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JohnnyRingo

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30. Very well written. Retirement is wonderful.

Thu Aug 21, 2025, 09:35 AM

Aug 21

Quite a reflection on how you got there.
And thanx for not using the word "boss". It reeks of indentured servitude. Some of my best supervisors were those who made me feel like we were working together instead of working for them.

Good luck! See you at the senior buffet.

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Fifty years on the job! Thank goodness they didn't give me a gold watch. [View all] DFW Aug 21 OP

Wonderful!! Sun-Moon Aug 21 #1

The nice part was their willingness to let me bring in so many diverse friends DFW Aug 21 #10

Congratulations! Trueblue Texan Aug 21 #2

And I wouldn't have worn it anyway. DFW Aug 21 #11

Great reflection. Telling the story again will fix cachukis Aug 21 #3

It was, very perceptive of you. DFW Aug 21 #13

Congratulations DFW! An amazing milestone. n/t livetohike Aug 21 #4

One day at a time, and suddenly it has been 50 years. DFW Aug 21 #14

Congrats on a job well done Alice Kramden Aug 21 #5

Thanks for that! DFW Aug 21 #15

Congratulations! sinkingfeeling Aug 21 #6

Thank you! DFW Aug 21 #16

Congrats! SheltieLover Aug 21 #7

Thanks! n/t DFW Aug 21 #17

Congratulations on 50 Years !!!! Fla Dem Aug 21 #8

Thanks! DFW Aug 21 #19

❤️🥰🎉🥳 Congrats. (A genuine Black Forest cuckoo clock would make a nice 50 year gift.) Oopsie Daisy Aug 21 #9

A Black Forest Cuckoo clock DFW Aug 21 #20

What a great ride it must've been DFW. JMCKUSICK Aug 21 #12

Thanks for that. DFW Aug 21 #22

Congrats. irisblue Aug 21 #18

Thanks, Iris! n/t DFW Aug 21 #24

Congratulations DFW gademocrat7 Aug 21 #21

Thanks! DFW Aug 21 #25

Thank you for sharing a piece of your life. tavernier Aug 21 #23

We could have put the long version in a book DFW Aug 21 #26

Congratulations 🎈🍾 underpants Aug 21 #27

Those are the memories that make you a wealthy soul. NBachers Aug 21 #28

Boy did this take me down a rabbit hole.. yorkster Aug 21 #34

And a ship . . . A Black Freighter . . . Runs a flag up its masthead . . . Shootin' guns from the bow. . . NBachers Aug 21 #36

Right, from The Threepenny Opera. yorkster Aug 21 #38

Congratulations! rubbersole Aug 21 #29

I would have only given it away. DFW Aug 22 #48

If you should wreck your German car... rubbersole Aug 22 #50

No offense taken. I have never owned a Mercedes in my life. DFW Aug 22 #52

Very well written. Retirement is wonderful. JohnnyRingo Aug 21 #30

I've heard that about retirement from several people. DFW Aug 21 #41

I started at GM when I was 19 years old. JohnnyRingo Aug 22 #49

That's a world I can only try to imagine. DFW Aug 22 #51

Oh how I enjoyed reading your summation of your incredible working journey and milestone celebration!How wonderful that KitFox Aug 21 #31

Thanks, but this wasn't to celebrate retirement. DFW Aug 22 #47

Ah, wow! Fifty years! Major congrats, my dear DFW! CaliforniaPeggy Aug 21 #32

Agree on his literary streak - very inspiring Alice Kramden Aug 21 #33

I took a stab at a trial run a little over ten years ago. DFW Aug 21 #42

My dear DFW! Yes, your book is still available on Amazon! The link is below: CaliforniaPeggy Aug 21 #43

I third the motion. Lionel Mandrake Aug 21 #37

What a great saga. You always take us with yorkster Aug 21 #35

If I ever find myself with a few months and nothing else to do...... DFW Aug 22 #46

Your have had an amazing career Lionel Mandrake Aug 21 #39

A German colleague gave me fair warning. DFW Aug 21 #40

I have the same problem with wristwatches... malthaussen Aug 21 #44

You are quite correct. I thoroughly lack imagination. DFW Aug 21 #45

Man after my own heart. malthaussen Aug 22 #53

Congratulations on a well-deserved retirement! WestMichRad Aug 22 #54

Thanks! But you're a little bit premature. DFW Aug 22 #55

Ok, then... WestMichRad Aug 22 #56

Now you're speaking my language! DFW Aug 22 #57