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News Release from: ISA:Instrumentation Systems and Automation Society | Subject: Retirement for Engineers
Edited by the Processingtalk Editorial
Team on 18 February 2008
ISA releases humorous retirement cartoon
book
ISA has announced the latest in Gregory K McMillan's collection of humorous cartoon books, "The Funnier Side of Retirement for Engineers and People of the Technical Persuasion"
Not long after McMillan, Stan Weiner, and illustrator Ted Williams co-authored "The Life and Times of an Automation Professional - An Illustrated Guide", McMillan decided to again team up with his cohorts in humour to put the Senior World on your doorstep - or at least in your mailbox "Retirement is one of the big changes in life and what is best is not the same for everyone...it should be fun," states the book preface
This article was originally published on Processingtalk on 8 Aug 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
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Although McMillan chooses to work at a leisurely pace, he believes retirement should be more like a bowl of beer nuts where you stick your hand in and grab as many as you want.
According to McMillan, "Have you ever seen someone unhappy with a fistful of beer nuts?" (Editor's comment: According to Wikipedia, Beer Nuts is a brand of snack food building on the original product, peanuts, with a "unique" sweet-and-salty glazing made to a "secret recipe": by sticking your hand in I guess the sticky glaze means you get more than maybe you bargained for! Plus I have to sayto Greg McMillan, I have never seen someone with a fistful of beer nuts, but I imagine over 50% would be happy).
Readers will have a chance to have a far-out look (or up-front stare if your company is headed for reorganization) into what retirement offers for "geeks".
The Ted Williams cartoons make this book a graphic exposee.
Engineers or technical people thinking about retiring, already retired, those who suspect a career change or those who just need a good laugh will enjoy this unique book.
The Top Ten signs that you are headed for retirement are:.
10) It takes more time to analyse your portfolio than your assignment.
9) Wasting time in meetings seems like good practice for wasting time in retirement.
8) Your grandkids need a control figure.
7) You need more time to read and send jokes by email.
6) You need to spend more time with your kids to refresh your computer skills.
5) The only exercise you get is walking to the coffee machine.
4) Your manager is half your age.
3) Your manager asks, "What do you really do?".
2) You buy a boat.
1) You need to save the Everglades.
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