Fast Movers
As a crew chief/door gunner on a Huey in South Vietnam in ’70/’71, there were many times I took note of what we were doing and knew I’d never be doing this again once I went back home.
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All the Time There Is
From Cheryl: One of my favorite quotes is about the idea that we have “all the time there is” and depending on how you read that, it can sound either expansive or finite, and I love the paradox. We don’t…
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It’s a Choice!
When my two girls were in grade school, we were at the pet store picking up hamster supplies. When we were checking out, I noticed that the cashier, about high school age, seemed to be having a bad day. As…
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Coyotes, Meerkats, And Coati Mundis
After living in Connecticut for a year where my first daughter was born, we thought it would be best for raising a baby girl if we were around my wife’s mother and her sisters, who lived in Florida. We moved…
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Our New Navy Friends
Chu-Lai, Vietnam – 1971: I have always thought it was the kind of thing for which we should have gotten in real trouble. But I was a helicopter crew chief, which is an enlisted position, and not responsible for the…
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Not Paid To Think
I never saw it do anything other than the opening screen pictured here. I should also mention that Bill never actually figured out how to make it do anything other than the opening screen. And there was the opportunity. Bill was a visionary who knew instinctively that we were looking at the future of managing a production line, even business in general, but it didn’t come with any software for doing any of those things, nor a manual that explained how to get it to do any of them.
A Great Time to Quit Smoking – Part Two
I had started smoking again when I was out with my brother one night in Connecticut after having not smoked for four years. By the time I left Connecticut to be with my wife and daughter in Florida, I had…
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A Great Time to Quit Smoking – Part One
I had just turned 25 years old and was working at a garage business in Connecticut that my father and I had started jointly when I was 21. I had given him a six-month notice in March of that year…
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