Just kidding, I knew it was here the whole time. The thing is, though, our computer had an untimely death after a brief encounter with a vase of water and later a fist. We were sad to see it go. We were trying not to have to get a new one in Hong Kong, but it seemed like as soon as it died, Drew was needing it for homework and I had a strange urge to blog. We put it off for a while, but ultimately decided to buy a used computer from a local website here. Scott met the guy in the train station to check it out. In the process of that, I called him and told him that I was taking Olsen to the hospital for stitches on his noggin (but that is another post). He got a little flustered and just bought it without much more inspection so he could come to the hospital. Over the next few days we used the computer, but after the third time of restarting it, the screen no longer turned on. Oh boy were we mad. We usually don't buy stuff second hand, even though I know some people swear by it - it seems like we have bad experiences every time. Well, we decided to call the guy and see if he would give us our money back or help us out - it was a long shot, but hey. The guy met Scott in the train station again and said he would have someone at his work check it out. Knowing that we may never see the guy or the computer again, Scott handed it over, but not without writing down his ID information. Well, we didn't hear from the guy for a few days, so Scott tried to call - DISCONNECTED! Now we were for sure seeing red - we were frustrated feeling duped. Almost a week later, we had pretty much resigned to the fact that we were out the money when all of a sudden we get a call from the guy saying that the computer was now fixed and he wanted to get it back to us. We were stunned and grateful for this man with the integrity to not only bring the computer back to us, but also to pay to have it fixed. It was a good reminder to us that there are some truly good people in this world. So, now I have a computer and hopefully still the desire to blog and get caught up a little...
Monday, April 16, 2012
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