Of course the reason I was going to the Dell website – I needed to buy a new main battery for my laptop – the current 4 cell has about 45 minutes battery life. This is probably related to me leaving it in the machine all the time, thereby subjecting it to a long series of charge/discharge cycles. The replacement battery, including vat and delivery is slightly over €90, and it’s a 6 cell battery over the 4 cell that I have already; I won’t know what to do with myself with all that extra battery life – maybe I’ll be able to watch a DVD, as advertised in the original adverts about the laptop; they forgot to mention that you needed to have the 6 cell battery for that to work in the first place. Until I have more money coming in the XPS2 would simply be too much the piece of luxury. I’m reminded of the going into the shop to get some repairs done to the car and ending up with a newer car (this has happened to me). I’m a scary consumer. Sometimes I can resist, sometimes I cannot. This time I must be strong!
If it wasn't for carbon-14, I wouldn't date at all