Re: [Histonet] Retirement in sight!

[Izak Dimenstein via Histonet]

A great man. I was lucky to know you. People like you retire from a job, but 
not from the histology field.
Izak Dimenstein 


Sent from my iPad

> On Sep 9, 2021, at 12:26, Morken, Timothy  wrote:
> 
> 
> After 40 years in the lab I've decided to retire this year - in a week 
> actually!
> 
> It has been an interesting 4 decades...
> 
> I started out in an EM lab after getting a degree in Physiology and then  
> competing a 2 year EM course at Delta College in Stockton, CA - the only 
> dedicated EM program at that time. I started out running a scanning EM lab 
> for an electronics company looking at microchips but after a couple years 
> moved to a hosptial lab in Fresno, CA running their EM lab. I was the only 
> one, so from day one was the "Manager" of the lab! I did about 150 EM cases a 
> year and in those days it was a mix of kidney and tumor cases - there was no 
> IHC yet so some tumor diagnostics depended on EM. I did not have quite enough 
> work to keep me busy so I started hanging out in the histology lab. As with 
> many people in this field the day I started working there was the first I had 
> heard of "histology."  At first it was helping set up grossing, coverslipping 
> slides and doing immunofluorescence for the kidney cases (and taking 
> "kodachromes" of the results! Does anyone under 30 know what a Kodachrome 
> is?!). But then our director wanted to bring in IHC and so had a tech from a 
> lab at Cedars Sinai in LA come to teach us how to do it. We did all of 10 
> stains at first. Of course it was all manual and so had to know what was 
> going on with every step. I didn't use an automated stainer for the first 12 
> years that I did IHC, and at times was doing 150 slides a day manually.
> 
> Gradually I ended up doing half time in histology and learned cutting, 
> special stains, muscle histochemistry, immunofluorescence for kidney cases. I 
> decided to work on the HT exam since I was doing all that work anyway. We had 
> a lab of four men - pretty rare, Imagine - and we started a study group to 
> all take the test. We met after work a couple times a week for 6 months 
> pretty  much memorizing the Sheehan book. We all took the HT and all but one 
> passed. Later I passed the HTL as well.
> 
> After 11 years of that I moved on to a job in Saudi Arabia - and my wife and 
> daughter went along. I managed the IHC and muscle lab at King Faisal 
> Specialist Hospital in Riyadh. My wife was lucky enough to get a teaching 
> position at the American School where our daughter was in 9th grade. That 
> made all the difference in our life there because if she had not gotten a job 
> I don't think we would have stayed there  5 years. She would have been stuck 
> doing pretty much nothing. I moved on to managing the histology lab as  
> whole. Living in another country is a great experience, even if it is a 
> totally different culture. It certainly changed our outlook on the world and 
> I would not trade that experience for anything. We also did a lot of 
> travelling during those years - being on "that" side of  world makes 
> traveling there much easier!
> 
> Once we decided to leave Saudi I looked for a job back in the States and was 
> lucky enough to land one at the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta in 
> their Infectious Disease Pathology division. I worked with 5 infectious 
> disease pathology specialists and a dozen technologists from histotechs to EM 
> techs, to microbiologists to molecular biologists. We worked on routine cases 
> to world-wide outbreak cases. During the 5 years I was there we identified at 
> least one novel human virus every year that caused outbreaks. And that was in 
> addition to numerous cases of outbreaks of known diseases for which we 
> received samples from all over the world. Probably the most notorious case 
> was the anthrax attack after 9/11. Four of us histotechs manned the lab 24 
> hours a day, 7 days a week for 6 weeks running IHC tests on endless samples 
> while trying to get on top of that case. In the middle of it all the power 
> went out to the facility and we had to work on generator power with temporary 
> lighting set up in the lab and battery packs to keep the equipment running. 
> After 9/11 and then anthrax everyone was thinking it was a bioterror attack 
> by the same group, so things were crazy. When  I think of all the efforts we 
> made to enhance our detection and diagnostic capabilities, and all our 
> meetings about how to handle outbreaks, it was hard to see the stumbles the 
> CDC made in this current pandemic. But I can say that we had discussed, 
> studied and predicted pretty much everything that has happened in this Covid 
> 19 era. Indeed, we had the first-hand experience with SARS in the last year I 
> was there, so knew exactly how it could play out.
> 
> Finally we decided to move back to California and I was able to connect with 
> an old friend to get a position at Lab Vision in Fremont, CA. This company 

Re: [Histonet] Retirement in sight!

[Tony Henwood (SCHN) via Histonet]

I am reminded of the Beatles classic:

"Will you still need me, will you still feed me, When I'm sixty-four"

40 years! - a sh.. load of experience, a sh.. load of knowledge.

Histotechnology worldwide still needs your wisdom so we hope you can keep an 
eye on us through Histonet and the Block.

Enjoy retirement and hope to see you soon

Regards 
Tony Henwood JP, MSc, BAppSc, GradDipSysAnalys, CT(ASC), FFSc(RCPA) 
Principal Scientist, the Children's Hospital at Westmead
Adjunct Fellow, School of Medicine, University of Western Sydney 
Tel: 612 9845 3306 
Fax: 612 9845 3318 
Pathology Department
the children's hospital at westmead
Cnr Hawkesbury Road and Hainsworth Street, Westmead
Locked Bag 4001, Westmead NSW 2145, AUSTRALIA 



-Original Message-
From: Morken, Timothy via Histonet [mailto:histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] 
Sent: Friday, 10 September 2021 2:26 AM
To: Histonet 
Subject: [Histonet] Retirement in sight!


After 40 years in the lab I've decided to retire this year - in a week actually!

It has been an interesting 4 decades...

I started out in an EM lab after getting a degree in Physiology and then  
competing a 2 year EM course at Delta College in Stockton, CA - the only 
dedicated EM program at that time. I started out running a scanning EM lab for 
an electronics company looking at microchips but after a couple years moved to 
a hosptial lab in Fresno, CA running their EM lab. I was the only one, so from 
day one was the "Manager" of the lab! I did about 150 EM cases a year and in 
those days it was a mix of kidney and tumor cases - there was no IHC yet so 
some tumor diagnostics depended on EM. I did not have quite enough work to keep 
me busy so I started hanging out in the histology lab. As with many people in 
this field the day I started working there was the first I had heard of 
"histology."  At first it was helping set up grossing, coverslipping slides and 
doing immunofluorescence for the kidney cases (and taking "kodachromes" of the 
results! Does anyone under 30 know what a Kodachrome is?!). But then our 
director wanted to bring in IHC and so had a tech from a lab at Cedars Sinai in 
LA come to teach us how to do it. We did all of 10 stains at first. Of course 
it was all manual and so had to know what was going on with every step. I 
didn't use an automated stainer for the first 12 years that I did IHC, and at 
times was doing 150 slides a day manually.

Gradually I ended up doing half time in histology and learned cutting, special 
stains, muscle histochemistry, immunofluorescence for kidney cases. I decided 
to work on the HT exam since I was doing all that work anyway. We had a lab of 
four men - pretty rare, Imagine - and we started a study group to all take the 
test. We met after work a couple times a week for 6 months pretty  much 
memorizing the Sheehan book. We all took the HT and all but one passed. Later I 
passed the HTL as well.

After 11 years of that I moved on to a job in Saudi Arabia - and my wife and 
daughter went along. I managed the IHC and muscle lab at King Faisal Specialist 
Hospital in Riyadh. My wife was lucky enough to get a teaching position at the 
American School where our daughter was in 9th grade. That made all the 
difference in our life there because if she had not gotten a job I don't think 
we would have stayed there  5 years. She would have been stuck doing pretty 
much nothing. I moved on to managing the histology lab as  whole. Living in 
another country is a great experience, even if it is a totally different 
culture. It certainly changed our outlook on the world and I would not trade 
that experience for anything. We also did a lot of travelling during those 
years - being on "that" side of  world makes traveling there much easier!

Once we decided to leave Saudi I looked for a job back in the States and was 
lucky enough to land one at the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta in their 
Infectious Disease Pathology division. I worked with 5 infectious disease 
pathology specialists and a dozen technologists from histotechs to EM techs, to 
microbiologists to molecular biologists. We worked on routine cases to 
world-wide outbreak cases. During the 5 years I was there we identified at 
least one novel human virus every year that caused outbreaks. And that was in 
addition to numerous cases of outbreaks of known diseases for which we received 
samples from all over the world. Probably the most notorious case was the 
anthrax attack after 9/11. Four of us histotechs manned the lab 24 hours a day, 
7 days a week for 6 weeks running IHC tests on endless samples while trying to 
get on top of that case. In the middle of it all the power went out to the 
facility and we had to work on generator power with temporary lighting set up 
in the lab and battery packs to keep the equipment running. After 9/11 and then 
anthrax everyone was thinking it was a bioterror attack by the same group, so 
things were crazy. When  I think of all 

Re: [Histonet] Retirement in sight!

[Duraine, Lita R via Histonet]

Congratulations Tim,

I too was a graduate of the San Joaquin Delta EM School under Dr Murphy.  Your 
story is similar to most of us.  We have been able to go through doors that 
others only wish they could.  Over the years , we often experience many 
accomplishments, and get to meet many colleagues in the field.  

I certainly hope that we can continue to see your posts and hear your comments. 
 Enjoy your new journey in life!

Best regards,

Lita Duraine
Certified Electron Microscopist
NRI TEM Core
Baylor College of Medicine



-Original Message-
From: Morken, Timothy via Histonet  
Sent: Thursday, September 9, 2021 12:50 PM
To: Victor Tobias 
Cc: Histonet 
Subject: Re: [Histonet] Retirement in sight!

Victor, thanks, and I still appreciate your showing me around your lab and 
barcoding system when we were setting that up. It helped a lot in how we 
implemented it. 

VMC was a good place to learn - a small lab, doing a lot of different things. 
Besides newer methods in molecular biology I can say that I learned pretty much 
everything at VMC and since then it has just been refinement. And when I was 
there Dr Price was interested in developing "super techs" and actually paid out 
of his own pocket for a couple of us to go to NSH and EM meetings. I have not 
been anywhere else where that happened!

We're actually moving back to Fresno! My wife is from there and has family 
there. We had looked at other places, and in other states but decided that was 
the easiest place to go to. What really made me decide to take the plunge was 
the spike I housing prices this year. We were able to sell and make quite a 
bit. My wife had  serious case of Fear of Missing Out - thought the market 
would drop and we would lose the gains. So, here we are!

Tim Morken
Supervisor, Electron Microscopy/Neuromuscular Special Studies Department of 
Pathology UC San Francisco Medical Center


-Original Message-
From: Victor Tobias 
Sent: Thursday, September 09, 2021 10:36 AM
To: Morken, Timothy 
Cc: Histonet 
Subject: Re: [Histonet] Retirement in sight!

Congratulations Tim,

It has been a long road. Interesting how we both worked at VMC at different 
times and I would have to say it was prominent in our careers. It was where I 
was first exposed to Histology. I have enjoyed your friendship and comradeship.

Take care
Victor


Sent from my iPad

> On Sep 9, 2021, at 9:26 AM, Morken, Timothy via Histonet 
>  wrote:
> 
> 
> After 40 years in the lab I've decided to retire this year - in a week 
> actually!
> 
> It has been an interesting 4 decades...
> 
> I started out in an EM lab after getting a degree in Physiology and then  
> competing a 2 year EM course at Delta College in Stockton, CA - the only 
> dedicated EM program at that time. I started out running a scanning EM lab 
> for an electronics company looking at microchips but after a couple years 
> moved to a hosptial lab in Fresno, CA running their EM lab. I was the only 
> one, so from day one was the "Manager" of the lab! I did about 150 EM cases a 
> year and in those days it was a mix of kidney and tumor cases - there was no 
> IHC yet so some tumor diagnostics depended on EM. I did not have quite enough 
> work to keep me busy so I started hanging out in the histology lab. As with 
> many people in this field the day I started working there was the first I had 
> heard of "histology."  At first it was helping set up grossing, coverslipping 
> slides and doing immunofluorescence for the kidney cases (and taking 
> "kodachromes" of the results! Does anyone under 30 know what a Kodachrome 
> is?!). But then our director wanted to bring in IHC and so had a tech from a 
> lab at Cedars Sinai in LA come to teach us how to do it. We did all of 10 
> stains at first. Of course it was all manual and so had to know what was 
> going on with every step. I didn't use an automated stainer for the first 12 
> years that I did IHC, and at times was doing 150 slides a day manually.
> 
> Gradually I ended up doing half time in histology and learned cutting, 
> special stains, muscle histochemistry, immunofluorescence for kidney cases. I 
> decided to work on the HT exam since I was doing all that work anyway. We had 
> a lab of four men - pretty rare, Imagine - and we started a study group to 
> all take the test. We met after work a couple times a week for 6 months 
> pretty  much memorizing the Sheehan book. We all took the HT and all but one 
> passed. Later I passed the HTL as well.
> 
> After 11 years of that I moved on to a job in Saudi Arabia - and my wife and 
> daughter went along. I managed the IHC and muscle lab at King Faisal 
> Specialist Hospital in Riyadh. My wife was lucky enough to get a teaching 
> position at the American School where our daughter was in 9th grade. That 
> made all the di

Re: [Histonet] Retirement in sight!

[brettmc31 via Histonet]

Hi Tim,Congratulations and welcome to the club... where everyday is a 
Saturday!Best regards,Brett Connolly, HTL, PhDSent via the Samsung Galaxy S8, 
an AT 5G Evolution capable smartphone
 Original message From: "Morken, Timothy via Histonet" 
 Date: 9/9/21  12:26 PM  (GMT-05:00) To: 
Histonet  Subject: [Histonet] Retirement in 
sight! After 40 years in the lab I've decided to retire this year - in a week 
actually!It has been an interesting 4 decades...I started out in an EM lab 
after getting a degree in Physiology and then  competing a 2 year EM course at 
Delta College in Stockton, CA - the only dedicated EM program at that time. I 
started out running a scanning EM lab for an electronics company looking at 
microchips but after a couple years moved to a hosptial lab in Fresno, CA 
running their EM lab. I was the only one, so from day one was the "Manager" of 
the lab! I did about 150 EM cases a year and in those days it was a mix of 
kidney and tumor cases - there was no IHC yet so some tumor diagnostics 
depended on EM. I did not have quite enough work to keep me busy so I started 
hanging out in the histology lab. As with many people in this field the day I 
started working there was the first I had heard of "histology."  At first it 
was helping set up grossing, coverslipping slides and doing immunofluorescence 
for the kidney cases (and taking "kodachromes" of the results! Does anyone 
under 30 know what a Kodachrome is?!). But then our director wanted to bring in 
IHC and so had a tech from a lab at Cedars Sinai in LA come to teach us how to 
do it. We did all of 10 stains at first. Of course it was all manual and so had 
to know what was going on with every step. I didn't use an automated stainer 
for the first 12 years that I did IHC, and at times was doing 150 slides a day 
manually.Gradually I ended up doing half time in histology and learned cutting, 
special stains, muscle histochemistry, immunofluorescence for kidney cases. I 
decided to work on the HT exam since I was doing all that work anyway. We had a 
lab of four men - pretty rare, Imagine - and we started a study group to all 
take the test. We met after work a couple times a week for 6 months pretty  
much memorizing the Sheehan book. We all took the HT and all but one passed. 
Later I passed the HTL as well.After 11 years of that I moved on to a job in 
Saudi Arabia - and my wife and daughter went along. I managed the IHC and 
muscle lab at King Faisal Specialist Hospital in Riyadh. My wife was lucky 
enough to get a teaching position at the American School where our daughter was 
in 9th grade. That made all the difference in our life there because if she had 
not gotten a job I don't think we would have stayed there  5 years. She would 
have been stuck doing pretty much nothing. I moved on to managing the histology 
lab as  whole. Living in another country is a great experience, even if it is a 
totally different culture. It certainly changed our outlook on the world and I 
would not trade that experience for anything. We also did a lot of travelling 
during those years - being on "that" side of  world makes traveling there much 
easier!Once we decided to leave Saudi I looked for a job back in the States and 
was lucky enough to land one at the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta in 
their Infectious Disease Pathology division. I worked with 5 infectious disease 
pathology specialists and a dozen technologists from histotechs to EM techs, to 
microbiologists to molecular biologists. We worked on routine cases to 
world-wide outbreak cases. During the 5 years I was there we identified at 
least one novel human virus every year that caused outbreaks. And that was in 
addition to numerous cases of outbreaks of known diseases for which we received 
samples from all over the world. Probably the most notorious case was the 
anthrax attack after 9/11. Four of us histotechs manned the lab 24 hours a day, 
7 days a week for 6 weeks running IHC tests on endless samples while trying to 
get on top of that case. In the middle of it all the power went out to the 
facility and we had to work on generator power with temporary lighting set up 
in the lab and battery packs to keep the equipment running. After 9/11 and then 
anthrax everyone was thinking it was a bioterror attack by the same group, so 
things were crazy. When  I think of all the efforts we made to enhance our 
detection and diagnostic capabilities, and all our meetings about how to handle 
outbreaks, it was hard to see the stumbles the CDC made in this current 
pandemic. But I can say that we had discussed, studied and predicted pretty 
much everything that has happened in this Covid 19 era. Indeed, we had the 
first-hand experience with SARS in the last year I was there, so knew exactly 
how it could play out.Finally we decided to move back to California and I was 
able to connect with an old friend to get a position at Lab Vision in Fremont, 
CA. This company 

Re: [Histonet] Retirement in sight!

[Hobbs, Carl via Histonet]

Well, Dr Morken
I do not know you but..I have read/absorbed/acted upon occasionally... 
your most informative Posts, over the years
Your Professional History reads such a wide spectrum of 
interests/skills/locations!
I assume that you will still be contributing to Histonet so that your valuable 
insights/experiences may still be available to us that have not yet retired.

I trust that your Family equally enjoyed your trajectories across the World!
I wish you the very best in your new "Post"
Sincerely

Carl
Carl Hobbs FIBMS
Histology and Imaging Manager
Wolfson CARD
Guys Campus, London Bridge 
Kings College London
London
SE1 1UL





Carl Hobbs FIBMS
Histology and Imaging Manager
Wolfson CARD
Guys Campus, London Bridge 
Kings College London
London
SE1 1UL
 


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Re: [Histonet] Retirement in sight!

[Morken, Timothy via Histonet]

Victor, thanks, and I still appreciate your showing me around your lab and 
barcoding system when we were setting that up. It helped a lot in how we 
implemented it. 

VMC was a good place to learn - a small lab, doing a lot of different things. 
Besides newer methods in molecular biology I can say that I learned pretty much 
everything at VMC and since then it has just been refinement. And when I was 
there Dr Price was interested in developing "super techs" and actually paid out 
of his own pocket for a couple of us to go to NSH and EM meetings. I have not 
been anywhere else where that happened!

We're actually moving back to Fresno! My wife is from there and has family 
there. We had looked at other places, and in other states but decided that was 
the easiest place to go to. What really made me decide to take the plunge was 
the spike I housing prices this year. We were able to sell and make quite a 
bit. My wife had  serious case of Fear of Missing Out - thought the market 
would drop and we would lose the gains. So, here we are!

Tim Morken
Supervisor, Electron Microscopy/Neuromuscular Special Studies
Department of Pathology
UC San Francisco Medical Center


-Original Message-
From: Victor Tobias  
Sent: Thursday, September 09, 2021 10:36 AM
To: Morken, Timothy 
Cc: Histonet 
Subject: Re: [Histonet] Retirement in sight!

Congratulations Tim,

It has been a long road. Interesting how we both worked at VMC at different 
times and I would have to say it was prominent in our careers. It was where I 
was first exposed to Histology. I have enjoyed your friendship and comradeship.

Take care
Victor


Sent from my iPad

> On Sep 9, 2021, at 9:26 AM, Morken, Timothy via Histonet 
>  wrote:
> 
> 
> After 40 years in the lab I've decided to retire this year - in a week 
> actually!
> 
> It has been an interesting 4 decades...
> 
> I started out in an EM lab after getting a degree in Physiology and then  
> competing a 2 year EM course at Delta College in Stockton, CA - the only 
> dedicated EM program at that time. I started out running a scanning EM lab 
> for an electronics company looking at microchips but after a couple years 
> moved to a hosptial lab in Fresno, CA running their EM lab. I was the only 
> one, so from day one was the "Manager" of the lab! I did about 150 EM cases a 
> year and in those days it was a mix of kidney and tumor cases - there was no 
> IHC yet so some tumor diagnostics depended on EM. I did not have quite enough 
> work to keep me busy so I started hanging out in the histology lab. As with 
> many people in this field the day I started working there was the first I had 
> heard of "histology."  At first it was helping set up grossing, coverslipping 
> slides and doing immunofluorescence for the kidney cases (and taking 
> "kodachromes" of the results! Does anyone under 30 know what a Kodachrome 
> is?!). But then our director wanted to bring in IHC and so had a tech from a 
> lab at Cedars Sinai in LA come to teach us how to do it. We did all of 10 
> stains at first. Of course it was all manual and so had to know what was 
> going on with every step. I didn't use an automated stainer for the first 12 
> years that I did IHC, and at times was doing 150 slides a day manually.
> 
> Gradually I ended up doing half time in histology and learned cutting, 
> special stains, muscle histochemistry, immunofluorescence for kidney cases. I 
> decided to work on the HT exam since I was doing all that work anyway. We had 
> a lab of four men - pretty rare, Imagine - and we started a study group to 
> all take the test. We met after work a couple times a week for 6 months 
> pretty  much memorizing the Sheehan book. We all took the HT and all but one 
> passed. Later I passed the HTL as well.
> 
> After 11 years of that I moved on to a job in Saudi Arabia - and my wife and 
> daughter went along. I managed the IHC and muscle lab at King Faisal 
> Specialist Hospital in Riyadh. My wife was lucky enough to get a teaching 
> position at the American School where our daughter was in 9th grade. That 
> made all the difference in our life there because if she had not gotten a job 
> I don't think we would have stayed there  5 years. She would have been stuck 
> doing pretty much nothing. I moved on to managing the histology lab as  
> whole. Living in another country is a great experience, even if it is a 
> totally different culture. It certainly changed our outlook on the world and 
> I would not trade that experience for anything. We also did a lot of 
> travelling during those years - being on "that" side of  world makes 
> traveling there much easier!
> 
> Once we decided to leave Saudi I looked for a job back in the States and was 
> lucky enough to land one at the Cen

Re: [Histonet] Retirement in sight!

[Victor Tobias via Histonet]

Congratulations Tim,

It has been a long road. Interesting how we both worked at VMC at different 
times and I would have to say it was prominent in our careers. It was where I 
was first exposed to Histology. I have enjoyed your friendship and comradeship.

Take care
Victor


Sent from my iPad

> On Sep 9, 2021, at 9:26 AM, Morken, Timothy via Histonet 
>  wrote:
> 
> 
> After 40 years in the lab I've decided to retire this year - in a week 
> actually!
> 
> It has been an interesting 4 decades...
> 
> I started out in an EM lab after getting a degree in Physiology and then  
> competing a 2 year EM course at Delta College in Stockton, CA - the only 
> dedicated EM program at that time. I started out running a scanning EM lab 
> for an electronics company looking at microchips but after a couple years 
> moved to a hosptial lab in Fresno, CA running their EM lab. I was the only 
> one, so from day one was the "Manager" of the lab! I did about 150 EM cases a 
> year and in those days it was a mix of kidney and tumor cases - there was no 
> IHC yet so some tumor diagnostics depended on EM. I did not have quite enough 
> work to keep me busy so I started hanging out in the histology lab. As with 
> many people in this field the day I started working there was the first I had 
> heard of "histology."  At first it was helping set up grossing, coverslipping 
> slides and doing immunofluorescence for the kidney cases (and taking 
> "kodachromes" of the results! Does anyone under 30 know what a Kodachrome 
> is?!). But then our director wanted to bring in IHC and so had a tech from a 
> lab at Cedars Sinai in LA come to teach us how to do it. We did all of 10 
> stains at first. Of course it was all manual and so had to know what was 
> going on with every step. I didn't use an automated stainer for the first 12 
> years that I did IHC, and at times was doing 150 slides a day manually.
> 
> Gradually I ended up doing half time in histology and learned cutting, 
> special stains, muscle histochemistry, immunofluorescence for kidney cases. I 
> decided to work on the HT exam since I was doing all that work anyway. We had 
> a lab of four men - pretty rare, Imagine - and we started a study group to 
> all take the test. We met after work a couple times a week for 6 months 
> pretty  much memorizing the Sheehan book. We all took the HT and all but one 
> passed. Later I passed the HTL as well.
> 
> After 11 years of that I moved on to a job in Saudi Arabia - and my wife and 
> daughter went along. I managed the IHC and muscle lab at King Faisal 
> Specialist Hospital in Riyadh. My wife was lucky enough to get a teaching 
> position at the American School where our daughter was in 9th grade. That 
> made all the difference in our life there because if she had not gotten a job 
> I don't think we would have stayed there  5 years. She would have been stuck 
> doing pretty much nothing. I moved on to managing the histology lab as  
> whole. Living in another country is a great experience, even if it is a 
> totally different culture. It certainly changed our outlook on the world and 
> I would not trade that experience for anything. We also did a lot of 
> travelling during those years - being on "that" side of  world makes 
> traveling there much easier!
> 
> Once we decided to leave Saudi I looked for a job back in the States and was 
> lucky enough to land one at the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta in 
> their Infectious Disease Pathology division. I worked with 5 infectious 
> disease pathology specialists and a dozen technologists from histotechs to EM 
> techs, to microbiologists to molecular biologists. We worked on routine cases 
> to world-wide outbreak cases. During the 5 years I was there we identified at 
> least one novel human virus every year that caused outbreaks. And that was in 
> addition to numerous cases of outbreaks of known diseases for which we 
> received samples from all over the world. Probably the most notorious case 
> was the anthrax attack after 9/11. Four of us histotechs manned the lab 24 
> hours a day, 7 days a week for 6 weeks running IHC tests on endless samples 
> while trying to get on top of that case. In the middle of it all the power 
> went out to the facility and we had to work on generator power with temporary 
> lighting set up in the lab and battery packs to keep the equipment running. 
> After 9/11 and then anthrax everyone was thinking it was a bioterror attack 
> by the same group, so things were crazy. When  I think of all the efforts we 
> made to enhance our detection and diagnostic capabilities, and all our 
> meetings about how to handle outbreaks, it was hard to see the stumbles the 
> CDC made in this current pandemic. But I can say that we had discussed, 
> studied and predicted pretty much everything that has happened in this Covid 
> 19 era. Indeed, we had the first-hand experience with SARS in the last year I 
> was there, so knew exactly how it could 

RE: [Histonet] Retirement

[Michael Mihalik]

Walt we wish you the best.   It was great working with you.

We'll miss you.  You were one of the few who really knew their 'stuff' and
who was honest and a pleasure to be around.

..hard qualities to find.

Good luck

Michael Mihalik
PathView Systems | cell: 214.733.7688 | 800.798.3540 | fax: 952.241.7369


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From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
[mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of VanTilburg,
Walt
Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 2014 2:18 PM
To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
Subject: [Histonet] Retirement

I know it is frowned upon for vendors to write to Histonet, but I hope you
will indulge me as I have no easy way to say good bye to some great people.
I am retiring next Tuesday the 22nd and for the past 11 year I have met many
of you in histo land and have enjoyed the help you all have given me.
Without fail every time I entered a lab you unselfishly answered my
questions and helped me understand the work flow in the AP labs.  For the
first couple of years I had to write down and Google almost every third word
you said, but I started to catch on and you input and our discussions helped
to shape the products that we developed.  For that I am grateful.
I met a lot of people and made a lot a good friends and saying good bye is
hard but the truth is you wore me out and I need to take a break.  I would
list all of the folk who were especially helpful but the list would be
really long so this is just a blanket thank you and good bye.

Walt
Walter Van Tilburg
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General Data Healthcare, Inc.
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RE: [Histonet] Retirement

[sgoebel]

The smoking thing is what I missed...I know I work in cancer research
and I shouldn't smoke, but as I tell everyone...by the time I get lung
cancer I will have helped to find the cure (wishful thinking and stupid
excuse making I know.)  Now almost everywhere I work you have to
completely leave the property to smoke, and the latest talk is that soon
we won't be able to even smoke on a public sidewalk!  I'm sure in my
lifetime I will see cigarettes become illegal and pot become legal,
kinda funny I think =)
Happy Monday all!!

PS-Is anyone else out there going to the Innovex thing in CA this week??
I need a happy hour/go to Alcatraz tour buddy =)

Sarah Goebel-Dysart, BA, HT(ASCP)
Histotechnologist
Mirna Therapeutics
2150 Woodward Street
Suite 100
Austin, Texas  78744
(512)901-0900 ext. 6912


-Original Message-
From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
[mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of
histot...@imagesbyhopper.com
Sent: Sunday, June 19, 2011 7:48 PM
To: Paula Sicurello
Cc: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu; Amos Brooks
Subject: Re: [Histonet] Retirement

And remember mouth pipeting? oops, that's the cotton...

Eating and smoking in the lab was the norm.

Our alcohol had the tax stamp on it!  :o)

Michelle


On Jun 19, 2011, at 4:19 PM, Paula Sicurello pat...@gmail.com wrote:

 Sheesh!  We used to have people smoke while working with propylene
oxide.
 
 Eating in your control pigs was part of the benefit of being a
 graduate student to save on grocery money.
 
 Film?  My TEM used glass plates.
 
 Lab mates used to routinely drink diet coke and 100% ethanol on
Fridays.
 
 Wearing closed toed shoes was for wimps, you were just fast if you
 dropped a steel wedge blade.
 
 We even wrote using the entire word and proper grammar, none of this
 acronym stuff for us.
 
 Retirement?  What's that?
 
 Paula :-)
 
 On Sun, Jun 19, 2011 at 12:31 PM, Amos Brooks amosbro...@gmail.com
wrote:
 Agarose Gels!
... Listen you whipersnapper Agarose is the easy way out. When I
learned
 it we used to have to make up our own polyacrylamide gels. That was
after
 having to walk to work up hill both ways in 30 feet of snow!
 
 (No nearer retirement)
 Crotchety Amos
 
 
 
 Message: 7
 Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2011 13:24:12 -0400
 From: Emily Sours talulahg...@gmail.com
 Subject: Re: [Histonet] Retirement
 To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
 Message-ID: banlktinejxtxyop-byfweuxn3yw-ff3...@mail.gmail.com
 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
 
 Retirement? I think by the time I get to that point, social security
will
 have run out.
 Then again, technology will be so advanced, I can tell stories about
the old
 days, where I logged on to the bbs by modem to post messages to my
friends
 and typed in my own html coding.
 We didn't have google when I was young!! Our cameras used film! And
you
 couldn't see how bad your pictures were until you developed that
film!!
 There was no PCR to sequence your DNA, you ran an agarose gel and
hoped for
 the best!! You could drink the 100% ethanol, there was no denaturing!
(okay
 that was before my time) You could smoke in the lab while you
sectioned
 without gloves!! (okay that was too)
 
 Emily
 
 A great book should leave you with many experiences, and slightly
exhausted.
 You should live several lives while reading it.
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RE: [Histonet] Retirement

[O'Donnell, Bill]

You had COTTON in your pipettes? We used hollowed out reeds with a bit
of papyrus in one end. No calibration But plenty accurate enough for
histo in those days.

However, there are a few things I do not miss from back in da' day.
Hand-stropping a knife for an hour, only to have it nicked by a staple
in the next hour. 

-Bill

 

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From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
[mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of
histot...@imagesbyhopper.com
Sent: Sunday, June 19, 2011 7:48 PM
To: Paula Sicurello
Cc: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu; Amos Brooks
Subject: Re: [Histonet] Retirement

And remember mouth pipeting? oops, that's the cotton...

Eating and smoking in the lab was the norm.

Our alcohol had the tax stamp on it!  :o)

Michelle


On Jun 19, 2011, at 4:19 PM, Paula Sicurello pat...@gmail.com wrote:

 Sheesh!  We used to have people smoke while working with propylene
oxide.
 
 Eating in your control pigs was part of the benefit of being a 
 graduate student to save on grocery money.
 
 Film?  My TEM used glass plates.
 
 Lab mates used to routinely drink diet coke and 100% ethanol on
Fridays.
 
 Wearing closed toed shoes was for wimps, you were just fast if you 
 dropped a steel wedge blade.
 
 We even wrote using the entire word and proper grammar, none of this 
 acronym stuff for us.
 
 Retirement?  What's that?
 
 Paula :-)
 
 On Sun, Jun 19, 2011 at 12:31 PM, Amos Brooks amosbro...@gmail.com
wrote:
 Agarose Gels!
... Listen you whipersnapper Agarose is the easy way out. When I 
 learned it we used to have to make up our own polyacrylamide gels. 
 That was after having to walk to work up hill both ways in 30 feet of
snow!
 
 (No nearer retirement)
 Crotchety Amos
 
 
 
 Message: 7
 Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2011 13:24:12 -0400
 From: Emily Sours talulahg...@gmail.com
 Subject: Re: [Histonet] Retirement
 To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
 Message-ID: banlktinejxtxyop-byfweuxn3yw-ff3...@mail.gmail.com
 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
 
 Retirement? I think by the time I get to that point, social security 
 will have run out.
 Then again, technology will be so advanced, I can tell stories about 
 the old days, where I logged on to the bbs by modem to post messages 
 to my friends and typed in my own html coding.
 We didn't have google when I was young!! Our cameras used film! And 
 you couldn't see how bad your pictures were until you developed that
film!!
 There was no PCR to sequence your DNA, you ran an agarose gel and 
 hoped for the best!! You could drink the 100% ethanol, there was no 
 denaturing! (okay that was before my time) You could smoke in the lab

 while you sectioned without gloves!! (okay that was too)
 
 Emily
 
 A great book should leave you with many experiences, and slightly
exhausted.
 You should live several lives while reading it.
 -William Styron
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RE: [Histonet] Retirement

[Podawiltz, Thomas]

And that is why I never let you use my knives. 

Tom

-Original Message-
From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu 
[mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of O'Donnell, Bill
Sent: Monday, June 20, 2011 10:31 AM
To: histot...@imagesbyhopper.com; Paula Sicurello
Cc: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu; Amos Brooks
Subject: RE: [Histonet] Retirement

You had COTTON in your pipettes? We used hollowed out reeds with a bit
of papyrus in one end. No calibration But plenty accurate enough for
histo in those days.

However, there are a few things I do not miss from back in da' day.
Hand-stropping a knife for an hour, only to have it nicked by a staple
in the next hour. 

-Bill

 

-Original Message-
From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
[mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of
histot...@imagesbyhopper.com
Sent: Sunday, June 19, 2011 7:48 PM
To: Paula Sicurello
Cc: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu; Amos Brooks
Subject: Re: [Histonet] Retirement

And remember mouth pipeting? oops, that's the cotton...

Eating and smoking in the lab was the norm.

Our alcohol had the tax stamp on it!  :o)

Michelle


On Jun 19, 2011, at 4:19 PM, Paula Sicurello pat...@gmail.com wrote:

 Sheesh!  We used to have people smoke while working with propylene
oxide.
 
 Eating in your control pigs was part of the benefit of being a 
 graduate student to save on grocery money.
 
 Film?  My TEM used glass plates.
 
 Lab mates used to routinely drink diet coke and 100% ethanol on
Fridays.
 
 Wearing closed toed shoes was for wimps, you were just fast if you 
 dropped a steel wedge blade.
 
 We even wrote using the entire word and proper grammar, none of this 
 acronym stuff for us.
 
 Retirement?  What's that?
 
 Paula :-)
 
 On Sun, Jun 19, 2011 at 12:31 PM, Amos Brooks amosbro...@gmail.com
wrote:
 Agarose Gels!
... Listen you whipersnapper Agarose is the easy way out. When I 
 learned it we used to have to make up our own polyacrylamide gels. 
 That was after having to walk to work up hill both ways in 30 feet of
snow!
 
 (No nearer retirement)
 Crotchety Amos
 
 
 
 Message: 7
 Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2011 13:24:12 -0400
 From: Emily Sours talulahg...@gmail.com
 Subject: Re: [Histonet] Retirement
 To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
 Message-ID: banlktinejxtxyop-byfweuxn3yw-ff3...@mail.gmail.com
 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
 
 Retirement? I think by the time I get to that point, social security 
 will have run out.
 Then again, technology will be so advanced, I can tell stories about 
 the old days, where I logged on to the bbs by modem to post messages 
 to my friends and typed in my own html coding.
 We didn't have google when I was young!! Our cameras used film! And 
 you couldn't see how bad your pictures were until you developed that
film!!
 There was no PCR to sequence your DNA, you ran an agarose gel and 
 hoped for the best!! You could drink the 100% ethanol, there was no 
 denaturing! (okay that was before my time) You could smoke in the lab

 while you sectioned without gloves!! (okay that was too)
 
 Emily
 
 A great book should leave you with many experiences, and slightly
exhausted.
 You should live several lives while reading it.
 -William Styron
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Re: [Histonet] Retirement

[Amos Brooks]

Agarose Gels!
... Listen you whipersnapper Agarose is the easy way out. When I learned
it we used to have to make up our own polyacrylamide gels. That was after
having to walk to work up hill both ways in 30 feet of snow!

(No nearer retirement)
Crotchety Amos



Message: 7
Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2011 13:24:12 -0400
From: Emily Sours talulahg...@gmail.com
Subject: Re: [Histonet] Retirement
To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
Message-ID: banlktinejxtxyop-byfweuxn3yw-ff3...@mail.gmail.com
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8

Retirement? I think by the time I get to that point, social security will
have run out.
Then again, technology will be so advanced, I can tell stories about the old
days, where I logged on to the bbs by modem to post messages to my friends
and typed in my own html coding.
We didn't have google when I was young!! Our cameras used film! And you
couldn't see how bad your pictures were until you developed that film!!
There was no PCR to sequence your DNA, you ran an agarose gel and hoped for
the best!! You could drink the 100% ethanol, there was no denaturing! (okay
that was before my time) You could smoke in the lab while you sectioned
without gloves!! (okay that was too)

Emily

A great book should leave you with many experiences, and slightly exhausted.
You should live several lives while reading it.
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Re: [Histonet] Retirement

[Paula Sicurello]

Sheesh!  We used to have people smoke while working with propylene oxide.

Eating in your control pigs was part of the benefit of being a
graduate student to save on grocery money.

Film?  My TEM used glass plates.

Lab mates used to routinely drink diet coke and 100% ethanol on Fridays.

Wearing closed toed shoes was for wimps, you were just fast if you
dropped a steel wedge blade.

We even wrote using the entire word and proper grammar, none of this
acronym stuff for us.

Retirement?  What's that?

Paula :-)

On Sun, Jun 19, 2011 at 12:31 PM, Amos Brooks amosbro...@gmail.com wrote:
 Agarose Gels!
    ... Listen you whipersnapper Agarose is the easy way out. When I learned
 it we used to have to make up our own polyacrylamide gels. That was after
 having to walk to work up hill both ways in 30 feet of snow!

 (No nearer retirement)
 Crotchety Amos



 Message: 7
 Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2011 13:24:12 -0400
 From: Emily Sours talulahg...@gmail.com
 Subject: Re: [Histonet] Retirement
 To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
 Message-ID: banlktinejxtxyop-byfweuxn3yw-ff3...@mail.gmail.com
 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8

 Retirement? I think by the time I get to that point, social security will
 have run out.
 Then again, technology will be so advanced, I can tell stories about the old
 days, where I logged on to the bbs by modem to post messages to my friends
 and typed in my own html coding.
 We didn't have google when I was young!! Our cameras used film! And you
 couldn't see how bad your pictures were until you developed that film!!
 There was no PCR to sequence your DNA, you ran an agarose gel and hoped for
 the best!! You could drink the 100% ethanol, there was no denaturing! (okay
 that was before my time) You could smoke in the lab while you sectioned
 without gloves!! (okay that was too)

 Emily

 A great book should leave you with many experiences, and slightly exhausted.
 You should live several lives while reading it.
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RE: [Histonet] Retirement

[Reilly, Laurie]

Tropical Australia might be a great place for a Histo commune. Please hurry 
with the organising, I'm out of here in 4-6 years and a very wise social worker 
once told me that you have to retire 'to' something not 'from' something. 
Here in Townsville we are in the middle of our winter. Minimum overnight 
about 10C and during the day we have clear blue sunny skies and maximum of mid 
20s. We have to put up with that for another 3 months yet. The disadvantage is 
that it probably won't rain until Christmas and then we get rain by the 
bucketful.
But 300 sunny days a year is good.

Sorry, I don't have any jobs to offer. We just employed another Histo 
scientist, one of my students returned from 7 years in private path. Great. Now 
I have time to read the Histonet.

Regards,Laurie.



Mr. Laurie REILLY
Histopathology
School of  Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences
James Cook University
Townsville  Qld.  4811
Australia.

Phone 07 4781 4468

-Original Message-
From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu 
[mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Blazek, Linda
Sent: Saturday, 18 June 2011 2:49 AM
To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
Subject: RE: [Histonet] Retirement

Cup holders on the microtomes since all of us are of the age where we use to 
have our coffee cups on top of our 'tomes.

Linda

-Original Message-
From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu 
[mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Podawiltz, 
Thomas
Sent: Friday, June 17, 2011 12:43 PM
To: Cynthia Robinson; Bill O'Donnell; histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
Subject: RE: [Histonet] Retirement

I 'm game for that as long as there is Tequila around. 



Tom Podawiltz, HT (ASCP)
Histology Section Head/Laboratory Safety Officer
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From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu 
[histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Cynthia Robinson 
[robin...@mercyhealth.com]
Sent: Friday, June 17, 2011 12:13 PM
To: Bill O'Donnell; histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
Subject: Re: [Histonet] Retirement

Bill,

I am about the same age as you are and would like the same type of locale. 
Since there are so many of us in this field due to retire in the next 15-18 
years maybe we should consider investing in a Histotech Retirement Community. 
Specimens could be shipped to us for processing and staining. We could set up 
microtome stations in the common area and we could get together and talk and 
cut at the same time and do it in a wonderful climate with nice views and of 
courseat our own pace which will be relaxed and more of a shuffle that a 
full out sprint. Anyone have any suggestions for naming such a paradise?

Ok...I'm just getting old and it is Friday..so hope you appreciate my humor.

Have a good weekend everyone!
From here in the Midwest, where waterfront property is in abundance along the 
Mighty MO

Cindi

Cindi Robinson HT(ASCP)
Mercy Medical Center
Dunes Medical Laboratories
350 W Anchor Dr
Dakota Dunes SD 57049
phone-712-279-2768
robin...@mercyhealth.com


 O'Donnell, Bill billodonn...@catholichealth.net 6/17/2011 11:00 AM 

 OK, I know it is Friday, and I know that this may sound like a bit of a
jokebut I am 15-18 years out from retirement and my wife and I
want to retire someplace tropical And it would be smart to get
settled in such a location. So, if anyone knows of any openings in
Hawaii, Virgin Islands, St. Thomas, Puerto Rico for an experienced HT
(ASCP) QIHC  PLEASE let me know. Would be open to others, but would
prefer a US territory. I can be reached at b...@deaconbill.com

William (Bill) O'Donnell, HT (ASCP) QIHC
Senior Histologist/Safety Officer
Good Samaritan Hospital
10 East 31st Street
Kearney, NE 68847

SERENITY is not freedom from the storm, but peace amid the storm.






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Re: [Histonet] Retirement

[histot...@imagesbyhopper.com]

And remember mouth pipeting? oops, that's the cotton...

Eating and smoking in the lab was the norm.

Our alcohol had the tax stamp on it!  :o)

Michelle


On Jun 19, 2011, at 4:19 PM, Paula Sicurello pat...@gmail.com wrote:

 Sheesh!  We used to have people smoke while working with propylene oxide.
 
 Eating in your control pigs was part of the benefit of being a
 graduate student to save on grocery money.
 
 Film?  My TEM used glass plates.
 
 Lab mates used to routinely drink diet coke and 100% ethanol on Fridays.
 
 Wearing closed toed shoes was for wimps, you were just fast if you
 dropped a steel wedge blade.
 
 We even wrote using the entire word and proper grammar, none of this
 acronym stuff for us.
 
 Retirement?  What's that?
 
 Paula :-)
 
 On Sun, Jun 19, 2011 at 12:31 PM, Amos Brooks amosbro...@gmail.com wrote:
 Agarose Gels!
... Listen you whipersnapper Agarose is the easy way out. When I learned
 it we used to have to make up our own polyacrylamide gels. That was after
 having to walk to work up hill both ways in 30 feet of snow!
 
 (No nearer retirement)
 Crotchety Amos
 
 
 
 Message: 7
 Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2011 13:24:12 -0400
 From: Emily Sours talulahg...@gmail.com
 Subject: Re: [Histonet] Retirement
 To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
 Message-ID: banlktinejxtxyop-byfweuxn3yw-ff3...@mail.gmail.com
 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
 
 Retirement? I think by the time I get to that point, social security will
 have run out.
 Then again, technology will be so advanced, I can tell stories about the old
 days, where I logged on to the bbs by modem to post messages to my friends
 and typed in my own html coding.
 We didn't have google when I was young!! Our cameras used film! And you
 couldn't see how bad your pictures were until you developed that film!!
 There was no PCR to sequence your DNA, you ran an agarose gel and hoped for
 the best!! You could drink the 100% ethanol, there was no denaturing! (okay
 that was before my time) You could smoke in the lab while you sectioned
 without gloves!! (okay that was too)
 
 Emily
 
 A great book should leave you with many experiences, and slightly exhausted.
 You should live several lives while reading it.
 -William Styron
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RE: [Histonet] Retirement

[Weems, Joyce]

And the ashes being flicked into the trash with the xylene soaked gauze.. 
The good ole days!!


Joyce Weems 
Pathology Manager 
Saint Joseph's Hospital 
5665 Peachtree Dunwoody Rd NE 
Atlanta, GA 30342 
678-843-7376 - Phone 
678-843-7831 - Fax 


-Original Message-
From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu 
[mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of 
histot...@imagesbyhopper.com
Sent: Sunday, June 19, 2011 20:48
To: Paula Sicurello
Cc: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu; Amos Brooks
Subject: Re: [Histonet] Retirement

And remember mouth pipeting? oops, that's the cotton...

Eating and smoking in the lab was the norm.

Our alcohol had the tax stamp on it!  :o)

Michelle


On Jun 19, 2011, at 4:19 PM, Paula Sicurello pat...@gmail.com wrote:

 Sheesh!  We used to have people smoke while working with propylene oxide.
 
 Eating in your control pigs was part of the benefit of being a 
 graduate student to save on grocery money.
 
 Film?  My TEM used glass plates.
 
 Lab mates used to routinely drink diet coke and 100% ethanol on Fridays.
 
 Wearing closed toed shoes was for wimps, you were just fast if you 
 dropped a steel wedge blade.
 
 We even wrote using the entire word and proper grammar, none of this 
 acronym stuff for us.
 
 Retirement?  What's that?
 
 Paula :-)
 
 On Sun, Jun 19, 2011 at 12:31 PM, Amos Brooks amosbro...@gmail.com wrote:
 Agarose Gels!
... Listen you whipersnapper Agarose is the easy way out. When I 
 learned it we used to have to make up our own polyacrylamide gels. 
 That was after having to walk to work up hill both ways in 30 feet of snow!
 
 (No nearer retirement)
 Crotchety Amos
 
 
 
 Message: 7
 Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2011 13:24:12 -0400
 From: Emily Sours talulahg...@gmail.com
 Subject: Re: [Histonet] Retirement
 To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
 Message-ID: banlktinejxtxyop-byfweuxn3yw-ff3...@mail.gmail.com
 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
 
 Retirement? I think by the time I get to that point, social security 
 will have run out.
 Then again, technology will be so advanced, I can tell stories about 
 the old days, where I logged on to the bbs by modem to post messages 
 to my friends and typed in my own html coding.
 We didn't have google when I was young!! Our cameras used film! And 
 you couldn't see how bad your pictures were until you developed that film!!
 There was no PCR to sequence your DNA, you ran an agarose gel and 
 hoped for the best!! You could drink the 100% ethanol, there was no 
 denaturing! (okay that was before my time) You could smoke in the lab 
 while you sectioned without gloves!! (okay that was too)
 
 Emily
 
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Re: [Histonet] Retirement

[Stella Mireles]

I am 9 yrs from retirement. Earlier once my boys quit going back to school.
B.A. then M.A. now PH.D.
I can scoop the place out for everyone, until you get there. My tan should
be gorgeous by then.

See you there.
Stella

On Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 4:06 PM, Podawiltz, Thomas tpodawi...@lrgh.orgwrote:

 For our own commune, I would look at Bend, Oregon, nothing against northern
 CA  it is so beautiful, buts its still CA.
 Plus the fact, I was born and raised in Oregon.

 Tom Podawiltz, HT (ASCP)
 Histology Section Head/Laboratory Safety Officer
  
 From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu [
 histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Garcia, Lori, Sr.
 Scientist [lori.gar...@medtronic.com]
 Sent: Friday, June 17, 2011 4:35 PM
 To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
 Subject: RE: [Histonet] Retirement

  Count me in too! Somebody will have to be around for when the robots shut
 down or revolt and try to take over the world.

 I'm a midwesterner like Cindi, but have relocated to northern CA and it is
 paradise out here. We could get some land out in the boonies and start our
 own histo commune.

 Lori

 -Original Message-
 From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:
 histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of O'Donnell, Bill
 Sent: Friday, June 17, 2011 11:33 AM
 To: Cynthia Pyse; histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
 Subject: RE: [Histonet] Retirement


  I have recently traveled back from the future, and it does not bode well
 for histologists. The robots are pretty reliable and can operate 14 hours on
 a single charge. They also do not have to wear safety glasses when working
 with the laser microtomes. No vacations, no calling in sick, no travelling
 to seminars (new software version upgrades come to
 them)

 I noticed that someone still has to come in in the morning to flip the
 switches, but since CLIA will not likely consider that testing Well,
 who'll need a histologist for that?

 Funny though, pathologists are still around, but they are all workiing in a
 single building near Area 72. (you don't want to know about area 72 unless
 you are still around in 2035, then EVERYONE will know about area
 72)

 They spend their full 6 hour day looking at scanned images on big-screen
 monitors and drinking coffee. It's not that the future really needs them,
 but the AMA still lobbies for them more effectively than the ASCP for us.

 - Bill

 With apologies to all the really decent pathologists who monitor this
 forum. (I have to be nice because my only usable skill someday might be
 making a mean cup of coffee)

 -Original Message-
 From: Cynthia Pyse [mailto:cp...@x-celllab.com]
 Sent: Friday, June 17, 2011 12:51 PM
 To: O'Donnell, Bill; histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
 Subject: RE: [Histonet] Retirement

 As long as we don't have to go back to steel knives, old AO micrtomes and
 the autotechnicon I'm in. I am also 15 to 18 years out. What is the world of
 histology going to do without us. Who will know how to make a solution of
 mucicarmine (not that I do anymore, but I could) or eosin?
 The tech I train now look at me like I am speaking a foreign language
 sometimes. Make me feel old, but closer to retirement.
 Cindy

 -Original Message-
 From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
 [mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of O'Donnell,
 Bill
 Sent: Friday, June 17, 2011 12:01 PM
 To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
 Subject: [Histonet] Retirement


  OK, I know it is Friday, and I know that this may sound like a bit of a
 jokebut I am 15-18 years out from retirement and my wife and I want
 to retire someplace tropical And it would be smart to get settled in
 such a location. So, if anyone knows of any openings in Hawaii, Virgin
 Islands, St. Thomas, Puerto Rico for an experienced HT
 (ASCP) QIHC  PLEASE let me know. Would be open to others, but would
 prefer a US territory. I can be reached at b...@deaconbill.com

 William (Bill) O'Donnell, HT (ASCP) QIHC Senior Histologist/Safety Officer
 Good Samaritan Hospital 10 East 31st Street Kearney, NE 68847

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Re: [Histonet] Retirement

[Cynthia Robinson]

Bill,

I am about the same age as you are and would like the same type of locale. 
Since there are so many of us in this field due to retire in the next 15-18 
years maybe we should consider investing in a Histotech Retirement Community. 
Specimens could be shipped to us for processing and staining. We could set up 
microtome stations in the common area and we could get together and talk and 
cut at the same time and do it in a wonderful climate with nice views and of 
courseat our own pace which will be relaxed and more of a shuffle that a 
full out sprint. Anyone have any suggestions for naming such a paradise? 

Ok...I'm just getting old and it is Friday..so hope you appreciate my humor.

Have a good weekend everyone!
From here in the Midwest, where waterfront property is in abundance along the 
Mighty MO

Cindi

Cindi Robinson HT(ASCP)
Mercy Medical Center
Dunes Medical Laboratories
350 W Anchor Dr
Dakota Dunes SD 57049
phone-712-279-2768
robin...@mercyhealth.com


 O'Donnell, Bill billodonn...@catholichealth.net 6/17/2011 11:00 AM 

 OK, I know it is Friday, and I know that this may sound like a bit of a
jokebut I am 15-18 years out from retirement and my wife and I
want to retire someplace tropical And it would be smart to get
settled in such a location. So, if anyone knows of any openings in
Hawaii, Virgin Islands, St. Thomas, Puerto Rico for an experienced HT
(ASCP) QIHC  PLEASE let me know. Would be open to others, but would
prefer a US territory. I can be reached at b...@deaconbill.com 

William (Bill) O'Donnell, HT (ASCP) QIHC 
Senior Histologist/Safety Officer
Good Samaritan Hospital
10 East 31st Street
Kearney, NE 68847 

SERENITY is not freedom from the storm, but peace amid the storm.



 


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Re: [Histonet] Retirement

[Rene J Buesa]

I Guam out of the wish list?
René J

From: O'Donnell, Bill billodonn...@catholichealth.net
To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
Sent: Friday, June 17, 2011 12:00 PM
Subject: [Histonet] Retirement


OK, I know it is Friday, and I know that this may sound like a bit of a
jokebut I am 15-18 years out from retirement and my wife and I
want to retire someplace tropical And it would be smart to get
settled in such a location. So, if anyone knows of any openings in
Hawaii, Virgin Islands, St. Thomas, Puerto Rico for an experienced HT
(ASCP) QIHC  PLEASE let me know. Would be open to others, but would
prefer a US territory. I can be reached at b...@deaconbill.com

William (Bill) O'Donnell, HT (ASCP) QIHC 
Senior Histologist/Safety Officer
Good Samaritan Hospital
10 East 31st Street
Kearney, NE 68847 

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Re: [Histonet] Retirement

[Rene J Buesa]

How about: Center of Casual histology?
René J.

From: Cynthia Robinson robin...@mercyhealth.com
To: Bill O'Donnell billodonn...@catholichealth.net; 
histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
Sent: Friday, June 17, 2011 12:13 PM
Subject: Re: [Histonet] Retirement

Bill,

I am about the same age as you are and would like the same type of locale. 
Since there are so many of us in this field due to retire in the next 15-18 
years maybe we should consider investing in a Histotech Retirement Community. 
Specimens could be shipped to us for processing and staining. We could set up 
microtome stations in the common area and we could get together and talk and 
cut at the same time and do it in a wonderful climate with nice views and of 
courseat our own pace which will be relaxed and more of a shuffle that a 
full out sprint. Anyone have any suggestions for naming such a paradise? 

Ok...I'm just getting old and it is Friday..so hope you appreciate my humor.

Have a good weekend everyone!
From here in the Midwest, where waterfront property is in abundance along the 
Mighty MO

Cindi

Cindi Robinson HT(ASCP)
Mercy Medical Center
Dunes Medical Laboratories
350 W Anchor Dr
Dakota Dunes SD 57049
phone-712-279-2768
robin...@mercyhealth.com


 O'Donnell, Bill billodonn...@catholichealth.net 6/17/2011 11:00 AM 

OK, I know it is Friday, and I know that this may sound like a bit of a
jokebut I am 15-18 years out from retirement and my wife and I
want to retire someplace tropical And it would be smart to get
settled in such a location. So, if anyone knows of any openings in
Hawaii, Virgin Islands, St. Thomas, Puerto Rico for an experienced HT
(ASCP) QIHC  PLEASE let me know. Would be open to others, but would
prefer a US territory. I can be reached at b...@deaconbill.com 

William (Bill) O'Donnell, HT (ASCP) QIHC 
Senior Histologist/Safety Officer
Good Samaritan Hospital
10 East 31st Street
Kearney, NE 68847 

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RE: [Histonet] Retirement

[Marsh, Nannette]

What a splendid idea :-) 

-Original Message-
From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu 
[mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Cynthia Robinson
Sent: Friday, June 17, 2011 11:13 AM
To: Bill O'Donnell; histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
Subject: Re: [Histonet] Retirement

Bill,

I am about the same age as you are and would like the same type of locale. 
Since there are so many of us in this field due to retire in the next 15-18 
years maybe we should consider investing in a Histotech Retirement Community. 
Specimens could be shipped to us for processing and staining. We could set up 
microtome stations in the common area and we could get together and talk and 
cut at the same time and do it in a wonderful climate with nice views and of 
courseat our own pace which will be relaxed and more of a shuffle that a 
full out sprint. Anyone have any suggestions for naming such a paradise? 

Ok...I'm just getting old and it is Friday..so hope you appreciate my humor.

Have a good weekend everyone!
From here in the Midwest, where waterfront property is in abundance 
along the Mighty MO

Cindi

Cindi Robinson HT(ASCP)
Mercy Medical Center
Dunes Medical Laboratories
350 W Anchor Dr
Dakota Dunes SD 57049
phone-712-279-2768
robin...@mercyhealth.com


 O'Donnell, Bill billodonn...@catholichealth.net 6/17/2011 11:00 
 AM 

 OK, I know it is Friday, and I know that this may sound like a bit of a 
jokebut I am 15-18 years out from retirement and my wife and I want to 
retire someplace tropical And it would be smart to get settled in such a 
location. So, if anyone knows of any openings in Hawaii, Virgin Islands, St. 
Thomas, Puerto Rico for an experienced HT
(ASCP) QIHC  PLEASE let me know. Would be open to others, but would prefer 
a US territory. I can be reached at b...@deaconbill.com 

William (Bill) O'Donnell, HT (ASCP) QIHC Senior Histologist/Safety Officer Good 
Samaritan Hospital 10 East 31st Street Kearney, NE 68847 

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RE: [Histonet] Retirement

[Podawiltz, Thomas]

I 'm game for that as long as there is Tequila around. 



Tom Podawiltz, HT (ASCP)
Histology Section Head/Laboratory Safety Officer
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From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu 
[histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Cynthia Robinson 
[robin...@mercyhealth.com]
Sent: Friday, June 17, 2011 12:13 PM
To: Bill O'Donnell; histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
Subject: Re: [Histonet] Retirement

Bill,

I am about the same age as you are and would like the same type of locale. 
Since there are so many of us in this field due to retire in the next 15-18 
years maybe we should consider investing in a Histotech Retirement Community. 
Specimens could be shipped to us for processing and staining. We could set up 
microtome stations in the common area and we could get together and talk and 
cut at the same time and do it in a wonderful climate with nice views and of 
courseat our own pace which will be relaxed and more of a shuffle that a 
full out sprint. Anyone have any suggestions for naming such a paradise?

Ok...I'm just getting old and it is Friday..so hope you appreciate my humor.

Have a good weekend everyone!
From here in the Midwest, where waterfront property is in abundance along the 
Mighty MO

Cindi

Cindi Robinson HT(ASCP)
Mercy Medical Center
Dunes Medical Laboratories
350 W Anchor Dr
Dakota Dunes SD 57049
phone-712-279-2768
robin...@mercyhealth.com


 O'Donnell, Bill billodonn...@catholichealth.net 6/17/2011 11:00 AM 

 OK, I know it is Friday, and I know that this may sound like a bit of a
jokebut I am 15-18 years out from retirement and my wife and I
want to retire someplace tropical And it would be smart to get
settled in such a location. So, if anyone knows of any openings in
Hawaii, Virgin Islands, St. Thomas, Puerto Rico for an experienced HT
(ASCP) QIHC  PLEASE let me know. Would be open to others, but would
prefer a US territory. I can be reached at b...@deaconbill.com

William (Bill) O'Donnell, HT (ASCP) QIHC
Senior Histologist/Safety Officer
Good Samaritan Hospital
10 East 31st Street
Kearney, NE 68847

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[Blazek, Linda]

Cup holders on the microtomes since all of us are of the age where we use to 
have our coffee cups on top of our 'tomes.

Linda

-Original Message-
From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu 
[mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Podawiltz, 
Thomas
Sent: Friday, June 17, 2011 12:43 PM
To: Cynthia Robinson; Bill O'Donnell; histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
Subject: RE: [Histonet] Retirement

I 'm game for that as long as there is Tequila around. 



Tom Podawiltz, HT (ASCP)
Histology Section Head/Laboratory Safety Officer
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From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu 
[histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Cynthia Robinson 
[robin...@mercyhealth.com]
Sent: Friday, June 17, 2011 12:13 PM
To: Bill O'Donnell; histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
Subject: Re: [Histonet] Retirement

Bill,

I am about the same age as you are and would like the same type of locale. 
Since there are so many of us in this field due to retire in the next 15-18 
years maybe we should consider investing in a Histotech Retirement Community. 
Specimens could be shipped to us for processing and staining. We could set up 
microtome stations in the common area and we could get together and talk and 
cut at the same time and do it in a wonderful climate with nice views and of 
courseat our own pace which will be relaxed and more of a shuffle that a 
full out sprint. Anyone have any suggestions for naming such a paradise?

Ok...I'm just getting old and it is Friday..so hope you appreciate my humor.

Have a good weekend everyone!
From here in the Midwest, where waterfront property is in abundance along the 
Mighty MO

Cindi

Cindi Robinson HT(ASCP)
Mercy Medical Center
Dunes Medical Laboratories
350 W Anchor Dr
Dakota Dunes SD 57049
phone-712-279-2768
robin...@mercyhealth.com


 O'Donnell, Bill billodonn...@catholichealth.net 6/17/2011 11:00 AM 

 OK, I know it is Friday, and I know that this may sound like a bit of a
jokebut I am 15-18 years out from retirement and my wife and I
want to retire someplace tropical And it would be smart to get
settled in such a location. So, if anyone knows of any openings in
Hawaii, Virgin Islands, St. Thomas, Puerto Rico for an experienced HT
(ASCP) QIHC  PLEASE let me know. Would be open to others, but would
prefer a US territory. I can be reached at b...@deaconbill.com

William (Bill) O'Donnell, HT (ASCP) QIHC
Senior Histologist/Safety Officer
Good Samaritan Hospital
10 East 31st Street
Kearney, NE 68847

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Re: [Histonet] Retirement

[Jean Brinker]

Count me in. Don't know any of you but feel that we should have met before now!
Sent from my BlackBerry

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From: Blazek, Linda lbla...@digestivespecialists.com
Sender: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2011 12:48:34 
To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.eduhistonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
Subject: RE: [Histonet] Retirement

Cup holders on the microtomes since all of us are of the age where we use to 
have our coffee cups on top of our 'tomes.

Linda

-Original Message-
From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu 
[mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Podawiltz, 
Thomas
Sent: Friday, June 17, 2011 12:43 PM
To: Cynthia Robinson; Bill O'Donnell; histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
Subject: RE: [Histonet] Retirement

I 'm game for that as long as there is Tequila around. 



Tom Podawiltz, HT (ASCP)
Histology Section Head/Laboratory Safety Officer
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[histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Cynthia Robinson 
[robin...@mercyhealth.com]
Sent: Friday, June 17, 2011 12:13 PM
To: Bill O'Donnell; histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
Subject: Re: [Histonet] Retirement

Bill,

I am about the same age as you are and would like the same type of locale. 
Since there are so many of us in this field due to retire in the next 15-18 
years maybe we should consider investing in a Histotech Retirement Community. 
Specimens could be shipped to us for processing and staining. We could set up 
microtome stations in the common area and we could get together and talk and 
cut at the same time and do it in a wonderful climate with nice views and of 
courseat our own pace which will be relaxed and more of a shuffle that a 
full out sprint. Anyone have any suggestions for naming such a paradise?

Ok...I'm just getting old and it is Friday..so hope you appreciate my humor.

Have a good weekend everyone!
From here in the Midwest, where waterfront property is in abundance along the 
Mighty MO

Cindi

Cindi Robinson HT(ASCP)
Mercy Medical Center
Dunes Medical Laboratories
350 W Anchor Dr
Dakota Dunes SD 57049
phone-712-279-2768
robin...@mercyhealth.com


 O'Donnell, Bill billodonn...@catholichealth.net 6/17/2011 11:00 AM 

 OK, I know it is Friday, and I know that this may sound like a bit of a
jokebut I am 15-18 years out from retirement and my wife and I
want to retire someplace tropical And it would be smart to get
settled in such a location. So, if anyone knows of any openings in
Hawaii, Virgin Islands, St. Thomas, Puerto Rico for an experienced HT
(ASCP) QIHC  PLEASE let me know. Would be open to others, but would
prefer a US territory. I can be reached at b...@deaconbill.com

William (Bill) O'Donnell, HT (ASCP) QIHC
Senior Histologist/Safety Officer
Good Samaritan Hospital
10 East 31st Street
Kearney, NE 68847

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RE: [Histonet] Retirement

[O'Donnell, Bill]

Ah... It's one thing to work w a bunch of histo techs It would be
quite another living in the same building. I fully expect to be a cranky
old Irishman someday (some woould say I got a good start) And since
a good part of my memory may well be gone (if genetics mean anything at
all) I might not want to be around really sharp objects oor others
in general (remember, I'll be cranky).

Bill

-Original Message-
From: Cynthia Robinson [mailto:robin...@mercyhealth.com] 
Sent: Friday, June 17, 2011 11:13 AM
To: O'Donnell, Bill; histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
Subject: Re: [Histonet] Retirement

Bill,

I am about the same age as you are and would like the same type of
locale. Since there are so many of us in this field due to retire in the
next 15-18 years maybe we should consider investing in a Histotech
Retirement Community. Specimens could be shipped to us for processing
and staining. We could set up microtome stations in the common area and
we could get together and talk and cut at the same time and do it in a
wonderful climate with nice views and of courseat our own pace which
will be relaxed and more of a shuffle that a full out sprint. Anyone
have any suggestions for naming such a paradise? 

Ok...I'm just getting old and it is Friday..so hope you appreciate my
humor.

Have a good weekend everyone!
From here in the Midwest, where waterfront property is in abundance
along the Mighty MO

Cindi

Cindi Robinson HT(ASCP)
Mercy Medical Center
Dunes Medical Laboratories
350 W Anchor Dr
Dakota Dunes SD 57049
phone-712-279-2768
robin...@mercyhealth.com


 O'Donnell, Bill billodonn...@catholichealth.net 6/17/2011 11:00 
 AM 

 OK, I know it is Friday, and I know that this may sound like a bit of a
jokebut I am 15-18 years out from retirement and my wife and I
want to retire someplace tropical And it would be smart to get
settled in such a location. So, if anyone knows of any openings in
Hawaii, Virgin Islands, St. Thomas, Puerto Rico for an experienced HT
(ASCP) QIHC  PLEASE let me know. Would be open to others, but would
prefer a US territory. I can be reached at b...@deaconbill.com 

William (Bill) O'Donnell, HT (ASCP) QIHC Senior Histologist/Safety
Officer Good Samaritan Hospital 10 East 31st Street Kearney, NE 68847 

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RE: ***SUSPECT*** RE: [Histonet] Retirement

[Mark Turner]

Dang, I miss the good old days!  :-)

Mark Turner, HT(ASCP) QIHC


-Original Message-
From: Blazek, Linda [mailto:lbla...@digestivespecialists.com] 
Sent: Friday, June 17, 2011 12:49 PM
To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
Subject: ***SUSPECT*** RE: [Histonet] Retirement

Cup holders on the microtomes since all of us are of the age where we
use to have our coffee cups on top of our 'tomes.

Linda

-Original Message-
From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
[mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of
Podawiltz, Thomas
Sent: Friday, June 17, 2011 12:43 PM
To: Cynthia Robinson; Bill O'Donnell; histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
Subject: RE: [Histonet] Retirement

I 'm game for that as long as there is Tequila around. 



Tom Podawiltz, HT (ASCP)
Histology Section Head/Laboratory Safety Officer
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From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
[histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Cynthia
Robinson [robin...@mercyhealth.com]
Sent: Friday, June 17, 2011 12:13 PM
To: Bill O'Donnell; histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
Subject: Re: [Histonet] Retirement

Bill,

I am about the same age as you are and would like the same type of
locale. Since there are so many of us in this field due to retire in the
next 15-18 years maybe we should consider investing in a Histotech
Retirement Community. Specimens could be shipped to us for processing
and staining. We could set up microtome stations in the common area and
we could get together and talk and cut at the same time and do it in a
wonderful climate with nice views and of courseat our own pace which
will be relaxed and more of a shuffle that a full out sprint. Anyone
have any suggestions for naming such a paradise?

Ok...I'm just getting old and it is Friday..so hope you appreciate my
humor.

Have a good weekend everyone!
From here in the Midwest, where waterfront property is in abundance
along the Mighty MO

Cindi

Cindi Robinson HT(ASCP)
Mercy Medical Center
Dunes Medical Laboratories
350 W Anchor Dr
Dakota Dunes SD 57049
phone-712-279-2768
robin...@mercyhealth.com


 O'Donnell, Bill billodonn...@catholichealth.net 6/17/2011 11:00
AM 

 OK, I know it is Friday, and I know that this may sound like a bit of a
jokebut I am 15-18 years out from retirement and my wife and I
want to retire someplace tropical And it would be smart to get
settled in such a location. So, if anyone knows of any openings in
Hawaii, Virgin Islands, St. Thomas, Puerto Rico for an experienced HT
(ASCP) QIHC  PLEASE let me know. Would be open to others, but would
prefer a US territory. I can be reached at b...@deaconbill.com

William (Bill) O'Donnell, HT (ASCP) QIHC
Senior Histologist/Safety Officer
Good Samaritan Hospital
10 East 31st Street
Kearney, NE 68847

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RE: [Histonet] Retirement

[O'Donnell, Bill]

Tom,

I imagine that Tequuila is at a premium in some tropical areas. But
rum 

-Original Message-
From: Podawiltz, Thomas [mailto:tpodawi...@lrgh.org] 
Sent: Friday, June 17, 2011 11:43 AM
To: Cynthia Robinson; O'Donnell, Bill; histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
Subject: RE: [Histonet] Retirement

I 'm game for that as long as there is Tequila around. 



Tom Podawiltz, HT (ASCP)
Histology Section Head/Laboratory Safety Officer
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From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
[histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Cynthia
Robinson [robin...@mercyhealth.com]
Sent: Friday, June 17, 2011 12:13 PM
To: Bill O'Donnell; histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
Subject: Re: [Histonet] Retirement

Bill,

I am about the same age as you are and would like the same type of
locale. Since there are so many of us in this field due to retire in the
next 15-18 years maybe we should consider investing in a Histotech
Retirement Community. Specimens could be shipped to us for processing
and staining. We could set up microtome stations in the common area and
we could get together and talk and cut at the same time and do it in a
wonderful climate with nice views and of courseat our own pace which
will be relaxed and more of a shuffle that a full out sprint. Anyone
have any suggestions for naming such a paradise?

Ok...I'm just getting old and it is Friday..so hope you appreciate my
humor.

Have a good weekend everyone!
From here in the Midwest, where waterfront property is in abundance 
along the Mighty MO

Cindi

Cindi Robinson HT(ASCP)
Mercy Medical Center
Dunes Medical Laboratories
350 W Anchor Dr
Dakota Dunes SD 57049
phone-712-279-2768
robin...@mercyhealth.com


 O'Donnell, Bill billodonn...@catholichealth.net 6/17/2011 11:00 
 AM 

 OK, I know it is Friday, and I know that this may sound like a bit of a
jokebut I am 15-18 years out from retirement and my wife and I
want to retire someplace tropical And it would be smart to get
settled in such a location. So, if anyone knows of any openings in
Hawaii, Virgin Islands, St. Thomas, Puerto Rico for an experienced HT
(ASCP) QIHC  PLEASE let me know. Would be open to others, but would
prefer a US territory. I can be reached at b...@deaconbill.com

William (Bill) O'Donnell, HT (ASCP) QIHC Senior Histologist/Safety
Officer Good Samaritan Hospital 10 East 31st Street Kearney, NE 68847

SERENITY is not freedom from the storm, but peace amid the storm.






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RE: [Histonet] Retirement

[Blazek, Linda]

I think we need to send Sally out as a scout since she seems to be the next one 
to go.

Chilled cup holders on the microtome!  Rum or Tequila!

Bill, I've been around cranky old men all my life.  The rum or tequila should 
help.

-Original Message-
From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu 
[mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of O'Donnell, Bill
Sent: Friday, June 17, 2011 1:06 PM
To: Podawiltz, Thomas; Cynthia Robinson; histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
Subject: RE: [Histonet] Retirement

Tom,

I imagine that Tequuila is at a premium in some tropical areas. But
rum 

-Original Message-
From: Podawiltz, Thomas [mailto:tpodawi...@lrgh.org] 
Sent: Friday, June 17, 2011 11:43 AM
To: Cynthia Robinson; O'Donnell, Bill; histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
Subject: RE: [Histonet] Retirement

I 'm game for that as long as there is Tequila around. 



Tom Podawiltz, HT (ASCP)
Histology Section Head/Laboratory Safety Officer
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From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
[histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Cynthia
Robinson [robin...@mercyhealth.com]
Sent: Friday, June 17, 2011 12:13 PM
To: Bill O'Donnell; histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
Subject: Re: [Histonet] Retirement

Bill,

I am about the same age as you are and would like the same type of
locale. Since there are so many of us in this field due to retire in the
next 15-18 years maybe we should consider investing in a Histotech
Retirement Community. Specimens could be shipped to us for processing
and staining. We could set up microtome stations in the common area and
we could get together and talk and cut at the same time and do it in a
wonderful climate with nice views and of courseat our own pace which
will be relaxed and more of a shuffle that a full out sprint. Anyone
have any suggestions for naming such a paradise?

Ok...I'm just getting old and it is Friday..so hope you appreciate my
humor.

Have a good weekend everyone!
From here in the Midwest, where waterfront property is in abundance 
along the Mighty MO

Cindi

Cindi Robinson HT(ASCP)
Mercy Medical Center
Dunes Medical Laboratories
350 W Anchor Dr
Dakota Dunes SD 57049
phone-712-279-2768
robin...@mercyhealth.com


 O'Donnell, Bill billodonn...@catholichealth.net 6/17/2011 11:00 
 AM 

 OK, I know it is Friday, and I know that this may sound like a bit of a
jokebut I am 15-18 years out from retirement and my wife and I
want to retire someplace tropical And it would be smart to get
settled in such a location. So, if anyone knows of any openings in
Hawaii, Virgin Islands, St. Thomas, Puerto Rico for an experienced HT
(ASCP) QIHC  PLEASE let me know. Would be open to others, but would
prefer a US territory. I can be reached at b...@deaconbill.com

William (Bill) O'Donnell, HT (ASCP) QIHC Senior Histologist/Safety
Officer Good Samaritan Hospital 10 East 31st Street Kearney, NE 68847

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Re: [Histonet] Retirement

[Emily Sours]

Retirement? I think by the time I get to that point, social security will
have run out.
Then again, technology will be so advanced, I can tell stories about the old
days, where I logged on to the bbs by modem to post messages to my friends
and typed in my own html coding.
We didn't have google when I was young!! Our cameras used film! And you
couldn't see how bad your pictures were until you developed that film!!
There was no PCR to sequence your DNA, you ran an agarose gel and hoped for
the best!! You could drink the 100% ethanol, there was no denaturing! (okay
that was before my time) You could smoke in the lab while you sectioned
without gloves!! (okay that was too)

Emily

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You should live several lives while reading it.
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RE: [Histonet] Retirement

[Marshall, Kimberly K]

Count me in as well...At that age I may be well ready for tropical and
get away from the cold of Alaksa... 

-Original Message-
From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
[mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Emily
Sours
Sent: Friday, June 17, 2011 9:24 AM
To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
Subject: Re: [Histonet] Retirement

Retirement? I think by the time I get to that point, social security
will have run out.
Then again, technology will be so advanced, I can tell stories about the
old days, where I logged on to the bbs by modem to post messages to my
friends and typed in my own html coding.
We didn't have google when I was young!! Our cameras used film! And you
couldn't see how bad your pictures were until you developed that film!!
There was no PCR to sequence your DNA, you ran an agarose gel and hoped
for the best!! You could drink the 100% ethanol, there was no
denaturing! (okay that was before my time) You could smoke in the lab
while you sectioned without gloves!! (okay that was too)

Emily

A great book should leave you with many experiences, and slightly
exhausted.
You should live several lives while reading it.
-William Styron
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RE: [Histonet] Retirement

[Cynthia Pyse]

As long as we don't have to go back to steel knives, old AO micrtomes and
the autotechnicon I'm in. I am also 15 to 18 years out. What is the world of
histology going to do without us. Who will know how to make a solution of
mucicarmine (not that I do anymore, but I could) or eosin? The tech I train
now look at me like I am speaking a foreign language sometimes. Make me feel
old, but closer to retirement.
Cindy

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[mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of O'Donnell,
Bill
Sent: Friday, June 17, 2011 12:01 PM
To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
Subject: [Histonet] Retirement


 OK, I know it is Friday, and I know that this may sound like a bit of a
jokebut I am 15-18 years out from retirement and my wife and I
want to retire someplace tropical And it would be smart to get
settled in such a location. So, if anyone knows of any openings in
Hawaii, Virgin Islands, St. Thomas, Puerto Rico for an experienced HT
(ASCP) QIHC  PLEASE let me know. Would be open to others, but would
prefer a US territory. I can be reached at b...@deaconbill.com

William (Bill) O'Donnell, HT (ASCP) QIHC 
Senior Histologist/Safety Officer
Good Samaritan Hospital
10 East 31st Street
Kearney, NE 68847 

SERENITY is not freedom from the storm, but peace amid the storm.



 


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RE: [Histonet] Retirement

[O'Donnell, Bill]

Well.. Maybe if the whole island paradise thing falls apart, NM
could be an option. I am getting too old to be too cold for too long.
(Nebraska)

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[mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Breeden,
Sara
Sent: Friday, June 17, 2011 1:08 PM
To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
Subject: [Histonet] Retirement

It seems that my reference to RETIREMENT has gotten everyone thinking
about it.  Heh...heh..  It has been suggested that I  reconnoiter in
advance of Those of You Who Won't Be Retiring Before I Do (February 29,
2012, if the creek don't rise...).  I would be happy to perform that
hazardous duty but I need more of those $5.00 donations coming in for
whatever it was that I posted last week (I hope my gray cells will
rejuvenate when I retire).  I won't need the money for travel because I
think I'm right where I need to be.  Have any of you thought about New
Mexico???  Just within the past year, it has occurred to me many times
why this is such a good choice for retirement.  We do not have
hurricanes, we do not have tornados (okay, maybe rarely), we are not
prone to earthquakes, the weather is jolly darn good 90% of the time
(spring is out - way too windy) and we don't have more than a couple or
four inches of snow in the winter.  We don't start our furnace/heater
until November and it's only in use until maybe early April.  The air
conditioner was just put to use two weeks ago and we won't need it past
the first part of September.  Low cost of living, lots of homes
(reasonably priced - info upon request) for sale and the number of
things one can do in New Mexico are practically endless.  We have
everything but a beach (and if California keeps shaking, we might have
beachfront property - not that I'd wish that on California...).  We have
skiing, a big lake (fondly called Elephant Butt [Butte]) for water
activities, stream, river and lake fishing out the kazoo, mountains to
climb, white sands in which to wallow, beautiful sunsets and terrible
drivers.  Oops - that one slipped out!  The margarita (and Bud Light)
are the State Drinks (if one is so inclined) and this is the Land of
Manana (read it like Spanish).  Manana is way much better than I needed
that right this very minute and no excuses!  Shaded patios, cool
evening breezes and gorgeous cool summer mornings (at least until 7:00
a.m.).  Besides, I need a replacement beginning March 1, 2012.  Brand
new lab, tech-designed, bright and LEED, tons of space, a separate
storage room for blocks and slides AND a volatile storage room with two
acid cabinets and two xylene/alcohol cabinets and a salary (that's
another subject, I do work for a State...).  Can't have everything, but
this is darned close.

 

And I do not work for the Chamber of Commerce!

 

Sally Breeden, HT(ASCP)

New Mexico Department of Agriculture

Veterinary Diagnostic Services

1101 Camino de Salud NE

Albuquerque, NM  87102

505-383-9278 (Histology Lab)

 

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RE: [Histonet] Retirement

[Bernice Frederick]

Pina coladas here.!!!

-Original Message-
From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
[mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Podawiltz,
Thomas
Sent: Friday, June 17, 2011 11:43 AM
To: Cynthia Robinson; Bill O'Donnell; histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
Subject: RE: [Histonet] Retirement

I 'm game for that as long as there is Tequila around. 



Tom Podawiltz, HT (ASCP)
Histology Section Head/Laboratory Safety Officer
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[histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Cynthia Robinson
[robin...@mercyhealth.com]
Sent: Friday, June 17, 2011 12:13 PM
To: Bill O'Donnell; histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
Subject: Re: [Histonet] Retirement

Bill,

I am about the same age as you are and would like the same type of locale.
Since there are so many of us in this field due to retire in the next 15-18
years maybe we should consider investing in a Histotech Retirement
Community. Specimens could be shipped to us for processing and staining. We
could set up microtome stations in the common area and we could get together
and talk and cut at the same time and do it in a wonderful climate with nice
views and of courseat our own pace which will be relaxed and more of a
shuffle that a full out sprint. Anyone have any suggestions for naming such
a paradise?

Ok...I'm just getting old and it is Friday..so hope you appreciate my humor.

Have a good weekend everyone!
From here in the Midwest, where waterfront property is in abundance 
along the Mighty MO

Cindi

Cindi Robinson HT(ASCP)
Mercy Medical Center
Dunes Medical Laboratories
350 W Anchor Dr
Dakota Dunes SD 57049
phone-712-279-2768
robin...@mercyhealth.com


 O'Donnell, Bill billodonn...@catholichealth.net 6/17/2011 11:00 
 AM 

 OK, I know it is Friday, and I know that this may sound like a bit of a
jokebut I am 15-18 years out from retirement and my wife and I want
to retire someplace tropical And it would be smart to get settled in
such a location. So, if anyone knows of any openings in Hawaii, Virgin
Islands, St. Thomas, Puerto Rico for an experienced HT
(ASCP) QIHC  PLEASE let me know. Would be open to others, but would
prefer a US territory. I can be reached at b...@deaconbill.com

William (Bill) O'Donnell, HT (ASCP) QIHC Senior Histologist/Safety Officer
Good Samaritan Hospital
10 East 31st Street
Kearney, NE 68847

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Re: [Histonet] Retirement

[Sean McBride]

Hey Sally,


I can attest to what you are saying.  :-)  I spent two summers as an 
undergraduate research scientist at the Inhalation Toxicology Research 
Institute in Albuquerque, and I had an absolutely wonderful experience.  The 
rugged countryside is quite beautiful, and truly enchanting.  I would often 
ride my motorcycle across the various regions of the state, enjoying all the 
variety that the countryside had to offer.  I have many fond memories of those 
days, so thanks for sharing :-)

~Sean



On Jun 17, 2011, at 2:08 PM, Breeden, Sara wrote:

 It seems that my reference to RETIREMENT has gotten everyone thinking
 about it.  Heh...heh..  It has been suggested that I  reconnoiter in
 advance of Those of You Who Won't Be Retiring Before I Do (February 29,
 2012, if the creek don't rise...).  I would be happy to perform that
 hazardous duty but I need more of those $5.00 donations coming in for
 whatever it was that I posted last week (I hope my gray cells will
 rejuvenate when I retire).  I won't need the money for travel because I
 think I'm right where I need to be.  Have any of you thought about New
 Mexico???  Just within the past year, it has occurred to me many times
 why this is such a good choice for retirement.  We do not have
 hurricanes, we do not have tornados (okay, maybe rarely), we are not
 prone to earthquakes, the weather is jolly darn good 90% of the time
 (spring is out - way too windy) and we don't have more than a couple or
 four inches of snow in the winter.  We don't start our furnace/heater
 until November and it's only in use until maybe early April.  The air
 conditioner was just put to use two weeks ago and we won't need it past
 the first part of September.  Low cost of living, lots of homes
 (reasonably priced - info upon request) for sale and the number of
 things one can do in New Mexico are practically endless.  We have
 everything but a beach (and if California keeps shaking, we might have
 beachfront property - not that I'd wish that on California...).  We have
 skiing, a big lake (fondly called Elephant Butt [Butte]) for water
 activities, stream, river and lake fishing out the kazoo, mountains to
 climb, white sands in which to wallow, beautiful sunsets and terrible
 drivers.  Oops - that one slipped out!  The margarita (and Bud Light)
 are the State Drinks (if one is so inclined) and this is the Land of
 Manana (read it like Spanish).  Manana is way much better than I needed
 that right this very minute and no excuses!  Shaded patios, cool
 evening breezes and gorgeous cool summer mornings (at least until 7:00
 a.m.).  Besides, I need a replacement beginning March 1, 2012.  Brand
 new lab, tech-designed, bright and LEED, tons of space, a separate
 storage room for blocks and slides AND a volatile storage room with two
 acid cabinets and two xylene/alcohol cabinets and a salary (that's
 another subject, I do work for a State...).  Can't have everything, but
 this is darned close.
 
 
 
 And I do not work for the Chamber of Commerce!
 
 
 
 Sally Breeden, HT(ASCP)
 
 New Mexico Department of Agriculture
 
 Veterinary Diagnostic Services
 
 1101 Camino de Salud NE
 
 Albuquerque, NM  87102
 
 505-383-9278 (Histology Lab)
 
 
 
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RE: [Histonet] Retirement

[O'Donnell, Bill]

 I have recently traveled back from the future, and it does not bode
well for histologists. The robots are pretty reliable and can operate 14
hours on a single charge. They also do not have to wear safety glasses
when working with the laser microtomes. No vacations, no calling in
sick, no travelling to seminars (new software version upgrades come to
them)

I noticed that someone still has to come in in the morning to flip the
switches, but since CLIA will not likely consider that testing Well,
who'll need a histologist for that?

Funny though, pathologists are still around, but they are all workiing
in a single building near Area 72. (you don't want to know about area 72
unless you are still around in 2035, then EVERYONE will know about area
72) 

They spend their full 6 hour day looking at scanned images on big-screen
monitors and drinking coffee. It's not that the future really needs
them, but the AMA still lobbies for them more effectively than the ASCP
for us. 

- Bill

With apologies to all the really decent pathologists who monitor this
forum. (I have to be nice because my only usable skill someday might be
making a mean cup of coffee)

-Original Message-
From: Cynthia Pyse [mailto:cp...@x-celllab.com] 
Sent: Friday, June 17, 2011 12:51 PM
To: O'Donnell, Bill; histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
Subject: RE: [Histonet] Retirement

As long as we don't have to go back to steel knives, old AO micrtomes
and the autotechnicon I'm in. I am also 15 to 18 years out. What is the
world of histology going to do without us. Who will know how to make a
solution of mucicarmine (not that I do anymore, but I could) or eosin?
The tech I train now look at me like I am speaking a foreign language
sometimes. Make me feel old, but closer to retirement.
Cindy

-Original Message-
From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
[mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of
O'Donnell, Bill
Sent: Friday, June 17, 2011 12:01 PM
To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
Subject: [Histonet] Retirement


 OK, I know it is Friday, and I know that this may sound like a bit of a
jokebut I am 15-18 years out from retirement and my wife and I
want to retire someplace tropical And it would be smart to get
settled in such a location. So, if anyone knows of any openings in
Hawaii, Virgin Islands, St. Thomas, Puerto Rico for an experienced HT
(ASCP) QIHC  PLEASE let me know. Would be open to others, but would
prefer a US territory. I can be reached at b...@deaconbill.com

William (Bill) O'Donnell, HT (ASCP) QIHC Senior Histologist/Safety
Officer Good Samaritan Hospital 10 East 31st Street Kearney, NE 68847 

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RE: [Histonet] Retirement

[sgoebel]

2035 huh??  Crap!!  I won't be retired by then I'll be 54!  Hmm...guess
I need to invent the histo. robot so I can still have income!! 
=)

Sarah Goebel-Dysart, BA, HT(ASCP)
Histotechnologist
Mirna Therapeutics
2150 Woodward Street
Suite 100
Austin, Texas  78744
(512)901-0900 ext. 6912


-Original Message-
From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
[mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of
O'Donnell, Bill
Sent: Friday, June 17, 2011 1:33 PM
To: Cynthia Pyse; histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
Subject: RE: [Histonet] Retirement


 I have recently traveled back from the future, and it does not bode
well for histologists. The robots are pretty reliable and can operate 14
hours on a single charge. They also do not have to wear safety glasses
when working with the laser microtomes. No vacations, no calling in
sick, no travelling to seminars (new software version upgrades come to
them)

I noticed that someone still has to come in in the morning to flip the
switches, but since CLIA will not likely consider that testing Well,
who'll need a histologist for that?

Funny though, pathologists are still around, but they are all workiing
in a single building near Area 72. (you don't want to know about area 72
unless you are still around in 2035, then EVERYONE will know about area
72) 

They spend their full 6 hour day looking at scanned images on big-screen
monitors and drinking coffee. It's not that the future really needs
them, but the AMA still lobbies for them more effectively than the ASCP
for us. 

- Bill

With apologies to all the really decent pathologists who monitor this
forum. (I have to be nice because my only usable skill someday might be
making a mean cup of coffee)

-Original Message-
From: Cynthia Pyse [mailto:cp...@x-celllab.com] 
Sent: Friday, June 17, 2011 12:51 PM
To: O'Donnell, Bill; histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
Subject: RE: [Histonet] Retirement

As long as we don't have to go back to steel knives, old AO micrtomes
and the autotechnicon I'm in. I am also 15 to 18 years out. What is the
world of histology going to do without us. Who will know how to make a
solution of mucicarmine (not that I do anymore, but I could) or eosin?
The tech I train now look at me like I am speaking a foreign language
sometimes. Make me feel old, but closer to retirement.
Cindy

-Original Message-
From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
[mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of
O'Donnell, Bill
Sent: Friday, June 17, 2011 12:01 PM
To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
Subject: [Histonet] Retirement


 OK, I know it is Friday, and I know that this may sound like a bit of a
jokebut I am 15-18 years out from retirement and my wife and I
want to retire someplace tropical And it would be smart to get
settled in such a location. So, if anyone knows of any openings in
Hawaii, Virgin Islands, St. Thomas, Puerto Rico for an experienced HT
(ASCP) QIHC  PLEASE let me know. Would be open to others, but would
prefer a US territory. I can be reached at b...@deaconbill.com

William (Bill) O'Donnell, HT (ASCP) QIHC Senior Histologist/Safety
Officer Good Samaritan Hospital 10 East 31st Street Kearney, NE 68847 

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RE: [Histonet] Retirement

[Ingles Claire]

But what about wildfires? :)  
Otherwise send me an application. I have been to New Mexico (mostly Abiquiu 
area) a few times and loved it. Not too sure about Alberquerque though. Too 
many episodes of Cops based there. Taos is nice enough. ;)
Claire



From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu on behalf of Breeden, Sara
Sent: Fri 6/17/2011 1:08 PM
To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
Subject: [Histonet] Retirement



It seems that my reference to RETIREMENT has gotten everyone thinking
about it.  Heh...heh..  It has been suggested that I  reconnoiter in
advance of Those of You Who Won't Be Retiring Before I Do (February 29,
2012, if the creek don't rise...).  I would be happy to perform that
hazardous duty but I need more of those $5.00 donations coming in for
whatever it was that I posted last week (I hope my gray cells will
rejuvenate when I retire).  I won't need the money for travel because I
think I'm right where I need to be.  Have any of you thought about New
Mexico???  Just within the past year, it has occurred to me many times
why this is such a good choice for retirement.  We do not have
hurricanes, we do not have tornados (okay, maybe rarely), we are not
prone to earthquakes, the weather is jolly darn good 90% of the time
(spring is out - way too windy) and we don't have more than a couple or
four inches of snow in the winter.  We don't start our furnace/heater
until November and it's only in use until maybe early April.  The air
conditioner was just put to use two weeks ago and we won't need it past
the first part of September.  Low cost of living, lots of homes
(reasonably priced - info upon request) for sale and the number of
things one can do in New Mexico are practically endless.  We have
everything but a beach (and if California keeps shaking, we might have
beachfront property - not that I'd wish that on California...).  We have
skiing, a big lake (fondly called Elephant Butt [Butte]) for water
activities, stream, river and lake fishing out the kazoo, mountains to
climb, white sands in which to wallow, beautiful sunsets and terrible
drivers.  Oops - that one slipped out!  The margarita (and Bud Light)
are the State Drinks (if one is so inclined) and this is the Land of
Manana (read it like Spanish).  Manana is way much better than I needed
that right this very minute and no excuses!  Shaded patios, cool
evening breezes and gorgeous cool summer mornings (at least until 7:00
a.m.).  Besides, I need a replacement beginning March 1, 2012.  Brand
new lab, tech-designed, bright and LEED, tons of space, a separate
storage room for blocks and slides AND a volatile storage room with two
acid cabinets and two xylene/alcohol cabinets and a salary (that's
another subject, I do work for a State...).  Can't have everything, but
this is darned close.



And I do not work for the Chamber of Commerce!



Sally Breeden, HT(ASCP)

New Mexico Department of Agriculture

Veterinary Diagnostic Services

1101 Camino de Salud NE

Albuquerque, NM  87102

505-383-9278 (Histology Lab)



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[O'Donnell, Bill]

This has been a fun thread However, I really would like to hear from
anyone looking to hire in tropical island hospitals/labs. - Bill

-Original Message-
From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
[mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Ingles
Claire 
Sent: Friday, June 17, 2011 1:51 PM
To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
Subject: RE: [Histonet] Retirement

But what about wildfires? :)
Otherwise send me an application. I have been to New Mexico (mostly
Abiquiu area) a few times and loved it. Not too sure about Alberquerque
though. Too many episodes of Cops based there. Taos is nice enough. ;)
Claire



From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu on behalf of Breeden,
Sara
Sent: Fri 6/17/2011 1:08 PM
To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
Subject: [Histonet] Retirement



It seems that my reference to RETIREMENT has gotten everyone thinking
about it.  Heh...heh..  It has been suggested that I  reconnoiter in
advance of Those of You Who Won't Be Retiring Before I Do (February 29,
2012, if the creek don't rise...).  I would be happy to perform that
hazardous duty but I need more of those $5.00 donations coming in for
whatever it was that I posted last week (I hope my gray cells will
rejuvenate when I retire).  I won't need the money for travel because I
think I'm right where I need to be.  Have any of you thought about New
Mexico???  Just within the past year, it has occurred to me many times
why this is such a good choice for retirement.  We do not have
hurricanes, we do not have tornados (okay, maybe rarely), we are not
prone to earthquakes, the weather is jolly darn good 90% of the time
(spring is out - way too windy) and we don't have more than a couple or
four inches of snow in the winter.  We don't start our furnace/heater
until November and it's only in use until maybe early April.  The air
conditioner was just put to use two weeks ago and we won't need it past
the first part of September.  Low cost of living, lots of homes
(reasonably priced - info upon request) for sale and the number of
things one can do in New Mexico are practically endless.  We have
everything but a beach (and if California keeps shaking, we might have
beachfront property - not that I'd wish that on California...).  We have
skiing, a big lake (fondly called Elephant Butt [Butte]) for water
activities, stream, river and lake fishing out the kazoo, mountains to
climb, white sands in which to wallow, beautiful sunsets and terrible
drivers.  Oops - that one slipped out!  The margarita (and Bud Light)
are the State Drinks (if one is so inclined) and this is the Land of
Manana (read it like Spanish).  Manana is way much better than I needed
that right this very minute and no excuses!  Shaded patios, cool
evening breezes and gorgeous cool summer mornings (at least until 7:00
a.m.).  Besides, I need a replacement beginning March 1, 2012.  Brand
new lab, tech-designed, bright and LEED, tons of space, a separate
storage room for blocks and slides AND a volatile storage room with two
acid cabinets and two xylene/alcohol cabinets and a salary (that's
another subject, I do work for a State...).  Can't have everything, but
this is darned close.



And I do not work for the Chamber of Commerce!



Sally Breeden, HT(ASCP)

New Mexico Department of Agriculture

Veterinary Diagnostic Services

1101 Camino de Salud NE

Albuquerque, NM  87102

505-383-9278 (Histology Lab)



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RE: [Histonet] Retirement

[Garcia, Lori, Sr. Scientist]

 Count me in too! Somebody will have to be around for when the robots shut down 
or revolt and try to take over the world.

I'm a midwesterner like Cindi, but have relocated to northern CA and it is 
paradise out here. We could get some land out in the boonies and start our own 
histo commune.

Lori

-Original Message-
From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu 
[mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of O'Donnell, Bill
Sent: Friday, June 17, 2011 11:33 AM
To: Cynthia Pyse; histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
Subject: RE: [Histonet] Retirement


 I have recently traveled back from the future, and it does not bode well for 
histologists. The robots are pretty reliable and can operate 14 hours on a 
single charge. They also do not have to wear safety glasses when working with 
the laser microtomes. No vacations, no calling in sick, no travelling to 
seminars (new software version upgrades come to
them)

I noticed that someone still has to come in in the morning to flip the 
switches, but since CLIA will not likely consider that testing Well, who'll 
need a histologist for that?

Funny though, pathologists are still around, but they are all workiing in a 
single building near Area 72. (you don't want to know about area 72 unless you 
are still around in 2035, then EVERYONE will know about area
72)

They spend their full 6 hour day looking at scanned images on big-screen 
monitors and drinking coffee. It's not that the future really needs them, but 
the AMA still lobbies for them more effectively than the ASCP for us.

- Bill

With apologies to all the really decent pathologists who monitor this forum. (I 
have to be nice because my only usable skill someday might be making a mean cup 
of coffee)

-Original Message-
From: Cynthia Pyse [mailto:cp...@x-celllab.com]
Sent: Friday, June 17, 2011 12:51 PM
To: O'Donnell, Bill; histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
Subject: RE: [Histonet] Retirement

As long as we don't have to go back to steel knives, old AO micrtomes and the 
autotechnicon I'm in. I am also 15 to 18 years out. What is the world of 
histology going to do without us. Who will know how to make a solution of 
mucicarmine (not that I do anymore, but I could) or eosin?
The tech I train now look at me like I am speaking a foreign language 
sometimes. Make me feel old, but closer to retirement.
Cindy

-Original Message-
From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
[mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of O'Donnell, Bill
Sent: Friday, June 17, 2011 12:01 PM
To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
Subject: [Histonet] Retirement


 OK, I know it is Friday, and I know that this may sound like a bit of a 
jokebut I am 15-18 years out from retirement and my wife and I want to 
retire someplace tropical And it would be smart to get settled in such a 
location. So, if anyone knows of any openings in Hawaii, Virgin Islands, St. 
Thomas, Puerto Rico for an experienced HT
(ASCP) QIHC  PLEASE let me know. Would be open to others, but would prefer 
a US territory. I can be reached at b...@deaconbill.com

William (Bill) O'Donnell, HT (ASCP) QIHC Senior Histologist/Safety Officer Good 
Samaritan Hospital 10 East 31st Street Kearney, NE 68847

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[Podawiltz, Thomas]

For our own commune, I would look at Bend, Oregon, nothing against northern CA  
it is so beautiful, buts its still CA. 
Plus the fact, I was born and raised in Oregon. 

Tom Podawiltz, HT (ASCP)
Histology Section Head/Laboratory Safety Officer
 
From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu 
[histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Garcia, Lori, Sr. 
Scientist [lori.gar...@medtronic.com]
Sent: Friday, June 17, 2011 4:35 PM
To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
Subject: RE: [Histonet] Retirement

 Count me in too! Somebody will have to be around for when the robots shut down 
or revolt and try to take over the world.

I'm a midwesterner like Cindi, but have relocated to northern CA and it is 
paradise out here. We could get some land out in the boonies and start our own 
histo commune.

Lori

-Original Message-
From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu 
[mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of O'Donnell, Bill
Sent: Friday, June 17, 2011 11:33 AM
To: Cynthia Pyse; histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
Subject: RE: [Histonet] Retirement


 I have recently traveled back from the future, and it does not bode well for 
histologists. The robots are pretty reliable and can operate 14 hours on a 
single charge. They also do not have to wear safety glasses when working with 
the laser microtomes. No vacations, no calling in sick, no travelling to 
seminars (new software version upgrades come to
them)

I noticed that someone still has to come in in the morning to flip the 
switches, but since CLIA will not likely consider that testing Well, who'll 
need a histologist for that?

Funny though, pathologists are still around, but they are all workiing in a 
single building near Area 72. (you don't want to know about area 72 unless you 
are still around in 2035, then EVERYONE will know about area
72)

They spend their full 6 hour day looking at scanned images on big-screen 
monitors and drinking coffee. It's not that the future really needs them, but 
the AMA still lobbies for them more effectively than the ASCP for us.

- Bill

With apologies to all the really decent pathologists who monitor this forum. (I 
have to be nice because my only usable skill someday might be making a mean cup 
of coffee)

-Original Message-
From: Cynthia Pyse [mailto:cp...@x-celllab.com]
Sent: Friday, June 17, 2011 12:51 PM
To: O'Donnell, Bill; histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
Subject: RE: [Histonet] Retirement

As long as we don't have to go back to steel knives, old AO micrtomes and the 
autotechnicon I'm in. I am also 15 to 18 years out. What is the world of 
histology going to do without us. Who will know how to make a solution of 
mucicarmine (not that I do anymore, but I could) or eosin?
The tech I train now look at me like I am speaking a foreign language 
sometimes. Make me feel old, but closer to retirement.
Cindy

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[mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of O'Donnell, Bill
Sent: Friday, June 17, 2011 12:01 PM
To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
Subject: [Histonet] Retirement


 OK, I know it is Friday, and I know that this may sound like a bit of a 
jokebut I am 15-18 years out from retirement and my wife and I want to 
retire someplace tropical And it would be smart to get settled in such a 
location. So, if anyone knows of any openings in Hawaii, Virgin Islands, St. 
Thomas, Puerto Rico for an experienced HT
(ASCP) QIHC  PLEASE let me know. Would be open to others, but would prefer 
a US territory. I can be reached at b...@deaconbill.com

William (Bill) O'Donnell, HT (ASCP) QIHC Senior Histologist/Safety Officer Good 
Samaritan Hospital 10 East 31st Street Kearney, NE 68847

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