Me: Cool, my new laptop shipped early and is now at FedEx in Newark, Jersey.
Wife: What new laptop?
Me: ...
Wife: ...
Me: ...
Wife: ...
Me: Did I, uh, not mention that I ordered a new one?
Wife: No, I thought you were waiting for your old one to be fixed?
Me: I haven't heard from the shop yet.
Wife: And?
Me: Hey, I think the dog needs to go out.
Kevin, I can't tell you how familiar that sounds ... e.g.
Me: I'll need that in my next computer/tablet.
Wife: Are you buying a new computer/tablet?
Me: Not at the moment (translate = 'Not in the next 30 microseconds').
Wife (suspiciously) : What do you need a new computer/tablet for?
Me: Google puts so much rubbish on the tablet that I can't remove. It's slowing down dramatically now that I need to monitor the solar panels, pool heat pump and electricity generation and usage in real time (all true). I need a dedicated tablet just for those latter purposes.
Wife (vaguely grudgingly, as I am extremely technically minded, and she isn't): OK.
Me: Due to my monitoring and control, our electricity bill this quarter will be around AUD$ 60-90, compared with around AUD$ 590 for the same time last year, when we didn't have the 8kW solar panels.
Wife: I suppose that's really pretty good.
Me: Yup. Certainly worth the money.
No more mention of the tablet, OR the PC. The new PC bare MB, RAM video card and a couple of new, fast NVME SSDs (I already have a spare case, HDDs and PSU) will cost a lot more than the tablet ...