It's changed quite a bit. I've been with IBM for 29 years. Hard to believe.
Rick, congrats! Glad to hear your son was able to find a job in this economy.
My son is finishing up his freshman year at the University
of Delaware. I feel like that's a major accomplishment! He's an environmental
engineering major, so hopefully there will be something
for him when he's done in '12.
Dan D
Central NJ USA
'76 MGB Tourer
'65 MGB Tourer (Project)
NAMGBR #5-2328
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From: Paul Root <ptrmgb@gmail.com>
To: The Roxter <rocknatural@gmail.com>
Cc: MGS <mgs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, May 13, 2009 9:20:03 AM
Subject: Re: [Mgs] Time to brag a little...
Congratulations Rick, and to your son.
Rocky, I just can't see you at IBM. I served time at IBM in Kingston as a
contractor in the late 80s. As buttoned down as it was then I just can't image
how it was in the 60s.
On May 11, 2009, at 12:09 PM, The Roxter wrote:
> Rick Lindsay wrote:
>> In fact, YES! His first car was a '79 MGB LE that had been under 12 feet of
>> water. We rebuilt everything. And when he got his first internship at the
>> Langmier Atmospheric Physics Lab, the first thing that they asked him was if
>> he had ever worked on cars! Seems that most kids today have never touched a
>> wrench/spanner. He got the job.
>>
>> rick
> Same thing they asked me when I went to work for IBM in 1966. All the whiz
>kids were trained on computers, but they hired about ten new guys to fix the
>card machines that provided all the input in those days. Those things had
>really exotic components like geneva drives and such. I was hired because I
>was building my own racing cars (MGs and Minis) and finishing races.
>
> -The Roxter
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