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Jensen & Chin and Beyond Gary and Mona of Jensen & Chin  I was living in San Francisco and working at Jensen & Chin (J&C) with my two friends Gary and Mona. My last day at Tymshare was a Thursday and I started with J&C the very next Monday. I would have liked to have take a little time off first as I had not really taken a vacation since my honeymoon with Kathy and that was only for a few days. I had pretty much been working non-stop for four years, only taking the occasional day off. But, the agreement I made with Gary and Mona was I'd start right away. I had previously planned a vacation to Hawaii with my brother Pete for later that summer. That was going to be my first vacation since that honeymoon back in the spring of 80. I was still working at GBS (General Business Systems) then. It was now 1984. Gary and Mona OK'd it providing I completed a number of pressing projects first. That did not seem like a problem as I felt confident I'd be ...

My Motorcycle and Me   " I don't want a pickle, I just want to ride my motorcycle", A Guthrie   - Honda CB750  I had been a passenger on a motorcycle a couple of times when I was young but the first time I rode a motorcycle myself was in Marysville, California, in August of 1971. I was in the Air Force stationed at Beale AFB. I had recently returned from my TDY assignment in Okinawa. My first wife Donna had left me while I was gone and took our car with her. Not having a car, I stopped by a car dealership one afternoon. A sales guy came out to assist me, like they always do, and he started talking. It wasn't long before the guy asked if I might be interested in a motorcycle as he had one he was selling. I didn't say yes but I also didn't say no. The next thing I remember was hopping into his car and heading over to his house. When we got there he opened his garage door and inside there were two motorcycles. He pulled one out and explained to me how ...