Thread: What A Way To Go!

Congratulations Don,

Fine looking machine, but is it as good as a Triton ?.

I'll bet you can now make some serious sawdust.


Cheers,

Peter.

Welcome to the ranks of the dribblers and droolers,its great being retired,get up when you want,go to bed when you want,go on holidays when there's no one around,etc etc.
Keep active!!

I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU MADE IT!

According to today's regulators and bureaucrats, those of us who were kids in the 30s, 40s, 50s, 60s, 70s or even the early 80s, probably shouldn't have survived.

Our baby cribs were covered with bright colored lead-based paint.

We had no childproof lids or locks on medicine bottles, doors, or cabinets, and when we rode our bikes, we had no helmets. . .not to mention the risks we took hitchhiking.

As children, we would ride in cars with no seat belts or air bags. Riding in the back of a ute on a warm day was always a special treat.

We drank water from the garden hose and not from a bottle. Horrors!

We ate cupcakes, bread and butter, and drank soft drink with sugar in it, but we were not significantly overweight because we were always outside playing.

We shared one soft drink among four friends, from one bottle, and no one actually died from this.

We would spend hours building our billy-carts out of scraps and then rode down the hill, only to find out we forgot the brakes. After running into the bushes a few times, we learned to solve the problem.

We would leave home in the morning and play all day, as long as we were back when the streetlights came on. No one was able to reach us all day. No cell phones. Unthinkable!

We did not have Playstations, Nintendo 64, X-Boxes, no video games at all, no 99 channels on cable, video tape movies, surround sound, personal cell phones, personal computers, or Internet chat rooms.

We had friends! We went outside and found them.

We played branding, and sometimes, the ball would really hurt.

We fell out of trees, got cut and broke bones and teeth, and there were no lawsuits from these accidents. They were accidents. No one was to blame but us. Remember accidents?

We had fights and punched each other and got black and blue and learned to get over it.

We made up games with sticks and tennis balls and, although we were told it would happen, we did not put out any eyes.

We rode bikes or walked to a friend's home and knocked on the door, or rang the bell or just walked in and talked to them.

Rugby, Aussi rules, and cricket had tryouts and not everyone made the team. Those who didn't had to learn to deal with disappointment.

Some students weren't as smart as others, so they failed a grade and were held back to repeat the same grade. Horrors!

Tests were not adjusted for any reason.

Our actions were our own. Consequences were expected.

The idea of parents bailing us out if we got in trouble in school or broke a law was unheard of. They actually sided with the school or the law. Imagine that!

This generation has produced some of the best risk-takers, problem solvers, and inventors, ever. We had freedom, failure, success, and responsibility-and we learned how to deal with it.

And, you're one of them. . .CONGRATULATIONS!

Thanks, all.

Peter - maybe just a bit better but still needs careful setup and use. One thing's for sure - will cut through flesh and bone a lot easier!

Coastie - I've been practicing on weekends for a few months. I go up to the local mall, shuffle around in my moccasins with a blank stare on my face, and do absolutely nothing that matters.

Grue - Love it. This describes my youth exactly - well except for Aussie Rules that is - didn't play much of that in Canada where I lived - but did enjoy some Cricket and Rugby.

One thing's for sure - will cut through flesh and bone a lot easier!

Just make sure it only remains theory - not practice.

Peter.

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Grue
[B]I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU MADE IT!

Rugby, Aussi rules, and cricket had tryouts and not everyone made the team. Those who didn't had to learn to deal with disappointment.

Some students weren't as smart as others, so they failed a grade and were held back to repeat the same grade. Horrors!

Tests were not adjusted for any reason.

Our actions were our own. Consequences were expected.

The idea of parents bailing us out if we got in trouble in school or broke a law was unheard of. They actually sided with the school or the law. Imagine that!

This generation has produced some of the best risk-takers, problem solvers, and inventors, ever. We had freedom, failure, success, and responsibility-and we learned how to deal with it.


GRUE

WE SURVIVED AND ARE MOSTLY WELL ADJUSTED.................NO COUNSELLING FOR EACH and EVERYTHING

Congratulations Don, enjoy, get a lathe and keep turning
Cya
Joe

Congratulations Don. Great retirement present.

I retired a couple of years back after 49 years with the one company ( large telecomunication co) and they gave me a speech and I bought the beer.

I have since bought a lathe and learnt something new and met a whole bunch of mates.

A great life..........enjoy.


Macca

Don,
Congratulations and may you enjoy a long and happy retirement.

Grue,

I love your work.

Well done Don. Enjoy it.

I have 12 months to go, or thereabouts. My "employer" is the State of WA and I will lay odds that it doesn't give me a table saw. Regardless, I will enjoy the freedom to do, or not do, whatever I want and am I looking forward to it.

That's the way it's going these days. I work for Coles Myer and all they have been giving people with 30-40 years service lately has been redundancies! Even if they retire, they get nothing.

I will get nothing when I retire because I work for the meanest boss around.
Im self employed.
Cheers, Scrooge

Congratulations Don and welcome to the membership of the "retired Gentleman"

I have already been a member for the past 6 years and loving every minute of it.
You will now find there is not enough hours in the day to get all your work done and you will be busier than when you were at work.

No doubt the saw will get plenty of good use and we should now see some fine stuff being churned out.

Congratulations again

Again thanks for the good wishes everyone.

I'm already finding myself busier than I expected. But I am hoping this is just the first few weeks of adjusting to a new, slower pace.

I'm still rising at 6:30am, but do take a few hours to get through my newspaper and coffee.

Then I wander down to my shop and just organise things for a while. Soon it's lunch time and I then take some time to view the mid-day news on TV, chat with SWAMBO, and call the kids.

By then it's definitely time for a shave and shower. A trip to the timber yard or hardware store is often in order, and before I know it, it's dinner.

Current Affair, This Old House and 30 minutes in the shop. An exhausting day gets me to bed early - Whow! Where did the time go?

Hi,
I think it is tremendous when an employee shows the loyalty to stay on for 25 years. Your reward is relective of the respect to you shown by your employer.
I recently retired from the Army Reserve after 24 years, all I got was a medal (which I had to apply for), and a certificate of service (complete with misspelt name).
I know I did my best, that is all an employer can expect, and hopefully recognise.