# The Handy Adder (grocery shopping helper)

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**Created:** [July 18, 2023, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-handy-adder-grocery-shopping-helper/987216 "2023-07-18T15:00:00Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 18, 2023, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-handy-adder-grocery-shopping-helper/987216/22 "2023-07-18T22:08:50Z")

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I still have a Arithma Addiator.

I posted about it 3 years ago here:

> [@Who remembers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-remembers/917822/148):
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> I still have one of those in my desk. Even started a thread on it on another board. Mine is the [Arithma Addiator](https://www.giraffeboards.com/showthread.php?t=48349). [[image] ](http://www.vintagecalculators.com/assets/images/AddiatorAd_1.jpg) Turns out these were manufactured from 1920 to 1982.

It is a weird curiosity that takes up almost no room and sits in one of my top desk drawers.

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