BOO!! Okay, I just thought I'd see if you were awake or not. :-)
The Daleys are hitting the road tomorrow - first back down to southern California to spend some time with our daughter and a few friends (hi Robert!). Then we will be traveling across the country to relocate in Alabama. We'll be taking I-70 through America's 'heartland' - so if you know of any cool places to see, please let me know. We already have the Wizard of Oz Museum in Kansas on our schedule as well as that arch thingy in St. Louis (hi Dennis!).
I'm also planning a trip to Minneapolis the 2nd weekend in December to do some Christmas shopping (and again visit with some friends - hi Pat! hi DeEtta!). That trip will be by air though - I'm not crazy enough to think I want to drive to Minnesota in December!!
Hope everyone is doing well out there...we'd love to hear more from all of you. Take care!
Pam
www.Daley-Travels.com
Saturday, October 13, 2007
Saturday, October 6, 2007
Update from Jeff Seymour
Hey there Pam, Robert and everyone else out there in ex-HDL land. It’s Jeff Seymour from Omaha…err – Sioux Falls…no. Ummmmm – oh yeah, Shakopee, MN.
I am still working for Handleman – c’mon…everyone say it with me (you too Dave Y & Andy B!) Haaaandlemaaaannnnn. We all know what our real name is out in the field (the field – a place in which the aforementioned mgmt has not a clue of what is really happening). :-) Still with the mothership for now. Things are quite different since we officially merged – let’s see…is that a hard merge, a merge merge, soft merge, a merge with pickles and anchovies?
The transition from ADM to general peon/CNT has been smooth other than a few bumps in the road. It is approximately 120-130 miles from one end of my territory to another. I’ve lost count on how many stores I actually cover. Somewhat because I have missed so many visits over the past few weeks, but mostly because my territory keeps on growing. I’ve gone from trying to cover 350 hours for the month to over 600 hours in Oct.
Laura, my wife, and I (oh! And our kitty cat) have been in Minnesoooota for a little over 2 years. I have that northern accent in high gear too, don’cha know! It’s been nice, but we are trying to get out of here now. It’s been fun to a point, but we are trying to get back to Omaha soon. I had a chance to move with HDL and be in Marino’s district – oh nooooooooooooooooooo :-) (only kidding Shirley) – but I guess I thought HDL would shell out for the move again, which was not the case. So…we stay.
It’s been an interesting transition going from 120K in Sioux Falls to well over a million people in MN. It’s also pretty amusing making fun of the “professional” football team they like to call “da Vikings” – and their miserable season.
Quick (and fortunately or unfortunately true) story – a businessman from Denver gets drunk one evening. He is annoyed by the ducks that are swimming in the pond at the local Embassy Suites – inside the hotel. He chases and corners one into a corner, grabs it & (ok – gross part here) rips its head off – eeeeewwwww! He then turns around to the bystanders and proclaims “I’m hungry…and I’m gonna eat it!” And then to top it off, the radio finishes the story by saying “the man did not eat it”. Too funny!
By the way, I’m not sure how many reading this know. Larry Gelfund was also one of the people taken out by this recent round of corp layoffs. I don’t think that had been mentioned yet. Does anyone else think it’s stupid that we have 2 corporate offices? One in Troy, one in TN. Seems like we’re wasting money somewhere…but I just can’t quite put my finger on it. :-)
Well – that’s all I have to say about that. :-) I hope I wasn’t too negative in my blog debut. I really miss seeing everyone in the WBU family! Feel free to email me at my Handleman email. I suppose the I -T department will get all bent out of shape about that too.
Errrry-body B good!!! :-)
I am still working for Handleman – c’mon…everyone say it with me (you too Dave Y & Andy B!) Haaaandlemaaaannnnn. We all know what our real name is out in the field (the field – a place in which the aforementioned mgmt has not a clue of what is really happening). :-) Still with the mothership for now. Things are quite different since we officially merged – let’s see…is that a hard merge, a merge merge, soft merge, a merge with pickles and anchovies?
The transition from ADM to general peon/CNT has been smooth other than a few bumps in the road. It is approximately 120-130 miles from one end of my territory to another. I’ve lost count on how many stores I actually cover. Somewhat because I have missed so many visits over the past few weeks, but mostly because my territory keeps on growing. I’ve gone from trying to cover 350 hours for the month to over 600 hours in Oct.
Laura, my wife, and I (oh! And our kitty cat) have been in Minnesoooota for a little over 2 years. I have that northern accent in high gear too, don’cha know! It’s been nice, but we are trying to get out of here now. It’s been fun to a point, but we are trying to get back to Omaha soon. I had a chance to move with HDL and be in Marino’s district – oh nooooooooooooooooooo :-) (only kidding Shirley) – but I guess I thought HDL would shell out for the move again, which was not the case. So…we stay.
It’s been an interesting transition going from 120K in Sioux Falls to well over a million people in MN. It’s also pretty amusing making fun of the “professional” football team they like to call “da Vikings” – and their miserable season.
Quick (and fortunately or unfortunately true) story – a businessman from Denver gets drunk one evening. He is annoyed by the ducks that are swimming in the pond at the local Embassy Suites – inside the hotel. He chases and corners one into a corner, grabs it & (ok – gross part here) rips its head off – eeeeewwwww! He then turns around to the bystanders and proclaims “I’m hungry…and I’m gonna eat it!” And then to top it off, the radio finishes the story by saying “the man did not eat it”. Too funny!
By the way, I’m not sure how many reading this know. Larry Gelfund was also one of the people taken out by this recent round of corp layoffs. I don’t think that had been mentioned yet. Does anyone else think it’s stupid that we have 2 corporate offices? One in Troy, one in TN. Seems like we’re wasting money somewhere…but I just can’t quite put my finger on it. :-)
Well – that’s all I have to say about that. :-) I hope I wasn’t too negative in my blog debut. I really miss seeing everyone in the WBU family! Feel free to email me at my Handleman email. I suppose the I -T department will get all bent out of shape about that too.
Errrry-body B good!!! :-)
Thursday, October 4, 2007
Note from Curt Cochran
Hi everyone,
Where does the time go. It seems like just yesterday that many of us were in Nashville having a big final bash. While I am not the type to look back a lot I will say that I miss a lot of people from the Handleman of old and I think this is a great idea.
I am still with the Handleman/REPS company in the position of Territory Manager/CNT (no comments Robert). I do very little traveling since my furthest store is 125 miles away and a TA does that Pilot store. I have a total of 6 part time TAs and the stores I service are all in the Salt Lake City area.
If you have not yet heard, Katie Bardoz and Doug Kuennen are no longer with the company. Katie was a casualty of the recent cutbacks and Doug retired effective 10-5-07. They will be missed.
My wife and I are starting to get the itch of the empty nest syndrome. My oldest two kids got married last spring and summer (3 months apart) so all we have left at home is the 15 year old. He started high school this year and has lettered in golf as a sophomore. He was ranked 3rd on the varsity team as a sophomore. I am still trying to fish as much as I can but gas prices have put a crimp in the regularity.
I pray that everyone is doing well and give a little extra love to Robert and Pam. I think of everyone often when I remember some of the great times we had together.
Take care.
Curt Cochran
Where does the time go. It seems like just yesterday that many of us were in Nashville having a big final bash. While I am not the type to look back a lot I will say that I miss a lot of people from the Handleman of old and I think this is a great idea.
I am still with the Handleman/REPS company in the position of Territory Manager/CNT (no comments Robert). I do very little traveling since my furthest store is 125 miles away and a TA does that Pilot store. I have a total of 6 part time TAs and the stores I service are all in the Salt Lake City area.
If you have not yet heard, Katie Bardoz and Doug Kuennen are no longer with the company. Katie was a casualty of the recent cutbacks and Doug retired effective 10-5-07. They will be missed.
My wife and I are starting to get the itch of the empty nest syndrome. My oldest two kids got married last spring and summer (3 months apart) so all we have left at home is the 15 year old. He started high school this year and has lettered in golf as a sophomore. He was ranked 3rd on the varsity team as a sophomore. I am still trying to fish as much as I can but gas prices have put a crimp in the regularity.
I pray that everyone is doing well and give a little extra love to Robert and Pam. I think of everyone often when I remember some of the great times we had together.
Take care.
Curt Cochran
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