[lumberjim]

so, i got there(King of Prussia store) at 6:15, and sat in my car listening to my book, drinking coffee. ( no one elses there waiting, and yes, i felt like a dick) at about 7:15, i went and stood by the door. at 7:30 another schmuck like myself came and stood next to me.....after the same computer....( his wife had been there yesterday, and was told that they had them, but weren't selling them until today) this was encouraging to me. by the time 8:00 rolled around, there were maybe 10 people waiting to enter.

I was 1st, and went directly to the comuter section, grabbed a guy, and told him what i wanted. he looked on the shelf, diddled the computer, and then went and conferred with the guy in the yellow shirt. guess what? they sold out yesterday, and showed none incoming.

liars. i'm sure the fucking employees all bought them up. so , the guy says, they have 4 in Plymouth Meeting. So, i call, and the guy says they have 3. 1st come 1st serve. Plymouth Meeting should be about 10-15 minutes away if you hop on the turnpike. I got all fucked up leaving, and wound up taking 202 through Norristown, wending my way, trying to remember where the hell Ridge pike came in. So it took me more like 35 minutes.

When i got there, there was a cop car sitting out front, and visions of tramplings surfaced, then immediately faded......... nah. just a cop talking to the manager(yellow shirt) quietly near the entrance. SO, i scoot over to the computer section, and ask the guy if they have this Toshiba notebook. he says, "last one left" which i heard as 'left' being a verb. "Aw, shit. how long ago?" I said. just wanting to know how much i missed it by. " no, no there's one left. the last one." left being an adjective.

so, i bought it. and declined the service plan that would cost >%50 of the price for a 3 yr guarantee. but, the good news is that i can change my mind, and buy it if i become retarded in the next 14 days. so, i 've got that going for me.

Then i got jinx's present after 3 different stops. fucking stores with their lazy, ignant, crapeater employees, and lack of inventory of advertised items.

puter's for the kids schoolwork, spode.