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Pressure's off for another year!

We made it through our AS9100 audit at work, much easier than I had expected.

This has always been the most stressful time of the year for me, so it shouldn't take much imagination to understand how relieved I am the audit is over, and I can finally get back to my normal routine.

Anywaze, Edie came across some pictures of us when we lived in Ohio, which was over 30 years ago. I got a big kick out of looking at them, and they helped to relieve some of the tension of the past week, so I thought I'd share a few of them with the rest of the world.

It's hard to imagine we were ever that young.

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Mark VanKirk said…
Wow, I remember all of that. The boat, the porch (its still standing), Misty......

Those pants you are wearing got past me though..LOL
11:25 PM
Marc said…
You were just too young to appreciate the pants. :)
4:24 AM
Mark VanKirk said…
That must've been your second boat because the first one had red interior if I remember......
6:53 AM
Marc said…
Actually that could have been a friends boat, I'm not really sure. You are right though, the first boat had a red interior, and the second boat was either blue or beige.
7:13 AM
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