On Friday 18 December 2009, John Hardin wrote: >On Fri, 18 Dec 2009, Gene Heskett wrote: >> I got to work for several months as a bench tech for an outfit building >> the first pair of the then smallest tv cameras in the world. >> >> Later I found out that one of those civies was Jacques Cousteau, >> >> 3 hours later had a contract to put those two cameras on the Trieste as >> soon as we could get the pressure cases built. Those were headed for >> the bottom of the Challenger Deep, 37,000+ feet in the big pond. Short >> story, we did, and they worked. > >And I think Gene wins. Bravo! That's a cool story.
Thanks John. I have in my 75 years of history, several examples of being in the right place, at the right time, due purely by serendipity. But I think we have wasted enough of this lists tolerance for off-topic posts by now. -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) The NRA is offering FREE Associate memberships to anyone who wants them. <https://www.nrahq.org/nrabonus/accept-membership.asp> Who is John Galt?