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  GBS 3 – Letting It All Hang Out Mona and Me - GBS Camping Trip G eneral Business Systems (GBS) didn't pay well but it was a fun place to work. The company was just a little over 2 years old and still on the small side, under 100 employees. Consequently there were lots of opportunities to do many things, you could take on as much work as you could handle. It was a fast paced and loose environment. GBS had 3 or 4 branch offices. I worked at the Burlingame branch which was also the company headquarters. I knew everyone in the Burlingame office which was maybe 40 people. I also knew some of those working in the other branches as they would need to come to HQ every now and then either for training or to meet with upper management. I t was a fun work environment because pretty much everyone got along and was supportive of each other. It had a real family feel. There seemed to be little if any undercutting. We worked together and helped each other. It was not the cutthroa...

Roxie and The I-Beam S hortly after I move to San Francisco some friends from Eugene came down for a visit. Along with a couple of other friends of mine, we all decided to go out dancing. I was still living at my friend Larry's place in the Haight-Ashbury district of the city. Right around the corner was a dance club called the I-Beam. The club's clientele was largely gay and it had a cover charge but it was the logical choice as we were a mixed group (straight and gay) and it was convenient. When we got in we were pleased to find a quite large dance floor affording us lots of room to dance. The music was good to dance to, after all, this was the disco era. We had fun dancing the evening away with each other and as a group. At one point I went over to the bar to get a drink. When the bartender brought me my drink he handed me two free passes for another night. S hortly after this my friend Roxie moved down to San Francisco from Oregon. I knew Roxie from Eugen...