[GreenKeys] Dr. House Visit

[DR HOUSE]

Steve,
    My face is red.  Thank you for your complements and thank you for  
visiting here.  I am sure I must have worn your eardrums out, but it  
was great fun for me.  You failed to mention one other coincidence  
being that I went to military school (SJMA) with your older brother.   
I will be scanning from the 1960 Trumpeter and sending you the  
images.  Both your brother Dave and I were in A Company and both of  
were transferred to the Battalion Staff in our senior year. I only  
wish I had your brothers talent for academics...  I seem to have to  
learn everything the hard way.
   I sure hope you can come back here again when the weather is decent  
and I have more of my machines running.  THANK YOU for being my friend  
and for all the support you have given me.
   Finally, Glenna says you are a very nice man.  I must agree with her.

Your Navy brother,
Don

On 19 Jan 2012, at 12:17 AM, Steve Ripper wrote:

I had the opportunity this past Sunday afternoon and Monday morning to  
visit at the home of a legend in the Teletype community, Dr. Don  
House. I was welcomed at the front door by his lovely bride Glenna  
when I noticed the wonderful sound of several Teletype machines  
clattering away. Glenna told me to keep my shoes on and was directed  
down to the basement and entered the Teletype man cave of Dr. House.  
Don invited me into his world of Teletype history, the likes of which  
I had never seen in any one place before. Don spent the next four  
hours describing the advantages, disadvantages and history of each and  
every machine, from the rare one of a kind machines I never even knew  
existed up to the very last machines Teletype Corporation  
manufactured. If I had been smart, I would have videotaped the  
experience as I never learned so much so fast about our beloved  
machines. Don has a story to go with each machine and their individual  
and unique quirks. During dinner at a marvelous local home style  
restaurant, Don and I discovered we had another common interest and  
experience, that of being in the US Navy. As an airplane driver for  
the Naval Air Development Center (NADC) I had flown some of the same  
aircraft that Don had been involved with, namely the Lockheed P3  
Orion. So once we returned to Don’ & Glenna’s home, we spent the rest  
of the evening telling our respective Navy stories. Don and Glenna  
were gracious enough to let me stay the night in their home where I  
slept like a rock. I woke up to the smell of fresh coffee and found  
Glenna in the kitchen toasting bagels, warming coffee cake and  
preparing a fresh fruit salad. Needless to say this was probably the  
best breakfast I had in quite some time. After breakfast we unload the  
two model 32 machines that I had promised to Don after which I had to  
depart for northern Michigan. Although I was at Don and Glenna’s for  
less than twenty four hours it was an experience I will never forget.  
The stories, knowledge and hospitality were unmatched and I can only  
hope I get the opportunity to repeat the experience again. A special  
thanks to Glenna for taking care of us and putting up with our  
Teletype hysteria, and to Don for being my friend!

Cheers,

Steve Ripper
steveripper at comcast.net
steve.ripper at gmail.com
248-787-0705
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