| The Man. Somehow, I got tagged with this name at work. I can't remember who gave it to me and I don't quite know what it's supposed to mean (I'm probably better off not knowing certain things). The picture was taken outside Blegen library at UC. I think I'm a lot friendlier looking than the man cast in bronze behind me. |
Carl Heilmann |
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Internet Email Address: cheilmann@fuse.net
Hi. I'm Carl Heilmann. I've worked with computers for 30
plus years at the
University of Cincinnati but was never the nuts and bolts kind of guy. I
preferred working on the management and design side of the business. With the
advent of PC's and inexpensive software, computing suddenly became a lot of
fun for me, especially when compared to what it was like working with "big
iron" for so many years. Gee, now I can sit at my PC and create pages such
as this, and compose documents, spreadsheets, graphics and more without the need
to talk to some wirehead in the central shop. What a wonderfully free and
uplifting feeling. I can even maintain a Web site such as this with little
assistance.
I live on the west side of town. It's a community called Delhi. It has lots of
hills, flower gardens, sport fans and the College of Mount St. Joseph. It's
close to the river and to Greater Cincinnati Airport, which is on the other side
of the river in Kentucky. I lived in a four bedroom house at 447 Hillbrook Dr.
for 20 years. This is where Edith and I raised our two sons David and John. In
1996, with both boys gone, we moved to another house. It also has four bedrooms
and is somewhat larger. It is located at 441 Hillbrook Dr., right next door.
People on the west side tend not to move far from home.
Our oldest son David was on work assignment in Munich Germany for GE Capital and lived in a
very nice apartment near the center of things. Being the ever-good parents, we
spent four weeks with him in the summer of 1997. John came along and then stayed
another six weeks. It was one heck-of-a-good time. There's a lot to do around
Munich and we used Dave's rental car to take many day trips. The weather was
wonderfully cool with a good number of cloudy days (the Alps were always partly
hidden). The food was wunderbar and we sampled all of the region's beer and then
some.
Both of my parents came to the USA from Germany when in their teens. So, while there, we visited Heidelberg and northern Germany to track down all the cousins. All of us spoke some German and when Edith had a few drinks, her Deutch flowed like pilsner in a beer garden.
There is a little more information about us on
the Fam Page and about our trip overseas on the German Fam Page. These pages are
found in The Fam link and also listed below..
Deutcfam.htm
Dave's German Adventure
