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notice on the front of the TV, just above the on-off button. l did everything l was to do, but before l could stick the notice l was grabbed from behind by the elderly couple, one on each side, in firm control of both my arms. They quickly
dragged me back to their still-opened front door, across the landing and let me go from the top of the stairs. l did manage to go back up the stairs and bang on
their locked door (l had to try it). The next guy to be sent there was accompanied by a Prince George's County Sheriff's Deputy.

The first payday at C.l.C. made it possible to buy more materials for another few paintings and l did knock out about that many within the next month. A little later, l learned about another sales/service position that gave my income a considerable boost. lt was Home Optical. They offered complete optical services
in the customer's home. First, we picked the customer up from home and drove them to their optometrist's office for an exam and the resulting prescription. We
will help them choose their frames. Then we will send your prescription and choice of frames to our occulist who will grind the lenses and put them in their frames. Then we'll deliver them to you and fit them to your ears and nose.

In the first 3 months out of the Army, things went fairly well. Ron was able to use my help re-posessing cars about ten times a month, l re-posessed a gang
of stuff for C.l.C. and they supplied me with the new 59 Plymouth on schedule
as well as supplying a lot of good training in the art of conducting smooth, suc-
cessful re-posessions. ln the fourth month l had progressed some in that art and
felt comfortable applying what l'd been taught. By then,Home Optical was doing
well too, considering how little time l was able to invest in it once l got rolling in
re-posession. And Painting:Near the end, l realised that time to work the phone
for Home Optical most often came from time that could have been used to paint. l really liked doing everything that l was doing, but if l could, l would just
paint. By the middle of the fourth month out-of-Army l had completed and sold
three more paintings,all non-objective, all 3'x4', all at the same coffee house, in
the same week, all purchased by the same person and at the great bargain price
of $575.

Also in the middle of that same month (June '79) Herman and his fiance,
Tatiana were married. All of the house-mates served as ushers. Tatiana grew
up in Chapel Hill, N.C. where her dad was Pastor of the Episcopal Church.
Right, total downtown church wedding. lt remains the most beautiful wedding
l have witnessed. l took the '59 Plymouth carrying myself and three other
ushers. The following Monday at our regular morning conference l gave Bob
my check that represented the cash l had collected on Friday and used over the  the weekend. He refused thecheck and sent me out to cash it and bring him the cash. When l returnedwith the cash, he handed me a notice of dismissal and a check for what C.l.C.owed me at that point.
owed me at that point