Thanks gnu, First real day of freedom from work since I was in my 20s. Unfortunately, I woke up at 5 am (I intended to sleep in:(

Yesterday, on my last day. I planned to keep a very low profile and just fade away. But, I was contacted by many past and current colleagues from all over the place. I admit, it was nice hearing from them. I strongly insisted on no "retiremet party". But, yesterday my boss (I guess she no longer is that) talked me into one into one for early March. I am still "iffy" about that?

Sometimes folks get into tussles (various levels) on mudcat (and like me. get carried away on the keyboard and send before thinking what I typed),for a variety of reasons. I suspect it is a given, considering the wide variation in participants and geography (combined with the nature of the keyboard. I trust that all of us could "go beyond that" and stay mudcat friends, at least at some level.

BTW, I even disagree with my cat each day - he normally wins. But< I am ok with that:)