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Our Newsletter, items of no particular importance - to make you smile. If you like it, we hope you'll subscribe - so we can stay in each others' thoughts. |
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Simply Amusing |
by Susan Sherbert | |||||||||||
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Okay, I did it again. I made another stupid mistake. Remember how I caved in and got talked into snowboarding in the last A & S Printing & Copy newsless newsletter? Well, this month I let desire take over and I made a decision based on want and emotion instead of logic and need. It all started out so simple. I was going to get a new computer until someone had an older laptop available if I wanted it. Wow a laptop! I've always wanted a laptop. The fact that I never travel, and that a weekend in Phoenix is the farthest I've been in years is irrelevant. We're talking a laptop here! However, I really could use a new computer because mine is so slow that I feel like I'm riding a bicycle when everyone else around me is traveling by airplane. Hey speaking of airplanes, if I had a laptop I bet I could use it on the plane, right? How cool would that be - to be able watch movies or play games thousands of feet in the sky. Who needs to pack a deck of cards, when you can carry a laptop and all of the heavy accessories that go with it? Let's just hope we remembered to charge the battery. But I digress, back to my dilemma. Do I get a computer that I need, and one that would benefit the company, or do I get a laptop that I could take places - like my living room. Okay, so my computer is slow, but there is still a lot of life left in the old thing yet, and we've had it for years. What are we supposed to do, just throw the poor thing out simply because it got old? It still works doesn't it? Now if I had a laptop, then I could write while sitting in my nice comfortable bed, instead of in the office. Laptop, computer, laptop, computer. Which one do I choose? Decisions, Decisions Let me power up the laptop and see what I find. Not much. Where is the floppy drive and how come the CD is the read only type? How am I supposed to get the information on and off this thing? Oh, so what if I can't print from it. It doesn't matter because it's a computer that I can take anywhere; I think maybe tomorrow I'll take it to work. And why am I not upgrading my computer again? That's right, it isn't a laptop. I don't understand why people feel the need to upgrade all the time. Just because new computers are faster and loaded with all the latest software, doesn't mean you really need it. In fact, I think people don't even need half of the stuff they pay top dollar for. Hey wait a minute, if I did upgrade, then I could get a nice flat screen monitor. It wouldn't make my writing go any faster, but it would free up a lot of space on my desk. Then maybe things wouldn't be so cluttered. That's right, the big bulky monitor is the cause of all my disorganization. I'm sure a new thin high tec monitor would solve all my problems. Yeah right, back to reality, the only real benefit of a new flat screen would be more money in the pocket of the computer salesmen. Why do people get so excited about new technology anyway? It makes no sense (or cents) to buy a high powered, super fast system that can handle video, audio, and complex graphics if all you want to do is check your stocks on the internet. It's like buying a twenty thousand dollar car because you like the cup holder. Do you really need all of the extra plugs, adapters, drivers and gadgets that come with your computer; when was the last time you actually used the microphone or the hook up for the joystick? The point is, I really don't need the latest in technology, as long as I can write the A & S Printing & Copy newsletter from the comfort of my bed. CORNY JOKES I MADE UP Why was the expectant mother looking for the smallest laptop she could find? Because she wanted a "baby" (small) monitor Why did the lady take her laptop to the golf pro shop? Because she was told that she needed a new driver Why did the computer salesman go to the chiropractor? Because he had a "floppy" disk How come dogs don't need computers to communicate? Because their wee-mail works just fine
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