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44043 tom thornton <tomthornton@n...> 1998‑05‑29 Biography of Tom Thornton
Retired from : ( in desending order),
 Recycling Electronic Equipment,
 DP Mgr Local Phone Co, Honeywell System, they went belly up
 Dp Mgr Natl fertlizer Co, Honeywell System, they moved to Tenn.
 Dp Inventory Consultant, Natl Consulting Co., quit to stop traveling
 DP Mgr National Service Bureau, Miami Fla, too hot moved north
 Sold Business machines for natl Co
 Owned business, 4 bay truck stop, return too small for effort
 Repairman for Natl Office Equipment Co, remember the mechanical
   adding machines ???  went way of do-do bird
 Korean Conflict, USNR, USCG WW2,  Electrician to Electronics
 Still have some of the WW2 hand tools, ( no wood working, sorry)

 Resident, in reverse order, New Jersey, Columbus Ohio, Miami Shores
 Fla, Dayton Ohio, Rockford Ill, Buffalo NY.

 Amateur home organist,play lunch twice weekly at local rest home
 (Volunteer) . Have keyboard and travel with it. Appointed organist
 for 7 Masonic Lodges in area, ( 45 yr member).

 Currently take one weeks Elder Hostel trip/session  every other month,
 (MD said travel now because it becomes harder past 75 and I'm 70 now )

 Visit  Antique shops but more success at all local flea markets

 Cat lover, currently under control of 15 lb Siamese ( our second)
 who is chewer,  many things have bite marks to prove he approves
 of them.

 Currently collecting and restoring bench clamp mounted, hand cranked
 grinders plus a few common metal planes. Is cheapest item I know of.
 Wife collects cobalt blue glassware.

 Out of space for the grinders,,count is now 52 ,,,, ugh   -

 Tom Thornton, Morristown, New Jersey, USA



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