My parents purchased an acre of land outside of Evansville IN in 1941. Their plan was to build a house and live there raising us three kids. Well, as was referred to in an earlier posting, construction was to start December 8, […]
Just got back from a VetsRoll trip. Most of you will have no idea what this is, so I will tell you about it. VetsRoll is an organization in Beloit Wisconsin that puts together an annual trip from Beloit to Washington DC. […]
When we lived with my grandfather, he always had a garden in the back yard. He grew a variety of things, cabbages, onions, lettuce, tomatoes and elephant ears. Why he grew elephant ears I have no idea, but he liked them. They […]
When I was in the eighth grade my friend Roger and I decided to go on a bike ride. We thought we were old enough to just take a long ride. Well, we certainly did. We rode and talked and rode and […]
The Concord Hotel was in the Borscht Belt in the Catskills, known for its resort industries in the 1950s,1960s and 1970s. Located in Kiamesha Lake, New York it was the largest in the area, and the last to close in 1998. It […]
I was just looking up the requirements for becoming an Eagle Scout. My have there been some changes. I won’t go over all of the changes at this time but will refer back to some of them in the future. I was […]
Trade shows were a real love hate relationship with us. We loved getting together with our customers and product users. This allowed a real source of input for us. The downside was the long hours of standing on your feet with a […]
Just got a letter from the Illinois dept of revenue. It read like a Thunderbird starburst. Either I was delinquent, or I had overpaid, or some other obscure reason I didn’t understand. I had to go to the house we sold six […]
Another activity at Purdue is the tricycle race. It takes place at the beginning of the academic year. Contestants come from the residence halls of the Cary Quadrangle. There are six halls A, B, C, D, East and West. The tricycles consist […]
The first one started in 1958 and was the result of a late-night bull session to provide an experience for engineering students to practice what they were learning. It would be a race of go karts designed and built by these individuals […]