Stories (Page 2)

I remember the one time that my grandpa took my brother and me out for lunch. He picked us up in his humongous decked-out showroom-perfect Pontiac. Our apprehensions about a drawn-out lunch in a stuffy restaurant were eased when he asked rhetorically if we would like to go to McDonald’s..

I am afraid that I am going to have to insist that you are amazed by this machine – because it is well, amazing. Do you know how they set type for printing presses for 100’s of years? A small army of typesetters would select individual lead letters and assemble.

Flight 535 Boeing 727 Seat 7C Jan 2, 1975 19 minutes Level flight: 9 minutes When I was 13 years old my grandparents gave my brother Paul, my cousin Scott, and me the gift of a lifetime. Plane tickets on Northwest Airlines for a round-trip to the Twin Cities. Since.

Sienna Technologies sold products internationally, but we were surprised when we received an inquiry from Russia. This was at a time when Mikhail Gorbachev was planning to visit the Twin Cities. We followed up by sending them some basic information and plenty of questions. Not answering any of our questions.

Values Defining an Organization by What it is NOT What an organization is not can be more defining than a sanitized mission statement of what the organization stands for. Don’t use the phrase Animal Rights This phrase has evolved into something with very negative connotations that brings unnecessary baggage to.

There was an odd and little known building in St. Paul. It was several stories high with a tall lightning rod on top. This was not to repeal lightning but rather to attract it! Occasionally, in the dark of night, a bolt of lightning would arc from a building doorway and.

By the time of the Space Shuttle’s first flight in 1981, microelectronics technology had advanced rapidly, driven by the economic forces of the consumer market. (To give a sense of this rapid pace, only ten years earlier, Apollo astronauts carried 5-inch slide rules with them on missions to the Moon.).

The first Rochester International Airport was established by the Mayo Foundation in 1928 as a means to fly in their patients coming from different parts of the country, If was first built within a 285-acre location which is what we know now as Southeast Rochester. By 1929, Rochester Airport official.

The Easter Sunday Service is a big deal at my church and a challenge for the Technology Team. We would typically bring in guest musicians to assemble a 21-piece orchestra, a large choir, and our usual praise team singers. This required at least 40 microphones and two audio mixers that.

Whacking the dumpster “Cherish Our Church” happened a few times a year, when volunteers would roll up their sleeves on a Saturday morning to tidy up the place. My first time, I was already nervous—I didn’t know anyone, and the idea of spending a morning with a bunch of strangers.

It’s one of those cold, overcast and dreary Minnesota winter days. A perfect day for stopping by the Home Depot on the way home from church to pick up supplies for the many home improvement projects that I need to finish. With no list in hand and plenty of time.

At my sister’s wedding the Pastor announced that they will be serving two distinctive blends of coffee in celebration of this special occasion. There were long lines for coffee after the ceremony. When it was Grandma Reynold’s turn, the server asked her which coffee she would like to try. Confused.

A friend of my brother, who also worked at the Kahler Hotel, owned and operated the KWWK Music Machine – a traveling DJ service for school dances, weddings, etc. I also got to know him when I started work at the Kahler since we both worked weekends. We called him.