Monday, July 21, 2025

The accident in 1980 with Golf Clubs

 My brother had been talking to my grandfather the previous year about Golf.

So, in October of 1980 by brother's birthday was very special he received from my grandpa golf clubs.

They came in a wrapped-up box.  My brother hurriedly opened the box to find a golf clubs in a bag.

Two weeks after my grandparents left, my mother, my brother, my sister and I went into the backyard to try them out.

(my mother to remember the year it happened, put on a photo of Dulcy, the year 1980 .....// Darcy.)

My sister kept getting too close to my brother swinging and my mom had to keep her away.   My mom had Dulcy stand closer to Norms house but still in our backyard.

My mom got tired and went inside to get something to drink.

So, I am guarding Dulcy and keeping her away from the swinging Dan.

When suddenly my mom yells out Darcy Kim's on the phone Come Talk to her.


I put Dulcy closer to the fire pit.

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She ended up in the hospital.

She also had to see a Psychologist on a regular basis. (for 6 months)

The doctors wanted her to play military/flying games.

When the games first came into our house. Dan and I were allowed to play them each once.

Then after that Dulcy was the only person.  However, Dan and I would sneak playing them when the parents were outside mowing the lawn.




Thursday, July 17, 2025

Wisconsins Apartment Home

 My grandma and Grandpa got an Apartment home near Stop and Go (which is the same as 711)

They had to Rent for a week, and I got to visit them for the weekend, and they had to pack and leave to go back to their house.  This was the weekend that my grandpa walked into Stop and Go for me and purchased Sara Lee and I had it for the very first time as a snack after lunch with sandwiches my grandma made in the apartment-house kitchen.

My Cousin Darryl and Cousin Tim and Uncle Neal had a painting business, and they said, they would re-paint the house inside and out as a birthday present to them.

So, my grandma and grandpa moved out of the house, and they painted it.   Then we waited for it to dry.

Thats why they rented an Apartment-House.   The Apartment-House was white brick with black roofs.  

It had sliding doors, and an open patio not enclosed and when you walked out onto the cemented patio beautiful green grass with flowers.  Beautiful blooming flowers near the windows and a center of flowers to walk into beautiful garden.   

My grandma and grandpa liked flowers for special occasions.

My father had allergies so he could not be near flowers.  He could go into the apartment-house but, he also sat in the car.  He still has trouble with perfume.  My mother likes wearing perfume.  But needs to do it lightly around him if they go out to a fancy dinner which they have not done in a very long time.




Friday, July 4, 2025

Companies meetings

 The Companies meeting for the whole company was always once a month unless otherwise noted in email and always on a Friday morning.  In retail it was always a Friday and after we closed and cleaned the floor then the Pizza party started, and we were always given very important information.  In retail it was also once a month on a Friday.


In big business the Friday morning meeting you had to find the ultimate best donut shop.   However, they were not donuts unless the budget deemed it.  Otherwise, you got the fancy donuts that had the jam or custard in the center.  The President really like that, and you usually got a comment for that.


Personally, I would have done cookies with special napkins and cupcakes with a filling instead.  Maybe a muffin and or something that said breakfast.


The information usually introduced new procedures and any new hires.   We also talked about promotions and any open promotions to look out for besides reading the Company's Newsletters put out on the bulletins Board in the breakroom.   Back then rarely did a company send out emails in a newsletter but now days it would be a good idea.






Thursday, July 3, 2025

B.cards and V.cards and wedding invitations how are they alike?

 I worked in retail and someone assigned me to wedding invitations.   They gave me no direction, and I had to learn all on my own.  The guy who did it before me quit.   Just quit because of all the stress involved with wedding invitation.   First you let the customer review the huge and I mean huge catalogs of pages of different types of invitations.   When they finally find the one they like then they need to decide what they want to put inside the invitation.   I told them to use block formation.  That way they could not make any mistake.   Because there is no returns in invitations.   So, I had 2 days off and the Manager did a wedding invitation and didn't tell the customer to do block formation so, it got sent in their own signature.  So, when the wedding invitation came back it was all misspelled.  Oh, the customer was so, angry!!!  They talked to the owner of the store and when the owner came to yell at me Infront of the customers!  The customer said no she didn't help us it was that lady over there.   It was the store Manager.

So, I redid it with them and told them to put it in block formation.

It came back beautiful.


When it is Business Cards also known as V.Cards /B.Cards you are to tell the typesetter the style of the font.  How big is the font.  The color of the font.  The color of the business cards.  The address front or back with email front or back.   Personally, I had the names of the workers in the front with title of position and email in front.  The back was the companies name and address.   After I checked if everything was ok.  (the workers had to fill out a form every time they needed a business card.)  I would make copies and send it in by fax.   Then when I got it back my mail then I prechecked each business card to review make sure it was correct.  Then I would take the business card box to the worker and that was all it takes to do.


That is how it was done.

In the Fall each Year by the lake we would rake

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