I realized that, Chuck, but I thought that your office areas would have more
comfortable chairs than those. In our offices, chairs were a status symbol.
After one weekend, I found my recently purchased executive chair missing. I
figured that the security guards, on weekend rounds, had claimed it as their
own, so it would do no good to report it missing.
Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chuck Norcutt" <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, February 17, 2012 1:15 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: Some Nostalgia
> Although I did manage the software, backup and reliability aspects of a
> large computer room for 10 years... 98% of IBM is not a computer room.
> :-)
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
>
> On 2/17/2012 1:57 PM, Jim Nichols wrote:
>> Thanks, Chuck. The USAF purchased chairs by the truckload. They held up
>> very poorly in our environment. Computer rooms would have been much
>> easier
>> on them.
>>
>> Jim Nichols
>> Tullahoma, TN USA
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Chuck Norcutt"<chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: "Olympus Camera Discussion"<olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Friday, February 17, 2012 12:51 PM
>> Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: Some Nostalgia
>>
>>
>>> Great shot with the Brownie, Jim. You must have been proud of that one.
>>> I noticed the chairs in the control room. They must have been sold
>>> off to IBM who was still using them when I joined IBM in 1965. :-)
>>>
>>> Chuck Norcutt
>>>
>>>
>>> On 2/17/2012 1:31 PM, Jim Nichols wrote:
>>>> While looking through some old images, I found a couple that brought
>>>> back
>>>> memories.
>>>>
>>>> One of my first successful images, with a Brownie. This was taken at
>>>> the
>>>> Dayton Art Institute in 1951.
>>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Dayton+Art+Institute+1951+edit.jpg.html
>>>>
>>>> During the 1950s, I spent many a night as a project engineer on various
>>>> wind tunnel tests. This was a control room scene from one of those
>>>> nights. Yours truly is adjusting the video monitor.
>>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Control+Room+Scene+1950s.jpg.html
>>>>
>>>> Comments and critiques welcomed.
>>>>
>>>> Jim Nichols
>>>> Tullahoma, TN USA
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