As a professional journalist , I am duty bound not to accept mass quantities of money from anyone, including my employer. Professional journalists, in fact, really enjoy driving around in a 1990 Honda Civic hatchback with a pocked windshield, a scarred fender and leatherette seats. It was the other e-mail that I found more exasperating. I'm continually amazed at how PC users are thrilled by technology that's been out since 1988 on a Macintosh. Toasters are easy.
Light switches are easy.
Maybe Bob Dole is right that our schools are failing us. But maybe it's not the teachers union that's to blame. I knew when I made the purchase that it wasn't going to be easy. For one thing, the tape drive required me to install another parallel port. I had to read obtuse documentation and drill deep into Windows 95 Help files.