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Eric Ladd Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 16 August 2004 Location: Canada Posts: 4506
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Posted: 26 April 2018 at 9:44am | IP Logged | 1
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Choosing when you exit is much better than getting forced out. I do love seeing commissions. Like most, it also keeps me/us connected in some way to what I/we see as "the real" characters. Demand is there! The biography that Nathan brought up looks like something worth dusting off.
Edited by Eric Ladd on 27 April 2018 at 12:43pm
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Brad Brickley Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 29 April 2004 Location: United States Posts: 8286
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Posted: 26 April 2018 at 10:04am | IP Logged | 2
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My timing is unfortunate in that now that I can afford to be more generous to myself in regards to commissions, you have entered an new phase of life. I shall be patiently awaiting for news if there is ever a return to commissions.
My Dad who worked his whole life from age 14 to 64 has been retired almost 8 years now and doesn't miss working at all. I was surprised because he seemed the kind of guy who liked the structure of a daily work routine, but he said he'd worked long enough. He told me to tell people who ask about what he does now to say he does the same as before he just doesn't go to work.
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Rebecca Jansen Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 12 February 2018 Location: Canada Posts: 4410
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Posted: 26 April 2018 at 10:30am | IP Logged | 3
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How about some non-comics related traveling? I had a few years where it was just too much for me, but I just had about a month away and feel nicely recharged (a change is as good as a rest). Luckily they had Yorkshire Tea at the Safeway. Oh, and I ran into a Marvel Premiere #25 in a general junk shop for $6 and had to buy that. :^)
Even just seeing parts of Idaho, Northern California or Oregon while not spending a lot is good for me, but I have had big adventures too by train and ship. I'd love to see England and Holland some day where the two sides of my family came from (Yorkshire and Gelderland respectively). Hoo nose.
Work is often an unquestioned secular saint of some kind, I think it's not necessarily virtuous in and of itself.
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John Young Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 22 August 2004 Location: United States Posts: 3145
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Posted: 26 April 2018 at 10:44am | IP Logged | 4
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When my Father retired in the early 2000's he became "Hour Man." He made a schedule of his days to work into doing things for an hour. He said he could handle and hour at a time not a day. He takes a walk at nine, then a time for reading and study, then lunch, etc. Structure was what helped him make the transition.
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Jason K Fulton Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 23 September 2016 Location: United States Posts: 683
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Posted: 26 April 2018 at 10:59am | IP Logged | 5
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It'd be neat to see more Youtube interviews ala the recent Sci-Fi TV interview.
But a well deserved intermission for a professional whos work has touched millions of lives in a positive way.
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Kevin Brown Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 31 May 2005 Location: United States Posts: 8838
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Posted: 26 April 2018 at 11:27am | IP Logged | 6
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JB, as long as you're happy, that's what matters. You definitely deserve a respite.
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Vinny Valenti Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 17 April 2004 Location: United States Posts: 8009
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Posted: 26 April 2018 at 11:29am | IP Logged | 7
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When I was laid off last year, I was out of work for the first time in almost 20 years. I wasn't in a major rush to get back to work, so I used the opportunity to drop 50 pounds in the 6 months before I went back to work. I wanted to feel like something was being accomplished while I was home, and I had no more excuses to lose weight.
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Robbie Parry Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 17 June 2007 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 12186
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Posted: 26 April 2018 at 11:30am | IP Logged | 8
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I'm 11 miles from West Bromwich, so if you ever cross this way again, a drink - because us Brits do proper drinks* - is on me! ;-)
*Seriously, though, soft drinks, alcohol and so much else cannot compare to what us Brits do. And, dear Americans, what is the appeal of root beer?
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Stephen Churay Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 25 March 2009 Location: United States Posts: 8369
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Posted: 26 April 2018 at 11:47am | IP Logged | 9
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And, dear Americans, what is the appeal of root beer? ========= It's a perfect match for vanilla ice cream.
I will say, that it took British comedians to accurately describe American beer. "It's like making love in a canoe." "It's fucking close to water."
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John Byrne
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Joined: 11 May 2005 Posts: 132133
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Posted: 26 April 2018 at 11:57am | IP Logged | 10
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I drink neither beer nor root beer. As a child I was sure I was supposed to drink the latter, but I had no taste for it. The former tasted like wine that had gone off -- and I don't like wine.
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Matt Hawes Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 16 April 2004 Location: United States Posts: 16407
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Posted: 26 April 2018 at 12:19pm | IP Logged | 11
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JB, I am bummed that we may not see any new art from you, or rarely anymore. That noted, you've earned a rest. I am appreciative for the art you have given us all these many years. Thanks !
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Doug Centers Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 17 February 2014 Location: United States Posts: 5438
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Posted: 26 April 2018 at 12:30pm | IP Logged | 12
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Root beer floats from A&W were a treat in my younger days. Since the expulsion of pop from my diet a few years ago, looks like I won't have one anytime soon either.
JB, enjoy your time off!!
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