I got a great call today from an old friend.. and an old boss.. My friend Pep hired me into IBM in 1981.. I hadn’t seen him in at least 15 years. He had called me month or so ago out of the blue to reconnect. Today he called me to tell me that he had some electronics components for me. Iwe arranged to meet in Williston. After taking the nicely sorted box of transistors and resistors we sat down for a beer and an hour of reminiscing. Man it was so much fun going down memory lane with him.. He is quite a character. He left cuba right as Castro came to power. His family stayed in Cuba because they worked for Castro personally.. Pepe told me the whole story about coming to Florida at age 14 with only a tiny bit of money.. and how he managed to get his way to college…    We talked about work and old friends  from the early 1980s// I remember he always used to say ‘it’s a jungle out there’…. with his thick cuban accent.. he was really fun to work with. now he’s retired and doing pretty well .. his passion is metal detecting.. in the spring he’s going to come here and see what treasures he can find around the old schoolhouse. .. I’m looking forward to that !

ok.. thats all for now. remember .. it’s a jungle out there

nite all, nite sam

-me