Chris had just put the pot on the stove to cook his meal. Soup the meal of men, he thought. Easy to clean up after and filled you up. The phone rang and he turned down the stove, then he ran for it. It was still ringing when he picked up the receiver.
"Hello?"
"Hi Chris." Sabrina Johnston said.
"Hi Kitten, thanks for the phone call at work. It made the rest of my day. All ready for our weekend."
"Sure if you want to spring for the airfare." Sabrina was sure that would get his attention.
"Airfare, huh!" Then it hit him. "Ah..very funny Sabrina, sorry got you mixed up."
"It's ok, Chris, on the phone we sound the same." That was for sure, it was bit creepy talking to yourself. "Plus we have the same name, it's bound to happen."
"Yeah I guess it would. So I hear there is another one of you running around."
"Yeah sort of, but she has a leg or two up on us."
Chris put his paw to his forehead. "Oh moan, that was a bad joke."
"Yeah I guess it was but the devil made me do it." She laughed and Chris swore it was his Sabrina on the other end, she always laughed like that. "Did you get my e-mail?"
"Yup I printed it out, it's here. Can you hold on a few minutes while I find it?"
"Sure not a problem, I really want to hear what you think?"
"Ok one moment." He put the phone down gently and went to his brief case. The paper he wanted was easily found and he quickly returned to the phone. "Still there?"
"Yup, that was quick."
"It was right on top, now lets see. The system she recommends is very impressive and that monitor, wow! We have a few of those at work; they're beautiful. How on earth did you fall into that?"
"It's a left over that no one wants to pay the price for, guess she likes me."
"Well if you don't want it, I'll pay the shipping for it to be sent here."
"We'll see. I may not like it when it's set up."
"I doubt that." He knew she would love it. "There are only two changes I would recommend, one is to up the power supply. That processor and the rest will pull a lot of juice it's always better to have more than less. Just go up one size in power supply, they don't cost that much. Also change the modem to the one I suggested, we have those here and we find they handle almost anything. The one she mentions is good but the other is better. It will be more money Sabrina, but it's well worth it."
"Ok, Chris that's fine. I understood that it probably would cost a bit more, thanks. Oh Chris, I just wish you could meet her. She knows a lot about computers, she also knew right away that you knew your stuff to. She took one look at the system you suggested and said, "Wow this guy knows computers"."
"Hey that's cool; sounds like she knows her stuff too. What she suggested are good replacements for what I said. You shouldn't have a problem with that system, it'll fly."
"Thanks Chris it was good to have someone like you as back up. I don't know that much about them, well that's not exactly true. She gave me that grand tour by taking one apart and showing me exactly what I was buying."
"Hey now that's something I've never seen a salesman do." Half of the salesmen didn't know what was inside the damn thing and it made him extremely frustrated. Half the problems would disappear from the computer scene if the sales personnel knew their stuff. "She must be nice, sounds like you can't go to far wrong there." Oops he knew he had just said something fatal and knew he was going to have to back track. "But remember Sabrina it's a computer and no matter who you buy it from you will always have some problems."
"Yeah I know, I'm signing up for a computer course at night. It should get me the basics down pat and allow me to spot and handle minor problems."
"That's great, also pick up one of those dummy books."
"Dummy books?"
"There is a whole series of them, the one on Windows is really good it explains a lot and helps out in many a crisis." He recommended them to all new computer users. They stopped a lot of those "How do I close a window?" questions. A lifesaver if you asked him.
"Ok let me write that down. Dummies book on Windows." She had seen them around but she hadn't paid too much attention to them.
"Yeah most book stores will have it, if not they can get it."
"Ok Chris will do. Mom and I are going down to the store tomorrow for a couple of pictures. So I'll send it to your work place. If that's ok."
"Sure that will be great, I can show Dexter who insists that this a ploy of some sort."
That statement put Sabrina a bit on the defensive side. "Chris I wouldn't lie to you and Sabrina. Heather is a living breathing Skunktaur who just happens to look like me and my sister."
Oops, he knew he had done it, her voice was totally different. He had said the wrong thing and now had to back up a bit. "Sabrina, it's ok I believe you." He sensed some hostility and he knew why, everyone disbelieved what she said. That's hard if you know what you're saying is the truth. "Send the picture; we'll be waiting. I'll rub it in Dexter's face."
"Ok Chris, see you on-line sometime soon."
He noted that she still seemed a bit put off. "You'll have the last laugh tomorrow Sabrina and we'll all be eating our words. Won't we?"
"Oh, you bet. Hope you like crow." She laughed and he felt much better. "I'll talk to you another time Chris, thanks for all your advice."
"No problem Sabrina anytime. Don't be a stranger, Ok?"
"I won't, take care. Say hi to Sabrina for me."
"I will, bye."
"Bye." The phone went dead but his thoughts were still of Sabrina's sister, she was really nice. He hoped that someday she would come back to see them again. He liked having two of his favorite lady to look at. His stomach growled and he went back to cooking his soup. Seems the body has a way of prioritizing things.
End of Chapter 2
Lets see if I plug this plug into here and this plug into here……ZZZZZZZZZZZZ…. OW!!!!!!!!!!! Guess that wasn't right, OW!!!!! Damn 'puters……Heather HELP!!!!!!!!!!!