I think pretty much hands off, meaning I wasn’t micromanaging them. And that was something that I was very cognizant of. I did not want to do that. I didn’t have the expertise in all the areas like I was a freshwater quast. I mean, you know, over time you… Read More
And he opens up the apartment, he goes, how would this be?… Read More
I like, wow, really?… Read More
I’m like, for what? He goes for your new office. Read More
I’m like, oh my gosh, are you kidding me?… Read More
I’m like, geez, what’s going on?… Read More
Turns out the hot water valve had been turned off and nobody knew and she never brought it up. So other than that it was unoccupied for the longest time. And then when our marine mammal department grew, outgrew the little office space we had, I remember Bill breaker burst… Read More
She goes, oh yeah, yeah, it was good, it was good, but, but no hot water in the shower. Read More
So he was there full-time and it was used for him, his purposes, I’m not sure when eventually he vacated it, but it’s had empty for years and years. Both like the hallowed ground. And a few people did talk about some events that might have happened within the apartment. Read More
And I remember when it was time to take her, I guess, to the airport, I said, Esmeralda, how everything, okay, you know, how was the apartment?… Read More
How many staff reported to you or were you alone?… Read More
I was alone initially, and then Ken Ramirez was a first staff member and that was a chance occurrence, and I’ll save you the whole story, but I went to attend a marine mammal meeting in San Antonio and a side trip after meeting was in Galveston, Texas where he… Read More
Our office was the old department in the chat aquarium till it disappeared. Just take a side note, tell me about the history of the apartment that you just mentioned. The apartment was part of the original design of the aquarium. It was on the mezzanine or the middle level… Read More
And you know, it’s just kind of chants sometimes, sometimes targeted as far as asking people, how does this work?… Read More
It’s a big restaurant, you know, big volume. He goes, oh, I know Bobby, I know Bobby I’ll, I’ll call him out when he comes out to work the tables, sure enough, Bob Shin comes out, he’s about 30 feet away. He is like, Hey Bobby, Bobby, come over here,… Read More
Watertight gates to a person. I’m sure people said there is no such thing, they all leak, but you wanna minimize the loss, obviously. And that was very important in us dividing tanks with watertight gates and you know, there were times we would have to drain one tank but… Read More
And what’s your experience with that?… Read More
I remember you probably remember Ed CRA from Brookfield, and so he was probably one of the most important people when it came to visiting him and like, how do you do this?… Read More
I remember him telling me, when you get down to stainless steel, the contractor’s gonna tell you 3 0 4 grade stainless. He goes, don’t take that 3 0 4, it’s no good. You gotta go three 16. I’m like, I knew nothing about that. He says, come here, I’m… Read More
And what were your new responsibilities?… Read More