-- MichaelCurtis - 14 Jul 2009

John Deere: July 14, 2009

So, I start a lot of blogs with the word "so" and today is no different. I'm really tired as I type this, I just finished approximately half of my entree from Chili's - the jalapeno steak quesadillas. But the tour to John Deere is supposed to be the highlight of our day, so I'll try to talk about that. I found it pretty interesting, seeing lasers and manufacturing lines and whatnot, and our tour guide was very knowledgeable. In fact, he said he was hired in 1955 and has been retired for some time. I believe my dad was born in '54 or something, so I'd definitely say our tour guide was pro.

HamadiMcIntosh - 15 Jul 2009 - 13:58

I hope you brought your A game to the Telerobotics group's experiment because I plan on finding all of whatever they're hiding.

MichaelOren - 14 Jul 2009 - 20:32

I enjoyed the tour guide, he had a great personality for it--very passionate about Deere but also really willing to tell it like is (e.g. the layoffs). I also enjoyed his stab at the plastics company Deere was leasing part of one of the buildings to (something like "they aren't Deere people").

MinaChoi - 14 Jul 2009 - 16:58

not!

MinaChoi - 14 Jul 2009 - 16:58

interesting.