Thanks, I needed a laugh after a long day. I'd like to make a joke but my brain is empty and needs to be refilled with gin.
I watch Covid and protest news these days. Retired in January 2020, just in time to watch the world come unglued. I'm looking forward to better days. My wife and I worked hard, had great professional careers in engineering , saved quite a nest egg, had great plans for traveling the world in our retirement. But here we sit.
Sounds like we were on similar paths, at least early in my career. I worked in so many little machine shops in Gardena in the 70s, I can't recall all of them. Also, Northrop, Rockwell, and Garrett Airesearch mostly as a machinist and later in QA. Then hooked up with my wife who was a mechanical engineer, went to night school and then to work for McDonnell Douglas as a QA eng, then later in flight test as a regulatory coordinator and on to certification engineer for the last 20 years, after Boeing took over. Hung it up in January.
Wish I could have done what you did. 64, retired in Jan. from Boeing. Wish the world would gather itself back together so I can get on with the good stuff.I am a retired Mechanical Engineer. This week marks my 8th year of retirement.
Next month, I hit 60. I have been quite fortunate. Retirement is great. Retirement with a Jeep is fantastic!
I was/am very fortunate and have never taken my situation for granted. Upon retiring in March of 2011, I did a lot of outreach work for non-profits. It was some of the most rewarding work that I have ever done.
