Stan Paules

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Before I let you go tonight I want to tell you about Stan Paules. He was a pilot, and more to the point he was an 'engineer.' I was a 'technician' but Stan was an 'engineer.' I first met Stan at the Columbine Airport where I was a flight instructor. We flew together. Stan told me that he worked for Honeywell. I was interested in this because I had also worked for Honeywell. The difference was that whereas Stan worked for HIS (Honeywell Information Systems) I had worked for HIG (Honeywell Industrial Group). Stan was a computer specialist, whereas I had been an industrial technician. This must have been around 1970.

I was flying every day, teaching various idiots how to fly airplanes safely. I loved that life.

Kootch worked for K-MART at the time. Between us we managed to put food on the table. Kootch kept telling me that we should abandon our apartment and buy a house. She was right. We did that.

But what about Stan Paules?