[HPforGrownups] Re: Socio Economic data and HP + OT question about American College education.

[Amanda Lewanski]

No: HPFGUIDX 5134

Susan McGee wrote:

> It WOULD be interesting to know ses status, education status of the
> members of this list. Could someone construct a poll? Add books
> read in a year (BEFORE Harry Potter, since I am not reading too many
> new books because I'm too busy REreading HP).

Do we count books that we reread, separately?

> Maybe add: newspapers
> read, magazines read....

I, for one, have no clue as to quantity; I can't even remember who has clean
socks from day to day. You might want to do one poll for education level,
and another for reading activity, else more frazzled people like me might
avoid the poll because they can't figure out what to put for a couple of the
questions.

> Someone else interested in this, or should I
> do it, or are we being elitist?

Nah, we're only elitist if we start drawing conclusions. Just asking as a
matter of interest is simple interest. I'd like to know, too.

> Computers are still expensive in the U.S. More and more people have
> them. But they are still far more expensive than a VCR. A lot of
> people have email at work, but not a huge amount of time to devote
> to list serves and egroups. In addition, a separate phone line costs
> money, too.  (I'd be interested to hear what others think). Then,
> there is some cost associated with internet access. It adds up.

Um, is this for the poll too? Or just ruminations? Are you going to ask what
computer setup people have, or just whether they connect in from work or
home?

I don't have a separate phone line because San Antonio recently became a
"doughnut city," with Bexar County keeping the 210 area code and all
surrounding counties going to 830. Even before I make any calls at all, I
pay $50 for the metro number. I just let people know if I'm online, the
phone will ring forever.

Oh, and I finally looked at the FAO Schwartz bed. I'm so obsessed; all I
could think of was that it had too many crannies for spiders, and I couldn't
spot them against the coloring easily enough. But surely, someone could
build something like that for loads less than the price? Wow, to have liquid
capital....

--Amanda