Col's last day

[Brianwarnock]

July 31st is Col's last day in gainful employment and he has hinted that he will no longer be visiting the forum so much as he will have less free time!!
Thus his and Rich's long term project of educating our cousins across the pond will fall solely on Rich. I’m sure that we will all miss Col’s deep incisive comments and intelligent and knowledgeable debating skills.

I wish him well in his retirement and extend my sympathies to his wife.

Seriously best wishes Col, I expect you to be too merry after noon to be on the Forum.

Brian

 

[rainman89]

now what will i read when i need a laugh?


congrats col! ENJOY

 

[qailoh]

Congratulations on your retirement. I suspect you enjoy needling those of us who inhabit the former colonies to permanently retire from that...

 

[Rich]

Thus his and Rich's long term project of educating our cousins across the pond will fall solely on Rich. Brian

I seem to remember yourself helping out from time to time

 

[GaryPanic]

gainful employment ???

Lazy freeloader, (only kidding )
lucky so and so, I've another 20 + years to go


Enjoy - but for god sake don't stop, keep doing something - polictics, gardening - hell indoor skydiving - just don't stop .. you stop and you get ill

chase young blonde's around - get thrown out of shops -anything ..
g

 

[TessB]

Needless to say I will miss you, Col.
I hope that when you do pop in now and again, you will manage to get in a friendly, enthusiastic HELLO to me. I know you won't be able to resist the urge to chime in on political matters, but I hope you remember that some of us appreciate the relationships we formed before all that mess became such a matter of debate here and will choose to call out to us fondly from time to time.

Love you.
Tess

 

[Vassago]

Needless to say I will miss you, Col.
I hope that when you do pop in now and again, you will manage to get in a friendly, enthusiastic HELLO to me. I know you won't be able to resist the urge to chime in on political matters, but I hope you remember that some of us appreciate the relationships we formed before all that mess became such a matter of debate here and will choose to call out to us fondly from time to time.

Love you.
Tess

Here here.

Good luck Col.

 

[pono1]

August 2nd headline in The Guardian: "Massive Drop in NHS Network Traffic Mystifies Technicians." Congratulations and good luck, Col...

Regards,
Tim

 

[The_Doc_Man]

Retirement? Lucky bugger!

Prior to Hurricane Katrina, I was looking forward to at least slightly early retirement, but with all the bills, looks like I re-enlisted in the world of work for at least another 7 years. Must have broken a mirror somewhere.

Best wishes, Col.

 

[Ron_dK]

Retirement ? For years we thought that you were about the same age as Rich !

So now you'll have the time to finalize that CD and issue free copies as you promised years ago

Congrats Col and stay healthy, wealthy and wise

Good luck,
Ron

 

[ColinEssex]

Thanks all for the best wishes.

Tess, is right, we did form very good relationships prior to the Iraq thing in 2003. Love you Tess x x

I will be popping in though, so you haven't lost me yet (unless I get banned) but as I said, I still need to earn money so I'll be working part time somewhere after a couple of months off, but probobly not where I can stay logged in all day

Enjoy - but for god sake don't stop, keep doing something - polictics, gardening - hell indoor skydiving - just don't stop .. you stop and you get ill

chase young blonde's around

Your last option seems favourite - I'll remember that one especially on the Belgium tour with my pool playing orchestral colleagues in October

Cindy - Thanks for the PM, yes, I'll stay in touch x x

I'll be busy this afternoon with the leaving do in the office - no booze though, don't want to lose the bike and car licence.

Tomorrow morning, in the nice sunshine, I'll be having the Martini and lemonade with a twist of lemon Then I'll have to start on the to-do list

I'll be back

Col

 

[Joe8915]

Good luck, COL. I have always enjoyed your views, even though I disagree with most. You always had a debate going on some where.

 

[Pauldohert]

No beer for your work leaving do - Cmon Col!!! make an effort.

 

[KalelGmoon]

Congrats and good luck COl, hope ya dont make yourself a stranger around these parts

 

[Len Boorman]

Good luck Col not that you really need luck

You have wit, charm and good looks (so you told me) and also that certain way with words that insinuates into the very soul of persons when you really try.

The NHS loss is the worlds gain....when are you joining Tony to solve the worlds problems

Just Enjoy.........whatever it is

L

 

[dan-cat]

If the storms of censorship, name-calling and indefatigable belligerence have not prevented you from attending these boards then I fail to see what mitigating circumstances retirement provides.


...happy retirement Col, make sure to return soon.

 

[MrsGorilla]

Missed you this morning (my computer crashed!) but good luck and here's to hopefully happier days ahead, free of the angst of working for the government.

 

[ColinEssex]

Missed you this morning (my computer crashed!) but good luck and here's to hopefully happier days ahead, free of the angst of working for the government.

Thats true enough.

Day one today - Got up at 8:30am - had a Martini and lemonade with a twist of lemon at 10:30 this morning, sat in the sun reading the paper. Then had a chat with the neighbours, then had lunch (just a sarnie) then did some supermarket shopping.

Very nice.

Lovely and sunny today - around 25c (75F)

Col

 

[ColinEssex]

Hmmmmm... retirement... my most recent retirement was a year and a half ago and lasted about 28 days... well maybe it will last longer for the infamous Essex Bass guitar-Drummer-Biker-Wildman... just be sure to enjoy every minute of retirement, be it for 28 days months or years... just be sure to come back from time to time and tease those of us who are craving retirement and those of us who cant sit still

As I said earlier, I'm looking to start part-time work in November. Plus, I've been asked already to do some private Access tuition (may not do that)

Col

 

[ColinEssex]

Congratulations on your retirement. I suspect you enjoy needling those of us who inhabit the former colonies to permanently retire from that...

I don't needle people, it's just that you're so picky and argumentative and you refuse to listen to reason, as usual, the USA [thinks] it knows best.

Col