I was watching Andy Rooney on 60 Minutes last Sunday (After
all, I'm old
enough to be in the target demographic)
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He was discussing people carrying large bags or wearing
backpacks on the
streets of New York. He asked them about what was inside.
Most of the
women seemed to be carrying bottled water and planners
(though they
appeared to be the old-fashioned paper and ink kind).
However, what
they all seemed to have was at least one book (again, the
old-fashioned
paper kind). Some were probably even bookmarked with those
arcane
objects once known as bookmarks.
Rooney conclude that there must be a lot of book reading
going on
(though certainly not on company time). However, these
people seemed to
be young professionals on the streets of Manhattan, so what
do they
know?
I'm afraid that if I had $400 burning a hole in my pocket, I
would
probably spend it on something like depositing it in my Roth
in
anticipation of my looming retirement, or maybe going to
visit my
grandson, instead of buying a Kindle. But we all have our
own
priorities.
If you feel like sending me an anti-Luddite flame, I am at
least
techno-savvy enough to know how to use the delete key in my
e-mail
program.
Richard Watts
San Bernardino County Library, Calif.
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