Rambling Man

Today I'm going to be the rambling man. I'll share with everyone my trip to Fry's Electronics. I went there with the intention of looking at DVD/VCR machines. When I walked in I picked the obligatory metal handled, red hand cart. Of course these things always look like someone barfed into the bottom of it- and this one was no exception. Then I headed over to the 'ad wall'.

For those of you who have never been to Fry's let me explain about the 'ad wall' . It's a bulletin board that has the past weeks Union-Tribune advertisements posted on it. Now wouldn't it be great if they had flyers that you could take with you to find the items on sale? Well- they don't. You need to either bring your own add or write down the items you want from the 'ad wall'. Or do as I do... commit it to memory.

As we all know, Fry's is the man's version of a candy store. So just what did I do at the candy store? First I went to check out the USB wireless thins for home networks. They had a full wall of them. I'm thinking of getting BMO one for his computer. But you know I really like him in the office where I can quasi see what he's doing on the net. So I passed on that thought and marched off to the DVD section.

Doing the slow saunter past the big screen HD TV sets, I found the DVD players. Hey! Did you know they now have DVD recorders for your TVs? I just found that out today. But what I'm looking for was the DVD.VCR all-in-one combo. They had plenty. A nice Sony model was $99. You know, maybe I need that Ben Franklin in my wallet more than under the TV set in our bedroom. So once again... pass.

Then it was to my list... need compressed air dusters. There they are- and on sale. Three for $6.99. There's a bargain for you. Okay, they'll be coming home with me. I checked out all the 'free' software. You know the $29.99 stuff that promised to give it back to you with the mail in rebate? If you need anti virus or spam protection this is the place. No thanks for me.

I took a serious look at the dusters. Did I really want to snake my way through the labyrinth to check out for just this? Hmmmm. Hey I need a new set of headphones for my i-pod. Okay now here I will digress. Does anyone finds those ear bud style headphones comfortable? I mean I used them for the first two months after I received my I-pod and they really, and I mean really hurt my ears. Ouch! (and who can keep those black covers on them). So I replaced them with some old behind the head headphones. Much more comfortable and I they let me stop the background noise that the ear buds gave me. Well, with all that being said, my current ones are getting pretty beat up. The foam is falling off and disintegrating and beginning to fall off. So time for new ones. And there they are- a bargain for only $7.99. Yes I did look at the $59.99 noise cancelling ones. They're pretty slick and if I was a frequent flyer I would have gotten a set. They double as headphones for airline movies.

Satisfied with my purchases and tired of fighting the crowd I headed for checkout. The line wasn't too bad but the 'direction dude' (the guy who watches and points to the next pen cashier) was getting crapped on by the guy in front of me. I mean he really unloaded on him. Okay, direction dude did try to send him off to a register that wasn't open. But whoa. Life's too short to get as upset as that guy did. He was ready to blow a gasket. Judging him to be in the above 55 crowd, I mentally began rehearsing my CPR skills. Thankfully his volcano subsided and he stomped off without having to call 9-1-1.

Well I'm safely at home, After a side trip to the always healthy in-n-out burger it's off to the open road for a Sunday drive.

Hopefully I'll figure out what Jake and Jill will talk about in Writer Blog: entry 004.