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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. 

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.

Camaraderie

It was September 1971. I was 20 years old and two months from leaving Chu Lai, South Viet Nam, realizing the completion of my obligation for military service. The “enemy” that day was either a monsoon or a typhoon. Our…
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