More Quickies
Here’s Just a few more short memories lingering in the depths of my brain needing to be released before Alzheimer’s sets in. Continue reading
Daily Archives: August 19, 2014
Fun With Cars
Fun With Cars
Getting to driving age is one of the things a teenager eagerly awaits. Sometimes in the early driving years, we do some things that are really stupid, but at the time it seemed like the fun derived was worth the risk. This story documents a couple of those stupid things we did. Continue reading
Bus Driver Bill
Bus Driver Bill
While attending college, I worked several jobs to help with the high costs of getting educated. One of my most rewarding jobs was transporting precious cargo around. Here’s my story. Continue reading
The Grain Elevator
The Grain Elevator
Graduating from high school is a monumental event in the life of a young person. They are ready to grab the world by the tail and give it a whirl. The first step towards becoming independent is that very first job we get on our own. Here’s the story of my first experience after graduation. Continue reading
The Wheat Harvest
The Wheat Harvest
When I was 18, I was anxious to try things I had never done before and get out on my own away from home. The opportunity to join a wheat harvest crew provided an experience away from home out on my own without my parents. I jumped on it and here’s the story. Continue reading
Carp
Carp
Sometimes it is fun to catch rough fish such as carp because they grow so big and put up a big fight. On at least one occasion, it was not only fun to catch them, but it was also very profitable. Here’s the story. Continue reading
Boot Scuff Goatee
Boot Scuff Goatee
Sometimes even cousins get into minor scuffles with each other when they spend 12 hours a day working together during summer vacation. The money was good and helped tremendously with our college educations but we worked hard and sometimes got on each other’s nerves a little. Here’s the story Continue reading
The Dorm
The Dorm
Perhaps, one of the best things I did in my life was getting a bachelors degree in Mechanical Engineering from Texas Tech College (it was a college then and not yet a university). In getting this degree, I lived in a college dorm for three years. At times, I had some unique experiences which I have recorded in this story. Continue reading
Summer Of 63
Summer Of 63
In 1963 when I was 20 years old and going to college, I got a summer job at Philtex Plant in Phillips, Texas. The plant was only a block from my house so this was an ideal summer job for me. Philtex Plant had started out being a research facility for developing speciality chemical processes. The test plants they built were so profitable that they had commercialized the facility and they sold all kinds of speciality chemicals. There were six college students hired that summer. Here are some of our experiences. Continue reading
The Slide Rule
The Slide Rule
I thought technology was moving fast when I was in college since the calculator I used in Engineering classes was obsolete by the time I graduated. Today, last years technology is often obsolete. My iPad 2 is phenomenal, but it is already outdated. Here’s a short story about the calculator I used in college. Continue reading