tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6483143481224034343.post8430886611042853237..comments2023-10-15T13:50:42.427-07:00Comments on From "Me" to "Mandy": Things kids don't recognize anymore...Mandy Shermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01547323395921637440noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6483143481224034343.post-27562630104962896502016-12-20T12:34:58.834-08:002016-12-20T12:34:58.834-08:00And it will always be thus. It's easy to rem...And it will always be thus. It's easy to remember Pearl Harbor Day...both for the "day that will live in infamy" and the day my Dad passed.<br /><br />At least they're both in a better place now...<br /><br />MandyMandy Shermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01547323395921637440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6483143481224034343.post-73238713005286538902016-12-20T11:20:14.751-08:002016-12-20T11:20:14.751-08:00This is a tough time of year. I lost my dad 40 ye...This is a tough time of year. I lost my dad 40 years ago mid December. Sad to see him passing at an age that is now well within my own rear view mirror.<br />PatPat Scaleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00148601231866277374noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6483143481224034343.post-11205590977128816532016-12-09T03:55:45.521-08:002016-12-09T03:55:45.521-08:00What brought all this to mind was finding some pic...What brought all this to mind was finding some pictures taken in Dad's old office. Good memories, for sure, as Dad passed away almost 20 years ago - to the day.<br /><br />It was a fun way to remember him...<br /><br />MandyMandy Shermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01547323395921637440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6483143481224034343.post-42500194086235193692016-12-08T13:10:16.466-08:002016-12-08T13:10:16.466-08:00Long...long...time ago...I can still remember.
In ...Long...long...time ago...I can still remember.<br />In high school we all learned how to use a slide rule. At first it seemed to defy logic but after a while it became a useful too. <br /><br />In college statistics we had those monster calculator machines that seemed to roll on forever. You are not kidding about the racket. The professor had a heavy Indian accent so I did not understand a word he had to say but I remember in the front of the Statistics textbook was the phrase "Figures never lie...liars sometimes figure". Go figure.<br /><br />When I started in the work force in the late 1970s our reports needed multiple copies and these were color coded with pink onion skins, green onion skins, beige, etc. We even had matching pink, green, beige white out. We would dictate our work and our secretary would type out a double spaced draft. You made your changes on the draft once and hope you got it right. The secretary would then type the report or memo in final using the rainbow of onion skins. If you needed to make changes at that point in time you were taking your life in your hands.<br /><br />Speaking of white out did you know that 'Liquid Paper' the proper name for white out, was invented by Bette Nesmith, the mother of Mike Nesmith of the Monkees. She sold the rights to the product to Gillette in 1979 for $47Million.<br /><br />PatPat Scaleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00148601231866277374noreply@blogger.com