To ride this great machine at first, we had to choose places. Troy was the most intelligent, so he ran what we called the MOC. (This consul was more sophisticated than an airplane; it stood 30’ long with many controls and dial buttons).
When Troy started this huge machine up…it did sound like a jet taking off…when the ovens kicked on.
My job was to run the glue die…very messy job.
Troy would always say at the beginning of blast off “Fasten your seatbelts, (Feet per minute) we will start at 150. I’m your pilot. We will cruise at 300 and beyond.
When Troy said that, it was my clue to put the glue die in. I had to look visual at the top to see that the glue looked OK.
I had a high speed Nuclear Monitor to monitor glue coat weights. I used knife slivered wooden Popsicle sticks to get rid of streaks, inherent to glue.
Troy had to take his life in his own hands to throw a silicon paper into what we called the north side of the machine. It was to check the level of the glue. This was the most dangerous job in the world at the time because best case was that Troy could lose his arm; worst case, Troy could have been pulled into the laminator and squashed.
These were our conversations:
Troy: Put the die in.
John: Die going in, glue coming. Looks good here…
Troy: Looks good here, cutting off. (Into the first roll of production)
Troy: You ready for 300 John.
John: Go for it Troy.
We eventually got CF1 (Cleveland Films Facility) up to 600 FPM. Then we built CF2 in 1998, 1000 FPM.
This is very much like our conversations:
NASA Bombs the Moon audio / Pink Floyd Brain Da...
At Avery Dennison, we were the first ones to develop laser code paper for printers. The 2 glues we developed were permanent or removable glue.
Laser code is removable. You can put an 8” X 11” sheet in your printer and create labels that can be removed by a fingernail without a glue residue remaining.
This was cut off the edge technology at the time. The face product for laser code needed to be printable, so we would roll an emulsion film on the surface of the face to provide printability.
Then we invented what we called a Corona creator which was high voltage electricity to align the atoms in the face material to point in the same direction. It worked.
We had a cool Lab 70 degrees F to test our products. Since there is heat in printers, we had to provide a process for curl of the printing sheet. We did this by using steam on the paper backside and stretching the face film to provide a curl to the front, which printers are inherent to.
The machine we worked with to provide these products was as long as a football field. It took (5) of us to run it with constant 2 way radio contact.
With the internet now, we can all take lessons for degrees on-line. I did this with a comprehensive math certificate lesson in 2006. They sent me a text book to study from and I got to the level of calculus. I had studied this in College, but this math lesson was simpler.
With the internet, our great classroom teachers may be in trouble?
My High school Principle was named Raymond Jorze. Behind his back, we would call him “Drop your Droors”.
Ray was an authoritarian person.
One day, the students that didn’t like him, poured sugar into the gas tank in his car. Ray got a locked gas cap after that!
Ultimate prank. The boys and girls got together and flushed all of the toilets at the same time. That burst the water pipes and we were sent home gladly.
The only time that Ray got down on me was because of my long hair. I made straight A’s, so he didn’t bother me about that.
Ray and I became good friends after High school. We would go down to the local Pub, have a couple of beers and discuss the facts of life.
There are many songs that we think about as we go through our daily routines. Music that we don’t hear, but rather remember from one we have just listened to or a past memory.
I practiced ping pong when I was in the 6th grade. Our school provided a tournament to see who was best. Donny Cox and I made it to the final 2. We played in the middle of the Elementary Basketball Court in front of all the school classmates.
Donny and I were even throughout the game, and we were tied 20/20. Don had the last serve, and he beat me with that to win the game.
I just use comb and brush and comb straight back. I can grow my hair long that way. I always wear a baseball cap when I go out. Kinda leaves the bald spots beyond view.
The period of Classic Rock is considered to be from the 50’s to the 90’s because it’s the baby boom generation. Many musicians influenced each other, and some Classic Rock Bands still play Concerts.
My third grade teacher was Mrs. Bein. She was from China, a very kind and thoughtful person. She never once yelled at anyone, only talked gently. Mrs. Bein never lost control of the classroom.
On the large chalkboard behind her, she would make a big square on the board that she called the talker’s box, where she would write the names of out of line talkers while she was teaching.
The same talkers seemed to be on the board daily! I never was because I was a listener; not a talker.
I had a great science Teacher in my 6th grade. His name was Mr. Turek. His classroom was interactive. He had a large TV set for us to watch when Science was in the news. We watched the live broadcast of our lunar landing. This great man could teach. We always looked forward to going to his class.
I went into my new job at the International Company Avery-Dennison with a bang. I had just received my Associates Degree. The first thing that I had to learn though was how to be a 24 hour person.
What a strange work schedule…12 hour was rotating shifts. (Avery-Dennison supplies most of our labels on things like shampoo bottles and the paper that we print on).
The schedule that we worked goes like this:
The first of the month, we started at 6:00 PM and worked until 6:00 AM for (4) nights in a row. Then we got Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday night off. Friday through Sunday we worked days 6 to 6. We got a day off Monday to correct our sleeping pattern.
Then we started again Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday nights; which led us to our first weekend off.
Then came the hard part…4 straight days…Monday through Thursday…which we called the 4 days in Heck. Our reward was a week off every month.
Many more stories for me to tell on this Adventure.
I started my project in the early summer. I planned the greenhouse to be 8’ by 10’ (80 square feet) because that was the length for building materials.
I made my own design on the computer program CAD Software . I designed the building to be built barn style; sloping roofs on each side tapered in 45 degree at the top and a more sloping angle at the bottom. This would insure that snow and ice would slide off of the roof.
Then came the physical part. I dug down below the frost level for a foundation. I put in a load of loose gravel which construction instructs. I then studied building materials.
I had to make a floor to start out. I chose treated plywood and layered in 3 layers. To anchor the floor to the base, I used 3‘ steel anchor bolts. Far into the ground. Then I had to build the upper structure.
3 ply lexan plastic was my choice. This product is used in Greenhouses across the world. 3 ply means that there are 3 layers with 2 in between to provide an airspace for heated solar conduction. These 2 layers look much like an accordian...fan blades that move back and forth.
I chose the ribbed style of Lexan because it provided more solar conduction and will not catch on fire.
Because heat rises, I installed a ventilator fan at the back top and a stove pipe on the roof with mechanical dampers that would open automatically if the temps got too warm.
The temps in the drums did read correct at 180 F according to my temp and pressure readings. It was room temperature.
I had a great teacher named Mr. Anderson in my first year of College. This was my first English class. Andy was unconventional as a Teacher. He didn't like the set-up in a classroom environment, so when the weather was nice, he would take us outside under a big tree to talk.
Andy believed that the first step to English writing was to be able to speak to one another first. Kudos to Andy!
I had a good Science Teacher in High school; Mr. Pierce.
He taught me electronics...a good man.
One quarter though, he allowed us to provide our experimental projects for a grade. This went awry for him.
One of my classmates, Gregg, decided to do an experiment with mice in a maze while he was feeding them pure alcohol through an eyedropper. This was one of the funniest things that I have ever seen. The mice didn't go through the maze...they tried to jump over the top of the wall!
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To ride this great machine at first, we had to choose places. Troy was the most intelligent, so he ran what we called the MOC. (This consul was more sophisticated than an airplane; it stood 30’ long with many controls and dial buttons).When Troy started this huge machine up…it did sound like a jet taking off…when the ovens kicked on.
My job was to run the glue die…very messy job.
Troy would always say at the beginning of blast off “Fasten your seatbelts, (Feet per minute) we will start at 150. I’m your pilot. We will cruise at 300 and beyond.
When Troy said that, it was my clue to put the glue die in. I had to look visual at the top to see that the glue looked OK.
I had a high speed Nuclear Monitor to monitor glue coat weights. I used knife slivered wooden Popsicle sticks to get rid of streaks, inherent to glue.
Troy had to take his life in his own hands to throw a silicon paper into what we called the north side of the machine. It was to check the level of the glue. This was the most dangerous job in the world at the time because best case was that Troy could lose his arm; worst case, Troy could have been pulled into the laminator and squashed.
These were our conversations:
Troy: Put the die in.
John: Die going in, glue coming. Looks good here…
Troy: Looks good here, cutting off. (Into the first roll of production)
Troy: You ready for 300 John.
John: Go for it Troy.
We eventually got CF1 (Cleveland Films Facility) up to 600 FPM. Then we built CF2 in 1998, 1000 FPM.
This is very much like our conversations:
NASA Bombs the Moon audio / Pink Floyd Brain Da...