A review of my financial education, such as it’s been. I’ve split this topic into several posts (this one covers 1968 – 1994) and taken out some of the detail to make the story a little less obnoxious. My purpose for these posts is not to brag, but hopefully to educate. I feel like I’ve …
Barb’s office picnic, August 1990, at Lake Elkorn park in Columbia, MD. We open with the cooks…the most important part! Family time. Friends and colleagues. A successful picnic…now time to clean up before the thunderstorm.
Continuing our quest for an island destination in the Caribbean that could hold a candle to Hawaii, we visited Antigua and the Pineapple Beach Club for a week. Monday, June 18 – Saturday, June 23, 1990 Fresh off celebrating Mom and Dad’s 50th Anniversary at Captiva Island, Florida, Laurie took us to Miami International Airport. …
In June of 1990, the whole Duncan clan, such as it was, gathered at the South Seas Plantation on Captiva Island, Florida, for Mom and Dad’s 50th Anniversary. Sue had done a lot of the planning, I chipped in on choice of South Seas Plantation, Len and Laurie were living in the area in Fort Myers and …
My workplace from 1989 – 2001, until the buyout by Spirent in 2001. In the summer of 1989, I was recruited by a headhunter to leave Atlantic Research Corporation, just as it was being acquired by Telenex, and join Hekimian Laboratories to become product manager of its new T::DAX digital cross-connect switch. That’s a mouthful …
For a good chunk of 1988, we planned a big November trip to China and Hong Kong, accompanied by law school friend Kate Garrett and her mother. It’s the subject of its own set of posts. We worried that Barb’s Mom, Louise, who was declining quickly might pass away while we were gone and we …
Hugo was with us from 1987 to 1993 in our Chrisland Cove and Davidge houses. In July, 1987, we welcomed a new kitten, Hugo, to the family. Walt was not at all sure about the new arrival. Soon enough, Hugo became a big favorite. Well, first he became a favorite, then later he became big. …