RichC | February 19, 2021
Well it is official, we are both with Mint Mobile. I’ve been using them for a month now and haven’t had any issues with their service (backboned on T-Mobile I believe) … and since saving money for the same service is a no-brainer, I’ve switched Brenda’s iPhone over this month as well … and added […]
Category: Cellphone, Financial, Gadget, Memories, Personal, Technology |
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Tags: beeper, Cellphone, Financial, iphone, mint mobile, mobile, pager, phone, portage, referral, saviings, tech friday, techfriday
RichC | September 17, 2017
One of these days I’m planning to archive a post that summarizes all the cars I’ve owned. One that I had forgotten was a favorite "company supplied car" when I worked in purchasing and sales at Knight-Ridder/Portage Newspaper Supply out of Akron, Ohio in the early to mid-1980s. The first car was a white Chevrolet […]
Category: Automotive, Personal, Photos |
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Tags: cars, celebrity, Chevrolet, crush, portage, tank
RichC | August 17, 2017
Earlier this week, I had a Throwback Thursday moment when reading my Twitter feed. A reporter commented on @PortageNotebook and the logo/icon was a dead giveaway for the spin-off company where I once worked. The Akron, Ohio based Portage Newspaper Supply was the purchasing arm for Knight Ridder Newspapers and I was part of the […]
Category: Memories, Social Networking, TBT |
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Tags: akron, jobs, knight ridder, newspaper, ohio, portage, sales, supply, TBT, work
RichC | March 25, 2013
In the 1980s I worked for a division of Knight Ridder Newspapers in Akron, Ohio call Portage Newspaper Supply Co. (now McClatchy Company). Portage handled central purchasing for the chain’s 58+ newspapers with nearly everything that was needed to produce the printed paper, as well as a few independent products (I believe all that is […]
Category: History, Personal, Tablet, Video |
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Tags: History, ipad, knight ridder, mcclatchy, newspaper, portage, tablet