Take two.
Cliff threw money at Dave to get a new computer. Something about needing to have the better comp in our relationship (i.e. computer envy, I recently purchased a laptop 2.66 P4, 80MB Hard drive, 512 memory, or something). So Dave found a PC Case with a plexiglas window on one side that Cliff took as a challenge to put cool stuff in. So many fan grills, cathode and LED lights and the promise of a cool video card to go with the AMD 2800+ processor, an obsession was born.
Fast forward through the phone calls about next day shipping and whatnot to last Thursday, when Cliff did he happy dance because the comp was here.
Anyway, under the guise of a "work meeting" he manages to get Dave to fly in from Vegas Friday at the butt crack of dawn. Dave spends some time installing components, takes a three hour nap and then it's off to Fry's. After much debate over what fan was needed to cool the system that would not only do the job and look cool, a coin was flipped, a decision was made, and Dave spent most of the late night/early morning hours making it look cool. And operate. Oooh, and I finally bought an external mouse for my laptop. And a bag of honey dijon Kettle chips, because that's important.
Somewhere in there we all slept. Around 3 we went out for supplies and lunch. So we're in CompUSA looking at fans, cold cathodes and the like when I turn around and say "isn't that case cool?" This inspired the boys to buy case #2 (which then I tried to get case #1 allocated to my brother, but that didn't work, sorry Tim) Case #1 was then given to Dave for his years of faithful service to the company... er Cliff. So the errands ensued, and nothing really interesting happened, except we learned that Radio Shack sells a super glue so strong that when one of the managers glued a RC car to the counter they couldn't get the wheels detached until they used a chisel. That's important too.
So Dave and Cliff were in the midst of taking apart everything from Case #1 when PDAC showed up, also under the guise of a "work meeting". (actually I think he was invited down in case Dave collapsed or went crazy to finish the PC) PDAC also offered to take Case #1, but was denied. Mongolian BBQ was sought and consumed (Dave was a Mongolian BBQ virgin, so this DEFINITELY important). A second trip to Fry's was thwarted because the difference between the actual hours of Fry's and my opinion of what they should be were different.
We got back, and I think there was a "work meeting" but I was painting tables. All I know is PDAC left, and Dave wanted Bacon and potato wedges to keep him sustained until Case #2 is completed.
None of you actaully read all that. So tell me what I thought was important, and I may send you a gold star or something. Hope this clarifies.
Cliff threw money at Dave to get a new computer. Something about needing to have the better comp in our relationship (i.e. computer envy, I recently purchased a laptop 2.66 P4, 80MB Hard drive, 512 memory, or something). So Dave found a PC Case with a plexiglas window on one side that Cliff took as a challenge to put cool stuff in. So many fan grills, cathode and LED lights and the promise of a cool video card to go with the AMD 2800+ processor, an obsession was born.
Fast forward through the phone calls about next day shipping and whatnot to last Thursday, when Cliff did he happy dance because the comp was here.
Anyway, under the guise of a "work meeting" he manages to get Dave to fly in from Vegas Friday at the butt crack of dawn. Dave spends some time installing components, takes a three hour nap and then it's off to Fry's. After much debate over what fan was needed to cool the system that would not only do the job and look cool, a coin was flipped, a decision was made, and Dave spent most of the late night/early morning hours making it look cool. And operate. Oooh, and I finally bought an external mouse for my laptop. And a bag of honey dijon Kettle chips, because that's important.
Somewhere in there we all slept. Around 3 we went out for supplies and lunch. So we're in CompUSA looking at fans, cold cathodes and the like when I turn around and say "isn't that case cool?" This inspired the boys to buy case #2 (which then I tried to get case #1 allocated to my brother, but that didn't work, sorry Tim) Case #1 was then given to Dave for his years of faithful service to the company... er Cliff. So the errands ensued, and nothing really interesting happened, except we learned that Radio Shack sells a super glue so strong that when one of the managers glued a RC car to the counter they couldn't get the wheels detached until they used a chisel. That's important too.
So Dave and Cliff were in the midst of taking apart everything from Case #1 when PDAC showed up, also under the guise of a "work meeting". (actually I think he was invited down in case Dave collapsed or went crazy to finish the PC) PDAC also offered to take Case #1, but was denied. Mongolian BBQ was sought and consumed (Dave was a Mongolian BBQ virgin, so this DEFINITELY important). A second trip to Fry's was thwarted because the difference between the actual hours of Fry's and my opinion of what they should be were different.
We got back, and I think there was a "work meeting" but I was painting tables. All I know is PDAC left, and Dave wanted Bacon and potato wedges to keep him sustained until Case #2 is completed.
None of you actaully read all that. So tell me what I thought was important, and I may send you a gold star or something. Hope this clarifies.
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