dude, i'm not doing a dell.
last night, we purchased a toshiba laptop computer. it's not quite the computer i ordered from dell, but then again from my perspective, it's like buying a passat instead of an a-6. it wasn't easy, mind you. we ended up buying it from american of all places, but to be sure we were getting a good deal, we went to comp usa and promptly sat for 45 minutes waiting to talk to somebody. nice. then, we went back to american and made the purchase.
the thing that stands out most about purchasing this computer is that it's really hard to spend money on a computer. i mean, here we are trying to give a store over $1000 dollars for a computer and we got the impression that nobody wanted to take our money. i just don't get it.
when we were visiting robin's grandparents over the weekend, we talked about the days when you didn't have one stop shopping. but when you went into a store you talked to someone who knew what they were selling. whether it was a nice cut of meat or electronics or sporting goods, the person you were talking to were knowledgable about what they sold. i wish more stores were speciality. i'm sick of the super-duper-wal-mart mentality where you go into one store and you can purchase everything you want (that is, if you can find it). the store workers are there to help you find the physical location of your goods, but know nothing of their properties.
anyway, i woke up this morning feeling tired and sore (what's new?). thanks to robin i got out of the house for 6 miles that felt better than the past few runs. nice and easy tomorrow and then i'll try to shave a few seconds off of my 10k time. hopefully.
the brewers need some help. they (and the cubs) let a team that can close the deal back into the race for the central. come on guys, we NEED a win.
the thing that stands out most about purchasing this computer is that it's really hard to spend money on a computer. i mean, here we are trying to give a store over $1000 dollars for a computer and we got the impression that nobody wanted to take our money. i just don't get it.
when we were visiting robin's grandparents over the weekend, we talked about the days when you didn't have one stop shopping. but when you went into a store you talked to someone who knew what they were selling. whether it was a nice cut of meat or electronics or sporting goods, the person you were talking to were knowledgable about what they sold. i wish more stores were speciality. i'm sick of the super-duper-wal-mart mentality where you go into one store and you can purchase everything you want (that is, if you can find it). the store workers are there to help you find the physical location of your goods, but know nothing of their properties.
anyway, i woke up this morning feeling tired and sore (what's new?). thanks to robin i got out of the house for 6 miles that felt better than the past few runs. nice and easy tomorrow and then i'll try to shave a few seconds off of my 10k time. hopefully.
the brewers need some help. they (and the cubs) let a team that can close the deal back into the race for the central. come on guys, we NEED a win.
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