Well,it's a long story but I'll shorten it. When I first came back from Vietnam in December of 1965 my first job was at Colts Fire Arms in Hartford (piecework, making the stock for the AR15). I did good because i was young and gung-ho (still!) but realized it was not a life's avocation. My brother Fran (Spike) had a job at the Hartford Branch of the Hartford Courant, and I thought it might be a better fit...so I applied and was hired.
Long story short I made Manager of Branch 6 in West Hartford faster than anyone else had made the jump . Company car, pension, nice office help...all good, but the money sucked, and I had a girl in the wings (my wife Alice). SO, I had the opportunity to intern at Allstate Insurance and that changed my life and financial prospects. Today I re-subscribed to the Courant for 6 months...I owe them a lot!
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