The scrap burner is about all that's left of the mill Grandpa used to work at. Vacation homes are now more plentiful than log rafts on the lakeshore, probably built from less-than local lumber. Grandpa Ray was an engineer for Boeing in the late 1960's. He was a rocket scientist, but he wore a few hats at the company. Once he was assigned to to escort a visiting banker around the facility, a black man. It was standard operating procedure to keep an eye on visitors, just to make sure no one stumbled upon any top secret stuff or got on the wrong end of a rocket. The banker wanted to go visit grandpa's supervisor, who was also black. A few more people joined them in the supervisor's office, all of them black. They started talking about how they were treated at Boeing, when someone realized "Brothers, we have to remember that we are not alone here." Apparently Grandpa had wound up in a top secret situation himself.
Grandpa Ray
Grandpa Ray
Grandpa Ray
The scrap burner is about all that's left of the mill Grandpa used to work at. Vacation homes are now more plentiful than log rafts on the lakeshore, probably built from less-than local lumber. Grandpa Ray was an engineer for Boeing in the late 1960's. He was a rocket scientist, but he wore a few hats at the company. Once he was assigned to to escort a visiting banker around the facility, a black man. It was standard operating procedure to keep an eye on visitors, just to make sure no one stumbled upon any top secret stuff or got on the wrong end of a rocket. The banker wanted to go visit grandpa's supervisor, who was also black. A few more people joined them in the supervisor's office, all of them black. They started talking about how they were treated at Boeing, when someone realized "Brothers, we have to remember that we are not alone here." Apparently Grandpa had wound up in a top secret situation himself.