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  1. Reality Check
  2. by Raymond Koziel
  3.  
  4. The following survey was published in the June 7th edition of
  5. Computerworld.  1,977 people were asked what items were considered
  6. necessities.  The following is the breakdown of the replies:
  7.  
  8.           Automobiles............85%
  9.           Clothes washer.........82%
  10.           Television.............74%
  11.           Home air-conditioning..47%
  12.           Microwave oven.........44%
  13.           Car air-conditioning...42%
  14.          *Office computer........36%
  15.           Second automobile......27%
  16.           Dish washer............24%
  17.           Office fax machine.....23%
  18.           VCR....................18%
  19.          *Home computer..........11%
  20.           Cellular phone..........5%
  21.  
  22. Only 36% felt the office computer is a necessity and only 11% felt a
  23. home computer is a necessity!  Well at least the office computer
  24. ranked above the dish washer and fax machine.                   {RAH}
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  26. Ray Koziel is a systems programmer (C++ and Pascal) for Blue Cross
  27. Blue Shield of IL's EMC-Net, a private bulletin board used for
  28. electronic submission of insurance claims.  Living in Chicago with a
  29. wife, a new baby boy and two dogs, Ray has found RAH helpful in
  30. keeping his insanity.  FidoNet:  1:115/542 (The Loonatic Fringe BBS)
  31.