[DeTomaso] Sam

[Douglas Kelm]

Hey Terry,
Did the writers on Big Bang Theory consult with you for the episode where Howard Wolowitz crashed the Mars rover into a ditch while trying to impress his girlfriend? Not that you guys would ever stoop to such shenanigans at JPL ;<D.

Doug

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From: DeTomaso [mailto:detomaso-bounces at server.detomasolist.com] On Behalf Of Himes, Terry (397C)
Sent: Monday, August 15, 2016 1:34 PM
To: Ken Green; laurieferrari at aol.com; detomaso at server.detomasolist.com
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Sam

Ken (et al),

My dad said the same thing about me listening too much to Beatle music.  LOL  ;-) Then I started a band and played with people like Bob Seger (Seger System), Amboy Dukes, and the Scott Richard Case all over southern Michigan.  Brought in some cash doing it too.

The kids that I work with, and even hire (20 something millennial's) do seem to spend too much time with their phones constantly.  But when I nailed them down about it, they said they are keeping in-touch with their friends.  They all have formed a group of new-hires and keep in-touch constantly.  Seems weird to me, but that is their social network.  They plan all week for their outdoors trips on the weekend.
They go to the Sequoia Nat'l forest, Kings Canyon, and Sierra Nevada mountains almost EVERY weekend.  They go hiking, rock-climbing, camping, and in winter skiing.  Last weekend them climbed Mt Whitney.  Outstanding.

My 17 year old grandson is addicted to video games.  But he is a straight "A" student, plays soccer and Lacrosse all weekend, and will graduate high-school with almost an "Associates Degree" from the local college courses he takes.

So, whenever, I think the world is going "to hell innna hand basket" I step back and think, maybe it's just different than when I grew up.  I think kids today are amazing.  And smart.

Just my opinion.

Terry






"A Purple Heart proves you were smart enough to hatch a plan,  stupid enough to try it and lucky enough to survive!"

Terry W. Himes
JPL Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Dawn Spacecraft Team
Rosetta Sequence Team Lead
Phone: (818) 393-6261
Cell:     (818) 653-8213
Fax:     (818) 393-3147
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