1968

The "mouse" or a pointing device was invented, but wasn't in high use.

  Things were busy at the hanger, and on the aircraft too, more flying hours and more demands for parts.  The parts thing never gets better anyway, as explained before, the planes are either too old or too new; it's just a part of the job.
  On the home front things were going downhill.  I've made a choice of not revealing too much, but a diagnoses of a mental health condition for Betty was causing problems, coupled with both of us drinking too much.  'Nuff said. Hospital stays were getting longer, and a very few legal issues meant the Jeff, now almost two, was picked up and taken home by my parents, I was hospitalized for a wound for a little over 40 days.
  On the work side the Navy was starting to "think about" buying new transport aircraft and you'll hear more about that tomorrow.

Four generations, from left my father Stuart, myself, my grandfather Charles Grant
in front Jeff at maybe 18 months

From the left Betty, myself, brother Lysle, his wife Marjorie,
in front Jeff and his cousin Melinda (both in their forties now)

Testing a new printer, one that could print alphabetical characters along with the numbers;
by 1976 they were printing a page at a time, the whole page at once - tune in later.
Notice the computed is in a "conditioned" room, raised floor, A/C, no heat, that will all
chage too, along with the operators no longer dressing up.