I Went From Air Force to a Clerk and a Smile
A personal memoir recounts returning home from the U S Air Force after three years without seeing a plane. The author claims illegal induction and discharge, describes base life, a spoof base newspaper, and a chance meeting with a records clerk that ended his military career with a quip about bourbon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. Air Force
Air Force
Sheraton Palace
San Francisco
Squadron Headquarters
Group assembly tested to beat line boredom in Saab Volvo plants
Two Swedish car makers Saab and Volvo are adopting group assembly to tackle worker boredom on the line. Saab assigns final engine assembly to small teams who control work distribution within strict quality limits. Teams start with three members and may grow to four or five as production rises.
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Saab
Volvo
Barbs about dieting and garage sales in the neighborhood
The speaker jokes that being a born loser helps on a diet and quips about unknown places and off days. They question why residents move junk between garages to dodge garage sales and challenges the need for such sales.
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Feed & Seed
Armstrong
Spring Crest
Armstrong and Gaf
Pittsburgh Paints
S. Cedar
Brownlee Hardware
Elliott Printing CO
South Cedar Street
Bell Motel
B.J. Ashing
Sarah Coventry
Phi
Pecos
Trans - Pecos
Cessna Pilot Center
Ramada Inn
Singer Sales & Service
S. Eddy — Ph
T.V
DOC Young Music
Odessa
Texas
Enterprise
Pecos Roofing CO
Emmett Capps
Automotive Proving Grounds
S.E
W. Adams
Electrolux
Johnston Truck
Cross Plains
Stoneville
Mike Burkholder
Tex
Midland
Bath
S. Cypress
Matador
S.cypress
Elm
Gentle
Call
Brownlee
Howe
Nice
Motorola
Wacker’s
Call Terrazas Furniture
Zenith
LEE Lumber CO
Arkansas
Mercury Motor
Jackson Blvd
Equity
Lindsey
Missouri
Eddy
Grogan Motors
S. Cedar St
Texaco
Bell Garage
Barnard
Cape Town
South Africa
Christiaan Barnard
University of
Kiroy Vacuum Cleaners
Better
Barton Cleaning
Pecos Phi
Frank and
Ernest
Cadet Harper
Bowen & Schwarz
By Bob Thaves
Sao
Mers Brownlee Howe
South Oak St
USAF
Ace
Sweden
BY Phil Pastoret
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