News about the new computer, and a funny conversation
There was a message on my answering machine this afternoon telling me that my new PC is ready. I only got the message a few minutes before the store closed, so I'll have to wait until tomorrow to pick it up. The reason I only got the message at the last minute was that I was online all afternoon downloading programs like Mozilla Firefox and OpenOffice to install on the new compy, so that I would save time by not having to download them later. In other words, by trying to save time, I in fact lost time setting up the new PC. It of course doesn't matter one iota one way or another, but I got a laugh out of it, and I like to think that O. Henry would be proud.
Today I recalled an amusing conversation that is perhaps worth repeating here. It took place last year, I believe, between my father and one of my mother's co-workers, a jocular young man whom we shall call Bob. My father had just bought a rather ostentatious and gaudy new wristwatch, and he was shamelessly showing it off to Bob, angling for a compliment.
My father: Look at my new watch! What do you think?
Bob: Ooh! It's nice. It's shiny enough to be noticed, but not so shiny that people will think you're a pimp!
I don't think my father was quite so excited about his new watch after that. Since Bob's impish comment, though, I have become quite fond of it, in a puckish way.
Quotation of the day:
"If the universe is really expanding, why can't I find a parking space?" - (Unknown)
Today I recalled an amusing conversation that is perhaps worth repeating here. It took place last year, I believe, between my father and one of my mother's co-workers, a jocular young man whom we shall call Bob. My father had just bought a rather ostentatious and gaudy new wristwatch, and he was shamelessly showing it off to Bob, angling for a compliment.
My father: Look at my new watch! What do you think?
Bob: Ooh! It's nice. It's shiny enough to be noticed, but not so shiny that people will think you're a pimp!
I don't think my father was quite so excited about his new watch after that. Since Bob's impish comment, though, I have become quite fond of it, in a puckish way.
Quotation of the day:
"If the universe is really expanding, why can't I find a parking space?" - (Unknown)