Did I say we were busy at Synchro32? If you look up the definition of busy at Wikipedia or Urban Dictionary, you will see the Synchro32 logo! Chris just got back from a whirlwind almost around the world trip with stops in Brasil, New Zealand, and Australia. He's back in the UK office now. Simon is still standing on his head "down under" with Synchro32 oceanic customers and new customer installations. The AFI Melboure (Australian Foundry Institute) show was a stellar success! Richy is preparing to head to the colonies for the investment casting show in Indianapolis and several new customer installations and visits. Richy is a world traveler too having made a recent Synchro32 installation trip to Malaysia. I've already got Simon booked for a return trip to the colonies in November for more new customer instalations and customer training visits. Looks like I will be booking up a December trip back to the colonies for Richy with additional new customer installations. Everyone and I mean everyone at Synchro32 is as busy as a swarm of killer bees - it's all hands on deck and everyone is enjoying every minute of it! Are you a metal caster - then you need to contact Synchro32 as you need the undisputed worlds leading metalcasting specific software Synchro32! Don't worry that we're busy, we have room in our schedule for you too - very quick turn around on installations and training - hallmarks of Synchro32. The Synchro32 software is so easy to use, even a caveman could use it! Synchro32 is literally a metalcaster/foundry in a software box!
Here's a great WWII story for you about my dad - the WWII hero that flew many a mission over France, Germany, Russia, etc. as a bombardier on a Lancaster. Many years ago, back in the mid-80's - I had the great opportunity to visit the UK with my mom and dad and explore his old roots - where he grew up at in the Halifax area of Yorkshire, the Lake District where they had a home, visit his old RAF base, attend an RAF reunion, and also to meet up with my aunt and uncles and many cousins. I still stay in touch with a number of the cousins. I learned to drink beer "room temperature" and also to enjoy some outstanding bitters. I also got to visit the Allen family fire brick works in the Halifax region. It had a mine and produced refractory bricks for the metalcasting industry. Dad would tell me stories of how he grew up working in the mine driving a team of donkeys I believe hauling up the ore from the ground. The Allen works are long gone and the mine flooded. I also got to visit the boarding school where dad attended for many years. We went up the road - up a massive hill - and cars back then did not have enough of a forward transmission to make it up - so everyone drove up the hill in reverse.
Picture of the company sign from the Allen brickworks... (now hanging on the door to my study at my casa)
Visiting England was very nice. I got to enjoy the finer foods of the world such as kidney pie, pork pie, grouse, prawns, and of course my favorite black pudding for breakfast with bangers and crumpets. The Fish and Chips are also to die for. Some of the best were up where my aunt and uncle lived in Skipton - Bizzy Lizzys. Yum. We actually found a place back in the 80's that was still serving fish and chips the old fashioned way wrapped in newspaper.
One thing I can never figure out about the UK is why they drive on the wrong side of the road! It constantly confuses my brain. Even though I do not drive while I'm there, when I return to the states I'm somewhat "confused" about which side of the road to drive on. When we visited in the mid 1980's, dad had no problem remembering how to drive on the "wrong side of the road". We rented cars for the yearly trips we did and toured the backroads of the UK. It was great fun. I have many fond memories of it.
Here is a WWII story that he penned many years ago and was included on the BBC site.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/ww2peopleswar/stories/99/a8997899.shtml
Of course, I have to post a picture of me and my buddy Doc Holliday...
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