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 […]

Martha and I met at Purdue University. We were both freshmen. I was just out of four years in the Marines, and she was just out of high school. She lived in Duhme Hall, and I lived in the Cary Quadrangle. One […]

I was just 10 years old and don’t remember a lot. but one I do remember is that some new products came out. One of them was Reddi Whip. I guess in the past it always had to be home made for […]

I’ve only had one dog in my life. Shortly after getting married i picked up a newborn pup who was a mixture of beagle and wire hair. Funny, the result looked like a small Australian Pulley. He would eat anything, but particularly […]

As a driver for kids who were a part of the provisional troop, I didn’t have many real duties during the day. I was there to maintain order in their campsite which during the day was empty as they were off partaking […]

Got to thinking about the North Woods boy scout camp in Michigan. The camp was actually owned by the Rockford Illinois boy scouts. I am not sure all the legal and ownerships, so I will say little about them. To get there […]

Back in the day when I was manager of sales and service, I had three sales managers reporting to me. New England, East Coast and the Midwest. The rest of the United States and Cananda belongs to me. Each sales manager was […]

In my days as the service manager, I travelled pretty much the Midwest the East Coast and all of Canada. I would take care of customer problems with our product and teach service schools and help with their trade shows. I met […]