Sunday, August 11, 2002

I'm back from my Aspen trip and can see that the pizza joint trivia question has been solved by Karen who really knows how to do in-depth research. Since my questions were very arcane, I'll go ahead and post the answers to them. Helen obviously knew the last one, thus preserving her title as undisputed trivia queen. They were:


Q: Who was responsible from dangling a fetal pig from the Biology lab much to the horror of Mr. Lynch's class below?

A: Even if you weren't there, I'm surprised no one guessed it was John Nardone.



Q: In addition to the original signers of the Declaration of Independence, which classmates "John Hancock's" graced the copy under glass in the library for many years?

A: Again, John Nardone was behind this, but my signature was there too. We did this as sophomores and it lasted until after we graduated. I think the gag's longevity was in using a script that was reminiscent of the times, although the font and size resembled John Hancock's more than the others. The original signers were also kind enough to leave some blank space for others who concurred to insert their signatures.



Q: What was the theme song from our senior prom? (hint: an astute reader of the website can find this answer)

A: If you click on the picture of the mug on the main page, you'll get a bigger image and looking at it closely will reveal the answer: "Lost without Your Love"



Below Rob comments: "It is a rough life you live, Lee! Oshkosh, Aspen, at least 2 planes, etc. -- could i send you a resume and see if I could get in on the gig!?!"


Hmmm, the grass looks a little greener when you put it that way . Except I don't have two planes. I sold the Piper Colt to Diane Bixby's father a few years ago. As for Aspen, it's only a few hours away by car, so it's not much different than living near the East Coast and visiting the Jersey shore. And Oshkosh is in Wisconsin, which isn't exactly a tourist mecca, except for those of us with airplane addictions. If you want in on this gig, I might be able to get you a position at HP, but not right now (I used to be a PSU campus recruiter, but I haven't done any recruiting in two years). For 60 years, HP prided itself in never having a layoff and now, in less than a year, my division has had two 30+% layoffs! I'm not worried though, I always have the skills I acquired at Perkins to fall back on, should times get really tough .

So there's the close up of grass on this side of the fence.

In reality, I don't really feel too bad about it. I think that as long as I'm alive and breathing, there is no reason to fret over small things like whether we'll get out of the high tech depression in the next year or the next decade. In a sobering thought recently, I felt like perhaps my chosen career (engineering) might be on its way out of this country for greener pastures in India and China. It might be time to find a new gig myself...now what exactly is it that you do Rob, and do you have any openings in your organization?

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