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In reply to the discussion: Fifty some years ago I reported to one of the biggest assh@les I've ever met. I managed a retail [View all]rsdsharp
(9,289 posts)88. There once was a young reporter named Tom Pettit
working at KCRG in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. One day, his news director, a man named Warren Meade, took him aside and told him he would never make it in the news business.
Still, Tom persisted, and made it to Minneapolis, Philadelphia, and later NBC news. Its his voice you hear saying, He's been shot. He's been shot. Lee (Harvey) Oswald has been shot." Later, he reached the position of Executive Vice President of News. It was then that he had a plaque made featuring Warren Meades assessment of his talent. Every year he would take down the plaque, and run a Xerox copy of it.
And send it to Warren Meade.
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Fifty some years ago I reported to one of the biggest assh@les I've ever met. I managed a retail [View all]
Floyd R. Turbo
Mar 2022
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Me too. Some of the dealers I contacted wanted me to send them the posters for evaluation.
Floyd R. Turbo
Mar 2022
#4
So will you track down that District Manager and send him a Thank You note? :-)
TheRickles
Mar 2022
#8
Funny you should say that. Following another episode of his assh@llery, I sent him a Mothers Day
Floyd R. Turbo
Mar 2022
#15
I worked for a beer distributor and wanted this stack of old broken pallets for a bonfire
brewens
Mar 2022
#11
check with some of the higher end auction houses; you may have a windfall coming!
Evolve Dammit
Mar 2022
#26
I did get an email from one that said they would contact me in a week or so.
Floyd R. Turbo
Mar 2022
#27
Sotheby's, Christie's, Heritage. Get 'em in competition with each other! Good luck!
Evolve Dammit
Mar 2022
#87
I have a friend who makes a good living off collecting and selling old music posters.
FailureToCommunicate
Mar 2022
#32
The $6.25 went to the Film Classification Office. The Manager said he had to show an accounting for
Floyd R. Turbo
Mar 2022
#67
The energy you spent to create the display is the effort that's being paid 50 yrs later. Screw your
TeamProg
Mar 2022
#75
The entrance was an exterior lobby with windows on either side. One of my favorites was when I
Floyd R. Turbo
Mar 2022
#116
It is like the we buy gold offers - usually $0.03 to $0.08 on the dollar value - be careful n/t.
airplaneman
Mar 2022
#104
I've no idea! He and I had a less than pleasant parting. The position I accepted after I quit
Floyd R. Turbo
Mar 2022
#123