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WestMichRad

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54. Congratulations on a well-deserved retirement!

Fri Aug 22, 2025, 05:53 PM

Aug 22

Now be sure to make time for those fun things you and your wife haven’t had time for.

I snuck out without any celebration when I retired, just the way I wanted it. Love doing outdoor (conservation related) volunteer work now, to make up for all the years toiling in a lab and at a desk.

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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