Retirees Club Newsletter

Retirees Club Newsletter
September 2013
September 2013 Coming Events
Honeybelles
Monthly Meeting
5:00 PM
September 17th
Retirees (HRC)
Monthly Meeting
1:30 PM
September 18th
Bridge
Monthly Meeting
5:00 PM
September 19th
Minnregs
Monthly General Meeting
3:00 PM
September 20th
~ President’s Comments ~
By Ben Carter
Welcome back to all y'all who have been away. Welcome to you that stayed home. It's time for
the action packed fall season to begin, and there is a busy schedule ahead.
Honor Flight Homecomings: Sept. 17th, Oct. 8th & 29th, and Nov. 12th at approximately 9:00 P.M.
Put these dates on your calendar, then show up. You will be glad you did.
September 18th, is our first General Meeting and our speaker is County Commissioner Karen
Seel. Karen was with us five years ago and is overdue for a repeat engagement.
Octoberfest is on the 16th, we expect to have some festive music for Bob Anderson to dance to
in his lederhosen as well as anyone else that has an urge to polka.
November 9th, the Suncoast Singers will return with a patriotic program that should be a real
pleasure to listen to. This is also the month for our…..
Novemberfeast on the 20th. We will have a Pot Luck Luncheon, with "Bingo" for dessert. Fun
for all.
December there is no General Meeting, that's so you can save your energy for the "Minnreg Holiday Dance" on the 21st. Our entertainment will be "Just the Two of Us" , back by popular demand. Lots of door prizes.
Watch for flyers for all these events. Somewhere in the middle we have to nominate and elect a
Board of Directors to keep this organization going. I will need your support and participation, we
need new blood!
Honeywell Retirees Club
Officers/Board of Directors
President .............................. Ben Carter
Vice President .................Carole Pagels
2nd Vice President ............ Gene Shank
Secretary .......................... Emilie Carter
Assistant Secretary ..... Stephanie Puffer
Treasurer ........................George Suther
Assistant Treasurer ......... Marilyn Urban
Member at Large ..........Roger Schofield
Member at Large ................ Clive Bailey
Past President ...................... Byron Hall
Past President ................... Tom Conner
HRC Cabinet
Office Crew ....................... John Bowers
Newsletter Crew ..............John Voissem
Grounds Crew ...................... Ben Carter
Kitchen Crew ................... Frank Christie
Set-up Crew..................Roger Schofield
Liaison to Minnreg Bd .......... Jim Parady
Liaison to Honeybells . Stephanie Puffer
Historian ........................................ open
Photo Journalist .................. Carol Bailey
Editor/Publisher ..............George Suther
The HRC Newsletter is a monthly
publication for members of the
Honeywell Retirees Club.
Members’ inputs are welcomed. To
contribute, please contact our office.
The HRC takes no responsibility for
the content of these articles, which
are written solely for the enjoyment of
its members.
To Contact us:
Office ............................... 727-260-7498
E-mail ............... hwlretirees@gmail.com
Club website ........www.Honeywellrc.org
Minnreg Hall Address:
6340 126th Ave. No.
Largo, FL 33773
Honeywell Employee Service Center
1-800-526-0744
From the Second Chair
by Carole Pagels
SUMMER IS GONE! How do I know? All of the children are
missing from the stores, the beaches and the playgrounds because today (when I wrote this) is the first day of school. I see
yellow buses, lots of cars bumper-to-bumper obeying the 10mile zone. I see the crossing guards on the corner helping all
ages cross the street. Some kids are excited to finally get back
to see their friends and of course the parents are happy to finally have some peace and quiet at home.
Let me reminisce about the highlight of my summer. I attended
the Vent Haven (Ventriloquist) Convention at the Cincinnati Airport Marriott in Hebron, KY along with my brother, Steve and
his wife, Ethel. I loaned him one of my puppets, a huge black
gorilla that is a member of the Red Hat Society. You can imagine my brother walking around with her red velvet hat and fingernails to match. I brought Dr. Love HT (Humor Therapy) and
she loved all of the camaraderie from other puppets. Many
were impressed with her “real badge from St Petersburg Hospital” and her stethoscope… “of course I’m a real doctor and I’m
very important and I’m very beautiful…” she said. I said, “yes,
and your very conceited”. She replied, “I’m not conceited, I’m
convinced!!” There was so much laughter walking around
watching children show off their talents with each other and me.
What’s so great about this type of convention is that there are
shows and classes going on from 9am to 10:30pm and you
don’t want to miss any of them. The entertainment is clean and
super duper funny. My face hurts at the end of each day from
laughter. Here’s an example of what goes on: Squeeze dinner
in by either going to the expensive but very good restaurant or
right there in the hallway where a long buffet table is set up with
pizza, chicken tenders, sandwiches, drinks and huge hot dogs
for $3. The kids loved it and it was cheap.
Wednesday, First day opens at 4:30pm “Orientation for First
Time Attendees”. 7:15pm: “Big Wednesday Night Show” with
four professional vents. 8:45pm: “How to Create and Book
Banquet Programs” with professional vent, Dale Brown.
9:45pm “Brush Up Your Vent Technique” and 9:45pm to Midnight: “Dealer’s Room” (selling all kinds of puppets, gadgets
and educational books on Vent.
Thursday, 9am: “Master Puppet Manipulation Techniques” with
my favorite professional Vent, Dan Horn. Dan also works
cruise lines for a living. 10:30am: “Vent Biz and Bits” with John
Pizzi. 11:45am: “Lunch”. 1:15-2:30pm: “Junior Open MIC” with
professional, Bob Isaacson. 3-4:15pm: “Senior open MIC” with
Al Getler. Junior and Senior are new vents making their debut
on video and there is always a winner. 4:30-6pm: “Care and
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Feeding of Your Dummy” with Vent Alan Semok.
5:45pm: “Dinner”. 7:30pm: “Super Thursday Show”
featuring 5 professional vents. 9pm: “The Year of
Maher: Celebrating Clinton and Adelia Detweiler” (the couple who made all of our dummies including my Hector Hershey). 10:30pm: “General
Open MIC” with hilarious Bob Rumba and anyone
who wants to get up and perform with a dummy. I
don’t attend this one, as it is a bit “risqué”!
Friday, 9-10:30am: “Junior Vent University”. 910:15am: “Blockbuster Workshops” such as
“Breathing Techniques for Vents”, “Let’s Get Visual”, “Showmanship and Stage Presentation”.
12:15pm: “Group Photo” (see below) then lunch
again. 2pm: “Comedy Writing”. 4:30-5:30pm: “Vent
Haven Raffle” your chance to win wonderful dummies! 5:30pm: “Dinner”. 7:30 – 9pm: Get on the
bus for “The Terry Fator Show” at Taft Theater in
Cincinnati. Whew, what a show… in case you never heard of him, he won “America’s Got Talent” and
received 100 million. 10:15pm to Midnight “Dealer
Rooms” open again.
Saturday, 10am: “International Show” with professional vents from Germany, Canada, Norway and
Switzerland. It was awesome and very original.
11:45am: “Lunch”. 1-4pm: “Bus Tour to Vent Haven Museum” showing hundreds of old dummies
that have been donated and they sit in little chairs.
It’s an amazing trip. The walls are decorated with
thousands of pictures of vents from the past…many
were my favorites such as Edgar Bergan and Charlie McCarthy…yes, you will see Charlie there in person! 4-5pm: “Creating Meaningful Characters” with
none other than “Jeff Dunham” the #1 Ventriloquist
in the world. Ever see him on YouTube? See him
with Walter, the crabby old man (they say every
family has one! Are you the one? Ha-ha) Finally!
7:30pm: “All Star Show” with 4 of the funniest Ventriloquists in the world…especially Taylor Mason.
Look up Taylor on YouTube and you will see what I
mean. 9:30pm-midnight “Dealer Rooms Open” for
last minute shoppers.
Sunday morning: “Pay the hotel bill and I get to fly
home, while sleeping, to good old Florida”.
One final event: My brother is a singer at the Assisted Living in PA and I encouraged him to attend
this convention and give ventriloquism a try and
possibly use it there. He agreed and after the convention was over he announced to his wife that he
was coming back again next year… he was so excited about it. You should have seen the look on
her face. I doubt Steve will be coming back next
year!!
By the way, all are invited to attend next year, July
16-19, 2014 for the cost of $135 plus the airlines
unless you want to drive for two days. If you were
to attend one of these shows out there, it probably
would cost you $100. Hope to see you there!
See if you can
pick me out in
this
picture.
There will be a
prize if you
can!
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Grounds Crew
by Ben Carter
Well, it turns out that the grounds crew is multifunctional. (I always knew this.) We volunteered to
pitch in to help Brian, our custodian, clean up the
Hall after a very messy renter. The entire crew was
needed to clean and pick up trash and cans from
unbelievable places, inside and outside the building. We washed down tables and chairs, while Brian mopped the floors, many times over and over to
remove the sticky stuff. When we left, Brian was
still going at it. He said we didn't need to help, but
"hey" he didn't sign up for that kind of mess. It's our
place too, so we pitched in. We left a little time for
a short planning session.
As I said at the beginning, this crew can do anything. Kudos to all.
Insider’s Comments
By George Suther
Volunteer organizations, like the Honeywell Retirees Club, are carried on the shoulders of the people
that actively volunteer their time and talents to the
organization. I didn’t make that up, but I think we’ve
all heard it one way or another over the years. Our
club is no different from any other volunteer organization; we have a few people that seem to always
be doing all of the work of the club, and they always
seem to be the same people. This condition must
change.
We have one member who has served as President
of the club for four years already, and he is faced
with another year, or more, because he cannot find
a replacement to volunteer for the job. Other members of the Board of Directors are looking at serving
yet another year, again because there are no others
volunteering for those positions. We have another
member serving as the Treasurer, the newsletter
editor and spending six hours in the office each
month. There are a handful of members supporting
our office in the Minnreg Hall normally two days per
month for 3 hours each day, and there are another
handful of members that come to the Hall each
Monday to maintain the building and grounds.
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The sad thing about it is that each of our current
volunteers is very good at the jobs they have chosen to do, and they really enjoy doing what they do.
But, why should being good, and enjoying your job
be a penalty for volunteering? Why aren’t there
others who could be equally good, or better, at
these jobs, willing to volunteer to help out?
Our club sends out a newsletter each month. There
are about 440 subscribers to the online version of
the newsletter, and about 60 subscribers to the paper version, sent out through the U.S. Mail. That
totals 500, or more, potential volunteers. Now,
we’ve got to remember that we are all retired, and
some of us have been retired for a long time, meaning that some of us are somewhat older than the
rest. We’ve also got members spread all over the
country, which would make it impossible for them to
support any of our activities at the Minnreg Hall.
But, out of the group that is local and not too old,
there must be some good number of people that
could, if they wanted to, volunteer to take over
some of the jobs of the club.
There are two other clubs that operate out of the
Minnreg Hall, the Minnreg Association and the Honeybelles. For all three of our organizations, attendance at club functions is declining and finding volunteers to run the business of the clubs is an ever
more difficult task. In recent discussion with members of the Minnregs and the Honeybelles, I have
personally heard the word “disband” used. There is
a time in the future of each of our organizations
when the work to keep them going will be more
than the benefit returned, and when that time
comes, each club will vote themselves out of existence. I have not heard such talk within our club,
but it seems likely that it is not far off.
We must have some “new blood” come forward to
help run our club. What can you do? First, support
our monthly lunch meetings with your attendance.
We have such a lunch scheduled for September
18th at 1:30 at the Minnreg Hall. Second, think hard
about how you can help with the operation of the
club by being an officer or other volunteer. Election
of officers for next year will occur at our November
meeting, with the slate of nominees being presented in October. What is holding you back from volunteering to be an officer for next year?
Gene's Health Tip
By Gene Shank
The August topic was why gout is becoming more
prevalent and how you can avoid it.
The September subject is about a simple plant that
kills up to 98% of cancer cells and also stops diabetes.
There are natural substances that throw a "monkey
wrench" into the peculiar metabolism of cancer
cells. It's vital these substances heal cancer cells
and leave normal cells untouched. They include
resveratrol, green tea, seanol and others. But today I am going to tell you about another plant that
safely starves cancer cells as efficiently as a powerful chemo drug. In fact, it even works on pancreatic
cancer cells, which are particularly difficult to kill.
This plant is a common vegetable from Asia called
"bitter melon". It is popular among the long-lived
population of Okinawa, Japan.
Bitter melon juice diluted to just 5% in water
showed remarkable potency in severely damaging
all four pancreatic cancer cell lines researchers
tested. The bitter melon reduced the viability of two
cancer lines by 90%, while it knocked off the other
two lines by a staggering 98%. And it did so after
just 72 hours of treatment!
Apoptosis is nature's way of dealing with wayward
or old cells. They simply kill themselves. Bitter
melon juice induced this programmed cell death
along several different pathways. And even better,
it also activated a pathway which knocks out the
cancer cells' metabolism of glucose. In other
words, it literally starved them of the sugar they
need to survive.
Do these lab-dish studies apply to living animals?
Absolutely yes! University of Colorado researchers
gave mice bitter melon at doses easily achievable
in humans. The animals had a 64% reduction in
pancreatic tumor size without side effects! This level of effectiveness beat the most commonly used
chemo drugs for this lethal cancer.
The dose used in mice translates to 6 grams
(6000mg) of powder for the average-sized adult
(75 kg / 165 lbs.). Big Pharma is rushing to find paContinued
tentable petrochemicals to achieve what God put
into the bitter melon fruit. You don't need any fancy
chemicals to treat cancer.
What's more, the actions of bitter melon may help
diabetics as well. Researchers recently found that
bitter melon ameliorates metabolic syndrome by its
beneficial effects on glucose metabolism.
Healing cancer must be multifocal. Eliminate dental
infections and toxic dental materials, alkalinize your
body, avoid chemical and heavy metal exposure,
detoxify, forgive, oxidize the body with oxidation
therapy, and take specific nutrients to throw a monkey wrench into cancer's peculiar metabolic pathways.
Bitter melon can be purchased on line at http://
www.vitacost.com/ or locally at Super Vitamin Outlet located in the N.W. corner of US 19 and Tampa
Road. (727-786-5994) I shop at this store because
the staff is very knowledgeable, friendly and they
will issue you a 10% off card if you ask for it
(supplements only). Get on their email list and you
will be notified of special events and when the
monthly 20% off sale will take place.
Here's To Your Health!
HRC General Meeting
September 18th - 1:30 P.M
SPECIAL GUEST SPEAKER
KAREN WILLIAMS SEEL
County Commissioner
and 2013 Vice-Chair of District 5
This an opportunity to get caught up with what is
happening in Pinellas County. If you have a special
question for Karen, type it on a card, and give it to
the president before the meeting.
Antelope Canyon
Page, Arizona
Submitted by John Bowers
Last month, I wrote an article about our vacation trip
through the National Parks of Utah and Arizona. In
the article, I briefly mentioned Page, Arizona and its
surrounding attractions, but stated that this amazing
area warranted a full story within itself.
Lake Powell is a major recreational attraction, with
boating, swimming, fishing, etc. You can even rent
houseboats for use on your stay at Lake Powell.
Some are so elaborate, they have helicopter pads
on their roofs. In addition, the famous Rainbow
Bridge, accessible only by boat, is on one of the
fingers
or
outlets
from
Lake
Powell.
To be truthful, before we began planning our trip to
Utah, I had never heard of Page, Arizona. Friends
of ours took an earlier bus trip through the region
and recommended it to us, especially Antelope
Canyon. As I looked into it, it became apparent
there were enough recreational/scenic activities to
warrant a full two days stay at Page.
PAGE, ARIZONA AREA As you approach Page
Az. from the west, the first thing you encounter is
the massive Glen Canyon Dam. The Dam is similar
in style and structure to the Hoover Dam. Both the
Glen Canyon and the Hoover dams back up the
Colorado River, forming Lake Powell and Lake
Mead, respectively. While the Glen Canyon dam is
in Arizona, the majority of Lake Powell is in Utah.
Approximately 2-3 miles downriver from the dam is
the Horseshoe Bend in the Colorado River. It is an
awe-inspiring sight to see how time and nature
have combined to create such an unusual formation
in the river. Finally, the town of Page is probably
similar in size as to Dunedin. It is a small town with
numerous motels, restaurants, and even a small
golf course. It makes for a nice launch-point for
your travel activities.
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ANTELOPE CANYON Antelope Canyon is a couple of miles southeast of Page. Actually, there are
two “canyons”, the Upper and the Lower. Both are
on the Navajo Indian Reservation and the tours are
managed by the Navajo Indians.
The Upper Antelope canyon is the most heavily promoted due to its easier accessibility and passthroughs. The Lower canyon is probably the more
spectacular in its colorations and formations. However, the Lower canyon requires some moderate
climbing agility. It is recommended that whichever
canyon you tour, be there as early as possible to
capture the morning lighting. This diffused lighting
brings out the optimal colorations of the rock formations.
Both canyons are more like fissures in the rock floor
than true canyons, and were created by eons of
rain water eroding away the floor-bed and leaving
the magnificent stone sculptures. In the two pictures below, I am at various points along the Lower
canyon floor.
What makes the canyon tour so impressive is how
the morning sunlight creates such vivid blends of
coloration in the rock. The Navajo guide will instruct you to turn “off” the flash to your camera.
The flash washes out the brilliant colors within the
stone. The pace of the tour is very casual, allowing
multiple opportunities for snapshots. In addition to
the stone colorations, there are numerous rock formations, including: the head of a bull; an image of a
witch; and the outline of an eagle.
On August 3rd of this year, heavy rains in the Page
area created flash floods and completely inundated
the canyons (go to the Internet and GOOGLE
“Antelope Canyon” for a video of the flooding). But,
this act of nature is exactly how the canyons were
formed in the first place.
Below are a few samples of the many rock images
you experience on the tour through Antelope Canyon.
Email from Jay Lovelace
Honeywell Retirees,
We recently saw some short articles and pictures in
your newsletter about Honeywellers who have since
moved from Clearwater/St Pete. We have enclosed
a recent picture of John Vassallo and Jay Lovelace
taken in Coronado, CA in Aug 2013 at Jay’s beach
house front porch swing. John was on a trip with
three buddies to see 5 major baseball games in cities in the West. John stopped by Coronado to
catch up.
John worked at Honeywell/Clearwater from 1971 to
2004 with a few gaps for assignments in Tampa
and Glendale. He retired in 2004 as the director of
Programs in Clearwater. John and his wife, Jan,
live in Celebration, Fl. They travel internationally
frequently.....they are going to Russia in 2013.
employees today).
The cold war with Russia is essentially over,
NASA’s big ticket “manned” programs are over, and
space communications has become routine. Todays big military threat is terrorism with diverse
threats to innocent people around the world. Different military capabilities are needed for the new
world order. Hopefully, Honeywell can adapt and
get its share of controls business in this changing
world.
Although neither of us attend any of the MinnReg
activities, we do enjoy the Retirement Club pictures
and articles about the people we knew and worked
with over the years. We thought some might like to
hear about us. Jay’s email is wlovelace@cox.net
and John’s is Jjvassallo@aol.com if anyone would
like to contact us. We are both in good health and
enjoying the sunset years.
Jay worked at Honeywell/Clearwater from 1963 to
1992 and retired from Honeywell/Glendale, Az in
2002 as the VP of Satellite Systems. Jay and Martha now split their year between residences in
Scottsdale, Az and Coronado, Ca. They play a lot
of tennis in both communities.
John and Jay both reflected on the good times in
Clearwater. John and Jay both worked at Honeywell in the “hey day” of the US Aerospace business.
Funding was strong for the NASA set of Programs
including Apollo, Shuttle, Space Station. The cold
war with Russia prompted strong funding for Strategic Offensive missile programs also. Honeywell
had a very strong business for many years in guidance components for the Navy and the Air Force.
We also saw the explosion in Space for communication and surveillance satellites. Honeywell provided many controls for various satellites and
launch vehicles. It was a good time to be in the
Aerospace business. Many Honeywellers worked
on the Centaur program which had over a 40 year
run. We also recall a few problems such as the Viking Plated Wire memory program with Martin and
Agena guidance program with Lockheed which experienced a launch failure. There were some tough
times too.
Many of the present set of Honeywell retirees are
reaping the financial benefits of a strong company
paid retirement program which was the norm in our
work era. (This is a benefit not available to new
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Help Wanted—Office Workers
Submitted by John Bowers
We are in need of some folks to volunteer 2-3 hours
twice a month to help support the Retirees Office.
The Office staff brings in new members, maintains
the membership files, assists other retirees in getting their questions answered, and supports your
HRC Board in its efforts to provide communications
to all the Honeywell Retirees. The Office is open
from 9-12 noon on Tuesdays and Thursdays, and a
volunteer only needs to work every other week
(either a Tuesday or a Thursday). The Office staff is
comprised of between 2-3 workers per shift.
If you are interested in becoming involved in the
inner workings of the Retirees Organization, contact
the Office via phone (727-260-7498) or email
(hwlretirees@gmail.com)
Another Email Received
Good evening from Eglin AFB and Niceville, Florida. My name is Tim Sejba, a military officer stationed in Florida. I'm writing you with hopes of
passing along a thank you to former Honeywell employee, Mr. Lindsay Ball. As a career space operations and acquisition officer, I have Mr. Ball to thank
for my early influence in the space community.
In February 1981, my family travelled from Minnesota to Orlando and visited the Kennedy Space
Center (KSC). My dream of becoming an astronaut
began during this trip. We took part in the KSC tour
and witnessed STS-1, Columbia, resting on Pad A,
LC-39, awaiting her maiden launch. From that point
forward, I followed the shuttle program for years,
collecting every news and magazine article along
the way.
In 1983, I met Mr. Ball at a supper club in Empire,
Minnesota. My family was finishing dinner when I
noticed him wearing a jacket embroidered with a
large Honeywell space shuttle launch patch. Following dinner, I approached Mr. Ball and mentioned
my interest in the space program. After a brief discussion, he took my name and address and promised to send information on the program. A few
weeks later, I received an envelope with shuttle
launch memorabilia to include a Spacelab 1 patch
and a letter/envelope (scanned and attached). I
was thrilled to receive his letter and it served to further my dream of a career in the space program.
Years later, I began college with an Air Force
ROTC scholarship. Unfortunately, during my senior
year of high school, a back injury and subsequent
surgery ended my dream of flying and a potential
astronaut career. However, I continued my pursuit
of a career in the space community. I graduated
from the University of Minnesota-Duluth and received my AF commission in 1995. Since then, I've
held positions across the space community to include: the 2nd Space Operations Squadron (Global
Positioning System); the National Reconnaissance
Office (to include a Squadron Command operating
a National System); Air Force acquisitions at Los
Angeles AFB; U.S. Strategic Command in Omaha,
Nebraska; an assignment working for a U.S. Senator; and currently, I'm the Chief of the Defense
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Threat Reduction Agency at Eglin AFB developing
capabilities to counter weapons of mass destruction. In total, I've had a fantastic career directly influenced by Mr. Ball, who took the time to inspire a
young child in his pursuit of the space program.
To Mr. Ball and all of you who served in the U.S.
space shuttle program, Thank You! Your dedication inspired thousands of young Americans and
directly impacted many, to include myself. The
shuttle program may be retired, but it's legacy continues to live through those of us who serve.
Best wishes and God Speed!
Very Respectfully,
Tim Sejba
Still Like My Car Better
Contributed by Byron Hall
For all of us who feel only the deepest love and affection for the way computers have enhanced our
lives, read on.
At a recent computer expo (COMDEX), Bill Gates
reportedly compared the computer industry with the
auto industry and stated, “If Ford had kept up with
technology like the computer industry has, we
would all be driving $25 cars that got 1,000 miles to
the gallon.”
In response to Bill's comments, Ford issued a press
release stating: If Ford had developed technology
like Microsoft, we would all be driving cars with the
following characteristics:
1. For no reason whatsoever, your car would
crash, twice a day.
2. Every time they repainted the lines in the road,
you would have to buy a new car.
3. Occasionally your car would die on the freeway
for no reason. You would have to pull to the
side of the road, close all of the windows, shut
off the car, restart it, and reopen the windows
before you could continue. For some reason
you would simply accept this.
4. Occasionally, executing a maneuver such as a
left turn would cause your car to shut down and
refuse to restart, in which case you would have
to reinstall the engine.
5. Macintosh would make a car that was powered
by the sun, was reliable, five times as fast and
twice as easy to drive - but would run on only
five percent of the roads.
6. The oil, water temperature, and alternator warning lights would all be replaced by a single “This
Car Has Performed An Illegal Operation” warning light.
9. Every time a new car was introduced car buyers
would have to learn how to drive all over again
because none of the controls would operate in
the same manner as the old car.
10. You'd have to press the "Start" button to turn
the engine off.
PS - I'd like to add that when all else fails, you could
call “customer service” in some foreign country and
be instructed in some foreign language how to fix
your car yourself!!!!
Sharing Your Photos
By George Suther
So, you’ve been out on a road trip (retirees don’t
take vacations) this summer, and you’ve taken a
few hundred photos on your digital camera, and you
want to share them with family and friends. First
off, that is way too many pictures to share, so you
want to see them all at one time to pick the best 50
to share. Well, I’ve used my PC and a free software application to accomplish this task, and I’d like
to share my process with you.
I’ll be in the Griffin Room at Minnreg Hall at noon on
September 18th, just before the HRC Lunch & General Meeting to do just that. I’ll show you how I
move the pictures from the camera to the PC, how I
use the software, called Picasa, to choose the pictures to display and maybe enhance them so they
look better, and finally how I export them to a free
web sharing application for others to view. And, I’ll
have handouts showing the process steps that I
use.
Picasa is software from Google, and is available for
both Windows and Mac. It is free and available to
everyone.
So, be there on the 18th to see how I do this magic.
7. The airbag system would ask, “Are you sure?”
before deploying.
8. Occasionally, for no reason whatsoever, your
car would lock you out and refuse to let you in
until you simultaneously lifted the door handle,
turned the key and grabbed hold of the radio
antenna.
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Corny Joke
By Carole Pagels
I told the doctor I broke my leg in 2 places. He told
me to quit going to those places!
Member Application
Member Luncheon Menu
If you have Honeywell Retiree friends, be sure you invite them to join the Honeywell Retirees Club (HRC), a
social and community volunteer organization of retirees
and their spouses. To join the HRC, please complete
this form, and send it with a check for $15.00 per couple (or member) for lifetime membership, to the membership chairman. Also include $20.00 if a paper
newsletter delivered by the USPS is desired.
September 18th
Membership Chairman
Honeywell Retirees Club
6340 126th Avenue North
Largo, FL 33773
1:30 PM
Minnreg Hall
The menu is a mystery due to
The retirement of our main cook.
Why not come out and see what we have?
Retiree:
First Name _________________________________
Middle Initial ________________________________
Last Name _________________________________
Suffix _____________________________________
Nickname __________________________________
Birthday Month_______________Day ____________
Spouse:
First Name _________________________________
Middle Initial ________________________________
Last Name _________________________________
Nickname __________________________________
Birthday Month_______________Day ____________
Primary Address:
New Members
none
Deceased HRC Members
Barbara Lebo
Michael Cudo
Deceased Honeywellers
Irene Meline
Street _____________________________________
City _______________________________________
State ______________________________________
Zip+4 ______________________________________
Phone Number ______________________________
Secondary Address
Street _____________________________________
City _______________________________________
State ______________________________________
Zip+4 ______________________________________
Phone Number ______________________________
Start Date __________________________________
End Date ___________________________________
Other
Mobile Phone Number ________________________
Email Address _______________________________
Prefer Paper Newsletter? (yes/no) _______________
Prefer Email Newsletter? (yes/no) _______________
Club Website
The HRC Club Web Site is continually being updated with new photos, videos and activity posts.
Each month, a copy of this newsletter and the
minutes of the monthly board meeting are posted
on the Newsletters & Minutes page. Fellow member Bob Adams is the webmaster. The home page
contains the latest news as well as photos of the
Board of Directors. Enter the web address below,
and then be sure to save it as one of your favorites.
www.Honeywellrc.org
Bob Anderson
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Glenn Thompson
Linda Allen
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Larry Carawan
Joyce Mcleod
June Migliorisi
Mari Dumont
Allan Hammell
Kenneth Leiser
Philip Bayly
Patricia Craig
Margaret Donehoo
Martina Haywood
Ted Konkle
Mona Rohrbough
Virginia Duke
Earle Lincoln
Linda Blechschmidt
Ethel Crede
Gerald Johnson
Enrique (George) Munoz
James Soulis
Frederick Glover
Susan Hill
Vivian Kerr
Maureen Townsend
Helen Bateman
Margaret Borgelt
Ralph Gabert
Marlene Householder
Elaine Tarrance
Russell Dumont
Helen Eaker
Pat Kearns
James Lewin
Sharon Miletich
Dorothy Stonebrook
Joe Tennant
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Doris Johnson
William Jones
Edward Miner
John Nicolas
Beverly Schmitt
Lorraine Shelander
Marianne Rich
Wilma Fletcher
June Heiser
Betty Kelley
Carole Kinports
Katherine Lewin
Jeanette Meier
Gladys Thorne
Carol Bailey
Catherine Blackburn
Paula Dalton
Rodney (Rod) Harris
James Mill
Elaine Rodriques De Miranda
Betty Adams
Ted Andresen
Dolf Boll
Marian Case
Edna McCall
Ed Seifried
Mary Yager
John Bowers
Linda Lopez
Dorothy Patterson
Sandy Hagen
Shirley Mullen
Kenneth Zajdel
Rose Barnes
Brianda Carawan
Joanne Konkle
Connie Lotz
John (Jack) Malley
Kirk Mason
Nell Newberry
Bill Zuben
Jay Bennett
Kerry Boatwright
Charles Crow
Delores Cwynar
Margaret Fennell
Ted De Felix
Shelley Egli
Elton Heiser
Deena Hopkins
Debi Horn
James Miller
Edward Baker
Fred Cutting
Tony Deprisco
Sandra Hamilton
Herbert (Bill) Hart
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Shirley Creamer
Glenn Harger
Kenneth Nichols
Clyde Schreiner
Margaret (Peg) Shirley
Rosamond Soulis
Robert Willms
Eileen Carr
Brenda Lapointe
Harty Miller
Deborah Gabert
Louise Johnson
Shirley Judy
Thomas (Al) Martin
Anne Martin
Dolores Sigler
John Winkle
John Brexa
Virginia Crump
Emory Hickert
Dale Kelley
Raymond Kelly
Lawrence (Larry) Shannon
Jerry Spinger
Janice (Jan) Coleman
Gerald Gjermundson
Ray Hoopes
Edmund Ketcham
Judy Peterson
Anne Schmitt
Jean Sell
Lorraine Warren
Patrick (Pat) White
Roger Bourdeau
Geraldine Brooks
Marie Malley
Sherry Rasmussen
Rosalyn (Roz) Sliger
Rod Badgett
Donald Clayton
Kenneth Coleman
Donald Phillips
Karen Romeo
Alice Schwitzgebel
Dorothy Shimel
Ethel Wood
Shun-Si Ying
Nelda Burton
Caroline Buyse
Theodore Eitel
Robert Fenton
Peter Stoneham
Leroy Chamberlin
Arthur Damon
Charles Krzesicki
Robert Malloy
Dean Olson
Gloria Wick
Paul Arnold
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Show
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Show
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Flight
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Honeywell Retiree’s Club
6340 126th Ave. North
Largo, FL 33773
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