Gerald Passed
Gerald, my father-in-law, passed away a little after noon today.
After re-reading my last post about him I realized that it wasn’t very flattering of him. The fact is, though, that it was fairly accurate. It just didn’t mention the good things about him. I know of very few people that actually disliked him. He was a charmer and could talk to anyone. Everyone, even those that had something against him liked the man. I also know that even though he didn’t know how to show it he loved my wife and my two sons dearly. I think the biggest problem he had in maintaining relationships is that he did love deeply. If he thought one of his kids was making a mistake he would let them know and try to do everything he could to protect them from themselves. Unfortunately while he was good at flattery he was very bad at diplomacy.
I’m going to miss the man. I truely am. I’ll miss his charm and his foolishness but most of all I’ll miss his passion.
Fly home, Gerald. I’m really going to miss you.
About Larry D. Burton
I'm a 55 year old controls engineer who just likes tinkering with stuff.
Finished high school at a local institute of learning. Decided it wasn't a good time to be a healthy, physically fit 18 year old with no college experience. Entered college and started working toward a degree in animal husbandry.
1975-1976
Discoverd that I was not going to be a very good husband of animals so I left school to figure out what I might be good at. A local beverage company took pity on me and paid me to go from place to place making sure their on tap beverages were maintaining their high quality.
1976-1979
Got out of quality control and into vending. Learned about control systems and refrigeration also learned that vending machines are heavy and vending doesn't pay all that well.
In 1977 I found myself married
1979-1981
Dedicated myself to installing and maintaining commercial refrigeration equipment. Found myself on the roof of a local grocery store one night in the middle of an ice storm replacing a compressor and figured it was time to get back into school.
1981-1986
Got my but back into school at night and changed jobs to keep the mechanical and electrical systems of a local coporate hospital in working order. The job expanded to unstopping drains and burning lab samples and amputated body parts.
1986-now
Finished school and took on a job designing, installing and maintaining industrial control systems. Along the way I picked up a bunch of computer skills that became very useful connecting various industrial controllers to one another and moving the data into coporate databases. I now operate Dallas Bay Technologies, a one man shop specializing in technology solutions for industrial problems.
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