[img height=139 alt="Presidental Gold 18k Rolex" src="http://www.sarasotagoldandsilver.com/sgs_images/preowned_images/rolex.jpg" width=141]
[FONT size=5]FIVE DAYS REMAINING !!![/FONT]
*please send gifts for Gophies happy retirement.
[img style="WIDTH: 213px; HEIGHT: 149px" height=600 src="http://home.san.rr.com/jeffnann/WoodWorking/Checkers.jpg" width=800]
.....AND......[img height=131 src="http://www.farmerbrown.co.uk/shop/images/birdseed.jpg" width=160].......
[img height=262 src="http://www.littlechickadee.com/prodimages/arundale-FEEDBIRDS-lg.jpg" width=247]
Oh....I see.
You wanna play one-upmanship on Gophies thread ? I'll give you one-upmanship.
Free maid service for a year !
(http://www.tvdance.com/shop/-00-images/halloween-costumes/18016.jpg)
Awww...so sorry Michel.
So did you have to do the....'cleaning' yourself ? [img style="CURSOR: pointer" onclick=url(this.src); src="http://www.cheesebuerger.de/images/smilie/frech/d025.gif" border=0]
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lol.....gotta run. [img style="CURSOR: pointer" onclick=url(this.src); src="http://www.cheesebuerger.de/images/smilie/froehlich/c025.gif" border=0]
Just missed you PC, thanks for the gifts - I am open to receive MORE.
$10,000 to shop for shoes...on ebay. ;)
I'll send 1,000,000 gophers to you. (http://discoverseattle.net/forums/richedit/smileys/Happy/19.gif)
That's a lot of Gophers, Lise. What would you want 100,000 Gophers to do to our Gophie? ;)
purelife wrote:
That's a lot of Gophers, Lise. What would you want 100,000 Gophers to do to our Gophie? ;)
Many things. And none of them verrrrrrry comfortable.(http://discoverseattle.net/forums/richedit/smileys/7.gif)
the final countdown
[a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZkllM8znx4"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZkllM8znx4[/a]
Thanks SD. You've given me a good idea - I'm going to leave that for them when I go (after only another five more working days).
Its quite possibly the cheesiest song ever, but hey its a good laugh.
Yesterday was great, I was being counted down with kisses!
[img style="CURSOR: pointer" onclick=url(this.src); src="http://www.cheesebuerger.de/images/smilie/liebe/g086.gif[/img]Here's some more Gophie ![img style="CURSOR: pointer" onclick=url(this.src); src="http://www.cheesebuerger.de/images/smilie/liebe/g086.gif[/img]
[img style="CURSOR: pointer" onclick=url(this.src); src="http://www.cheesebuerger.de/images/smilie/liebe/g086.gif[/img][img style="CURSOR: pointer" onclick=url(this.src); src="http://www.cheesebuerger.de/images/smilie/liebe/g086.gif[/img][img style="CURSOR: pointer" onclick=url(this.src); src="http://www.cheesebuerger.de/images/smilie/liebe/g086.gif[/img][img style="CURSOR: pointer" onclick=url(this.src); src="http://www.cheesebuerger.de/images/smilie/liebe/g086.gif[/img][img style="CURSOR: pointer" onclick=url(this.src); src="http://www.cheesebuerger.de/images/smilie/liebe/g086.gif[/img][img style="CURSOR: pointer" onclick=url(this.src); src="http://www.cheesebuerger.de/images/smilie/liebe/g086.gif[/img][img style="CURSOR: pointer" onclick=url(this.src); src="http://www.cheesebuerger.de/images/smilie/liebe/g086.gif[/img]
Having said that....I gotta run !
I think our time change has messed up the timing for catching you online.(http://discoverseattle.net/forums/richedit/smileys/Sad/11.gif)
No, I'm just using a different time at the moment - normal service will be resumed again before long.
[FONT size=5] 2 MORE DAYS GOPHIE !!!!![/FONT]
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[img style="CURSOR: pointer" onclick=url(this.src); src="http://www.cheesebuerger.de/images/smilie/musik/f045.gif" border=0][img style="CURSOR: pointer" onclick=url(this.src); src="http://www.cheesebuerger.de/images/smilie/musik/f045.gif" border=0][img style="CURSOR: pointer" onclick=url(this.src); src="http://www.cheesebuerger.de/images/smilie/musik/f045.gif" border=0][img style="CURSOR: pointer" onclick=url(this.src); src="http://www.cheesebuerger.de/images/smilie/musik/f045.gif" border=0]
Go Goph Go!
[a href="http://ca.lifestyle.yahoo.com/health-fitness/articles/family-health/cp/home_family-despite_myth_old_age_is_the_happiest_time_research_says"]http://ca.lifestyle.yahoo.com/health-fitness/articles/family-health/cp/home_family-despite_myth_old_age_is_the_happiest_time_research_says[/a]
I've never understood why some people are actually afraid of retirment - do they really have so little vision? It's freedom time, time to do what you want.
true. I think people are just worried about being not as active adventureous as they were in their 20s. My plan is to sort of see as much possible in this decade then come back a couple decades later (retirement) and reminisc with the grown up kids, talk about adventures etc.
[FONT size=6] Well......this is IT Gophie ![/FONT]
[FONT size=6][img style="CURSOR: pointer" onclick=url(this.src); src="http://www.cheesebuerger.de/images/more/feuer/a020.gif" border=0][/FONT][FONT color=#80ff00 size=5][FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ff40ff"]CONGRATULATIONS[/FONT] [img style="CURSOR: pointer" onclick=url(this.src); src="http://www.cheesebuerger.de/images/more/feuer/a020.gif" border=0][/FONT]
Make each day of freedom be filled all those things that started with.."Someday I'm going to......." ...And may each day be as rewarding as the last. Whether it's lounging in your favourite chair, reading, uninterupted and unhurried... or it's packing off to an African safari.....ENJOY !
Sending a Big Hug Gophie !!!! [img style="CURSOR: pointer" onclick=url(this.src); src="http://www.cheesebuerger.de/images/more/bigs/a025.gif" border=0]
[img style="CURSOR: pointer" onclick=url(this.src); src="http://www.cheesebuerger.de/images/more/bigs/a194.gif" border=0]
[SPAN style="FONT-STYLE: italic"]or it's packing off to an African safari.[/SPAN]
A safari's purpose can be specifically for sightseeing. [img style="CURSOR: pointer" onclick=url(this.src); src="http://www.cheesebuerger.de/images/smilie/frech/h030.gif" border=0]
Well I'll SEE your SD...and raise you 5.
safari: [OL] [LI]An overland expedition, especially one for hunting [FONT size=6][FONT color=#ff0000]or[/FONT] exploring [/FONT]in eastern Africa. [LI]A journey or trip: a sightseeing safari.[/LI][/OL]
Grrrr shouldn't it be : or it's packing off to an African [SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-STYLE: italic; TEXT-DECORATION: underline"]PHOTO[/SPAN] safari. (http://discoverseattle.net/forums/richedit/smileys/1.gif)
Now you take back that angry face. (http://discoverseattle.net/forums/richedit/smileys/5.gif)
LOL!
I'm dancing for you Gophie...you MUST be so excited... *jumps for joy*
It's all over. A few minutes ago I got my reward for umpteen years of slavery! And believe it or not, my first day off will find me at a funeral.
Congratulations Goph! Did you get a cake? A retirement gift?
Gopher wrote:
It's all over. A few minutes ago I got my reward for umpteen years of slavery! And believe it or not, my first day off will find me at a funeral.
Gophie,
Congratulations ... I assume your ex-boss / ex - co-workers have not eaten you.
Enjoy your retirement.
Any big plans?
No -plans at all (yet). I did have quite a few and then I decided to see what life was like without having anything planned ahead - after all, from the day we start school everything's mapped out for us. When I've had a month or so of 'exploring my options' i.e. just lazing, I'll start to apply myself to see what I can do to make my presence counted: although it recently occurred to me that those people who are relatively unheralded and unknown are very often the most worthy of our regard. It will be interesting to see what happens - it's like a big adventure opening up, a whole new canvas on which I can write a whole host of new mistakes (and maybe revisit a few old ones as well).
Amen!
3 cheers for gophie! Hip hip horay... hip hop horray!
.....one more ?
Accepted with relish.
Mmmm.....relish.
[h1 style="margin: 0pt; font-size: 12px; font-style: italic; font-weight: normal;"]"Live daringly, boldly, fearlessly. Taste the relish to be found in competition - in having put forth the best within you" Henry J Kaiser
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Great quotes zen ! .....and cleverly placed too.
For PC -
Don't walk in front of me, I may not follow; Don't walk behind me, I may not lead; Walk beside me, and just be my friend. [div style="font-style: italic;" class="auth"]Albert Camus[/div]
Hey Zen Monk, I feel I know you from somewhere. Do I?
The zen monk graces us with pearls of wisdom and mystique....but we know not where he hails from.
How's it going Gophie ?
Ah, like all the weather, he hails from the sky.
It's going very well, PC. I've just had my first Sunday morning not at work for over 15 years (excluding holidays).
Ooops. Hale !!!!
Good for you Goph.....how did THAT feel ?
Spiritually uplifting.
Excellent ! As it should be.
All is right with the world. Allow me to add a bless to your bliss.
Reciprocated, I'm sure.
Well, I'm off to do some laundry....might as well use a dull day for a dull task.
Enjoy your day Gophie !
Thanks PC, enjoy your laundry!
zen monk wrote:
[h1 style="margin: 0pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: normal;"]"Live daringly, boldly, fearlessly. Taste the relish to be found in competition - in having put forth the best within you" Henry J Kaiser[/h1]
Whenever I hear quotes about "tasting the relish" in a figurative sense I always substitute "taste the jam between your toes" ...
do you think this says something about my personal hygene??
No. If it did , you would have typed cheese instead of jam!
Gopher wrote:
No. If it did , you would have typed cheese instead of jam!
so toe cheese is worse than toe jam??
So they say.
So when is the first trip of freedom?
I have been tripping-out on freedom ever since I left!
tripping? oh dear, don't o.d. on life to quickly. :)
Gopher wrote:
So they say.
Well if THEY say it - it must be true.
One of my goals in life was to be one of THEM - not so much now - but there was a point in my life ...
I've never had any desire to meet 'THEM'. THEY always have something to say about everything....and I want to know who told them they were right.
Who told them they were right? Well, they did - who else?
Goph- I can imagine one of the more difficult decisions about retirement was...
How many pens/pencils/paperclips/staples/post-its do I need to stockpile?
Hahahahahahah.
There was nothing worth stockpiling!
Lil Me wrote: Goph- I can imagine one of the more difficult decisions about retirement was...
How many pens/pencils/paperclips/staples/post-its do I need to stockpile?
Ahhhh....someone has had some up front experience with going through mom and dad's place.
LOL
What about bread bag 'tabs'....any bread bag tabs? And twist ties....lots of those?
[img style="CURSOR: pointer" onclick=url(this.src); src="http://www.cheesebuerger.de/images/more/bigs/c008.gif" border=0]
Rofl. Yes!
Pity that Goph's office lacked the good office supplies.
Goph- shall I pilfer some free pencils, tape measures and twine from IKEA and send them to you?
Gopher wrote:
Hey Zen Monk, I feel I know you from somewhere. Do I?
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[/font][h1 style="margin: 0pt; font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal;"][font style="font-family: Arial Narrow;" size="3"]"Familiarity is the root of the closest friendships, as well as the intensest hatreds" - Antoine Rivarol
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[FONT face="Arial Narrow"]"Familiarity is the root of the closest friendships, as well as the intensest hatreds" - Antoine Rivarol[/FONT]
[img style="CURSOR: pointer" onclick=url(this.src); src="http://www.cheesebuerger.de/images/more/bigs/a096.gif" border=0] I hope you're on the good end of that quote Gophie.
zen monk wrote:
Gopher wrote:
Hey Zen Monk, I feel I know you from somewhere. Do I?
[HR style="WIDTH: 100%; HEIGHT: 2px"] [FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow" size=4]
[/FONT] [H1 style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0pt; 12px: "][FONT size=4][FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow" size=3]"Familiarity is the root of the closest friendships, as well as the intensest hatreds" - Antoine Rivarol[/FONT]
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[FONT color=#c00000]So it WAS you after all![/FONT]
Wow Gophie ! You KNEW Antoine? You've done VERY well to hold off retirement to this age. (http://discoverseattle.net/forums/richedit/smileys/Happy/12.gif)
No, the erudite person who was quoting him.