# A weird but interesting gadget - The USB scale!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-weird-but-interesting-gadget-the-usb-scale/324119>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [September 30, 2005, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-weird-but-interesting-gadget-the-usb-scale/324119 "2005-09-30T00:37:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2005, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-weird-but-interesting-gadget-the-usb-scale/324119/1 "2005-09-30T00:37:48Z")

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[I saw one of these in Radio Shack today!](http://www.radioshack.com/product.asp?cookie%5Ftest=1&catalog_name=CTLG&product_id=26-950)

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**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2005, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-weird-but-interesting-gadget-the-usb-scale/324119/2 "2005-09-30T01:45:41Z")

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Somehow I picture it with a mound of coke on it. 😛

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**Author:** ![Spatial\_Rift\_47](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a8b319/32.png) [@Spatial\_Rift\_47](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spatial_Rift_47)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2005, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-weird-but-interesting-gadget-the-usb-scale/324119/3 "2005-09-30T02:35:47Z")

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From the name of the thing I thought it was a standalone scale that somehow measured the capacity of a USB storage device. Weird, right?

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**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2005, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-weird-but-interesting-gadget-the-usb-scale/324119/4 "2005-09-30T02:50:07Z")

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> [@World Eater](#):
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> Somehow I picture it with a mound of coke on it. 😛

[This is the only coke that could be a scale that geeky.](http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/9692/joltcola.html)