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Some excuses for you:
1. The HP50g better matches the color of my eyes (my pupils actually).
2. I can use RPN, Textbook, or Agebraic entry depending on whether I'm a) calculating by myself, b) showing off to my kids, or c) explaining something to an Architect.
3. The dog ate my 33.
4. I can write the expense of the 50g off....I think.
5. Oops...I accidentally dropped my 33 out the window on the freeway.
6. I'm getting cross-eyed using the 33 with its "V" shaped key layout. Can't loose my eyesight now can I.
7. It's rumoured that the latest building codes do not accept use of the 33 in design calculations.
8. The 33 doesn't do 3D and everyone in the country knows that BIM and 3D are coming.