Comments on: Shopping. http://www.somethingfromjapan.com/epi/2005/11/23/shopping/ Epimetheus was the son of Iapetus and brother of Prometheus and Atlas; husband of Pandora. "Epimetheus" is Greek for "hindsight". Thu, 21 Aug 2008 17:32:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Curt http://www.somethingfromjapan.com/epi/2005/11/23/shopping/#comment-19 Curt Sun, 04 Dec 2005 05:28:19 +0000 http://www.somethingfromjapan.com/epi/?p=52#comment-19 I guess the Canadians are right...they are nothing like us. I guess the Canadians are right…they are nothing like us.

]]> By: vmarks http://www.somethingfromjapan.com/epi/2005/11/23/shopping/#comment-16 vmarks Thu, 24 Nov 2005 14:37:59 +0000 http://www.somethingfromjapan.com/epi/?p=52#comment-16 This isn't the first time I've heard of such a thing: I have a Canadian friend who purchased a Gateway notebook in 1998, new from the store, and it had the odd condition of overheating and forgetting that there was a hard drive installed. His solution was to place the laptop in a refrigerator and then keep working. And he was proud of it and that he had paid $799 CDN for it. It's not quite the same as your example, but the pride based on price instead of usability was certainly present. This isn’t the first time I’ve heard of such a thing:
I have a Canadian friend who purchased a Gateway notebook in 1998, new from the store, and it had the odd condition of overheating and forgetting that there was a hard drive installed. His solution was to place the laptop in a refrigerator and then keep working. And he was proud of it and that he had paid $799 CDN for it.

It’s not quite the same as your example, but the pride based on price instead of usability was certainly present.

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