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1:37 AM
You there Tony?
 
When were you at Burmac Drive?
 
51 yes
Oh when?
 
I came over from the Glenrothes plant when it closed. After Mike Ward took over TE? Were you still there then?
 
I was after
83 to 94 I think
 
1:43 AM
Ah, I may have just missed you then. Bill Gillanders was after Mike and I moved to Sperry with him for a year or so.
 
Yes Biil quit and I took his place. He wanted to do R&D
 
Then I moved here to Waterloo to work for NCR
 
I already did that for 10 yrs
 
Yes he did. not sure he ever got to really do that though. Sperry ended up a lost cause
 
He did ok
 
1:45 AM
Yes I speak with him now and again.
 
Nice
 
Odd how small a world it is huh
 
Sure is
 
I'm retired now though... or supposed to be
How's the wife doing?
 
If I wasn’t on an an iPod I’d be faster
Much better today ty
Where you live now?
 
1:48 AM
Ya it will take time... it gets harder to get over stuff as we age for sure// I missed a step going down the basement the other day... still hurting..... lol
 
Not a great trip erhm
 
No I guess not. At least you missed the mud slides... They are having a real bad year. You got family down there?
 
We enjoyed Samana, Spain Portugal and Glendale this year, no casualties there
 
:) nice
 
Glendale is protected
Santa Barbara coast was a mess
 
1:52 AM
Ya California is 90% piles of loose rubble... yet people build homes on the sides of them...
ANyhoos, saw you on thought I\d touch base... better get back to the Mrs. Have a great night wots left of it
 
remember Joe Steele’s
 
um... yes I think.. tool designer?
I don't remember many names though.. Jim something from TE, Walt Turchyn in engineering and that odd tech that had the office out front.. Rudy was it?
 
yes Rudy Mooyman is still alive and kicking and He reported to me
 
Ya that was it, that guy was amazing. Glad to know he is still with us.
 
What he couldn’t fix , he got me to do
But yes he waa
Dan Card always appreciated that I knew how to runs things on my own without needing much of his time
Rudy was a real rumour spreader and opportunist. He got a huge retirement settlement. 5xx K$
 
3:02 AM
A character for sure...
 

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