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Johnnie Edwards6/18/2015

Hope and change

Subject: FedEx ITD Triva

Jimmy Glenn Burk6/17/2015

FedEx ITD Triva1. Name the first handheld device used to scan packages for Cosmos IIa2. What was the second device for Cosmos IIb called?3. What was the PC device in the stations that connected laser scanners?4. What was the controller and pods that connected the cosmos IIb devices into the network?5. What were the IBM screens devices called that we used to connect to COSMOS?6. What was the computer called that interfaced in dispatch to COSMOS and to 100+ computers in the vehicles wirelessly?7. What was the station report called that reported on scan compliance?8. What was the customs clearance system called?9. What was the smallest Powership device that was deployed called?10. A printer was once developed for customers that had two printers in it(label and receipt); who made that printer for our customers?

Bruce Lindow6/17/2015

10. TEC

Ben Moore6/18/2015

7. Versus

Jimmy Glenn Burk6/20/2015

Answers: FedEx ITD Triva 1. Name the first handheld device used to scan packages for Cosmos IIa: Norand Wand 2. What was the second device for Cosmos IIb called? HHP(Hand Held Products) the SuperTracker 3. What was the PC device in the stations that connected laser scanners? PSCAN 4. What was the controller and pods that connected the cosmos IIb devices into the network? Quad Racks and Smartbase, later PCBase 5. What were the IBM screens devices called that we used to connect to COSMOS? 3270's 6. What was the computer called that interfaced in dispatch to COSMOS and to 100+ computers in the vehicles wirelessly? DADS 7. What was the station report called that reported on scan compliance? VERSUS 8. What was the customs clearance system called? BROKER/SELECT 9. What was the smallest Powership device that was deployed called? PS3 10. A printer was once developed for customers that had two printers in it(label and receipt); who made that printer for our customers? TEC

Subject: The Joy of having Insurance

Jimmy Glenn Burk6/18/2015

The Joy of having InsuranceCut my finger, a 1" flap of skin hanging, went to minor medical...they don't do cuts now, but did wrap it for me and directed me to emergency roomWent to emergency room, got seen initially, then waited 4.5 hours, did get to talk to Gary Phillips while thereOne xray, a tetanus shot, pain medicine and 13 stitches later, got out of hospital in less than 6 hoursBill $1,910.60Discount for having insurance 1028.67 Ins paid 144.53; I pay $737.40They said I could come back in 10 days and get sutures removed....Not wanting to wait in hospital all day, I got on Youtube and watched "How to remove Sutures", then bought a $10 kit and removed them myself....I may even put the stitches in myself next time...................

Ben Moore6/18/2015

The minor medical folks are all affiliated with a hospital system now. They'd rather you go to their hospital and charge $1910 than serve you in the minor medical facility for $100. My 92 year old mother fell and cut her hand. The MD at the Methodist affiliated minor medical wouldn't even let her in the door literally but were quick to refer her to the nearby Methodist hospital where she sat for hours to see a nurse practitioner. Ridiculous. Big business!.

John McCorkle6/18/2015

I cut my finger last month, went to urgent care facility and they put two stitches in. I think I had to wait about 20 minutes at the most. Haven't gotten the bill yet.

Jimmy Glenn Burk6/18/2015

the minor medical people thought my cut may have been deeper, and wouldnt look at it, I know they won't look at head injuries either at minor medical facilities.... it seems our insurance used to charge us $100 for emergency room visits, and maybe 30 percent....those days are long gone....

Deby Abbott Jolley6/18/2015

Health insurance is now as complicated as (if not more than) income taxes. There is no way to have any idea how much it's going to cost to go to a doctor or emergency room - other than: A LOT.

Subject: http://www.insidecounsel.com/2015/06/18/fedex-changes-corporate-governance-rules-to-retain

Jimmy Glenn Burk6/18/2015

http://www.insidecounsel.com/2015/06/18/fedex-changes-corporate-governance-rules-to-retain

http://www.insidecounsel.com/2015/06/18/fedex-changes-corporate-governance-rules-to-retain

Subject: FedExr Sighting

Jimmy Glenn Burk6/21/2015

FedExr SightingWent with a group to Mama Mia tonite, & sitting right in front of me was Sid Legge & his wife. Haven't seen Sid in about 7 years. Sid is retired and living on a golf course in Oakland and plays much golf with retirees & other friends. His son work for FedEx.

Subject: Jenn Jones Photo of Her Father of the Year, her Dad...Franklin Jones (who worked many years at FedEx ...

Jimmy Glenn Burk6/22/2015

Jenn Jones Photo of Her Father of the Year, her Dad...Franklin Jones (who worked many years at FedEx)

Subject: a Happy Father's Day posting on Bruce Lindow's page

Jimmy Glenn Burk6/22/2015

a Happy Father's Day posting on Bruce Lindow's page

Subject: HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Kay Moody!!!

Jimmy Glenn Burk6/24/2015

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Kay Moody!!!

Subject: FedEx Random Trivia Quiz (Answer any of these...)

Jimmy Glenn Burk6/24/2015

FedEx Random Trivia Quiz (Answer any of these...)1. If you are about to be caught buying or selling drugs on company property....how do you save your job?2. Are you automatically fired if a gun is found in your car, on company property?3. Can you get your job back if fired for carrying a gun?4. How long can a knife be, to be carried on company property?5. Can you ship personal packages on a company account number and not be fired?6. Can you falsify something and keep your job?7. Is the GFT process always Fair?8. What year approximately did professional men humanoids get to stop wearing ties? and under whose reign?9. What was the first major Unix project deployed at FedEx?10. In the mid 90's what was the IT capital budget for Air Ops? a. $10M b. $20M c. $50M d. $100M11. Can you ship packages for your business or for someone else on your personal shipping Account Number?

Marcie Littles Moss6/24/2015

1. You don't 2. Yes 3. Used to, depending on the circumstances. 4. I think no more than 2 in 5. No 6. No 7. No, not always 8. I remember when that happened but don't know the year 9. ??? 10. ??? 11. No

Chris Bentley6/24/2015

2. No, you cannot be fired for having a gun in your car. State law supersedes FedEx policy.

Deby Abbott Jolley6/24/2015

7. In the field it stands for "Get F'd Twice"

Buddy Johnson6/24/2015

8. Was in mid 80's ; Jim Barksdale 11. Wasn't supposed to....could be. Fired.

Jimmy Glenn Burk6/29/2015

FedEx Random Trivia Quiz (Answer any of these...) 1. If you are about to be caught buying or selling drugs on company property....how do you save your job? In the early days if you got into a drug recovery program before your were approached, it gained you some time. 2. Are you automatically fired if a gun is found in your car, on company property? I think the answer when I worked was Yes, but not now. 3. Can you get your job back if fired for carrying a gun? I have heard of some getting hired back, but they were a new hire. 4. How long can a knife be, to be carried on company property? 5. Can you ship personal packages on a company account number and not be fired? I've seen a few people get a second chance, but if intentional you would be fired. 6. Can you falsify something and keep your job? No 7. Is the GFT process always Fair? I think the company does reviews all the way up to a rotating SVP committee to review. I've been to a couple these meetings, and at that level they look at opportunities to save peoples jobs, if it doesn't overturn past legal practices; but the vast majority of lower decisions are upheld. 8. What year approximately did professional men humanoids get to stop wearing ties? and under whose reign? I think it was around 1992, when Dennis Jones got a business casual ok from FWS. 9. What was the first major Unix project deployed at FedEx? GOCC as far as I know. 10. In the mid 90's what was the IT capital budget for Air Ops? a. $10M b. $20M c. $50M d. $100M Answer was D. $100M out of almost a $1B capital budget for AOD 11. Can you ship packages for your business or for someone else on your personal shipping Account Number? not for business, and you can for someone else if it benefits the employee

Gary Owens8/26/2015

Who hijacked flt 705 in 94?

Deby Abbott Jolley8/27/2015

Auburn Calloway

Gary Phillips8/27/2015

I answered that this afternoon but my comment is gone? ????

Jimmy Glenn Burk8/27/2015

Gary, the question was entered by Gary on two separate posts

Carl Wayne Hardeman8/27/2015

Most of us have probably seen exceptions to most of these. Another question: Can you break a CAR into multiple requests to keep the approval level low?

Subject: http://ecommerce.hostip.info/pages/443/Fedex-Corp-EARLY-HISTORY.html

Jimmy Glenn Burk6/26/2015

http://ecommerce.hostip.info/pages/443/Fedex-Corp-EARLY-HISTORY.html

Gary Owens8/26/2015

When Fed Ex first started Mr Smith told everyone to hang in there and things will take off and boy did they!!

Subject: FedEx'r Sighting

Jimmy Glenn Burk6/27/2015

FedEx'r SightingHad someone come pick up my pontoon boat for service on Garner Lake in Lakeland. On the boat was Nigel Bowen, who is now retired but worked a long time in Elaine Turner's Comm Soft group. He was just tagging along and lived across the street from the MX guy.

Subject: from Steve Swanberg: My new favorite link I embed in my Emails is a good oldie (it probably deserves ...

Jimmy Glenn Burk6/29/2015

from Steve Swanberg: My new favorite link I embed in my Emails is a good oldie (it probably deserves a place in fedexlegends somewhere . . .

Jimmy Glenn Burk6/29/2015



Buddy Johnson6/29/2015

Given state of our country, probably has more relevance today than when it first came out.

Gary Owens8/26/2015

Still have 2 buttons from my employment there in the 80's.

Subject: FedEx's Barry Pilkinton and Joe Lowenthal on TV.

George Moore6/29/2015

FedEx's Barry Pilkinton and Joe Lowenthal on TV.Ham field day

FedEx's Barry Pilkinton and Joe Lowenthal on TV.

Ronnie Foster6/29/2015

We had a great Field Day here in Springfield also. 73's AD0PB

Jimmy Glenn Burk7/3/2015

Barry

Jimmy Glenn Burk7/3/2015

Joe

Subject: http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/Truck-Trapped-in-the-Trinity-310318871.html

George Moore6/29/2015

http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/Truck-Trapped-in-the-Trinity-310318871.html

http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/Truck-Trapped-in-the-Trinity-310318871.html

Gary Phillips6/29/2015

Was it an employee or was it being delivered?

Linda Cook Thorn6/29/2015

So sad. 😢🙏

Debora Williams Waller6/29/2015

Never ever good to hear about a FedEx accident.

Rebecca Felts6/29/2015

That's a shame

Kathy Guererri Heatherly6/29/2015

So Sad

Subject: Kay Coop, FedExr & artist; Kay and Suzanne Gaal were HR reps when I hired on in Feb 1980.

Jimmy Glenn Burk7/4/2015

Kay Coop, FedExr & artist; Kay and Suzanne Gaal were HR reps when I hired on in Feb 1980.

Kay Coop, FedExr & artist; Kay and Suzanne Gaal were HR reps when I hired on in Feb 1980.

Subject: Computerworld 1981-82 advertisement Federal Express

Jimmy Glenn Burk7/4/2015

Computerworld 1981-82 advertisement Federal Express

Jimmy Glenn Burk7/4/2015



Jimmy Glenn Burk7/4/2015



Jimmy Glenn Burk7/4/2015



Mary A Johnson7/4/2015

Yep! I R A COBOL programmer! And PROUD of it!

Subject: How about that my FDX Emp. Number and Americas Birthday are the same! Easy for me to remember. 😄

Peter Dangerfield7/4/2015

How about that my FDX Emp. Number and Americas Birthday are the same! Easy for me to remember. 😄

Gary Phillips7/4/2015

I knew it was small Pete but is how many digits?

Don Rose7/4/2015

Yeah Pete, mine is 265. I still have a few years before I get a match.

Buddy Johnson7/4/2015

Pete, are you 74? Wow!

Don Rose7/5/2015

No Buddy, Pete's number is 239, the same as America's birthday today.

Buddy Johnson7/5/2015

Thanks, Don.

Subject: Congratulations to Kim & Kevin Humphries on the birth of their daughter! Hannah Riley Humphries

Jimmy Glenn Burk7/4/2015

Congratulations to Kim & Kevin Humphries on the birth of their daughter! Hannah Riley Humphries

Diane Conner White7/6/2015

So happy for Winn and Judy!

Subject: FedEx Trivia Quiz

Jimmy Glenn Burk7/9/2015

FedEx Trivia Quiza. Employess salaries are cut 5%; bonus's are frozen, 401K match stopped; FWS takes 20% pay cut...What year was this?b. Federal Express switches from ACP/TPF operating system and programs written in assembler to IMS/COBOL for COSMOS applications.What year is this?c. Federal Express for the first time, routes customer calls away from staff at the stations, to a location where people are dedicated to take phone calls.What year is this, and what is the location?

Danielle Harnisch7/9/2015

A only mgmt salaries were cut by 5%

Jimmy Glenn Burk7/9/2015

I wasn't there in this year, but had 8 relatives working there and they all took a 5% pay cut Headline: " FedEx Delivers Pay Cuts to Save Jobs Package-hauling giant slashes CEO's pay 20 percent, with other senior execs facing 7.5 to 10 percent reductions. Merits also disappear, while other salaried workers take a 5-percent cut."

Don Rose7/9/2015

I took a 5% cut.

Danielle Harnisch7/9/2015

Yes, salaried only I meant , not hourly

Ben Moore7/10/2015

b. 10/18/1982 (corrected)

Ron Houston7/9/2015

a. 2001, b. 1988,-89 c.1979-80 / Baltimore ? ? ?

Subject: Happy Birthday to this FedExR! Who is this??

Jimmy Glenn Burk7/10/2015

Happy Birthday to this FedExR! Who is this??

Terrie Hoerning7/11/2015

Susan Wright!

Jimmy Glenn Burk7/11/2015

Terrie is correct! Susan was Sr. Mgr of Telecom Administration at FedEx in the 80's and early 90's; She then went to work for Coca Cola & BellSouth in Atlanta.

Linda Shelley Morton7/11/2015

I talked to Susan not long ago.....she is great...enjoying retirement.

Subject: Does anyone have a phone # for Tommy Bullion or Mike Carasco? Kathy

Kathy Jones Crockett7/14/2015

Does anyone have a phone # for Tommy Bullion or Mike Carasco? Kathy

Debora Williams Waller7/14/2015

If you are a member of the FedEx Retiree Club, check in the directory.

Subject: http://about.van.fedex.com/our-story/history-timeline/timeline/

Jimmy Glenn Burk7/15/2015

http://about.van.fedex.com/our-story/history-timeline/timeline/

Subject: Travel Questions:

Jimmy Glenn Burk7/15/2015

Travel Questions:Have any of you ever took the Rocky Mountaineer Train Trip thru the Canadian Rockies?Have any of you been to Hawaii? Did you fly and island jump, or did anyone every fly over there and take the cruise around the islands?

Charles Morgan7/15/2015

Hawaii in 2002, flew into Honolulu, took the island jump to the big island to see the Volcano National Park...

Larry Tieman7/15/2015

Have twice flown there and taken the cruise around the islands. LOTS of great excursions.

Rebecca Felts7/15/2015

Took a cruise around the islands, but rented a car in every port. Went to 3 Luau's, had a GREAT time. I planned it all.. husband booked a flight over Kauai, was amazing.

Brian Sneed7/15/2015

Several times to Hawaii. Big Island, Kauai, Oahu turtle bay on Oahu.

Sandy Bringhurst Howard7/15/2015

Went to Hawaii in 2014. We flew American from Memphis to Dallas and then to Maui. We flew one day from Maui to Oahu with a tour guide all day around Pearl Harbor. I loved Maui!!

Sandy Bringhurst Howard7/15/2015

If you like, I can provide the travel agent we used. We used viator tours for the trip to Pearl Harbor.

Bob Higgins7/15/2015

Did Rocky Mountaineer in 2001. Great trip. Spent week following in Banf & Jasper.

Bob Higgins7/15/2015

Many trips to Hawaii. Cruised through their in June of this year. Extended stays on Kauai & Maui. Once flew into Honolulu, and walked over to Aloha Airlines counter and chose destination by picking the next flight leaving to one of the other islands (Kauai).

Tommy Shelton7/15/2015

We flew to Honolulu and toured it a couple days and then took an island jump flight to Kauai for a couple days. Returned to Honolulu and took a city bus all around the outskirts of the island and had the locals as our tour guides on the bus ride.

Robert Ford7/16/2015

My wife and I did the Rocky Mountaineer trip through the Canadian Rockies in 2006 right before our son was born. It was a great time!

Subject: FedEx Trivia Quiz:

Jimmy Glenn Burk7/15/2015

FedEx Trivia Quiz:a. Who was the Prime contractor for the Memphis SuperHub?b. After the Dassult Falcons, and Boeing 727's what aircraft did FedEx purchase?c. When FedEx told Burroughs Corp that they were going to IBM, there was a basic version of COSMOS running on the Burroughs mainframe that interfaced to the call centers. Who was responsible for making sure that there was something the call center agents could use until COSMOS on the IBM was in production?d. Why did Federal Express purchase and install at least 3 large C Band antennas in the very early 80's?e. Which company flew International packages to Canada, when Federal Express wasn't allowed to fly there?

Gary Phillips7/15/2015

B. DC-10s E. Not sure, seems like it was someone like Emery.

Akita Hank7/15/2015

C Kathy Crockett

Subject: Deby Abbott Jolley > FedEx ITD Retiree Breakfast Club

Deby Abbott Jolley7/17/2015



Deby Abbott Jolley > FedEx ITD Retiree Breakfast Club

Subject: Trivia: What was the name of the FedEx company that was going to launch satellites and bid on launch ...

Jimmy Glenn Burk7/18/2015

Trivia: What was the name of the FedEx company that was going to launch satellites and bid on launching Space Shuttle missions(the space shuttles were planned originally to be able to launch every week....)

Ben Moore7/18/2015

SUN - Satellite Universal Network headed by T. Allan McArtor

Jimmy Glenn Burk7/21/2015

Answer: FedEx SpaceTran

Subject: BERT

Jimmy Glenn Burk7/22/2015

BERT

Subject: FedEx History Highlights

Jimmy Glenn Burk7/24/2015

FedEx History Highlights

FedEx History Highlights

Gary Owens8/26/2015

I still have my hat with the old logo on it from the 80's

Subject: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KoFLdD3oakU

Jimmy Glenn Burk7/24/2015

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KoFLdD3oakU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KoFLdD3oakU

Subject: http://www.fastcodesign.com/1671067/the-story-behind-the-famous-fedex-logo-and-why-it-works

Jimmy Glenn Burk7/24/2015

http://www.fastcodesign.com/1671067/the-story-behind-the-famous-fedex-logo-and-why-it-works

http://www.fastcodesign.com/1671067/the-story-behind-the-famous-fedex-logo-and-why-it-works

Subject: CIGNA BEING BOUGHT

Jimmy Glenn Burk7/24/2015

CIGNA BEING BOUGHT

CIGNA BEING BOUGHT

Sheila Turnage Harrell7/24/2015

Wow- $54 billion! Waiting for the next level of change. It will come. Pray Beth looks out for us with the new leadership!

Subject: Are the two Memphis FedEx Health centers for employees and families only or does it include retirees ...

Jimmy Glenn Burk7/24/2015

Are the two Memphis FedEx Health centers for employees and families only or does it include retirees?

Jimmy Glenn Burk7/24/2015



Debora Williams Waller7/24/2015

No retirees cannot go to these centers.

Subject: New second opinion program ConsumerMedical

Jimmy Glenn Burk7/24/2015

New second opinion program ConsumerMedical

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