After I retired in 2009, I had a Tuff Shed building installed in my backyard for additional workspace and storage. The building features a gambrel roof, and I had already converted the attic space into extra storage. I had built workbenches along the east and west walls and was building […]
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The phrase comparing apples to oranges is an idiom. The apple and orange aren’t just fruits here; they represent two entities that are so distinct they defy direct comparison. Quite often today, we see reports that compare prices of things today to those years ago. They might try to estimate what […]
Life is unpredictable, and we want to be in control. This may account for the majority of our disappointments. From our birth and during our early years, our parents take care of our needs, and the only part we play is crying when we are uncomfortable; they take over from […]
Eva was still working at Gulf Oil in June 1966 when I left NASA and went to work at Texaco. Gulf Oil’s Houston headquarters was located in the Gulf Building on Main Street. Texaco’s headquarters was situated on Rusk Street, between Fannin and San Jacinto Streets. Those buildings were only […]
When I was a kid, I was paid in cash at the end of the week with my first few part-time jobs. There were no taxes, social security, or insurance deductions; just the number of hours worked times my hourly rate equaled what I got. My starting pay at Sadie’s […]
In 1963, I worked for Gulf Oil in the Electronic Data Processing (EDP) Department. Part of my job was as a courier, making trips to the Gulf Port Arthur Refinery on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. To reach Port Arthur today, you can drive most of the way on I-10 to […]
Watching the spacecraft splash down yesterday brought back memories of my time working at NASA during the Gemini days. That was the period when the greatest advances were made in many areas. Computer software was designed and developed like no other, using IBM 7094 technology as a base for the […]
Work-related travel was part of my career over the years, and Eva accepted that gracefully. After Jennifer married in 1992, I took a consulting contract to manage a project in Temple Texas. It was a major project for one of Drayton McLane’s companies that provided the computer system used in […]
As I watched the reporting of the wildfires in California, they showed images of Malibu, and a memory from the past came back. Until just a few years ago, the Toyota Motor Sales of America headquarters was in Torrance California. During the 1974-78 years, I was the Director of IT […]
With each new model year, while I was working for Gulf States Toyota, Toyota would have a new car showing to present new models to the news media. Those events were in various parts of the world. In 1975 it was in Toyoko, in 1976 it was in Mexico City, […]