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Iguess this is vintage in terms of the guy's lenght of service
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Post# 771117   7/15/2014 at 16:18 (3,564 days old) by washman (o)        

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He's been there a whopping 63 years!

Holy cow! What a career to be working for same place all his adult life!





Post# 771143 , Reply# 1   7/15/2014 at 18:17 (3,564 days old) by Frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie)        

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Considering that Forbes claims the average length of time a worker stays at a job is now 4.4 years, Mr. Blank's tenure at Speed Queen is astounding. Good for him!

Post# 771190 , Reply# 2   7/15/2014 at 21:10 (3,564 days old) by washman (o)        
I'm certainly impressed

Other articles state he missed 3 days in 63 years. Puts the rest of us to shame for sure.

One thing, I'm proud of my SQ for not just the way it performs, but knowing that 1300+ hard working americans had a hand in building it, well, I just feel really good knowing I helped keep them employed.

The machines were not cheap by a long shot, but as Rolls Royce once stated, "the quality remains long after the price is forgotten".


Post# 771210 , Reply# 3   7/15/2014 at 23:18 (3,564 days old) by A440 ()        

What an awesome fella.
I wonder if he knows about the Automaticwasher.org?
It would be cool to pick his brain about his life with Speed Queen!
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Post# 771252 , Reply# 4   7/16/2014 at 05:08 (3,563 days old) by arbilab (Ft Worth TX (Ridglea))        

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Love to have him here.

Dad spent his entire working life with Westinghouse as sales engineer. Mostly apparatus (distribution infrastructure-- transformers, switchgear) and lastly nuclear (though in fact he cancelled more sales than he made due to 3 Mile Island).


Post# 771259 , Reply# 5   7/16/2014 at 06:37 (3,563 days old) by jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers)        
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great post !! Just put my '57 baby up there, Melvin was on the factory floor when they were built!!

 


Post# 771266 , Reply# 6   7/16/2014 at 07:51 (3,563 days old) by washman (o)        
I wonder if he

was involved with the build/assembly of the Arc-Cuate or the fluid drive?

SQ should line up an interview of sorts along with any notes or pics to capture a career that saw some redesigns, corporate buyouts, etc.



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