Barbara writes:

I arrived in Milwaukee. And as the plane was taxiing to the gate, I received a call from Lisa Kretlow, our Quad account manager, who updated me on the press check. Pat Carl, one of the Quad chauffeurs, met me in the airport lobby and drove me to the Sussex, WI, plant to pick up my Quad car. Quad loans its customers cars to drive while they are in their plants.

Pat had to stop at two other Quad plants on the way, so I checked my voice mail and called home. Brad Drake, our post press manager, called me to check some data samples for MyBusiness via email, and Lisa called again with a question about the NFIB Federal Mandate Ballot, which Quad would also be printing this week.

Finally I checked into the Marriott in Waukesha and ate a late lunch at the Thunder Bay Grille in Pewaukee, a restaurant I had eaten at during my first MyBusiness press check in 2000. As I finished lunch, a transformer blew up outside the restaurant and knocked out the power. The restaurant had to find a discarded credit card swipe machine so that I could pay for my meal.

I checked with the Sussex press room and discovered that my first press check probably wouldn?t be until after 7 p.m.

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