Talk:Ben Hamper

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Hamper appeared on the cover of the Wall Street Journal BEFORE "Roger & Me" was released and BEFORE the publishing of his book "Rivethead". —Preceding unsigned comment added by 63.161.204.233 (talk) 14:55, 16 July 2009 (UTC)

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Please, inform us huddled barely and unwashed masses as to why the Hamper unit was deserving of inclusion upon the pages of the Journal from Wall Street? Curious minds are curious and slaver to learn as to why the WSJ would include mention of that particular entity. Obbop mumbled this in a printed way but the inaudible mumbling was "hearable" within my own mind.Obbop (talk) 21:10, 3 October 2010 (UTC)

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this reads more like an op-ed piece than a factual article` —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.201.52.8 (talk) 05:23, 25 December 2010 (UTC)

WSJ cover story features in the book, so Hamper would have had to have pulled of something pretty special if this happened after it was published. According to 'Rivethead' the article was about writers who also worked in industry. Hamper was one of three interviewed (but selected for the cover shot). — Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.105.61.184 (talk) 17:35, 14 September 2011 (UTC)

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Ben Was Not Laid Off
The article says that when Ben's employment with GM ended in 1988 he was laid off. In fact it was because he suffered a panic attack (at least his third) and he decided, at the urging of his psychiatrist, to give up working, as documented at the end of Rivethead. He is still on disability, or at least was as of a year or two ago (the last time I saw his name pop up in a news report). Unless someone has any further information, I will update the article to reflect that. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Caissanist (talk • contribs) 15:25, 9 March 2018 (UTC)