03-21-2022, 04:20 PM
During the plan-demic, my son needed a new computer. A "REAL computer" in his words.
So, after pricing it out, I found that we could save a bit of money if we built it ourselves. Which he was all for.
It allowed him to customize it within my budget and he loves that sort of thing. I was more than a bit nervous about it but I have
to say that it was a lot of fun and it made for some really great quality time with him. Which for a teenager is tough to achieve.
Although, to be fair, he built it. I basically held stuff in place and handed him the tools. The few times I tried to "help",
resulted in him uttering stuff like: "What? No. that's.....what exactly did you do?" Kind of like a reversal of when i helped my dad work on the car.
I DID get him back though. When he finally fired it up, I took a couple sniffs of the air, looked concerned and asked him if he smelled smoke.
All in all a lot of fun. Wouldn't mind doing it again!
So, after pricing it out, I found that we could save a bit of money if we built it ourselves. Which he was all for.
It allowed him to customize it within my budget and he loves that sort of thing. I was more than a bit nervous about it but I have
to say that it was a lot of fun and it made for some really great quality time with him. Which for a teenager is tough to achieve.
Although, to be fair, he built it. I basically held stuff in place and handed him the tools. The few times I tried to "help",
resulted in him uttering stuff like: "What? No. that's.....what exactly did you do?" Kind of like a reversal of when i helped my dad work on the car.
I DID get him back though. When he finally fired it up, I took a couple sniffs of the air, looked concerned and asked him if he smelled smoke.
All in all a lot of fun. Wouldn't mind doing it again!