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After over 17 years, Friday was my last day at Veeder-Root! We laughed, we cried, we ate cupcakes! I chatted with so many people that had become a part of my life. I'm Happy and Scared to death at the same time. I am looking forward to what life puts before me as I join the ranks of the retired. Honestly, there were times that I thought I wouldn't make it, but here I am, on day one of my "New" life. Wish me luck!

WOW,, I missed sooo much while I was down and its sooo good to be back @Freebird. Thankfully they caught that nasty return of cancer when they did my friend, God is good. You KNOW you now have our prayers too as the follow ups on your treatments continue. Back when I was in College I studied "Group Dynamics" and ironically, there are some interesting comparisons about what "professionals" have to say about groups like ours and the reality of living them. I gotta tell you brother, our site has actually done VERY well, statistically speaking, and that is due in a huge part because of the type of people the site attracts due in huge part to your leadership and passion for it. I have a gut feeling that VR is far from over or dieing. Slow spells are common in Group Dynamics as life change happens for people and its more common for things to end than pop back up and keep growing BUT, cohesiveness does have its rewards cause of the strength it provides as a means of survival. THATS where real leadership shows up! As I get back on my feet and more involved with, hopefully, being able to make YouTube vids again I will once again be encouraging people that see my vids and ask questions to give VR a peek. In the past, because I like to yap lol, I was always telling people on the tube to "go check with the GURU's on VR" or "you think I am crazy, go check VR out" and I have no intent of changing that because VR is one of the few really healthy spots left on the internet IMHO. THANK YOU for hanging in there Don, VR has created a TON of great memories for many many people and hopefully it will continue to do so for many years to come! Puc

Congrats my friend. I hope you are ready to get to work now.

I paid the bills as trim carpenter for quite a while. Custom kitchens, coffered ceilings, full room built ins, the whole shebang. After 25 years in the refrigeration world, I dove back into carpentry to start on our "new" house's( built in 1890) library. I went to Harbor Freight and got their Hercules 12" compound sliding miter saw with portable stand, the Hercules 10" portable table saw and ordered the Powertec rolling, folding table saw stand on Amazon and got to work. I have to say, the Harbor Freight tools I just got are so much better than the "professional" equipment I was using 25 years ago. At 1/4 the price we paid for the "pro" tools back then. It's actually ridiculous. They are really not even comparably in quality and performance. So, here is the start of our built in library.

Next time you'll might trust me! maybe :). Lets see if I can still work this thing lol!

Congrats, Earl!! Now stay busy doing what you want to do! And stay well...!

I have a stainless 10/22.

glad to have ya back puc n tip! have truly missed your adventures! glad life is treat'n ya better!!!!!👍🌈🍦

congrats my good man! now the real work begins!!!! retired a year n a half ago n don't know when i had time to work. the go rid'n whenever you want is nice tho! ENJOY!!!👍😁

Congrats!

Congrats.. one of these days I hope to be joining those ranks myself.. Rick F.

You dress up pretty nice Earl, but soon the clothes will show signs of wear and tear, just trying to get out from under the workload comin at yah. Enjoy your retirement to the fullest.

I had to learn to tell people no after the word got out that I was retired but I am loving it.

THAT is sooo AWESOME Earl, and just in time to kick the tires and light the fires! Hope you get a zillion miles of CTFW! Congrats my brother!

Congratulations! My last day of work was Jan. 29th 2016. I haven't missed one minute of it.

Guess that was all lies, lies and more lies. BTW, don't believe everything @cowpuc says, especially about me.

Bobbi and I were just talking bad about you the other day, glad to have you back around.

Well if as you say your still a smart A$$ ....and having already been here....You already know your a an unfit fit

Well guess that makes you 'loud.

Thanks will do , the exhaust was all black and I know it blowing the fuel out the mufflers ...I want to remove the mufflers and clean them out . I do know this unit was set up to pull a camper trailer to the east coast .. My 2007 Impala 3.5 litre does 35 to 40 mile per gallon out on the highway

Yes welcome back also!!!! Been a while! You've been missed!