The sale of Hekimian Laboratories, Inc. to Spirent was announced in November, 2000 and finalized the next month. January 2001 began the process of actually beginning to integrate Hekimian into Spirent’s operations. Spirent was a British-based company with a nearly 60-year history starting in electrical supplies. It had been on the London Stock Exchange since …
Barb’s office had several sports teams in leagues over the years. I’ve collected photos here. OGC Soccer Team, Fall 1991 The OGC soccer team was a short-lived affair. I can only recall two games, both losses, both played at Woodlawn High School. Lyman Goon was more or less the head coach, and the team leaned …
Picking up from our previous post, this album starts with our September 1991 trip to Disney World and cruise on the Big Red Boat. More photos and details from the trip on separate Travel post. In October, we went with Betsy and Joe to Williamsburg, VA, renting a condo at Ford’s Colony through a deal …
At the end of September, 1991, Barb and I made a special pilgrimage to Disney World, staying onsite at the resort for the first time, and combined it with a three-day cruise to the Bahamas. One of Barb’s dream vacations was to go “first class” to Disney World as an adult. We decided to do …
Events that crossed my radar and memories, these many years later. This effort is aided and abetted by reviewing Wikipedia’s listings of each year’s events, in this case, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970 and 1971. These five years, as I aged from 8 to 13 in Florida and New Jersey, were pivotal in forming my personality, memories and tastes. …
Events that crossed my radar and memories, these many years later. This effort is aided and abetted by reviewing Wikipedia’s listings of each year’s events, in this case, 1965 and 1966. The Sound of Music film debuted in early 1965 and we probably saw it that summer when we returned to the States for vacation. We also …
Barb and I take a 3-night mini-break to the Hyatt Chesapeake Resort in Cambridge, MD. Barb expressed interest in having a beach break this summer, so we kicked around various options. Larry and Ashley went to Avalon, NJ earlier in July, so I scoped out places there, in Ocean City, Rehoboth, Lewes, etc. Everything was …
Barb and I had a proper vacation at Banff National Park. I don’t have exact dates or details for this trip, but we have lots of photos and fond memories of our week in Banff. We flew into Calgary, rented a car and drove directly up to Banff, spending the first couple of nights at …
Events that crossed my radar and memories, these many years later. Note: I think it may be interesting to consider which events of each year — political, cultural, music, movies — actually made an imprint on me. These are things that go beyond the photo album memories of the other posts. This effort is aided …
Barb’s office picnic at Wheaton Regional Park