Nothing Happens At Ten 2010

G. A. S.

We are moving. And because we are moving Everything, we are bound to uncover things long lost that we had mostly forgotten about. And that just happened. While I was digging through the back closet today, I found this:

What the heck is that?, you might ask.

That is a Give-A-Shitter.... wherein lies a tale.

Way back in the Dark Ages I had a job that was a really rotten job. The folks I was working with were real fine folks, but the folks I was working for were jerks. After a while of being jerked around by the jerks, I told someone that my Give-A-Shitter was broken.... meaning that I didn't give one any more. That quip resulted in a query about what one of those would look like, if I had one. So I drew one on my white board. It had a hopper on the top into which one could put stuff, and a funnel on the side out of which the .... um.. "material" would be produced. It also had a crank on the side to make the whole thing work.

MIne, I attested, no longer worked and I did not give a....

That drawing remained on my white board for a long time, and we had some good laughs about it.... and then stuff happened, and I found another job at a startup company, and I handed in my resignation, and we had the usual Going Away Lunch, and at the lunch, this object showed up. Constructed out of fine, exotic woods and brazing rod, it was my very own, fully functional G. A. S. in perfect working order. The plaque on the base panel says "FIXED 12-12-83", which was the date of my departure from the company.

On the bottom of the base it says,

  FROM:
  	MICK BROWN
  	JIM CHAMPOUX
  	ANDY SIROIS
  	BOB YENNACO

Wow! What a blast from the past!

I have heard from Mick since those days. Mick is the inventor of the Driving Safety Spike, as you all know.

As for the other guys, thanks, guys. If you see this, let me know what you have been up to!