Saturday, April 23, 2016

60 Years

Not too bad of a day. Not very "spring-like" but not winter either. Today, I get to celebrate my 60th trip around the sun. I'll be heading out to the College Coffeehouse in a bit and thought that I should say something, especially after I deleted the Facebook-like post that was put up earlier this morning by someone else...

I did receive a letter from the university letting me know that I am officially old and should plan on attending the UAF commencement ceremony this year. They will be conferring the title "Senior Engineer, Emeritus" on me. There are several words in that phrase suggesting "old" but I guess I shouldn't dwell on that and just accept the honor intended.   

I'm using the new iPad blogging app again to see if there is any way to get it to put in the appropriate paragraph breaks. (It didn't and I needed to modify the html directly for the right margin of the picture.)

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  1. Learning to GolfApril 23, 2016 at 10:04 AM

    Congratulations on the new title, Richard. I rather enjoy my title of 'Old' as it seems to fit me perfectly. Adding retired to it makes it even better.

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    1. RichardMApril 23, 2016 at 2:47 PM

      I'm told that there are some benefits to the title such as free parking and free tuition if I want to take classes. Retired is good, no complaints.

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  2. SonjaMApril 23, 2016 at 12:42 PM

    Sixty? Bah, humbug! What's in a number? Who said you’re sixty? Tell them, that you are just a twenty year old with forty years of experience. Happy Birthday, Richard, and many happy returns.

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    1. RichardMApril 23, 2016 at 2:48 PM

      I like that. 20 with 40 years of experience…

      Thank you!

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  3. CanajunApril 23, 2016 at 2:28 PM

    Youngster! Happy birthday Richard.

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  4. BMW HACKERApril 23, 2016 at 8:21 PM

    Welcome to the "Club"...I made the milestone on October....

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  5. UnknownApril 23, 2016 at 8:40 PM

    Ha-haa! I love Sonja's perspective. Congratulations, Richard, on being a youngster with wisdom. ;-)

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  6. TrobairitzApril 24, 2016 at 7:01 AM

    Just think of it as 60-years young, you are only as old as you feel, etc and so on.

    I hope you had a lovely day. Nothing wrong with being the senior engineer, just think of it as having the most experience.

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    1. RichardMApril 24, 2016 at 11:35 AM

      Thank you! I have a lot of experience with things that ar no longer used any more. Like carburetors...

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  7. Dar April 25, 2016 at 8:14 PM

    Happy belated birthday! I was teaching a class this past weeken and not near the ipad.

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  8. VStar LadyApril 27, 2016 at 3:29 PM

    Happy belated Richard. (Nice rice cooker, lucky you.) I scoff at 60, it's just a number.

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