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Tag Archives: Russian Immigrant

Interesting Customers — The Russian Millionaire

Part Five: SherbornBusiness, Charles River, Customers, Russian Immigrant, Shell Station, Wellesley

We had many interesting customers over those years. A few are worth mentioning.

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Story of Otto Kudibal
Meeting Kudibal
Kudibal’s Story
The Plan and What Followed
An Unexpected Discovery
Story of Jan Kotva
The Army
After the Army
The Revelation
Story of Pepa the Spy
The Erb
Early Life
Birth and the War Years
The Good Years
Coming of Age Under Communism – 1948 to 1965
Childhood in Prague
On the Army Train
The Backyard of Our Apartment House
Away from Home
Father Comes Home
Výčapky
Radošina
School Years
Mrs. Polášková
Ninth Grade
Slovakia with Pepa
Tenth and Eleventh Grade
Dušana
The Ball and the Maturita
After School and Before the Army
After the Maturita
My Father’s Second Case
Jana Kolembářová and the Letter
Leaving Czechoslovakia – April to October 1965
Life as a Refugee in Vienna – October 1965 to October 1966
The First Days in Vienna
Traiskirchen
AFCR and Dr. Adamek
Finding Work
Mr. Konir
The Volkswagen and the Alps
Martin the Courier
Alice
Jirka’s Wife
My Cousin Tona
Bohous Fiala
Leaving for the USA
Arrival – October 1966
Babcock Street – 1966 to 1970
The House on Babcock Street
Fugitive Nightmares
Liz
The Draft
The Passport
KLH and Honeywell
MIT
The Czech Community
My Sister’s Visit — Summer 1968
My Sister and Mother Stay in America
Part Five: Sherborn – 1970 onward
Jeanne and the Move to Sherborn
The Road to the Shell Station
The Shell Station
Three Fires
The Gas Shortage
The IRS Visit
Learning to Run a Business
Employees
Interesting Customers — The Russian Millionaire
Interesting Customers — Tocci
Interesting Customers — Sal
Life in Sherborn
The Vacation with Zdenek Renftel
Trying to Go Back
Separating from Jeanne
Passing the Station to Jana and Milan
Part Six: The Career Years – 1976 onward
The House in Weston
Looking for Work
Lamar’s Business Schemes
How I Approached Programming
The Path to NEC
NEC Information Systems

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