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Subject: Trivia Question: The World Tech Center in Collierville has 8+ buildings named Building 10,20,30...et ...
Jimmy Glenn Burk2/11/2013
Trivia Question: The World Tech Center in Collierville has 8+ buildings named Building 10,20,30...etc What were the buildings going to be named after...before Dennis Jones squelched the idea?
Jimmy Glenn Burk2/19/2013
Answer: Was going to be named after Mountains...but too much time was spent on determining which building was which mountain that DHJ shut down the conversations and negotiations...and said 10,20,30,40 etc....
Subject: Just a note...I don't usually sit at a computer all day...I've hurt my hip...and don't have many opt ...
Jimmy Glenn Burk2/11/2013
Just a note...I don't usually sit at a computer all day...I've hurt my hip...and don't have many options to keep me busy....
Subject: Trivia Question:The first field test for DADS was in Memphis. A dispatcher was located to which pers ...
Jimmy Glenn Burk2/11/2013
Trivia Question:The first field test for DADS was in Memphis. A dispatcher was located to which person's office in Clark Tower to run the system?
Jim Bentley2/11/2013
Haha!
Jimmy Glenn Burk2/11/2013
Yes..it was Jim Bentley's office on the 17th floor of Clark Tower.
Buddy Johnson2/12/2013
How'd you find room there for the dispatcher???? LOL!!! Great Q&A from a great time at FedEx.
Subject: In the mid 1980's the DADS application was transferred to COS. The comm software stayed in Memphis. ...
Jimmy Glenn Burk2/11/2013
In the mid 1980's the DADS application was transferred to COS. The comm software stayed in Memphis. Who was the Manager of the 1st DADS group in COS?
Jim Bentley2/11/2013
LOL!
Jim Bentley2/11/2013
Can I answer that one??
Jimmy Glenn Burk2/11/2013
you can...if your memory is still intact after falling off that motorcycle too many times.....haha
Jim Bentley2/11/2013
It was Becky Steele(Gafford)
Jimmy Glenn Burk2/11/2013
you of course are correct
Dan Elliot2/11/2013
No it was Becky Box...
Jim Bentley2/11/2013
Picky, picky! But you are correct
Jimmy Glenn Burk2/11/2013
Was that Becky's name at the time?
Jim Bentley2/11/2013
Yes, before she was married
Subject: Trivia Quiz: in the early 1980's Federal Express bought an Internation company that built vans, so i ...
Jimmy Glenn Burk2/13/2013
Trivia Quiz: in the early 1980's Federal Express bought an Internation company that built vans, so it could manufacture them...but the maintenance on them was too high...What were these vans called?
Jim Bentley2/13/2013
Z vans
Jimmy Glenn Burk2/13/2013
Correct!
Subject: In case you haven't seen this...Here is an article written by Chuck Siegfried on his 34th anniversar ...
Jimmy Glenn Burk2/13/2013
In case you haven't seen this...Here is an article written by Chuck Siegfried on his 34th anniversary at FedEx. Chuck has now been at FedEx a little over 36 years and still is young.
http://fedexlegends.info/stories.html
Subject: Thru out my 28 years at FedEx I met many wonderful married couples working at FedEx. Here are some o ...
Jimmy Glenn Burk2/14/2013
Thru out my 28 years at FedEx I met many wonderful married couples working at FedEx. Here are some of them, add to this list if you remember more:David & Diane White
Roy & Laura Beard
Paul & Angie Maynard
Ace & Doris McInturff
Dan & Janet Elliot
Bob Baxter & Sue Tritt
Mike & Kaye Farrah
Clark & Nancy Hinds
Bob & Virginia Laster
Ken & Sheila Swain
Dottie Berry & Richard Moses
Jim & Linda Brigance
Scott & Kathie Holmes
Dan Elliot2/14/2013
Gene and Johanna Farrar
Bob Higgins2/14/2013
Bob & Karen Mogge, Mike & Norma Lamb
Jimmy Glenn Burk2/14/2013
From Gene Farrar: Dennis and Norma Mattingly.
Roger Yannett Sr4/21/2013
Hey don't forget Roger and Carolyn Yannett
Subject: Trivia Question: In what year did FedEx finally turn a profit?
Jimmy Glenn Burk2/14/2013
Trivia Question: In what year did FedEx finally turn a profit?
Jim Bentley2/14/2013
1977??
Jimmy Glenn Burk2/14/2013
close but no
Dan Elliot2/14/2013
1975!
Jimmy Glenn Burk2/14/2013
Dan is the winner. The 1st six months profit cycle was in July 1975 with a wholloping profit of $55k; By the end of 1976 there was a $3.6M profit.
Subject: If anyone has a photo of jim tollefson or dave dalton, pls send to me; I want to add to my fedexlege ...
Jimmy Glenn Burk2/15/2013
If anyone has a photo of jim tollefson or dave dalton, pls send to me; I want to add to my fedexlegends.info bio pages; and if any employees want to put their photo and info on those pages, just send to me. Jimmy
Subject: Day in Life of FedEx
Jimmy Glenn Burk2/19/2013
Day in Life of FedExThis is always an interesting video to watch, a day in the life of fedex flights.
http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=fedex+network&view=detail&mid=4EE37AC4EB5C3618CAA94EE37AC4EB5C3618CAA9&first=0&FORM=NVPFVRI was always impressed with the LineHaul process to build the flight and trucking schedules.Operations Research runs models for a future month. The output of these models is One day of package shipping for all products giving a forecast of package shipping from every zip code to every other zip code.LineHaul and GOCC specialists run dozens of applications to extrapolate that one day into shipping for the next three months, taking into account holidays, past shipping volumes etc.The end result is URSA the routing that goes into all sorting devices, flight schedules, trucking schedules, Pilot bids, etcA complicated system that has worked well due to the expertise of all the programmers, ops research analysts, LineHaul and planners who developed these systems.
Subject: Trivia Question: After the initial SuperHub was built it couldn't be expanded due to what? To expand ...
Jimmy Glenn Burk2/19/2013
Trivia Question: After the initial SuperHub was built it couldn't be expanded due to what? To expand across the airport property this had to be taken care of??
Carl Wayne Hardeman2/19/2013
Ang base
Jimmy Glenn Burk2/19/2013
a good answer but incorrect(ang Air National Guard)
Carl Wayne Hardeman2/19/2013
Ang base or rway 21
Jimmy Glenn Burk2/19/2013
Before the SuperHub was built they had to have property where the air national guard had a 500 year lease, and the head officer said no way fedex would get that property. TN congressman intervened and FedEx got the property they wanted and FedEx provided funds to relocate much of the Nat Guard. After the initial SuperHub was built, to expand they had to fill in a creek, and build over it to be able to expand.
Subject: An annual event in Telecom, the Nonconnah Beach Party; with a pie throwing...ie shoving contest; her ...
Jimmy Glenn Burk2/20/2013
An annual event in Telecom, the Nonconnah Beach Party; with a pie throwing...ie shoving contest; here with Jim Thannum, and Miley Ainsworth,,,just before it was there turn to participate....note: I had to literally burn my shirt after this....whipped cream dried into a shirt does not come out
Subject: During the early days of the Motorola Powerpad development effort, Winn wanted to test the Pad and t ...
Wade Waldrup2/20/2013
During the early days of the Motorola Powerpad development effort, Winn wanted to test the Pad and the ASTRA+ printer in a high altitude, cold temperature environment. So in Feb, 2004, off I went to COS and Pikes Peak. The road up the mountain was closed for the season, so after explaining my mission to the park officials, I was escorted by a Ranger lieutenant up to about 11,500 feet where I spent a couple of hours scanning and printing in a snowstorm. Definitely, one of my more interesting tasks for FedEx!
Ezra Fried2/21/2013
I loved the story ,its too bad we couldnt test them under wate. We lost quite a number of them during Sandy.
Subject: Happy Birthday to Dr. Ron Ponder who is 70 today.
Jimmy Glenn Burk2/21/2013
Happy Birthday to Dr. Ron Ponder who is 70 today.
Marcie Littles Moss2/21/2013
Happy Birthday, Ron! Hope you are doing well. In case you don't remember me, I was Jim Colson's admin.
Dan Elliot2/21/2013
I remember the Ponderamas!
Charlotte Benton Hieronymus2/21/2013
Happy Birthday Ron!
Carl Wayne Hardeman2/22/2013
and the Ponderosa
Subject: Reposted from Ron J. Ponder's facebook page:
Jimmy Glenn Burk2/22/2013
Reposted from Ron J. Ponder's facebook page:Thanks, everyone, for the kind birthday wishes...very much appreciated!!
Subject: For those interested: FedEx Buyout letter
Jimmy Glenn Burk2/22/2013
For those interested: FedEx Buyout letter
Subject: SuperTracker
Jimmy Glenn Burk2/22/2013
SuperTrackerI received an email from Jim De Arras who was one of the co-developers at HHP who developed the original SuperTracker. He will hopefully provide future info on it's history.He did send this tidbit if info:"How we got the contract is interesting. HP whom we had been working with, did not want to respond to the RFP, and gave us their place. The company in the best position to get the contract (I'll remember the name) sent their response in by Burlington Northern, a Fedex competitor at the time. Harry Dalton (I believe) took the unopened envelope and dropped it into a FedEx envelope and returned it. We were anxious and flexible, so we won. "
Subject: Story forwarded from FedExLegends Yahoo Group Page from Ancel Hankins:
Jimmy Glenn Burk2/25/2013
Story forwarded from FedExLegends Yahoo Group Page from Ancel Hankins:In the late 70s, early 80s, as we were planning and developing COSMOS, we were holding periodic meetings between MEM and COS personnel, alternating between the locations. One winter day Charlie Brandon, Bob Kramer, Larry Lake, Kathy Crockett, John Schwarzmann and I were on the Lear going to COS for the meeting. A major blizzard had been raging in the area all night and during the day. It was expected the storm would quit and runways would be cleared by the time we arrived. Well, it didn't and they weren't, so we diverted to Santa Fe, NM to wait it out. We had a nice lunch, enjoyed a stroll in the warm sunshine and just killed time for a couple of hours. By the middle of the afternoon, they decided conditions were not going to be favorable for getting into COS that day, so we returned to Memphis.That was known as the day we took the Lear to Santa Fe for lunch.
Subject: Jimmy Sowell w/Winn Stephenson at Jimmy's retirement. Jimmy is alive and well living in Southaven an ...
Jimmy Glenn Burk2/28/2013
Jimmy Sowell w/Winn Stephenson at Jimmy's retirement.
Jimmy is alive and well living in Southaven and enjoying his grandkids. His daughter married Ed White's son last year.
Subject: FedEx Trivia: First VP of Computer Operations was Bob Kramer....current VP is Gary Bronson.....name ...
Jimmy Glenn Burk2/28/2013
FedEx Trivia: First VP of Computer Operations was Bob Kramer....current VP is Gary Bronson.....name all the VP's between these two....answer on Friday....after I go see a Tarzan play with my 2 and 3 year old grandchildren....
Jimmy Glenn Burk3/1/2013
Hint: There is a total of 6 which includes two named above; name any you can remember.
Diane Conner White3/1/2013
Bob, Ed White, Jimmy Sowell, ???, Gary.
Jimmy Glenn Burk3/1/2013
Diane,,,very close; Bob Kramer, Ed White, Roy Beard, Jimmy Sowell, Govan Horner & Gary Bronson
Diane Conner White3/1/2013
I forgot about Roy and couldn't think of Govan's name. Oh well.
Jimmy Glenn Burk3/1/2013
Close enough; Roy was put into the VP computer ops job after Ed White left, and Roy had just returned as VP of IT in APAC. He did a great job in computer ops from feedback from the group.
Subject: Jim Barksdale has three "snake rules."
Jimmy Glenn Burk3/1/2013
Subject: FedEx Salad Shooter Commerical http://www.clipland.com/v/4842
Jimmy Glenn Burk3/1/2013
FedEx Salad Shooter Commerical
http://www.clipland.com/v/4842
Subject: Ancient terminal trivia quiz: in the 1970's FedEx evolved from batch processing on a Burroughs 3500, ...
Jimmy Glenn Burk3/4/2013
Ancient terminal trivia quiz: in the 1970's FedEx evolved from batch processing on a Burroughs 3500, to terminals and controllers running an old airline protocol on Burroughs 6700 mainframes. When FedEx bought Cook's IBM systems we converted to a Bisync 3270 protocol. The company was going to buy IBM 3270 controllers, but the company that had been supplying terminals asked for a chance to reprogram their controllers to work with IBM.What was the name of the company and name of the terminal controller?history: this company'requested this because they had been lenient to FedEx on paying for the terminals; it took years for FedEx to pay for them, and were somewhat using them for free; so the company allowed them to do the conversion, which worked. all of this happened 3-4 years before the first PC was built.
Dan Elliot3/4/2013
Man that's a good one...
Dan Goss3/4/2013
Incoterm.
Dan Elliot3/4/2013
Ha, only someone really old would know that!
Dan Goss3/4/2013
Yeah, but Toscano is older.
Jimmy Glenn Burk3/4/2013
Dan, Incoterm is right....made by which company??
Dan Goss3/4/2013
Incoterm Corp. Wellesley Hills, Mass.
Jimmy Glenn Burk3/4/2013
Actually at that time they were called Honeywell Incoterm
Jimmy Glenn Burk3/4/2013
i believe the company was Honeywell! Jim Barksdale and I met with the president of Honeywell and I told him they made great thermostats! Barksdale wanted to shoot me
right there!
John Schwarzmann
Subject: Around 1977 FedEx purchased Cook Industries IT dept in Clark Tower, and also got one of the slots fo ...
Jimmy Glenn Burk3/5/2013
Jimmy Glenn Burk3/5/2013
This group usually has a reunion in Memphis in January.
Gary Phillips3/5/2013
So that's how we got that Ray Peek guy. We still haven't been able to get rid of him.
Jimmy Glenn Burk3/5/2013
Ray was at FedEx when I came in Feb 1980, and when I left in 2007...and is still there
David Hunt3/5/2013
Ray and Earl are the ones left that I recognize ....
Diane Conner White3/6/2013
And who was the first Fedex employee that was sent to Clark Tower to train with Ray Peek on the IBM network control? That's right....me! I had to contend with all of those Cook strangers who hated me. ha ha
Jimmy Glenn Burk3/6/2013
Diane, if you were the first to train with Ray....you have my sympathy!
Subject: FedEx Trivia Question: In the 1980's NASA planned to launch a space shuttle every week and was plann ...
Jimmy Glenn Burk3/5/2013
FedEx Trivia Question: In the 1980's NASA planned to launch a space shuttle every week and was planning to turn the management of the launches over to private industry. FedEx started it's own company to do private launches of satellites and to bid on managing these Shuttle flights. What was the name of this FedEx company???
Jimmy Glenn Burk3/6/2013
Answer: FedEx Spacetran
Diane Conner White3/6/2013
You need to ask easier questions! ha ha
Charlie Derrick3/12/2013
Who headed up Spacetran? For bonus points.
Carl Wayne Hardeman3/12/2013
Quicken SpaceShots?
Jimmy Glenn Burk3/12/2013
McArtor?
Charlie Derrick3/12/2013
Yep.
Subject: Easier Trivia Question: Jim Barksdale's middle name was???
Jimmy Glenn Burk3/6/2013
Easier Trivia Question: Jim Barksdale's middle name was???
Diane Conner White3/6/2013
Love!
Jack Brown3/6/2013
Love; and I think the question should state "...middle name is...", I think he is still alive and well.
Jimmy Glenn Burk3/6/2013
Jack you are correct...and if he read this he would correct my grammar and spelling...as he did many times throughout my career
Subject: from Mary Alice Taylor: This morning around 11:00am, FEDEX lost an old friend, John Crider. John wor ...
Jimmy Glenn Burk3/6/2013
from Mary Alice Taylor:
This morning around 11:00am, FEDEX lost an old friend, John Crider. John worked for Tandem and was a key player during the ZapMail era. John and his wife, Kathy, moved from Memphis to Daphne, AL about 5 years ago. John had no known health issues--no medications whatsoever! He was 69 years young; married 47 years; and loved his three children and grandchildren. He suffered a major heart attack this morning and joined the angels watching over all of us.. John and Kathy are wonderful friends....John will be missed!
Jimmy Glenn Burk3/6/2013
I knew John thru the 1980's and always enjoyed working with him. Friendly guy and happy personality.
Jimmy Glenn Burk3/6/2013
from Ancel Hankins: John also supported Fedex in a sales capacity with Burroughs Corp. He worked with Fedex in obtaining their first large scale mainframe computer and subsequent upgrades. Burroughs was the only computer company willing to give the fledgling Fedex the flexibility needed to bridge between startup and profitability with a mid-size B3500 computer. They then upgraded to the large scale single processor B6700 which was later upgraded to dual processors. John was instrumental in working out the details for a successful deal between Fedex and Burroughs.
Subject: Ancient trivia question: around 1981, ITD was pretty much exclusively mainframe based with some work ...
Jimmy Glenn Burk3/7/2013
Ancient trivia question: around 1981, ITD was pretty much exclusively mainframe based with some work starting on mini computers(Data General, DEC & Wang); with problems & needs at the SuperHub, Jim Barksdale formed a new group devoted to microprocessor applications for the hub, customer automation & other devices. What was that new group called and who came up with the name?
Gary Phillips3/7/2013
I remember the group but can't remember what it was called......wan't their center located at 2930 Democrat?
Jimmy Glenn Burk3/7/2013
The group was called Telematics, a name picked by Chuck Deiotte. Jim Barksdale promoted David John to MD, the managers were Chuck Deiotte, Herman Derbort & Jim Candler.
Gary Phillips3/7/2013
I may be thinking about a different support group.
Jimmy Glenn Burk3/7/2013
I think one group was called Micro Support, the other Concepts Research and the other was a Wang support group under Telematics
Subject: Trivia Question: When Jim Barksdale came over from Cook, ITD (Information & Telecommunications Divis ...
Jimmy Glenn Burk3/8/2013
Trivia Question:
When Jim Barksdale came over from Cook, ITD (Information & Telecommunications Division) was then known as Data Systems.We had the basic holidays plus we got our birthday off. Every quarter there was a Data Systems group meeting(about 200 people in Memphis) where JLB spoke(actually in several group meetings on top floor of Clark Tower)There weren't any scan compliance reports or online computations statistics for COSMOS at that time.We were granted a free day off, of our choosing, for the next month IF what event transpired during the Quarter?
Jimmy Glenn Burk3/9/2013
We got an extra day off if the weekly mainframe availability was 98% or higher over the course of a quarter.
Buddy(Johnson)
Subject: Trivia Question Y2K @ FedEx for Y2K there were approximately 1157 different applications where the s ...
Jimmy Glenn Burk3/10/2013
Trivia Question Y2K
@ FedEx for Y2K there were approximately 1157 different applications where the software needed to be upgraded for year 2000.In one division there were 580 of these applications. What division was this in?
Deby Abbott Jolley3/10/2013
Revenue Systems?
Jimmy Glenn Burk3/10/2013
not rev systems.
Jimmy Glenn Burk3/12/2013
Correct Answer was LHSD(Line Haul Systems Development) which had all the applications for trucking,weather,hub,fueling,pilot bid systems,message switch,gocc,mocc, and many more.
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