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Old 11-24-2004, 02:52 AM
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A batteries

Anyone ever seen an "A" battery... I've seen lots of "AA" and "AAA", and for the first time today, I saw a "AAAA" battery, but I've never ever seen (or heard of) a plain old "A" battery... this smacks of conspiracy...

And what about "B" batteries too?! Lot's of C's and D's, but no B?! I call for an indipendint council to investigate this matter.
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Old 11-24-2004, 03:29 AM
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Re: A batteries

http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a4_005b.html
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Old 11-24-2004, 03:46 AM
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Re: A batteries

There ya have it. Good work taranaki.
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Old 11-24-2004, 04:16 AM
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Re: A batteries

imagine the confusion if we had "A" sized batteryies

"I'll have a battery thanks"
"ok..what size?"


*it's funny in my head*
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Old 11-24-2004, 04:39 AM
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Re: A batteries

lmao ^

Never thought of that!
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Old 11-24-2004, 06:12 AM
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Re: A batteries

I find it most difficult to find C batteries. Always plenty of AAA, AA, and D about, as well as 9V, but on the rare occasion I need C's for, say, my flashlight, they're nowhere to be found.
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Re: Re: A batteries

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Re: Re: A batteries

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I find it most difficult to find C batteries. Always plenty of AAA, AA, and D about, as well as 9V, but on the rare occasion I need C's for, say, my flashlight, they're nowhere to be found.
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Re: A batteries

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And what about "B" batteries too?! Lot's of C's and D's, but no B?!
Well, when was the last time you saw a 'B' drive in a computer? Lots of C and D drives, but no B's. This is discrimination against the second letter of the alphabet!

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Old 11-26-2004, 09:13 PM
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Re: A batteries

I don't really like the letter B....I don't really care that there are no 'B' batteries to be found. Now 'C' on the other hand I find regularly...where have you been looking?
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Re: Re: A batteries

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Well, when was the last time you saw a 'B' drive in a computer? Lots of C and D drives, but no B's. This is discrimination against the second letter of the alphabet!


My grandpa had a B drive

They're the original "floppy" disk. I'm not sure how much memory they held, but they were about 1.5 times bigger than the 'A:' disks.

They were phased out in the early 90's as the Floppy diskettes were wider popular, and CD's were coming into use.
But B drives to exist, and you can still buy them, and the disks for them (they don't make them anymore, so i'm talking garage sales, etc)
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Old 11-29-2004, 07:34 AM
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Re: A batteries

I remember using B: drives on a regular basis

Amazing how old 20 can feel sometimes - and it's just going to get worse...
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Re: A batteries

haha i remember playing oregon trail on the green and black screen, with those "floppy" disks in 3rd grade!
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Re: A batteries

never seen A batteries myself either. learn something everyday (hopefully).
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Re: A batteries

My Kaypro has a B drive. And no hard drive. You boot off of the floppy in A, and save data to the floppy in B. (5 1/4 disks, I remember that the TRS-80 Model II featured two 8" drives, which I'm sure prompted many computer nerds to say things like "Hey, wanna see my 8" floppy?")
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