The doctor reported the biopsy he did on me last Friday came back clean.
Good news! Time to go celebrate at McDonalds and pick up a bottle of Makers Mark on the way back....
j/k about that last part.
Legs,
I do NOT do McD's. Makers Mark isn't bad but I prefer Wellers, Wild Turkey or Benchmark when talking Bourbon.
My Favorite so far is WT Green Label (Straight Rye Whiskey).
Stephen
With good news like that, pick up your very best favorite beverage and enjoy it nice and slow.
Hug your loved ones and take a deep breath.
Congrats,
Randy
:good:
Stephen
> Hug your loved ones and take a deep breath.
>
I bet you feel like you got shot at and missed. Good news, indeed!
I'd recommend you forgo the McD's too. Go straight for the good stuff and enjoy it along with the rest of your life!
;o)
JBS
:clap: :good: :hi5: :beer:
Good news Stephen :good:
Rick
good news pal!
On a smaller scale, I mailed Kaiser my poop the other day and they mailed me back and said I don't need a colonoscopy. That was a little weight lifted off my shoulders. We do not live forever. If I eat a McDonald's hamburger or drink a few sips of Makers Mark and I die sooner than if I hadn't done those things, in the grand scheme is there a big difference? Will I die a less painful, more peaceful death if I do all the "right" things? No.
Right on, Man.
We all have to go some time.
I plan to work in the field as long as I can; after that who knows.
Dave
Would you keep working in the field until you drop dead because you love it so much? I like it too, but if I was all of a sudden able to retire, I'd drop this job like a hot potato and do stuff I enjoy a lot more. I say that now, but I do get some satisfaction from being able to provide competent services to clients that they might have a hard time getting elsewhere. I'd certainly be picky about projects I'd take on, though.
Dave
1. True, it's a living.
2. I find it interesting most of the time (OK not topo).
3. I need something interesting to occupy my mind like Sherlock Holmes. Most retirement activities don't really seem that interesting, like Golf for example. I think I would enjoy the challenge of sailing and navigating (but not where the pirates are located). The thing I liked most about flying was the mental challenge. More complex aircraft were more fun for me because there is more things to do. You do wine making, that could be really interesting and challenging. Beer brewing is interesting although I don't really know much about it. History has always fascinated me so traveling around and seeing historic places would be a good retirement activity for me.
Congratulations on the Good News
As we age, it seems the doctors dream up more tests for us to take to prove we deserve to continue living and contributing to THEIR retirement plans.
Dave
I've got the music thing that I am severely frustrated about not having enough time to do. I also have been told that I can paint and I'm always too tired to do that too. I inherited from my family on the Gardner side a love of gardening and yardwork that I have major guilt feelings that I neglect at our place. Surveying is neat and everything but I've never believed that it is the thing I am best suited to, barring financial considerations. In the last 2-3 years, even the financial reasons to pursue the survey gig have been lacking. Hate to be a Gloomy Gus but if I could see my way clear to escape the survey rat-race, I'd do it. I'm just hoping that I can ride a little upswing in the next 5-7 years, clear off some debt and have enough health left to enjoy some relatively carefree years.
Congratulations on the Good News
How would you like to go to all that school just to shove a camera up middle aged men's backsides?
Dave
that's funny, my parents were gardening psychos and consequently I hate yard work. My neighbors probably hate my bare flower beds. I have no patience for it.
I don't miss the Sacramento engineering business model which is do it fast and get paid sloooooooooooooooooooooooooooooow.
The one engineer client I had stopped calling me about a year ago. I don't think we were happy with each other and the relationship kind of just withered away.
Dave
I don't even know what the original subject of this thread was now, but gardening to me is kind of like painting. You work on it and stand back and it looks good and you say "I did that". It feels good.
I suspect that your engineer client isn't calling you because he isn't doing diddly like most of the other engineers and related professionals in our area.
Dave
making things out of wood is like that. Not that I'm that great at it but if it is tolerable when I'm done there is some satisfaction in it.
I built a box with lid to hold my tribrachs; not furniture quality but way better than what I had.
Unfortunately my parents cured me of any desire to do gardening (sure blame the parents). Something about it seems like a huge chore. And my wife pestering me about it at the first house made me worse.
Very Good News Stephen!
