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...asks me if I need help. He then helps me pick out a clock for my roommate, and when the computer jams, he gets flustered and jokes, "The computer's jealous." I'm impressed with the service, until I realize that no one is helping the other 10 customers in the tiny one-room store...
...machine-free world, washing her laundry by hand and doing without a TV, air conditioner, stereo and vacuum cleaner [LETTERS, Jan. 19]. By contrast, I am surrounded by the machines that help destroy our environment. But as a single parent living with a seven-year-old son in a one-room apartment, I find that appliances help me a lot. I am a nurse who works long hours. I don't have time to do my laundry by hand. I prepare meals in advance, freeze them and use the microwave to heat them. I know many machines can be harmful...
Even the smart people want to make money these days. Years ago, I hear, they used to be satisfied wit one-room apartments, a hot plate and a library card. Writers and intellectuals used to stake their authority on their poverty. They had perspective; they were poor in a rich man's world. Today, the smartest of the smart-set need a little place in the Berkshires, a sporty car and a big old colonial on a hill. Can they keep their authority and their perspective...
...have been living alone in a small, one-room apartment for a year and a half. By Japanese standards, my life-style is regarded as quite poor because I have no TV, air conditioner, stereo or vacuum cleaner. I even do my laundry by hand. Nevertheless, I kind of enjoy it. If you do everything yourself, you can derive great pleasure from feeling independent of machines. What's more, my electricity bill is incredibly low. And, of course, I contribute to conserving the environment. People who live in developed countries should stop and think about whether being surrounded by machines...
Last week Hemingway's decomposed body was found in her one-room Santa Monica, California, apartment. There were no signs of foul play. Many wondered whether she had taken her own life, since her famous family has been plagued with suicides. Indeed, she died just before the 35th anniversary of the day that her grandfather Ernest put a shotgun to his head. The author's brother, sister and father also died by their own hand...