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       WELL I GOT MY NEW PUSH BUTTON PHONE, TOM TALKED ME INTO.

THE NEXT TIME I TALKED TO TOM, I MENTIONED I HAD TO GO TO THE BANK THE NEXT DAY TO RENEW A C D. TOM ASK ME WHAT INTEREST RATE THE BANK WAS PAYING ME? I TOLD HIM I WAS DRAWING 4.65% INTEREST ON A 12 MONTH C D. OH, HE SAID, IS THAT ALL? WELL YOU DON'T HAVE TO HIT ME OVER THE HEAD WITH A 2X4. I KNEW THAT QUESTION MEANT SOMETHING, SO I ASK TOM WHAT INTEREST HIS C D's WERE DRAWING. TOM TOLD ME HE DIDN'T HAVE HIS MONEY IN C D s. HE HAD HIS MONEY IN MUTUAL FUNDS AND SOME OF THEM HAD PAID HIM A RATE OF 32% OVER THE LAST 12 MONTHS. I STARTED CRYING AGAIN. I SEEM TO BE DOING THAT A LOT LATELY.

 

TOM SHOWED ME HOW TO INVEST IN MUTUAL FUNDS AND SUGGESTED SOME FUNDS I MIGHT TRY. HE TOLD ME THESE FUNDS COULD GO UP OR DOWN. THERE WAS NO GUARANTEE THAT I WOULDN'T LOOSE MONEY INSTEAD OF MAKE MONEY. ONCE AGAIN HE GOT ME TO TAKE ONE MORE STEP OUT OF THE DARK AGES.

 

THE LAST TIME I TALKED TO TOM HE SAID A WORD THAT ALMOST MADE ME FAINT. HE SAID, "COMPUTER." WHEN SOMEONE SAYS COMPUTER TO ME I THROW UP BOTH HANDS AND RUN BACKWARD. MY TYPEWRITER IS STILL A MANUAL TYPEWRITER. THE THOUGHT OF JUMPING FROM A MANUAL TYPEWRITER TO A COMPUTER IS MIND BOGGLING TO ME. IT HASN'T BEEN LONG SENSE I MADE THE LEAP FROM A MANUAL TRANSMISSION TO AN AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION IN MY PICKUPS.

 

NOW TOM IS TRYING TO DRAG ME FROM A MANUAL TYPEWRITER TO A COMPUTER. NO WAY! BUT TOM IS PERSISTENT. HE KEEPS TELLING ME ALL THESE THINGS I CAN DO WITH A COMPUTER, LIKE KEEP A RECORD OF MY HOUSEHOLD EXPENSES. BUT TOM I CAN DO THAT WITH A PENCIL AND PIECE OF PAPER I SAY. HE SAYS YOU CAN KEEP A RECORD OF HOW MUCH YOU SPEND ON GASOLINE FOR YOUR PICKUP. BUT I CAN DO THAT WITH A PENCIL AND A PIECE OF PAPER. HE SAYS YOU CAN KEEP UP WITH THE KIND OF MEDICINE YOU TAKE AND WHEN YOU WILL NEED TO GET MORE. BUT I CAN DO --YEAH I KNOW, HE SAYS, YOU CAN DO THAT WITH A PENCIL AND PIECE OF PAPER. ALRIGHT HOW ABOUT THIS. YOU CAN PLAY SOLITARY ON YOUR COMPUTER, CAN YOU DO THAT WITH A PENCIL AND PIECE OF PAPER?

 

WELL HE HAD ME THERE, SO I TOLD HIM OK I'LL GO BUY A COMPUTER. ONE SMALL STEP FOR TOM, ONE GIANT STEP FOR ME. IF TOM KEEPS ON, BY THE YEAR 2000, I MIGHT BE OUT OF THE DARK AGES AND INTO MODERN TIMES. BUT THAT’S A WHOLE NOTHER STORY FOR A DIFFERENT TIME.

  BY LOREN MOORE

COPYRIGHT 1999

 

                                                                             

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