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Recently I got myself a new computer. I bought it as components because it was cheaper and I've been telling people that I assembled it myself. However, I can no longer live this lie. I must now reveal ...

THE STORY OF ANDY'S COMPUTER

First, I used my pretend palm pilot to explain to R2D2 what kind of computer I needed.

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Then R2 rallied the troops!

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When UPS finally delivered my components I didn't even bother unpacking them myself.

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Of course, it wasn't all work.

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And there were problems along the way.

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Eventually the big brown UPS truck showed up and delivered my motherboard with it's shiny new Athlon processor. Not all were equally impressed.

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Some people just can't be serious about anything.

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I always say that you can never have too much RAM!

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Of course, not everyone agrees with me.

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Finally the motherboard was ready and attention could be turned to the case itself.

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About halfway through the assembly we had some unexpected visitors.

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Not long after the visitors got bored and wandered off allowing construction to continue.

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At last, it was complete!

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THE END