Christmas (Made in China)
For a western tradition (of sorts - mixed with western paganisms to be sure), Christmas sure has sold out to one of the last bastions of communism. Everything I found that was meant to be used to decorate for the coming holiday was made in China. Of course, that probably goes for everything not related to Christmas as well, but let's ignore that for the time being as it does not further my point.Anyway, after I plugged this baby in, it started making popping sounds. I don't think I'll trust it enough to leave it on unattended for any amount of time.
That said, my place does feel more Christmas-y after my trips to IKEA and Walmart. Too bad all those little presents are empty.
So what am I doing Derelict asks... I'm busy as hell since the fourth quarter is ending soon, and that means that sales people need to get as much in as possible before that time window shuts. So I narrowly averted being sent to California on business, and thankfully the customers in question have decided to pay me and my team a visit in Toronto. Now the long haul of preparation for a flawless technical customer workshop begins, but at least I won't be in a strange hotel room wondering how clean those sheets really are.
posted by Blight @ 5:46 PM
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So, what do you do for Christmas in TO? Or are you going back home?
I bought some speakers and on the box, in big black letters was "DESIGNED AND ENGINEERED IN THE USA" and underneath was a small sticker, "Made in China".
Yeah, so, are you coming back to Edmonton?
Yes I am coming back to Edmonton, but wanted to get into the spirit a little early.
Are you still planning on going snowboarding? Maybe I could rig up a dummy for work, and it would have a recorded voice that said, "Reinstall the OS. Reinstall the OS." over and over and over.
Derelict you never replied to my invitation to do the ski/snowboarding trip. Hopefully you can get a couple days off and we'll hit the slopes!
I don't have any days off left with Dell, so no go on the snowboarding. Hence, setting up a dummy.
So, you have to work over Christmas? Uh oh, it's just like 'A Christmas Carol'...
Yeah, I'm working Christmas day. Computer geeks have computer issues 365 days a year. There's nothing worse than opening up your computer and not being able to get on the Internet to download porn RIGHT AWAY!
Hey I have an idea, why not suggest to PRE-LOAD the Dell computers with porn, or just on a porn-emergency disk. That way they can still get their porn fix without phoning you.
Genious?
Yeah, taste in porn is pretty specific though. They could offer a selection, but I just wouldn't be cool with having certain types of porn on my computer.
Such as? (be specific, so Blight knows what to get you for Christmas)
You know what I think is hilarious? When you and Yellow Lightning made my brother watch that Crimson Tides porno with the cue cards that had phrases on them that he had to yell out at random points in the movie.
I vaguely remember that.... was that in the house? What's Crimson Tides?
Shit, that was funny...
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