Showing posts with label tubesteak. Show all posts
Showing posts with label tubesteak. Show all posts

Thursday, November 15, 2012

He's Still With Us

Yesterday, while driving in the City of Angels, I stopped at a light behind a Dodge van with a sticker on the right rear window that said "The Point San Onofre." A moment later, an old Volkswagen Camper pulled up next to it and the two men inside shouted at the driver of the Dodge van "There is no Point at SanO!" The driver waived back through his open window with that friendly one finger gesture oft seen in days gone by at San Onofre. I know that somewhere up high, Tubesteak smiled.

Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Amazing iPhone Survival Story

Dan Woolley was in Haiti when the earthquake struck. He could have died, but he ultimately survived with the help of an iPhone first-aid app that taught him to treat his wounds. After being struck by falling rubble and injured, he took refuge in an elevator shaft, where he followed instructions from an iPhone first-aid app to fashion a bandage and tourniquet for his leg and to stop the bleeding from his head wound, according to an MSNBC story.

The app even warned Woolley not to fall asleep if he felt he was going into shock, so he set his cellphone’s alarm clock to go off every 20 minutes. Sixty-five hours later, a French rescue team saved him.

Also, he was able to watch the movie that came included with his iPhone over and over again to help him through the endless hours of boredom and loneliness. This woman was the friendly caring face that kept him going. "I knew that there were wonderful caring people out there when I looked into her eyes, and that good people, such as her, would surely come to save me" said Woolley from his bed while recovering in the hospital.

Thursday, July 09, 2009

Tubesteak is Alive And Well


















Media reports of Tubesteak's demise are in error. The confusion is based upon the death of Oscar G. Mayer, retired chairman of the Madison-based meat processing company that bears his name. He was the third Oscar Mayer in the family that founded Oscar Mayer Foods, which once was Madison's largest private employer. Similar confusion between Tubesteak and Oscar Mayer family members occurred in 1955 when Mayer's grandfather, Oscar F. Mayer, died, and again in 1965 when his father, Oscar G. Mayer Sr., died. Mayer retired as chairman of the board in 1977 at age 62 soon after the company recorded its first $1 billion year.

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