so ####e, they barely lasted more than an evening vs brand name would last an entire weekend and still have juice left over. Going to the store if ask the batteries were dead would waste an hour or more of the precious time to play games.
Thus a cost per use calculation was my childhood thesis born of a desire to maximize my limited allowance and reduce missed opportunities to pay games. I used the Calc to confirm ever ready batteries weren't even worth spending 25% of the cost of a brand name battery based on how long they typically lasted. It's kinda automatic for me.
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Ha, I used to use Multiplan (Microsoft's spreadsheet program before Excel) on my C64 to do these sorts of calculations.