Entertainment Equipment My first reel-to-reel tape recorder was a German Telefunken, bought in the Navy, in Key West; I used to record church services to re-listen aboard ship. I also used it to record our wedding. My first stereo receiver was by Harman-Kardon, and speakers by Marantz, and Realistic cassette …
Computers My primordial exposure to computers was in 1964 as a senior at Emory: with my double major of physics and chemistry. I was working in the graduate department of Biochemistry, and my professor had in a small room a thinking machine (which was in fact an early computer) whose …
WBCA Several pastor friends envisioned a Christian school, and held a few meetings, in which we agreed that the school would be a nondenominational consortium of churches and parents. They drafted me to lead the effort, probably thinking that I would be their QBC connection and hoping to use my …
Church 6 – Frenchtown Baptist, etc In the exodus at QBC, most families went to our already strong daughter church Exeter Chapel, but I joined Frenchtown Baptist, thinking we might contribute. Their pastor led a men’s retreat at a rural conference site; since we both liked wrestling, we went together …
Cars 5 – Mazda, Lancer and the like Ginny needed a car besides the one I drove to work, so while the Lebaron engine was to be cleaned out in the shop, one evening I bought her a car from a dealer on Ten Rod Road in our town. This …
Cars 6 – Kids’ Cars Occasionally our children acquired cars, bringing them home; sometimes I “inherited” these. I remember some: Dodge Challenger, 1974 model, black, Joseph got, influenced by a “friend”; as far as I know, this car never ran. Dodge Colt; grey, got for Ben from a CTI friend. …