My friends, I'm sitting here typing on a brand new Compaq Laptop and I didn't even know it was coming until last night, and then I thought it was going to be a cheap model that Walmart had for Black Friday. My son almost had to beat up the manager to get it and I'm glad because he got one hellava deal!

It started when my wife saw an ad in the paper that Walmart was going to have a sale on some laptops for $200. They were a lot cheaper brand than this, an Emachine or something, I didn't see the ad. Her and my son got to talking and he told her if we went in half on it, he would put up the other half and give it to me for Christmas. Truthfully, I never thought he would make it through the crowd, so I said go ahead, sounds like a deal to me.

The sale wasn't starting until five o'clock in the morning and if you knew my son like I do, you would never think he would stick around for it. But did he ever! It was about two in the morning and the place was packed, but he had been standing in line for hours.The manager let it leak that there were only 35 of these in stock. As always, they advertise them to get people in the store. But my son was in good shape, he was twenty or something.

This is when the shit started to hit the fan. The asst. manager comes out and tells everyone in the line he would give them a ticket and if they wanted they could walk around the store and browse or do whatever as long as they were back a few minutes before five. Did he ever screw up!

After about 30 minutes, someone on the intercom called for everyone to come back to the line. When he gets there, they annouce they only have 35 and to stand back in line. Well, now he's #38 and they only have 35 computers and he told the person, "Hey, I got my ticket you passed out a little while ago. I was #20 and they told me if I left that I wouldn't lose my place. Oh, hell! The salesman tells my son that those tickets don't mean anything. Hah, he might as well spit on him! Another guy waiting said it was tough luck and they had to hold my son off the guy. He yell's out "I've been standing in that line for hours and I'm getting me a computer one way or another".

 My son is 6'3" and about 200 lbs. He said "get the manager now"! The manager came and he's this little guy and one look at my son and his two friends who were also buying one a piece and he starts stuttering. "I,I,I, haven't...,got but..,My son say's "I ain't leaving this fucking store without a computer, you hear me? Hah! I was right proud of the boy!

Long story shorter, the manager takes him and his friends to the back of the store and starts talking but gets nowhere. So he went into the back somwhere and came back with 3- 15 1/2" Compaq Laptops and gives them to them. hah! What a deal, $2oo and this thing has to cost three or three fifty I would guess. I know  nothing about laptops but I do know that I love this thing. I haven't the slightest idea how to use it yet, it is totally different than my PC and I had to put my mouse on it to work it.

My right hand is drawn up and moving the mouse with the touchpad is a bitch. Also, I wanted to ask some of you how I should transfer my stuff. I read three different ways and the wire looks the easiest, but then my son said I may transfer  a virus that way. This has a great security ,a  Norton system. but like I say, I'm a computer dummy and any advice out there would be greatly appreciated. Gotta' go, these instructions are a bitch. Don't you just love it when a plan comes together, hah!