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malthaussen

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44. I have the same problem with wristwatches...

Thu Aug 21, 2025, 05:49 PM

Aug 2025

... so I carried a pocket watch for years. Now, of course, one doesn't need a watch, since one's phone will constantly tell what time it is, in fifty different cities around the world.

Fifty years in one job, and 51 years married to the same woman... your problem, my friend, is that you lack imagination!

-- Mal

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Fifty years on the job! Thank goodness they didn't give me a gold watch. [View all] DFW Aug 2025 OP

Wonderful!! Sun-Moon Aug 2025 #1

The nice part was their willingness to let me bring in so many diverse friends DFW Aug 2025 #10

Congratulations! Trueblue Texan Aug 2025 #2

And I wouldn't have worn it anyway. DFW Aug 2025 #11

Great reflection. Telling the story again will fix cachukis Aug 2025 #3

It was, very perceptive of you. DFW Aug 2025 #13

Congratulations DFW! An amazing milestone. n/t livetohike Aug 2025 #4

One day at a time, and suddenly it has been 50 years. DFW Aug 2025 #14

Congrats on a job well done Alice Kramden Aug 2025 #5

Thanks for that! DFW Aug 2025 #15

Congratulations! sinkingfeeling Aug 2025 #6

Thank you! DFW Aug 2025 #16

Congrats! SheltieLover Aug 2025 #7

Thanks! n/t DFW Aug 2025 #17

Congratulations on 50 Years !!!! Fla Dem Aug 2025 #8

Thanks! DFW Aug 2025 #19

❤️🥰🎉🥳 Congrats. (A genuine Black Forest cuckoo clock would make a nice 50 year gift.) Oopsie Daisy Aug 2025 #9

A Black Forest Cuckoo clock DFW Aug 2025 #20

What a great ride it must've been DFW. JMCKUSICK Aug 2025 #12

Thanks for that. DFW Aug 2025 #22

Congrats. irisblue Aug 2025 #18

Thanks, Iris! n/t DFW Aug 2025 #24

Congratulations DFW gademocrat7 Aug 2025 #21

Thanks! DFW Aug 2025 #25

Thank you for sharing a piece of your life. tavernier Aug 2025 #23

We could have put the long version in a book DFW Aug 2025 #26

Congratulations 🎈🍾 underpants Aug 2025 #27

Those are the memories that make you a wealthy soul. NBachers Aug 2025 #28

Boy did this take me down a rabbit hole.. yorkster Aug 2025 #34

And a ship . . . A Black Freighter . . . Runs a flag up its masthead . . . Shootin' guns from the bow. . . NBachers Aug 2025 #36

Right, from The Threepenny Opera. yorkster Aug 2025 #38

Congratulations! rubbersole Aug 2025 #29

I would have only given it away. DFW Aug 2025 #48

If you should wreck your German car... rubbersole Aug 2025 #50

No offense taken. I have never owned a Mercedes in my life. DFW Aug 2025 #52

Very well written. Retirement is wonderful. JohnnyRingo Aug 2025 #30

I've heard that about retirement from several people. DFW Aug 2025 #41

I started at GM when I was 19 years old. JohnnyRingo Aug 2025 #49

That's a world I can only try to imagine. DFW Aug 2025 #51

Oh how I enjoyed reading your summation of your incredible working journey and milestone celebration!How wonderful that KitFox Aug 2025 #31

Thanks, but this wasn't to celebrate retirement. DFW Aug 2025 #47

Ah, wow! Fifty years! Major congrats, my dear DFW! CaliforniaPeggy Aug 2025 #32

Agree on his literary streak - very inspiring Alice Kramden Aug 2025 #33

I took a stab at a trial run a little over ten years ago. DFW Aug 2025 #42

My dear DFW! Yes, your book is still available on Amazon! The link is below: CaliforniaPeggy Aug 2025 #43

I third the motion. Lionel Mandrake Aug 2025 #37

What a great saga. You always take us with yorkster Aug 2025 #35

If I ever find myself with a few months and nothing else to do...... DFW Aug 2025 #46

Your have had an amazing career Lionel Mandrake Aug 2025 #39

A German colleague gave me fair warning. DFW Aug 2025 #40

I have the same problem with wristwatches... malthaussen Aug 2025 #44

You are quite correct. I thoroughly lack imagination. DFW Aug 2025 #45

Man after my own heart. malthaussen Aug 2025 #53

Congratulations on a well-deserved retirement! WestMichRad Aug 2025 #54

Thanks! But you're a little bit premature. DFW Aug 2025 #55

Ok, then... WestMichRad Aug 2025 #56

Now you're speaking my language! DFW Aug 2025 #57