Comments | nosebeepbear: Some things money can't buy

nosebeepbear

Some things money can't buy

Aug 16, 2006 01:32

The contest is closed, but I finally came up with an idea.

young woman's voice:
"textbooks..." she's at the counter with books, mom walks up from behind her with more and thunks them on the counter "...$800"
"matching backpacks..." mom pulls a backpack out of a shopping bag, kid makes a face and pulls out the same one, mom facepalms "...$150 ( Read more... )

happy thoughts, school, cool stuff

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whc August 16 2006, 14:00:07 UTC

Pooh getting excited about positive changes in her life...priceless!

nosebeepbear August 16 2006, 15:46:37 UTC

Indeed :).

I'm still waffling between excited and "what the hell was I thinking," but I think it's a good thing. When I get overwhelmed, remind me that I'm doing a lot and if it's too much, next time I try it with fewer classes.

madbodger August 16 2006, 14:59:22 UTC

Tee-hee!

BTW, you can get REALLY GOOD (better than the usual Dell/Gateway/Compaq
garbage) laptops for a lot less.

nosebeepbear August 16 2006, 15:49:06 UTC

Yeah, that was a huge estimate. Even the 2.76 pound Sony I fell in love with is only $2200 :). Dell=garbage? What would you recommend instead?

madbodger August 16 2006, 15:58:53 UTC

Heard about the largest EVER flaming battery recall? Yep, Dell.
You also can't charge their flaming batteries with third party
adaptors, because Dell intentionally disabled this.

These days, Apple is your best bang for the buck for laptops. And
they have the advantage that you can run MacOS too if you like,
at the same time as DOS, even. Sony and Lenovo are also nice.
The best in the world are, of course, AlienWare, but those are
even more expensive than your huge estimate.

nosebeepbear August 16 2006, 18:00:56 UTC

Wow. Yeah, flaming batteries would get my attention ;).

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too cute - would have been a winner still_asking August 16 2006, 15:08:14 UTC

did you really get the same backpacks?

Re: too cute - would have been a winner nosebeepbear August 16 2006, 15:50:00 UTC

No. I just thought the idea of accidentally doing so would be cute :).

bridgit August 16 2006, 15:24:30 UTC

Hehe I like that! :) Reminds me of now except my girls are in middle school, and omg high school. :)

Mommie Prune

nosebeepbear August 16 2006, 15:50:52 UTC

Whoa.

Your girls are just BABIES! Sigh.

bridgit August 16 2006, 16:01:05 UTC

I remember pushing Thing 1 around in a stroller at FanTek Cons... And this fall she starts high school... Man things change quick don't they? Thing 2 is starting her second year of middle school... Been a long time since you've seen them I think...

nosebeepbear August 16 2006, 18:00:12 UTC

Saw them very briefly a couple of years ago (I think?) at The Vatican Drachenschloss.

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aliza250 August 18 2006, 20:42:38 UTC

:-)

Thinking of going back for your degree?

nosebeepbear August 18 2006, 22:16:55 UTC

Don't know about degree, but I'm registered for fall :).