While Working at the Quito Road Radio Shack in Saratoga, CA I sold 65 Packages of Hearing Aid Batteries Every Three Months to a Man Exporting Them to Poland.

Hundreds of People Could Hear... Impossible to Buy There... Maybe it was Czechoslovakia... Whatever... This is MY RIGHT LIVELIHOOD... 

I also Sold an Entire Recording Studio (microphones, tape recorder, mixing board) to a Lady doing an Interview Radio Show on Alternative Medicine for KARA in Santa Clara. She felt the people would be more relaxed and talkative is the interviews were held in her home... 

We failed to sell a Stopwatch to the Head Coach of the 49ers Football Team. The one we had in stock was the Complex, Muti -Function Watch and he wanted the Simple One... We found what he wanted at the Next store down the road... and He bought it there... 

I was also involved in PREDICTING THE FUTURE. The Question was "What will people want to buy Six Months from now?" My Opinions were passed on to Corporate Headquarters in Fort Worth, Texas by my Boss, Carol. She was often asked her opinion because she could tell them "What Women Want." - Since 40% of the money at "The Shack" was spent by women... Knowing what Women Want is Important. She asked for Multi-Color Telephones... Before, all phones were Black... but with the Invention of "The Princess Phone" we switched to a Rainbow of Pastels... 

A Benefit of working at Radio Shack was the EDUCATION required by Corporate to keep your job as a salesman. We studied 14 different subjects and had to pass a test. "How a VCR Works", "Antenna Design", "Computer Science" and "Marketing FUN-da-mentals."  No Matter What, I still remember How a Radio Works and How a TV Works etc etc etc...

I was driving down Union Ave from the Unemployment office after a frustrating day looking for a Job and I Saw The Radio Shack and said to myself -"Hell, I Can Do THAT!" - and I was Hired. I found out later that they hire almost everyone and fire those that fail quickly. I did not fail and Rode That Horse for SIX Years... Eventually getting fired for drinking on the job BUT, I did buy $6,000 worth of Stock which paid for a Four Month Vacation in Chico, CA where I attended Three AA Meetings a Day, Played my Guitar on the Street for Tips, Met my Wife and Got a Job at WREX Plastics making Wheelchair Wheels, Vending Machine Parts and Swim Fins. What a Blessing Getting fired was... Remember: It's All Just Grist For The Mill. (A Book by Ram Dass) https://www.amazon.com/Grist-Mill-Awakening-Ram-Dass/dp/0062235915 


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*Rainbow Gathering July 1-7, 2024 Will Be In CALIFORNIA... Exact Location To Be Revealed June 15th... and As Soon as I Know, I'll Post Driving Directions and Maps Here... What IS The Rainbow Gathering? For Me, It's Woodstock with Amateur Musicians and I'm in the Band... It's a Week Long Backpack Trip for Thousands of People...


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*"Conspiracy Theories" that are ACTUALLY TRUE. MKULTRA, Cointelpro, CIA-Contra-Cocaine, Donald Rumsfeld Selling Weapons to Saddam Hussein, UFOs are Real... Sometimes people dismiss Truth as "Just a Conspiracy Theory" because they Don't LIKE THE TRUTH.

1967: The Summer of Love... San Francisco, Hippies, Flower Power, Peace, The Diggers, Haight Ashbury, LSD and the Grateful Dead. It certainly has been a Long Strange Trip. Congratulations to all those of us who have survived... One thing is for certain...The culture of the United States was radically different After the 1960's...



*American History: "The Thunder Machine" was a Giant Sheet Metal Sculpture that you Got Inside and Played like a Drum. Made by Ron Boise and used at Ken Kesey's Acid Tests.

For Maximum Effect, Don't Read This Book. Write Your Own! --- "Lessons Learned" by Gregory Vanderlaan. A Lifetime of Trial, Error and Survival Yielded These Words of Wisdom...

My Biff Rose Trip: Driving To a Cabin in the Woods - down The Coast of California from Arcata thru Ft Bragg to Mendocino... An Excellent Adventure!

How To Remove Smoke from Indoor Air. Tape a Filter to a Box Fan. During Wildfire Season the Air Indoors is Bad to Breathe...


Pretty Soon the Filter Turns Brown
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Who WAS Ram Dass? In the Sixties, He was a Psychedelics Researcher and Promoter at Harvard with Dr. Timothy Leary. (LSD, Magic Mushrooms and Peyote) Then He went to India Looking for Enlightenment and Met a Guru. Changed His Name and Published a Great Book... "Remember: Be Here Now" - It Has His Autobiography and then Many ART Drawings Explaining Eastern Religion. Real Name: Dr. Richard Alpert...


Who WAS Ram Dass? In the Sixties, He was a Psychedelics Researcher and Promoter at Harvard with Dr. Timothy Leary. (LSD, Magic Mushrooms and Peyote)


My Autobiography: Growing Up in Los Gatos, California in the 1960s by Gregory Vanderlaan - and Living in San Jose, Washington DC, Chico, Eureka and Orangevale, CA.

I Was Born in 1954. We lived Near the San Jose Airport until they Started Landing Jet Airplanes and We had to move... We went to Los Gatos in 1960. I lived there until graduation from Los Gatos High School in 1972... an Ideal Childhood... FYI: Los Gatos is about 50 miles South of San Francisco on the edge of the mountains between San Jose and Santa Cruz.

I Went to West Valley Jr. College, learned electronics drafting and got a job at System Industries in Santa Clara... I feel blessed that not only did I grow up in a great location but I also grew up at a great time. I missed the Vietnam War by ONE Year and Silicon Valley Was Hiring Like Crazy When I Needed a Job.
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History of the Vietnam War. 58,000 Americans Died for Nothing... Something They Don't Teach in School Now... "Too Controversial" -

During the 1950s Americans went into a Mad Panic about Communists taking over the world. We built thousands of Nuclear Missiles and Fallout Shelters. The US Congress had witch hunts (Joe McCarthy-HUAC) to expose "Commies" who worked in The Hollywood Movie business and blacklisted folksingers that were leading our young people astray with Labor Union Organizing songs.


During the height of this hysteria Vice President Richard Nixon went on Television and explained "The Domino Principle" while pointing to a map of Asia. His theory was...

READ MORE: https://gvan42.blogspot.com/2017/11/a-brief-history-of-vietnam-war-58000.html

Who Won the War? DOW CHEMICAL AND HUGHES AIRCRAFT. Selling Napalm, Agent Orange and Helicopters...

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AMERICA'S BOGUS WARS - Since 1945, The US Military Has Never Defended The USA, Not Even Once.

Ever since Victory in Japan, All of Our Wars have been Marketing to Sell Weapons for the Military Industrial Complex.







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