If you're hung up about the number of ICs, you can replace the NAND gate with a discrete version:

I'm not hung up on the number of IC's, but I find that metric to be a good indicator of the relative complexity of circuits and the total effort needed to prototype one versus another. For example, the #35 circuit has 13 soldered pins, while the NAND gate it replaces is only 7 pins .

ak

 

Complete circuit:

 

Hang on there, sparky. The circuit in #35 is not a complete solution. It replaces a small portion of the circuit in #20.

ak

AHHHHOK!.....Thank you!