My history, what I remember, the things I've done

This blog is mostly for my kids, my grand kids and anyone else interested in what one does or has done in their life.  I hope to start writing, although it won't be in a timely order, it will be in the order I remember, what back then...  events, times, places, people.  Some good, likely some not so good.  Some nice, maybe some gross...  we'll maybe not, someone might read this while I'm still alive!

I don't know how I'll try to figure out how to put it in chronological order...  my mind is not as good as it...  well, maybe it never was so never mind.

Here goes....
My Deputy CTO (Chief Technology Officer), my glue for our division, my detail godsend and any other good and great things I can say about her, Linda Shaffer, is about to retire in 8 days.  I can only think one thing - OH MY GOD!  She does the day to day work of the office, keeps things moving, never misses anything...  all the things I don't do well...  or do at all.  Another loss in my life is coming.

She asked me today, what was my favorite job.  Wow, I'm not sure I have had just one.  I told her I really enjoyed being in the satellite business.  Not only did I bring in a significant amount of money, but it was really nice bringing happiness into people's homes. Especially the people in the middle of nowhere, Arizona...  the people with an antenna on a mast 75 feet tall to get 1 station out of New Mexico were ecstatic.  That was cool.

I didn't like many of the people I had to hire.  Many only looked for money, had no thread of customer service in their bodies.  Some would get paid and be gone and not come back until all the beer was gone.  They were not dependable.

Then there is the distributor I contracted with, RS&I (Recreational Sports & Something based in Idaho), they still owe me 2 checks that were returned by the post office after one of the stores closed as well as a $7,500 deposit.  They've owed me that since 1998.  Sometime around 2000 I did get a letter from them acknowledging they owed me and that they were going to look into the 2 checks, I never heard from them again.  I still have my account representative's RS&I business card (Tom Alvarez).  Tom was a great guy, I really liked him.  He did his job well.  I think he liked what I was doing with the business, but eventually wasn't getting what his management wanted in our area and did some things I wasn't happy with for other dealers...  but that was business.  I never blamed him.

I remember when Bridget Jones (her name at the time, might be Olberg or Blair now) took a government vehicle for a float and sank it (I think she wanted to see what it was like on a submarine).  She was really embarrassed, was angry when anyone mentioned anything...  well, anyone but me,  I think I was able to harass her in a way that made her smile.  As Mike Schlappi meant to say, shot (shit) happens.