John, I dont know you very or as well as I would have liked. I wish you all the Happiest in the world over the Holidays and in your retirement. Sounds like you wont miss this 'rat race' very much , boy I get that.
Regards, Scott On Wed, Dec 12, 2018 at 1:51 PM Tony Harminc <t...@harminc.net> wrote: > On Wed, 12 Dec 2018 at 08:41, John Eells <ee...@us.ibm.com> wrote: > > Friday, 14 December 2018, will be my last day at IBM. > > > Congrats and all the best in retirement, John. > > For the curious, I started on a Wednesday, 1 June 1977, so it will be 41 > > years, 6 months > > since I started as a CE in the local Poughkeepsie branch office. > > > > I was an "experienced" sysprog with almost three years on the job on that > date. I still have a lot to learn. > > > > It's time to shed the daily stress, devote more time to my hobbies > > (diving, amateur radio, metalworking, cycling), and find a place in the > > County that can use an active volunteer for however many hours I feel > > like working (if any). > > > > The big question is whether you'll be able to stay away from here. Or maybe > resubscribe quietly with a Gmail address, and toss in the odd comment. Some > do and some don't - we'll see... > > Hanging out here has been quite instructive and usually fun (smile), so: > > Thanks, folks. > > > > And Thank You John for much help over the years. > > Tony H. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > -- *IDMWORKS * Scott Ford z/OS Dev. “By elevating a friend or Collegue you elevate yourself, by demeaning a friend or collegue you demean yourself” www.idmworks.com scott.f...@idmworks.com Blog: www.idmworks.com/blog *The information contained in this email message and any attachment may be privileged, confidential, proprietary or otherwise protected from disclosure. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, copying or use of this message and any attachment is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify us immediately by replying to the message and permanently delete it from your computer and destroy any printout thereof.* ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
