FIBROFIX

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People have asked what our backgrounds are and what we do for a living. Anne: For the past several years I was an outside sales rep for industrial supply distributors. That means I had a list of customers that I had built up over time, mostly warehouses, distribution companies, factories, contractors, etc. The products I sold to them included steel strapping, boxes and bags, custom wooden crates, protective shipping cases, antistatic packaging, custom designed foam packaging inserts, bubble wrap in giant rolls, stretch wrap for palletizing, tape, kraft paper, newsprint, labels, plastic bags, mailing tubes, and packing popcorn. I worked out of my Ford Explorer and office at home, calling on current customers to make sure they have what they need and are satisfied with my products and service, and cold-calling to add new customers. Some customers would call and tell me what they needed, ask advice or request emergency deliveries (that's why the big truck). Without a PDA and cell phone, I would have been lost. Starting as an employee-type rep, I moved up the food chain to be an Independent Professional. IP's are self-employed much like a plumber, lawyer, etc . We choose how, where and when to do the work, pay our own expenses, and represent one company. Being a 'Hired Gun" gives flexibility and a great deal of job satisfaction. For the past two years I have not been working as a sales rep. Am "horse-trading". I was raised in Kennesaw, GA but moved to Oklahoma in 1967 as a teen. From age 8, I worked after school and weekends in my Dad's welding shop, then added other work as I got older. My maiden name was Rudd. My adult work background is really varied. From 1973 to 1981 I was a professional bicycle mechanic and eventually owned a Raleigh bicycle dealership in Ada, Oklahoma. When I was about 29, I sold the shop to return to college, with an eye to attending law school. Right after I sold the shop, a knee surgery that was not followed up responsibly resulted in blood clots to both lungs, anoxia (loss of oxygen) and brain damage. My husband, Dale. literally dragged me back from it - it took years. I finished a degree in Accounting in 1985 at the School of Business of East Central University and am very proud of that. Dale also has a degree in Accounting from ECU, and works in management at a large orange juice factory near Orlando. Busy season starts in October each year, which means he usually works 7 days per week. He gets a few weeks in March of 5 days per week, then we tough it out until about April. His full name is William Dale Hillebrand. He was raised in Lindsay, Oklahoma and lived in Oklahoma almost his entire life until we moved to Florida in 1988. He is a twice-decorated Army volunteer veteran of the Viet Nam war. From the photos, you can tell he's 6' 2". We met January 17, 1971 while in college in Ada, and married just 5 months later on July 3, 1971. In the little town in Oklahoma where I went to high school, the talk still has not died down. ha ha. There aren't many spouses who would stick it out without complaining with a mate that had the serious health problems I have had. He salvaged me from scrap twice.

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