You can’t row the boat without “making waves” and if you are not rowing the boat you are likely only drifting where the currents take you. ~ Jerry Nix
There was a time in America where the customer really counted to Corporate America. The customer could do no wrong ... or if they did corporate America would not let them take the blame for it. What happened? What went wrong? Have you tried to call some of today's larger companies (I refuse to mention …
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Note from the Author: This is part three of my experience during the Vietnam Conflict. You can pick up Part One and Part Two by clicking on the links. Well here it was ... March 1970 and I'd received my orders to leave the 520th Transportation Battalion and report to the 539th Transportation Company which …
Note from the Author: The subject of this article can be very controversial. The opinions that I share may not set well with some of you, but they are my opinions and I am not suggesting that you make them yours. When I write, you get the real me, whether you like it or not. …
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It was the winter of 1967 and I was 16 years old. I'd just obtained a driver's this year when I turned 16 and within a month of turning 16 and getting my driver's license I purchased my first car. Mine did not look nearly this good ... is was a pale yellow with rust …
To discuss how the market has performed let's begin with a discussion of the shutdown itself. To hear the news media tell it, "800,000 employees are being required to work with no income." Not even close to true. Take a look at this: A government shutdown is when non-essential discretionary federal programs close. It occurs …
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NOTE FROM BLOGGER: I did no write this. I found it while trolling around my wife's Facebook account this morning. It was apparently written by a person named Ken Koenen back in 2017 and was made public. I have not idea how many times it has been around Facebook, but I thought the read was …
Note from the author: This is part 2 of a story I am writing about my Vietnam experience. If you have not read part one Headed to War, You Zero I suggest that you read it before reading this one. So ... it was around January 9th or 10th of 1970 that I got …
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It was December 15, 1969 and I was graduating from Crew Chief/Door Gunners school at Fort Rucker, Alabama. My company commander stood in front of my graduating class and said, "Okay we need volunteers to go to South Vietnam." We all laughed because we knew the Army never asked for volunteers to do anything. They …
Well it now seems that the 1964 Animated Movie Classic, "Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer" is met with "political incorrectness" since all the other reindeer seem to be bullying him in the movie. The movie just aired again on CBS this week and was watched by 8.14 Million viewers. Not all viewers, apparently, enjoyed the movie. …
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Years ago when I was a young man going to high school some of my favorite classes were "shop classes." The classes I attended during two of my four years at J. Sterling Morton East High School in Cicero, Illinois was Electrical Wiring, Electronics, Woodworking, Plumbing, Welding, Metal Fabrication and Automobile Repair. I believe shop …
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