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1986 - 1988 Business Trips

Arkansas & Oklahoma Dayton, Ohio Fort Lauderdale, Florida New Jersey, New York, Washington DC

1986 ncr slideshow
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Note: The re-scan project of 2011 (now 2013) was 25 years after some of these pictures were taken, and it shows. Between the consumer negative film and in some cases, improper storage, some images haven't survived well...


I worked at a three letter company from 1986 to 1988, one of the worst experiences of my life. (It probably would have been better if acid blockers were non-prescription back then, but there you are.) That they've lost so much market share in just about every aspect of their business, is a testament to why you'll fail if you run innovation out of the company.

Anyway, I travelled a lot in that job. It's the job where I learned to hate flying, and started driving, so I suppose it was the genesis of my road trips roots. (Hey, I could sometimes get back to Chicago from Southern Ohio before others, since I didn't have to wait for a particular flight. And I got door to door service. Heh. I also made a few bucks on mileage, but it was still generally cheaper than a plane ticket.

Arkansas & Oklahoma

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In 1986, I thought this was a menu. (I hated the 55 MPH speed limit...)
During this time is the first time I'd drive through the Ozark Mountains, those legendary mountains of moonshiners and Lil' Abner fame. Dogpatch was once here, and I've always kicked myself for not stopping in before it closed. I always wanted a Daisy Mae t-shirt...

Now since they didn't want to pay for a flight home during the weekend, and they'd pay for a hotel room anyway, I got them to agree to let me travel around and they'd pay for different hotels Friday and Saturday night. Add in that I had a friend that worked for United (and used to work for said three letter company) could fly out to where ever I was for just a few bucks, and it made for some interesting visits to different parts of the country.

Arkansas & Oklahoma
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Dayton, OH

Dayton, Ohio is world headquarters for said 3 letter marketing company, and I must have made the commute between Dayton and Chicago a dozen or more times. Once, was during a snowstorm...

To & From Dayton, OH
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Fort Lauderdale, FL

On the other hand, for a reward on a project, I was sent down to Fort Lauderdale for a week for "training" in January. Wow, that was a tough one, wasn't it?

Now, please understand that the tree wasn't photoshopped. I'm going to have to put together a "Nature exposes her(him)self" page...

Fort Lauderdale, FL
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New Jersey, New York, Washington DC

I was in New Jersey and New York a couple of times as a technical consultant, which means most of the time I sat there with my thumb up... Anyway, I was also in Washington DC (actually Gaithersburg, Maryland) for a project for a couple of weeks. This was the end of the road with this company. This job was the last straw before I quit and went elsewhere...

New Jersey, New York, Washington D.C.
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