Hi Paul my most important American computer client was sold 4 times in 2 years starting in the year 2000. It's the film and music business so you may guess the name. Employees could read in the daily newspaper or (on the stock exchange) for whom they work tomorrow :-( The Swiss branch had a management buy out at the end and the employees got quite a good settlement then. The former branch manager runs his own film company now with all of the employees. I made good money during all the sells but have lost my biggest client after the last deal. I still work for the new small independent Swiss company. greetings Markus
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Paul Stenquist Sent: Monday, March 12, 2007 4:26 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: PESO: Sidewalk Swashbucklers Thanks. I had a lot of fun out on the street today. Ford? An empty cab pulled up, and Bill Ford Junior got out. Seriously, I think there was a lot of mismanagement. But that happens to a lot of companies. When I went to work for a Ford supplier, I knew the company was in big trouble. Overall, what happened to Ford is the same thing that has happened to all US automakers: The United Autoworkers contracts. The health care and retirement commitments of the US automakers are way more costly than what the foreign competition has to deal with. Now that the jobs are going away, the UAW is finally getting the message, but it's going to be a long haul back to a level playing field. As far as I'm concerned, I worked for a Ford supplier. ( In recent years. Over the long haul, I've worked for suppliers to most of the major automakers.) But when a company is hurting, they tighten the clamps on the suppliers. In the ad business, we make good money but we have none of the contract protection that automaker employees enjoy. When the hammer drops, we're gone. But I've had a good run. I made more than seventy commercials for half a dozen car companies, and there were some good dollars involved. I used a lot of it to put four kids through college (about half a million US just for that), but I have a lot of energy left. I'll hook up with someone. And I'm still trying to find a publisher for my novel. Anyone know a good literary agent? On Mar 11, 2007, at 10:12 PM, Markus Maurer wrote: > The boots and the fightning pose are great! > It looks sunny and bright here on my monitor but I think it was that > way :-) > > BTW: what happened to Ford, did the close or cut down branches? > > greetings > Markus > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of > Paul Stenquist > Sent: Monday, March 12, 2007 2:41 AM > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: PESO: Sidewalk Swashbucklers > > > These are the best days of the year for street photography in the > Detroit metro area. The temperature is finally over 50, and happy > people are turning out in huge numbers. Shot this one today along with > several others. It's on the same half mile stretch of Woodward Avenue, > so it will be another contender for my "It Happened on Woodward" > gallery. I couldn't convert this one to BW. Look at those boots! The > lady on the right is mom, so she stays in as well. (A rather pretty mom > I might add.) Lots of fun. > Paul > http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=5708790&size=lg > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
