{"id":5716,"date":"2015-12-17T16:34:51","date_gmt":"2015-12-17T21:34:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/199.250.217.132\/~fixhyb5\/fixhybrid-new\/?p=5716"},"modified":"2015-12-17T16:34:51","modified_gmt":"2015-12-17T21:34:51","slug":"christmas-interns-and-growth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fixhybrid.com\/?p=5716","title":{"rendered":"Christmas, Interns and Puerto Rico"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_5724\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5724\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5724\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fixhybrid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/unnamed_srcset-large-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"Auto Air Parts in Puerto Rico \" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-5724\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Auto Air Parts in Puerto Rico<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I just got back to my office after a 2 week vacation, a Birthday and classes in Puerto Rico. What a great month so far. Climate change is keeping things warmer in Massachusetts than normal. The forecast is 60 F (15c) for Christmas. Normal is about 30F (Oc). ACDC had a record breaking year. All the associates at ACDC are doing well. The training center is getting a lot of use. More equipment, a<strong> Toyota Camry Hybrid was added recently<\/strong> and we are building<strong> lift fixtures for removing EV batteries<\/strong>. One of the best new things at ACDC is our intern program. 10 college students from Holland and the USA spent 6 to 8 weeks at ACDC. Our office is also a home for two students. <strong>Pairs of bright young automotive grads (2 to 4 years of college) lived and breathed hybrid and EV technology<\/strong>. No one wanted to go home but now they are much better equipped with some real world lessons.<br \/>\nDecember 20 is also the birthday of Deb and Van Batenburg\u2019s Garage. I won\u2019t mention the year Deb was born (hint: same as me) but <strong>I started my shop in the twentieth of December 1977. 38 years ago.<\/strong> I have lived in the same house for 30, married to Deb for 26 but ACDC (Formerly VBG) has been a rock for me. I have been blessed to work in an industry that keeps me thinking. ACDC has younger people here that keep us all young. <strong>Deb is awesome and adds the glue here.<\/strong> I see myself as the \u201cTechie\u201d with a vision of a better planet. And without you, our customers, none of us at ACDC would have the jobs we have. <strong>Thanks for your business over the years.<\/strong><br \/>\nMerry Christmas, whether you are Christian or not, it is a great time of year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I just got back to my office after a 2 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"0","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5716","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-craigs-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fixhybrid.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5716","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fixhybrid.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fixhybrid.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fixhybrid.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fixhybrid.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5716"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.fixhybrid.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5716\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fixhybrid.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5716"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fixhybrid.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5716"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fixhybrid.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5716"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}