Untitled DL chat thread. Everyone is welcome! Part 10

[funnygarcia]

Hey Staley,yawwwwwwwwwwwwn I'm so tired. I may just "pull an Alex" by falling asleep at the keyboard.
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[staley7580]

Hey Staley,yawwwwwwwwwwwwn I'm so tired. I may just "pull an Alex" by falling asleep at the keyboard.
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Awww... Go to bed!! Dont forget to tie bells to your dh before you fall asleep!

 

[eatmypixiedust]

*Alex- I'm glad your DS's b-day party went well! Sounds like you all had a blast!

*Staley-

to you and your DH!!

I agree with you on the lobster at Red Lobster. You should try the lobster tail at Black Angus. It tastes heavenly!!

My day wa a little crazy. My bf and I drove to Ikea. I got the Ikea catalog in the mail on Saturday and he wanted to buy stuff to organize his clothes. He took measurements of the room and matched it with the ones stated in the catalog. Then it was off to Ikea this afternoon. Let me just say that people who go to this Ikea drive like maniacs and are very rude! We get to Ikea and we find the furniture he needs. He wrote down what aisle they were in and we headed down to their warehouse section to get it.

We wait in line to pay and he realizes that he forgot his wallet at home. <sigh> We head out and grab some lunch at a mexican restaraunt next door. The food was really good and it was less expensive then El Torito and tasted sooo much better! We head back home and rest for almost 2 hours. My bf finds his wallet and we head back to Ikea.

Ikea's parking lot to load stuff is a nightmare! Lots of crazy drivers and it's a long wait just to enter that loading zone. I dropped my bf off beforehand and told him I would park in their loading zone.

I find a space with no problems and he comes out. He starts laughing and I asked him what was so funny. He said that he walked towards the area where he left his shopping cart earlier and it was still there! So he just pushed it to the registers and paid for it all.

We loaded the stuff in my car and I head towards the mall parking lot. I grabbed an Orange Julius drink and my bf played in some new arcade there. That mall is kind of ghetto inside!! I stopped at IHOP nearby and had chocolate chip pancakes for dinner! It was really good!!

 

[eatmypixiedust]

Hi Bernice!! Hi Pix!

Hey Staley!

 

[eatmypixiedust]

Hey Staley,yawwwwwwwwwwwwn I'm so tired. I may just "pull an Alex" by falling asleep at the keyboard.
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Awww...poor Bernice! Get some sleep!

 

[staley7580]

Pix... Are you out there? Dh wants a laptop... so I am thinking about getting him one for Christmas. HELP!!! He is a LIGHT gamer... We bought our puter about 3 years ago, and spent about $1000. for JUST the computer.. nothing else. I want to get him one with a good graphics card, and everthing else he wants. But i dont know what to get him!!! He wants an Alienware, but thats a tad out of our league. i am thinking about $1000-$1200 or so.. I cant ask him what to get, because then he will know!!

 

[funnygarcia]

You went to IKEA and didn't partake in Swedish Meatballs???

It's insanely cheap to eat there. The breakfast deal is very good and filling. Hubby wasn't too crazy about the Lingonberries with the pancakes, I thought they were good.

mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm, ok now I want to go to IKEA in Covina

 

[staley7580]

*Alex- I'm glad your DS's b-day party went well! Sounds like you all had a blast!

*Staley-

to you and your DH!!

I agree with you on the lobster at Red Lobster. You should try the lobster tail at Black Angus. It tastes heavenly!!

My day wa a little crazy. My bf and I drove to Ikea. I got the Ikea catalog in the mail on Saturday and he wanted to buy stuff to organize his clothes. He took measurements of the room and matched it with the ones stated in the catalog. Then it was off to Ikea this afternoon. Let me just say that people who go to this Ikea drive like maniacs and are very rude! We get to Ikea and we find the furniture he needs. He wrote down what aisle they were in and we headed down to their warehouse section to get it.

We wait in line to pay and he realizes that he forgot his wallet at home. <sigh> We head out and grab some lunch at a mexican restaraunt next door. The food was really good and it was less expensive then El Torito and tasted sooo much better! We head back home and rest for almost 2 hours. My bf finds his wallet and we head back to Ikea.

Ikea's parking lot to load stuff is a nightmare! Lots of crazy drivers and it's a long wait just to enter that loading zone. I dropped my bf off beforehand and told him I would park in their loading zone.

I find a space with no problems and he comes out. He starts laughing and I asked him what was so funny. He said that he walked towards the area where he left his shopping cart earlier and it was still there! So he just pushed it to the registers and paid for it all.

We loaded the stuff in my car and I head towards the mall parking lot. I grabbed an Orange Julius drink and my bf played in some new arcade there. That mall is kind of ghetto inside!! I stopped at IHOP nearby and had chocolate chip pancakes for dinner! It was really good!!

Awww... Thanks Pix!! We dont normally go to Black Angus.. We went once when Alex was little, and the waiter yelled at us because Alex was playing with the little menu flip book thingy on the table. GENTLY!!! No ripping it or ANYTHING!! We havent gone back!

Sounds like you had an eventful day! Dh has done that crap before... He used to leave his wallet at my parents house all the time, so they bought him a wallet with a chain on it!

 

[eatmypixiedust]

Pix... Are you out there? Dh wants a laptop... so I am thinking about getting him one for Christmas. HELP!!! He is a LIGHT gamer... We bought our puter about 3 years ago, and spent about $1000. for JUST the computer.. nothing else. I want to get him one with a good graphics card, and everthing else he wants. But i dont know what to get him!!! He wants an Alienware, but thats a tad out of our league. i am thinking about $1000-$1200 or so.. I cant ask him what to get, because then he will know!!

My bf suggests getting a Dell. He has an Alienware laptop and he said that Alienware isn't very good. It's good for games for about the first 5-10 minutes and then the video card overheats and the game slows down. He spent $1,500 on his Alienware laptop and he said if he plays a 2D game it's fine but it can't handle the better graphics games very well.

He had the laptop for less than a month, called Alienware tech support and they asked him to send it back. It took MONTHS to get it back! He was constantly calling and was really upset with them. He complained about the overheating after just a few short minutes. They honestly don't know how to fix anything and they are lazy employees who don't give an "s" about their job.

 

[staley7580]

You went to IKEA and didn't partake in Swedish Meatballs???

It's insanely cheap to eat there. The breakfast deal is very good and filling. Hubby wasn't too crazy about the Lingonberries with the pancakes, I thought they were good.

mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm, ok now I want to go to IKEA in Covina

I know!! We rarely go there, the only one around is out by dh's work, which is a bit of a trek for us on the weekends. But we LOVE to eat there!

 

[eatmypixiedust]

You went to IKEA and didn't partake in Swedish Meatballs???

It's insanely cheap to eat there. The breakfast deal is very good and filling. Hubby wasn't too crazy about the Lingonberries with the pancakes, I thought they were good.

mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm, ok now I want to go to IKEA in Covina

We always eat their swediwsh meatballs but their line was horrible! We didn't want to wait in that line. They got rid of their manager's special. It was like $5 for a bunch of meatballs and it came with the potatoes and a cup of soup or salad. They X'd it off their menu! I used to love their Lingonberry drink but then they started mixing in too much water and when it dispensed it would taste awful! It happend to me 3 x's in a row when I ate there.

 

[staley7580]

My bf suggests getting a Dell. He has an Alienware laptop and he said that Alienware isn't very good. It's good for games for about the first 5-10 minutes and then the video card overheats and the game slows down. He spent $1,500 on his Alienware laptop and he said if he plays a 2D game it's fine but it can't handle the better graphics games very well.

He had the laptop for less than a month, called Alienware tech support and they asked him to send it back. It took MONTHS to get it back! He was constantly calling and was really upset with them. He complained about the overheating after just a few short minutes. They honestly don't know how to fix anything and they are lazy employees who don't give an "s" about their job.

Really? Alienware is owned by Dell! Thats great, Dh gets a discount through dell because of his work.. (but not Alienware..) Its good to hear firsthand about that... very cool! But then it wont be a surprise if he gets the discount! I was on their site earlier, and I like how you can build your own laptop..(Dell) I think thats what i will do. Tell your bf thanks!

 

[eatmypixiedust]

Really? Alienware is owned by Dell! Thats great, Dh gets a discount through dell because of his work.. (but not Alienware..) Its good to hear firsthand about that... very cool! But then it wont be a surprise if he gets the discount! I was on their site earlier, and I like how you can build your own laptop..(Dell) I think thats what i will do. Tell your bf thanks!

No problem! I have a Dell Inspiron 710m. I don't really play games on it but I use it to watch DVD's when travelling and also to go online.

 

[eatmypixiedust]

My bf said Alienware is owned by Dell but they still make their own computers. Their customer service is crap! I hope you find a good one for your DH! Do they still have that special offer where they have a custom skin for the front of your laptop?

I bought mine from this website: http://www.schtickers.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=42


I uploaded my own pic and you choose what laptop you have. It cost $19.95 Mine looks like this:

 

[Albort]

Ooops, double post... read below

 

[Albort]

Staley, it is best that you delay as much as you can when buying a laptop...

The later you wait, the better the computer gets and the cheaper it is...

ex. i bought my laptop at 40% from Dell... but now, its crappy
It varies by what kind of power laptop you want...

like here is a good good deal... Dell SB has their Vostro 1500 laptop with Windows XP Home for $599 or Vista Home Basic for $619

Specs:

Intel Core 2 Duo T5470 (1.6GHz, 2MB L2 Cache, 800MHz FSB)
Genuine Windows XP Home Edition, or Windows Vista Home Basic
15.4 inch Wide Screen XGA LCD Display
1GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHz, 2 DIMM
120G 5400RPM SATA Hard Drive
8X CD/DVD Burner w/ double-layer DVD+R write capability
128MB NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GS
Dell Wireless 1390 802.11g Wi-Fi Mini Card
High Definition Audio 2.0
56 WHr 6-cell Lithium Ion Primary Battery
MS Works 8.5-Eng: Basic Spreadsheet, Word Processing & Calendar Program
Adobe Acrobat Reader 7.08
1 Year Limited Hardware Warranty with Mail-in Service
10GB for 1yr Online Backup by Dell Datasafe
1 Year Dell Automated PC Tuneup
Starts at 6.33 lbs

last of all, i really find it ironic that i do both parade route 3-4 times a week and people still cant find me shhhhhhh secret!!!

 

[eatmypixiedust]

http://www.dell.com/content/topics/...ce/en/2006/2006_05_09_rr_002?c=us&l=en&s=corp Nope, Alienware is owned by Dell

 

[staley7580]

My bf said Alienware is owned by Dell but they still make their own computers. Their customer service is crap! I hope you find a good one for your DH! Do they still have that special offer where they have a custom skin for the front of your laptop?

I bought mine from this website: http://www.schtickers.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=42


I uploaded my own pic and you choose what laptop you have. It cost $19.95 Mine looks like this:

Cool! i know exactly the pic he would want, and he would trip!!! I will check into that!

 

[eatmypixiedust]

last of all, i really find it ironic that i do both parade route 3-4 times a week and people still cant find me shhhhhhh secret!!!

I haven't found you until the time I hung out with Lynn!! Either that or the days I go are your days off! Hmm..maybe you are hiding in the "secret bathroom" so no one can find you!

 

[Albort]

I haven't found you until the time I hung out with Lynn!! Either that or the days I go are your days off!

yeah, they been giving me a lot balloon shifts... so im on the parade route dancing to the Electrical parade trying to get people to clap