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Lionel Mandrake

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39. Your have had an amazing career

Thu Aug 21, 2025, 12:32 PM

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and written an elegant story about it and about your life.

You only hinted at retirement. This leaves me wondering what you are up to now. Will your retirement be cold turkey or gradual? I doubt that anyone else could take over the job you have been doing over the last few decades.

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Fifty years on the job! Thank goodness they didn't give me a gold watch. [View all] DFW Thursday OP

Wonderful!! Sun-Moon Thursday #1

The nice part was their willingness to let me bring in so many diverse friends DFW Thursday #10

Congratulations! Trueblue Texan Thursday #2

And I wouldn't have worn it anyway. DFW Thursday #11

Great reflection. Telling the story again will fix cachukis Thursday #3

It was, very perceptive of you. DFW Thursday #13

Congratulations DFW! An amazing milestone. n/t livetohike Thursday #4

One day at a time, and suddenly it has been 50 years. DFW Thursday #14

Congrats on a job well done Alice Kramden Thursday #5

Thanks for that! DFW Thursday #15

Congratulations! sinkingfeeling Thursday #6

Thank you! DFW Thursday #16

Congrats! SheltieLover Thursday #7

Thanks! n/t DFW Thursday #17

Congratulations on 50 Years !!!! Fla Dem Thursday #8

Thanks! DFW Thursday #19

❤️🥰🎉🥳 Congrats. (A genuine Black Forest cuckoo clock would make a nice 50 year gift.) Oopsie Daisy Thursday #9

A Black Forest Cuckoo clock DFW Thursday #20

What a great ride it must've been DFW. JMCKUSICK Thursday #12

Thanks for that. DFW Thursday #22

Congrats. irisblue Thursday #18

Thanks, Iris! n/t DFW Thursday #24

Congratulations DFW gademocrat7 Thursday #21

Thanks! DFW Thursday #25

Thank you for sharing a piece of your life. tavernier Thursday #23

We could have put the long version in a book DFW Thursday #26

Congratulations 🎈🍾 underpants Thursday #27

Those are the memories that make you a wealthy soul. NBachers Thursday #28

Boy did this take me down a rabbit hole.. yorkster Thursday #34

And a ship . . . A Black Freighter . . . Runs a flag up its masthead . . . Shootin' guns from the bow. . . NBachers Thursday #36

Right, from The Threepenny Opera. yorkster Thursday #38

Congratulations! rubbersole Thursday #29

I would have only given it away. DFW Yesterday #48

If you should wreck your German car... rubbersole Yesterday #50

No offense taken. I have never owned a Mercedes in my life. DFW Yesterday #52

Very well written. Retirement is wonderful. JohnnyRingo Thursday #30

I've heard that about retirement from several people. DFW Thursday #41

I started at GM when I was 19 years old. JohnnyRingo Yesterday #49

That's a world I can only try to imagine. DFW Yesterday #51

Oh how I enjoyed reading your summation of your incredible working journey and milestone celebration!How wonderful that KitFox Thursday #31

Thanks, but this wasn't to celebrate retirement. DFW Yesterday #47

Ah, wow! Fifty years! Major congrats, my dear DFW! CaliforniaPeggy Thursday #32

Agree on his literary streak - very inspiring Alice Kramden Thursday #33

I took a stab at a trial run a little over ten years ago. DFW Thursday #42

My dear DFW! Yes, your book is still available on Amazon! The link is below: CaliforniaPeggy Thursday #43

I third the motion. Lionel Mandrake Thursday #37

What a great saga. You always take us with yorkster Thursday #35

If I ever find myself with a few months and nothing else to do...... DFW Yesterday #46

Your have had an amazing career Lionel Mandrake Thursday #39

A German colleague gave me fair warning. DFW Thursday #40

I have the same problem with wristwatches... malthaussen Thursday #44

You are quite correct. I thoroughly lack imagination. DFW Thursday #45

Man after my own heart. malthaussen Yesterday #53

Congratulations on a well-deserved retirement! WestMichRad Yesterday #54

Thanks! But you're a little bit premature. DFW Yesterday #55

Ok, then... WestMichRad Yesterday #56

Now you're speaking my language! DFW Yesterday #57