No embarassment or explanation needed.

There was a news item here recently about an $11,000 dedicated word processor in a county office which had never worked despite multiple service calls.

One day a janitor was doing some especially thorough cleaning in the office, pulling filing cabinets and equipment away from the walls. He found an unconnected power cord and asked one of the office personnel whether they wanted 'this thing' plugged in. The device worked much better with power.

R.


"My primary musical instrument is the personal computer."