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Today is the 5 year anniversary of my "official" retirement date! However, this past Wednesday was the anniversary of the day I got fed up with my incompetent boss, tossed my keys on his desk, and walked out the door for the last time!!! It's hard to believe that it's already been 5 full years...

Since it's been quite awhile since I visited, I thought I'd drop in here for minute to say "Hi, I am...back!". I haven't been online very much since I left last spring or early summer. After I bugged out, I spent most of the warm weather out in my gardens....workin' some but mostly just sittin'...

A bit over a year ago, I took a much needed break from the E-R Forum for a few months. Not sure exactly what transpired with my attitudes and opinions toward this forum, but for me it's pretty much lost it's appeal. I've decided it's time to sail in a different direction from here on. I wish...

I just wanted to thank everyone here on E-R Forum for a fun and informative 2009, and I'd also like to take the opportunity to wish everyone here a VERY HAPPY & PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR!!!! Laissez les bons temps rouler!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ------------------------------------------- P.S.-----Only a...

I don't think this was posted...if it was, I guess I missed it (if that's the case "Oops!"). A friend just emailed this to me.....a brief overview of 2008. I got a few chuckles out of it, hope you do to! ;)YouTube - Uncle Jay Explains: Year-end! 12-22-08

For all of you [-]car nuts[/-] automotive enthusiasts out there.... A friend of mine sent me an email this morning, with a link to a hand-made, gas powered, operating 1/6 scale Chevrolet 327 cu in V8.....complete with video of the little gem running! Thought someone here might be inspired, and...

On Nov. 26th, I ordered the new ASUS Eee PC from Amazon. They said it was back orderd and wouldn't ship until AFTER Dec 27th. A postal clerk called me this morning to tell me that it was at the PO, and I could pick it up. Slightly ahead of schedule! YEA! I charged the battery, ran through...

We ventured out into the sleet and freezing rain this afternoon to attend a hammered-dulcimer concert. It was a nice afternoon of music....free of charge! Afterwards, we went to a fund-raising benefit for an old friend of mine who has cancer. I bought a raffle ticket for a half of a pig, for...

Earthlink's newsletter had a link to a neat website. Although I've been staring off into space most of my life, I've never been real good with remembering constellations or stars. This was kind of a nice basic, interactive night sky identifier. I thought some of you folks might like it.....so...

Yesterday, about 5pm, there's a knock at the door and it's guy from Edward Jones. He's opening a new office in town (3rd one in a town of less than 20k), and going door-to-door trying to drum up business. Never saw that before! He was just letting folks know he was in town, he wasn't "selling"...

Well, Tuesday morning I talked to our HR person about health insurance, my old CPA about taxes and my W-4P, and a rep at our pension fund office. I then faxed in all of the required forms and paperwork!!! I logged into my account at their website Wednesday morning, and all the paperwork had been...

Well, they say tonight and tomorrow we're supposed to get a goodly amount of snow. So I got thinking to myself that next winter I won't HAVE to get out into the snow and slop! But wait a minute!!! Since I have all sorts of time banked up, I DON'T have to get out in the snow and slop NOW!!! So...

As "acting" boss this week, I went to the main office to pick up the mail and just generally nip-sh*t with everybody. I bumped into a fellow employee, from a different department, and he said his boss walked in this morning, tossed his keys onto the desk, and asked for a ride home (he was...

The Beginning of the End officially started today! I started training my replacement at w*rk! Now that the holidays are over and we're back to full staff, I finally got to bring my trainee into the lab to start his 3 month crash course in lab management and testing procedures. He kept asking...

This is a lovely subject for this morning! ;D Let me preface this with the fact that I NEVER get sick ('til yesterday)! Haven't taken a sick day at w**K in YEARS....until today :'( I don't know if it's a bug, or something that I ate, but I've got a case of the "Grizzly Sh*ts" that just won't...