by Ironspike | Dec 22, 2010 | Tidbits
Seems it’s been awhile since I’ve posted. I have no excuse. Guess I’m just lazy. With Christmas near I was thinking back about my family, mostly about my dad. He was a very unique person. During my childhood we pretty much lived in poverty. Mom and dad both worked...
by Ironspike | Feb 22, 2010 | Tidbits
Years ago when I first got married the wife and I lived in a small trailer in McAlester, Oklahoma. Our house was located on 15 acres that joined land to my in-laws. The in-laws had fenced off 10 acres and ran a few head of cattle on it. One summer an older gentleman...
by Ironspike | Feb 16, 2010 | Tidbits
Years ago when I first started consulting I had to fly back and forth from Dallas to New York. At the end of the week in New York, I returned to the airport to learn my return flight had been canceled. American Airlines was good to me, they booked me another flight on...
by Ironspike | Feb 10, 2010 | Tidbits
Seems I forgot to put together a post for this week so if this one seems thrown together then forgive me. In my profession flying from job site to job site was a weekly habit. It was so ‘habitual’ that a lot of the experiences I had during flying I didn’t consider...
by Ironspike | Feb 1, 2010 | Tidbits
For those of you who might not know – ‘turn down’ service in a hotel chains pretty much consist of some one coming into your room and flipping your sheets down and most the time placing some inedible chocolate or mint on your pillow. To me, it’s one of the most...