- John Weiman was brazing in our California depot (yr 1993) and he set fire to the recirculating bath. Which had alcohol in it. (oops!!) Fire department came and the whole shabang! No one was hurt in this incident. - George Melero
- Rick Mills, Ken Parker, and Donn Calvi put black paper over the environmental chamber window to hide the fact that they were having a Christmas party inside. Music, food, xmas lights, invitation only - know one walking by thought anything was going on! - anonymous future NESLABian
- The crazy Sub-Assembly Boys Welded a quarter to a nail and drove it into the upstairs hall floor (at 871), probably Ray Staples or Jim W, and Mr Butler (known for his "frugality"), thought he was a quarter richer, but alas fell victim to the laughter of the S/A crew! Oh...and for the record, I believe it was "I" who coined the phrase "Neslabian"...You will be hearing from my attorney! - Mark Stone
- Dale Becker was notorious for victimizing new employees of the service group with a soldering test. The test required the unsuspecting person to solder two pieces of copper using a special phozen rod. After twenty minutes of being unsuccessful the person would give up only to see the whole department laughing. The special phozen rod was in fact a piece of stainless steel cap-tube. I of course know this because I was one of the victims!! - Chris Allyson
- A day in 197(?) when someone replaced the acid flux in Craig Dagenais' Flux cup with water while he was trying to soft solder assembly pieces for Mr. Butler and the President of LAM research... While they were watching over his shoulder.
- Fred Chisholm
- At 871 Islington Street the floors in the sub assembly (E/A) area on the second floor were old wood floors with knotholes in them. Assemblers sat on little metal stools with wheels. Occassionally while propelling the stool to another station on the production table, those little wheels would get stuck in a knothole, thereby dumping the assembler on the floor! Of course, no one laughed!! - Elaine Anuszkiewicz
- Rich Skidgel and Carol Meikle put a large statue of Elvis on Dennis O'Brien's desk. This all started with Dennis telling Rich he looked like Elvis
after he got a haircut for his motorcycle riding. It seems Rich and Carol found a cement lawn statue of Elvis that must have weighed at least 125 pounds and
decided to leave it on Dennis's desk for a joke. I believe that was about 1997 or 1998. - Bob Wiedeman
- The (old) cafeteria had a "wall of honor". After 10 years of service, the company would have a professional photographer come in and take your portrait, and it would be displayed there. A nice touch. - Rick Mills
- Fooling the coffee machine into giving half-price coffee by using NH turnpike tokens instead of quarters. - Rick Mills
- Water was the only beverage allowed in carpeted areas, and you have to cover up your computer at night with a clear vinyl cover. - Rick Mills
