I grew up in a poor neighborhood south of Dallas. I was an only child because after me, my mom couldn't afford any more children. Where I lived, when our subsidized apartment was broken into, people didn't steal our TV or radio, they stole food from the pantry.
I used to play in the garbage dumpsters, chasing rats and throwing rocks at them...I thought, maybe, with that experience, I'd grow up to be a great baseball pitcher; I didn't.
Eventually, I joined local gangs so that I'd have something to do in the afternoons after school. It was great, I thought, maybe that I'd grow up to be a popular social planner. That was, untill the police caught me and put me in lockup for 24 hours.
Then, I turned five years old.
This was the days of desegregation, so, I was bused 40 minutes, to a 'rich' school. To pass the time on the bus, three of us decided to sing popular songs of the time like those by the Commodores, Diana Ross, etc. Each song was only a quarter. It went well for a few weeks. I thought, maybe, that I'd get rich in a band....I didn't.
As you can see, things weren't working out for me. Later, I happened to work at an Egghead (when they had brick and mortar stores), and caught the tech bug. Fortunately selling software and hardware saved me from years in jail, or worse. I've discovered that as long as I keep feeding my addiction to new technology, I've am able to stay on the right side of the law. I'm afraid that if I don't get a Nexus 5X, I might find myself on the wrong side.
Help me stay out of jail, PLEASE give me the Nexus 5X.
(actually, I'm trying to tempt my wife away from the Apple dark side with the 5x)
jeb