Originally Posted by VNORTH2
Marty said

I was installing millwork in EF HUTTON'S downtown Dallas office on Black Monday when the stock market fell 22.6% in one day.

Boy do I remember that day Oct 19, 1987...I was a stock broker in Toronto...changed my life instantly

Steve

Tell me about it Steve.
I was working with carpenter's installing cabinetry and all of the brokers in the office were looking at monitors like they were watching the JFK assassination.
A few days later, my relationships in the facilities dept were losing their jobs.