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01-01-2018, 05:45 PM
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Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: Feb 2017
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It's tomorrow ...
My last day after 37 years at the same old place! A little (actually very) anxious. I've been telling people I feel like I am standing at a 2000 foot precipice with a parachute on my back. I have packed and unpacked the chute a dozen times. An expert watched me pack the chute. It should work but still... and I don't quite know what's at the bottom when I touch down!
Cheers, Jeff
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01-01-2018, 05:47 PM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Minneapolis
Posts: 4,455
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It will be a safe landing!
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01-01-2018, 05:49 PM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Jan 2014
Posts: 1,764
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Congratulations! Now relax, you've earned it!
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01-01-2018, 05:57 PM
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Moderator Emeritus
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Northern Illinois
Posts: 16,543
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Don't worry - the chute will work just fine!
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01-01-2018, 05:58 PM
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Dryer sheet wannabe
Join Date: Apr 2015
Location: Auburn
Posts: 18
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My last day was two weeks ago after 42 years in heavy construction. Very surreal feeling so far. Was on my to bed Friday night thinking how glad I was to have a three day weekend. I think your going to love it.
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01-01-2018, 06:05 PM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Apr 2012
Posts: 2,911
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"Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for." - Epicurus
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01-01-2018, 06:09 PM
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Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: Oct 2011
Posts: 83
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Congratulations!
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01-01-2018, 06:15 PM
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Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: Feb 2017
Location: Weatherford Texas
Posts: 456
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Quote:
Originally Posted by JeffInSeattle
My last day after 37 years at the same old place! A little (actually very) anxious. I've been telling people I feel like I am standing at a 2000 foot precipice with a parachute on my back. I have packed and unpacked the chute a dozen times. An expert watched me pack the chute. It should work but still... and I don't quite know what's at the bottom when I touch down!
Cheers, Jeff
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Excellent analogy.
Congratulations!
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01-01-2018, 06:18 PM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Mar 2016
Posts: 8,968
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I loved the leap!
There must be some good thermals too, I keep going up instead of heading to the ground.
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01-01-2018, 06:42 PM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Apr 2013
Posts: 11,078
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Enjoy the ride!
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01-01-2018, 07:27 PM
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Moderator
Join Date: Oct 2010
Posts: 10,656
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Quote:
Originally Posted by RobbieB
I loved the leap!
There must be some good thermals too, I keep going up instead of heading to the ground.
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I like the image of running down a hill with a para glider already inflated over my head, and leaving the ground that way. Cliffs are so sudden.
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01-01-2018, 07:34 PM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Nov 2016
Posts: 9,424
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WOW! Good for you.
I walked out the back door and haven't been back but left on very good terms. I had no desire to go back after working there 35 years.
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01-01-2018, 07:40 PM
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Moderator
Join Date: Nov 2014
Posts: 9,102
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Congratulations. Happy for you. I'm looking forward to the day I'm in you shoes.
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01-01-2018, 07:45 PM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: West of the Mississippi
Posts: 17,173
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a whole new world awaits you!
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Comparison is the thief of joy
The worst decisions are usually made in times of anger and impatience.
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01-01-2018, 08:06 PM
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Full time employment: Posting here.
Join Date: May 2011
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Welcome to every day being a Saturday. Congratulations.
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01-01-2018, 09:42 PM
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Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: Dec 2016
Posts: 411
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Congrats
It’s been two years plus a day since I pulled the ripcord...(the newbies have a hard time thinking what it was like in the older days...actually having to pull boards and replace parts on it... not to mention actually being able to troubleshoot....). Heard through someone still there that they are really having some issues since a couple of us (dinosaurs) left....wonder why?
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01-01-2018, 10:06 PM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Mar 2007
Posts: 14,328
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What will you do all day?
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01-01-2018, 10:24 PM
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Full time employment: Posting here.
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 564
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It's been 10 years for me and doing fine and you will too.
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01-02-2018, 03:34 AM
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Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: Jan 2014
Posts: 456
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You could always go back to work, but...YOU WON'T.
Congratulations!
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01-02-2018, 04:22 AM
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Full time employment: Posting here.
Join Date: May 2007
Posts: 881
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Time to buy a new motorcycle!
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