Congrats, everyone! You won the Aldens Gold Seal!

(squeals of delight, cheers, tossing of hats)

And it's going to the Smith Corona home office, where it will hang on the wall!

(muttered boos)

Okay, back to work

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That adding machine is a cute piece of work, but think of all the parts, the weight, the electrical doodads - all replaced by a tiny slab you can buy at Target for a dollar.

Or an incorporeal app you can download for nothing.