In 1971 I was transferred to a different manufacturing plant and finally
give a nicely appointed private office. But before then my office area
was a bull pen holding about 30-40 desks with no partitions... and
exactly the same type of chairs pictured in your early 50s photo. :-)
Chuck Norcutt
On 2/17/2012 2:20 PM, Jim Nichols wrote:
> 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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