Awesome! My last grandfather died when I was 30. I had a Great Grandfather who died when I was 19 and one who was one month shy of 100 when I was 11. We didn't have texting back then, though. ;)

It's really very special that you've had so many years with him! :lifter And many more, I hope.

Pat

Thanks to everyone for the warm wishes. Sadly, the wife is already ready for me to get back to work...but I'm loving it right now.

Or gives him the dreaded honey do list. :D

That's too cool I miss my grandfather, one died when I was 3 I think and the other was only around until I was 13-14. Happy belated.

Right! Good thing those bass like to jump onto the hook early in the morning. He'll still have plenty of daylight to execute the "Now-That-You're-Retired-You-Have-No-Reason-Not-To-Do" list. ;)

Earlier in the week I gave the boss an earful about the insult-to-injury aspect of the furloughs in that, not only do folks have to key in their furlough days, the vagaries of the system (ATAAPS) means they actually have to submit a REQUEST to be forced to take 2 days off w/o pay. Thank you perfidy of the politicians. Well, no good deed goes unpunished.

Today the boss informed me that, because I'm so short, I no longer have to attend weekly staff meetings.
:lifter :D

Oh, roger. That's like a rebate on life molecules. Years ago I let it slip to a known mole that the CoS's leadership style was such that the only reason people came in each day was out of curosity...

I was never asked back to the headshed to brief anything. It was like a walk-off homerun.
:cool:

Just found this out today after taking the test a couple of days ago ....

"Congratulations on passing the NREMT National EMS Certification cognitive examination."

This was for the AEMT Cert.

I can now breath .... :cool:

Next stop .... Paramedic.

Congrats! (I was awarded my NREMT Basic cert 24 Jun 1991......;))

Sdiver...Congrats! On the path. Keep it up and if you need something, just hollar.

Thanks TS. It's appreciated.

Will do Adal .... but like everyone else here on the board, the only thing I really need is, more beer, guns and ammo ....... Not necessarily in that order tho. ;)

Congrats, S!

FOR YOUR RETIREMENT...
 

Congratulations on your retirement!!! And thank you very much from a grateful American for your service. Obummer and Napoleontano may see you as a threat; but to patriotic Americans you are a hero and deserve honor and respect, not slander and innuendo. To hell with them anyway! What do they know?

Finally got the kids wound down after a day at work and a long drive.
Vacation time.

Off work for the next 37 days.
:D