During my career I spent a lot of time in Canada teaching service schools, customer service and sales calls. I developed an appreciation and fondness for that country. One could consider it USA lite as it has 10% of the US population, […]

One memorable event from my days coaching Junior B hockey occurred in Crystal Lake Illinois. I had been working that week in New Jersey on my regular employment in customer service. The hockey team had a game schedule Friday evening against Crystal […]

Mike the lead guitar in Casey’s Fancy was probably one of the most read persons I knew. Although he tended to read only those things that agreed with him. One evening we were having practice and there was a full moon on […]

I coached amateur hockey for 22 years. This included from Mites through Midget. a Junior B franchise and college club hockey. I also officiated through those years. Today my legs are shot, but I have many memories and stories. Coaching Mites I […]

I taught service schools all over North America. Had many interesting experiences. I would arrive an hour or so before start time and set up my equipment, and chat with the wholesaler or wherever it was being held. For the most part […]

I used to belong to a golf group which consisted of seven Canadians and me. We would go to Myrtle Beach S.C. for a week and try to get in as much golf as possible and drink the State dry. In the […]

One of our bright young engineers proposed changing the cover screws for our pumps. The new screw would require an allen wrench the size needed to convert our pumps from one pipe to two pipe. The proposed screw not only performed better […]

Martha, my better half played in an Irish band, Casy’s Fancy for 36 years. I was one of her biggest supporters, actually their roadie. When Bill Graham passed. I was asked to help keep the band going. Piano lessons in grade school, […]

This is the first post of Stump Mitchell’s rants and raves blog. I will share stories and tips concerning many topics. These will include sports, customer service, hobbies, television and commercials. Politics and religion will not be included yu get enough of […]