[TUHS] G R Emlin

[Brantley Coile]

I used it when I was there, waiting for my own badge. When Dennis heard I didn't have my badge yet, he jumped up, ran off, returning a few minutes later with G R's badge for me to use. 

I did.

Brantley

> On Jul 20, 2020, at 3:35 PM, Andrew Hume <andrew at humeweb.com> wrote:
> 
> at one point, Bell Labs instituted a new policy to segregate contractors by
> making them wear a greenish badge. they marked the occasion by sending round
> a memo showing what the badge would look like.
> 
> as soon as i got my copy of the memo, i immediately went to Brian Kernighan’s
> office so we could ridicule this administrative missive. except, i found him cutting
> the fake badge out and was faking a G. R. Emlin name plate. Brian remarked that
> Vyssotsky had already been round earlier suggesting the same idea. the fake
> badge was good; Jon Bentley used it a couple of times to enter the building.
> 
> 	Andrew
> 
>> On Jul 20, 2020, at 6:42 AM, Doug McIlroy <doug at cs.dartmouth.edu> wrote:
>> 
>> Coming upon this dedication in  W.B. Yeats's book, "Irish Folk
>> stories and Fairy Tales", I felt a frisson of connection: "Inscribed
>> to my mystical friend, G. R." Mystically present in the Unix room
>> and on the 1127 org chart, G. R. Emlin took a place in our little
>> community akin to that of fairies in Irish peasant culture. First
>> encountered by Fred Grampp, G. R. manifested to others in various
>> guises, ranging from Grace Emlin, whom I remember as a security guru,
>> to a Labs-badged apparition now housed in the corporate archives
>> (www.peteradamsphoto.com/unix-folklore/). My most memorable personal
>> encounter was when I received from G. R. a receipt for paint for the
>> water-tower project (spinrooot.com/pico/pjw.html) as part of a request
>> for reimbursement. I passed the voucher up the chain of command to
>> our executive director, Vic Vyssotsky. Unfortunately for G. R., Vic,
>> despite his masterful ability to bypass bureaucratic obstacles,
>> declared he wasn't authorized to approve plant improvements.
>> 
>> Doug
>