This was published by a fellow former IBMer today.
Exceptional post! Really enjoyed reading it. He has a future as an author, IMHO ~ send my best regards to IBMer ~ I’d like for us to have a beer together...
Thanks! I sent him a link to this posting so he can follow any comments made here.
I believe he can be “followed” and commented to at the medium.com link above, as well.
(He’s not a follower of Free Republic himself, though I send him links from time to time.)