36 years have gone by way to fast
I built relationships I thought would last
It’s retirement day and I finally understand
I mean no more to them than the corner trash can
36 years have gone by way to fast
I built relationships I thought would last
It’s retirement day and I finally understand
I mean no more to them than the corner trash can
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So very true, I have been through that stage in my life, just to have it handed down to someone I train to do the job, Very heart breaking.
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When you realize that you are only an employee number.
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ouch .. too often this is true so we have to live our lives for ourselves :(
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Agreed. I will live my life as I see fit…if my wife says it’s okay.
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lol glad you are well trained :)
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forty plus years of training.
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then you have both done well to be so compatible :)
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Sometimes, I wonder how she has put up with me for so long.
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ah then maybe you could do a guest interview with her .. or let her tell us in her own words in a post on your blog lol :)
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I will attempt to do just that. Though she seldom reveals herself to the world. She does not share my egotistical tendencies. There is a rare comment from her on my post ‘Yesterday’s Love’
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thanks for the alert, just messaged her :)
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Ohh…seriously?
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First…huge Congrats on making it through 36 years AND as a corner trash can no less! Those are the toughest ones to be (They make for tempting bank shots ;) )
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Several bank shot bounced off my head has me where I am today.
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hehehe guess those “bank shots” knocked the good stuff loose ;)
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Yeah. And sometimes it dribbles down my chin and falls onto the paper
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Congratulations – I wonder how many of those left behind have stayed or will stay the course
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The people I worked with are good fellows, but the people I worked for saw no use in me because it meant I no longer made them money.
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I offer you congrats on your retirement. It sounds like retiring was not your idea but thrust upon you. I have no great advice except – keep active, not busy, and use the time to explore areas that have always interested you. Start your own business, write a novel, volunteer to help others in need. Kiss your wife more.
Enjoy yourself. That job was what you did, it was not who you are.
Go for it.
John (6 years retired)
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Thanks John.
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Oh Jerry, that’s sad. You help me to understand how privileged I was in my colleagues, who gave me a wonderful send off when I retired.
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Yeah, it can feel that way, can’t it? But sometimes I think that’s just part of the leaving process. Hope so, anyway.
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Yep, there is a lot of truth to what you say. I’m retired as well and loving every minute of it.
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I am retired from one job but still working another. Waiting patiently for my wife to call it quits.
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haha, how true, how true!!
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Thanks for dropping in and commenting.
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