Work reunion - NOT amateur radio

This morning I went to a reunion of old work colleagues some of whom I had not seen for years. It was a good gathering. Some had not changed a bit. Some had changed a lot.

Lunch with old work colleagues - NOT amateur radio

Quite regularly, a group of old work colleagues meet up for lunch. A regular attendee is a lady who is over 100 years old. She is still as sharp as ever.

Old work colleagues - NOT amateur radio

 

Every month some old work colleagues meet up for a meal at a different place in the area. Last night, we met up in Ely.

Fragility of life - NOT amateur radio

Today, I heard that one of my old work colleagues long ago had died suddenly of cancer.  Not sure what sort it was. Yet again, this emphasises just how fragile life is. One minute we are here and then we are not. We shared some good times. Harry, who died, is on the left. I shared a bench with him. I guess this was about 1976? This was when we did not have PCs and emails! We were perfectly happy.

Moral? Enjoy every moment.

Work "do" - NOT amateur radio

This picture was taken by a friend many years ago. I have no idea what the occasion was. It looks like all males and I am enjoying the wine. Probably about 30 years ago? It was something to do with work, but I have no memories of it. No, that is not a result of the wine!

Work - NOT amateur radio

When I started work (1970), most worked 37.5 hours a week and no more. We went home and enjoyed life.

Today the work ethic is to work longer and longer hours, but I doubt people are any more productive. Longer working hours, like the paperless office, are a myth.

If you are in a job, I know you have to do things to "look busy" and "please the boss", but stand back for a minute - look at yourself and ask yourself, "am I really adding any value?". If not, change the way you work or get a different job.

Pye Telecom - NOT amateur radio

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My first job was with Pye Telecom in 1970 in the Portables Lab. I had to put 12.5kHz channel spacing into the PF1 receiver. My boss was a John McLean and his boss was, now SK, Mike Gotch (later G0IMG). At the time I did not know that Mike was interested in amateur radio. In his latter years he was keen on 10m and 6m.

The 2 unit PF1's sold in good volumes to the UK police. These were the first common UHF portables in the world.  A few specials were made for chief constables and the like.

Work was very different then! These days people would not get away with what we did back then. There was very little competition and work was easy.