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  1. ChrisB

    The Role of Education In Assigning Value to Societal Labor Sectors

    I too feel no guilt for my success, which I attained through much hard work. However I did not do it alone. I was fortunate that my fathers employer had a policy of hiring employees children who were in college, for summer work. These were no "make work" jobs, we were doing the same work as our...
  2. ChrisB

    The Cap Faction

    And now for something completely different My "Prinz Heinrich Mütze", purchased in Hamburg 29 years ago. This is my every day hat.
  3. ChrisB

    The Cap Faction

    Greetings from Oceanport! I am particularly fond of Donegal tweed, mine is a Hanna:
  4. ChrisB

    You know you are getting old when:

    It is now over a century since the start of WW1, when I was a child it was still a living memory. And now, WW2 is fading away into history.
  5. ChrisB

    Now Forming! the Campaign Hat Corps

    Thanks for the info! I will see if I can dig up any photos of my grandfather from WW1, he was in the 78th division.
  7. ChrisB

    Now Forming! the Campaign Hat Corps

    Alright Mr Demille, I'm ready for my closeup. Here are the close up photos of my M1911:
  8. ChrisB

    Now Forming! the Campaign Hat Corps

    I am away from home, but I will post some close ups next weekend.
  9. ChrisB

    Now Forming! the Campaign Hat Corps

    My M1911 My father found this in a local antique shop. It has the United Hatters tag, but no stitching on the brim, which should make this a late WW1 model.
  10. ChrisB

    Clean Jokes

    A baby seal walks into a bar, the bartender says "What'll you have"? The seal replies, "anything except a canadian club".
  11. ChrisB

    Did you attend a college or university?

    You don't have to go to school to learn. Where I work, some of our best engineers had no college degree, while some with Phd.s have proven to be less useful. Smart people never stop learning, in or out of school. As to the original question, I got my BSEE at Fairleigh Dickinson University.
  13. ChrisB

    J. Robert Oppenheimer Fedora

    I work in a physics lab, it is not unusual for physicists to have an engineering background (usually electrical), and vice versa. One of my best engineering professors was a former particle physicist.
  14. ChrisB

    Plastic "Pith" Helmets like the US Postal Letter Carriers Wear?

    It appears that theUSPS currently uses both a plastic and a mesh sun helmet: http://www.postaluniform.com/Postal-Uniform-Catalog/Headwear-Letter-Carrier
  15. ChrisB

    Plastic "Pith" Helmets like the US Postal Letter Carriers Wear?

    http://www.gemplers.com/product/127496/Ventilated-Sun-Helmet
  16. ChrisB

    Counting Your Change...

    I got two indian head pennies in my change at a fast food place. Now that was a "Happy Meal"!
  17. ChrisB

    Stolen eBay hat

    Unfortunately, mail theft is becoming rather common. Last July, I lost a hat that was delivered by USPS priority mail while I was out- someone stole it from my front porch where it was left. Apparently people will follow the mail truck, looking for a delivery made where no one is home. I was...
  19. ChrisB

    How many years have you been at the same job?

    30 Years in a University research lab. One of my colleagues is in his 51st year!
  20. ChrisB

    Do You Know Any Living WWII Veterans?

    My parents, both 89 years old. My father was in combat in Italy, 1944 , in the 349th regiment with his twin brother. He and his brother were together from the day they enlisted to the day my father was wounded. My mother was a civilian employee of the Navy until she joined the WAC in 1945.
  21. ChrisB

    Hurricane Sandy

    We got our power back this evening here in Oceanport. At the Monmouth Park racetrack, there is an amazing collection of tents and temporary housing for the line crews from as far away as Alabama. My heartfelt thanks to all those who have come from so far to help us.
  22. ChrisB

    Hurricane Sandy

    Regardless of the name, Oceanport is actually 3 miles inland. There are low areas along the Shrewsbury river that are prone to flood, but most of the older parts of town are on higher (and dry) ground. I guess that is how they got to be the older parts of town!
  23. ChrisB

    What do you do for Living?

    Full time electrical engineer (specifically RF) at a physics laboratory, part time tree farmer.
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