I remember sitting in my cube, wondering what the hell i was even doing there and i hear someone talking in the background, over where paul is sitting now.. and a kid with an afro comes walking over while im reading an oracle book and we start talking about how hes the other hire and how we are the same age and i even remember talking about how we both still lived with our parents.. LOL.

well dave and i were complete and utter noobs. i remember john trying to explain variable variables to us, and it just wouldnt click..

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His Response:

I do a passable Popeye imitation. He's a celebrity, right? But I've never had a corncob pipe, let alone tried to suck spinach through one. Besides, I like my spinach fresh, not canned. Yick.

Ock-ock-ock-ock.

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His Response:

Well, I can only hope so. When my son, Bill, went through confirmation and chose his confirmation name (as a Methodist, that's something weird to me), he chose the name Paul. Quite an honor, I think.

Outside of my family, I hope the kids I've met in Scouting and soccer have taken something (good) from my examples. I've tried.

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His Response:

English and, of course, Cobol. Those kinds of things.

In high school, Mr. MacDonald (Uncle Mac) was my favorite teacher. I took every English class he taught. He told terrible puns ("I shutter to think about the things that camera has seen" -- like I said, terrible). But he proved you can be a goof and still get respect.

In college, I ran out of money before I got my degree. I had a gazillion credits, just not the right credits. I was three classes short of a bachelor's degree. A few years after I left CMU, a prof called me (through my in-laws through my wife to me) and said I needed to finish the program.

Imagine that... a professor who cared about a former student. I'm not sure what that's taught me, but I suppose it has something to do with staying in touch and helping others achieve some goals.

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His Response:

My first job was as president of the P.S. Thompson Company. Yup, I started at the top and have been in a freefall ever since.

In 10th grade, I set up an assembly line to make in-line fuse holders, wiring harnesses and fuse blocks for the recreational vehicle industry. I'd sit in my room, cutting and crimping wire, for a couple of hours every day after school. My dad, at the time, was an electrical parts salesman to that industry. He would take my product to his customer and I'd get a check.

It wasn't much, but it certainly paid for a 10th grader's social life.

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