OmCheeto Retires: Friends Celebrate Success

[lisab]

Congratulations on your retirement!

I feel lucky to know you.

 

[Evo]

Retired eh?

Welcome to the old.

 

[Borek]

Mmmm... yes.

 

[drizzle]

Retired? I thought Om was only working on ohmy things, which is basically not working.. [fill the gap]

Congrats if that's what you like to do.. [fill the gap]^2

So, what are you planning to do next?... [fill the gap]^3

Nvm, I'm just being pushy.

 

[davenn]

Woohoo Om.

does that mean you now have time to come visit us all in Australia ??

cheers
Dave

 

[Lisa!]

Where is his retirement cake?

 

[lisab]

Where is his retirement cake?

Oops!

Just read "Om" instead of "Cathy" !

 

[Evo]

I always knew he was a "Cathy".

 

[Lisa!]

Oops!

Just read "Om" instead of "Cathy" !

 

[jedishrfu]

Ahh, the new retiree and the new retirement where you take a month off and then go back to work someplace else or if you're lucky the same place with half the hours and half the stress and still enough money to play...

Congratulations Om!

 

[collinsmark]

Congrats!

 

[lendav_rott]

Time to go to Australia now, the place that is very close to the surface of the sun.

 

[adjacent]

I can't understand what's happening in this thread. Why is everyone celebrating when Om retired?

 

[lendav_rott]

No longer a full-time slave to society. Perhaps a part-time slave, it's an improvement.

 

[adjacent]

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/260388836/My/9bqr6.gif

That is his retirement cake. The resistor :p

 

[OmCheeto]

Good grief! Late to my own retirement party. Thank you lisab, and everyone.

My first task at hand is to clean up my house, and my yard. Both are coming along nicely.

After that, I will turn my living room into a mini-me shop, and build my invention. (I don't have a garage. )The prototype will involve a bicycle, so it shouldn't turn into too much of a mess.

After it's completed, I will of course test it out, and make sure it works as predicted. If it does, I will start on the patent. Once the patent is filed, I will license it to my first customer. I expect to get between $25,000,000 to $50,000,000. After that, I may visit Australia on my new yacht. When I return home, I will start building my multinational, trillion dollar business. That should take about 10 years. At that point, I will sell my company, dole out the OmCheeto prizes, buy a really big yacht, retire for real, and meet everyone in Bora Bora. I plan on buying it, so everyone can stay for free.



Cathy

 

[jedishrfu]

Why not skip all that? start a Kickstarter campaign and run off with all the funds!

 

[OmCheeto]

Why not skip all that? start a Kickstarter campaign and run off with all the funds!

That's $3,185 for every man woman and child in America. Do you really think everyone would just give me that much money?

Hmmm... I suppose that since the crowd funding for solar roads has already accumulated over $1,900,000, maybe people are that stupid.

Disco, disco roads... I want to drive on ($56,000,000,000,000) disco roads. (sung to the tune of Macho-man)

And that lady who made $500,000,000 by inventing a new jewelry box. This just proves that money is out there to be harvested.

 

[OmCheeto]

Good bloody grief.

If anyone needs ice samples from the Pleistocene, just check out my freezer.

I think I may have pushed the "repurposing" thing, a bit over the edge.

 

[lendav_rott]

I ll have some for my juice, it's bloody hot here.

 

[Borg]

Congratulations on your retirement!

I feel lucky to know you.

It looks like Whoopie Goldberg congratulated you.

Anyway, Happy Retirement!

 

[lisab]

It looks like Whoopie Goldberg congratulated you.

It's a nod to the Oregon Country Fair, where I had the pleasure of meeting Om in person!

 

[OmCheeto]

It's a nod to the Oregon Country Fair, where I had the pleasure of meeting Om in person!

Which of course, tied you with Integral, for the $200,000,000 OmCheeto prize.

It was originally a $100,000,000 yacht, and $100,000,000 cash. But I decided that land-lubbers might not be into the ocean as much as I, so I decided to let them decide how to spend their money.

 

[Drakkith]

If anyone needs ice samples from the Pleistocene, just check out my freezer.

Hmm... do you have any from the Pliocene instead?

 

[Nikitin]

have fun man :)

 

[OmCheeto]

Hmm... do you have any from the Pliocene instead?

Given that I have a side-by-side, and haven't been able to bend over comfortably in the last 2.6 billion years, there may be some of that, on the bottom shelf.

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I did absolutely nothing yesterday.
ps. Happy birthday bro!

 

[Drakkith]

Given that I have a side-by-side, and haven't been able to bend over comfortably in the last 2.6 billion years, there may be some of that, on the bottom shelf.

Ah, right next to the ginger ale. Got it.

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I did absolutely nothing yesterday.
ps. Happy birthday bro!

Thanks! Just turned 30!

 

[OmCheeto]

Ah, right next to the ginger ale. Got it.



Thanks! Just turned 30!

30! I kind of remember my 30th birthday.

Someone took a picture that day.

Ok. The only other thing I remember from that day was being driven home, and beer. Lots of beer.

ps. lisab met the girl on the left at Country Fair a few years back. I don't remember much of that weekend either. (hic!)

 

[Drakkith]

Oh, you...

 

[OmCheeto]

Tomorrow makes 9 weeks.

During that time, people have talked me into doing things:

I went to a birthday party at the coast, and fixed a lawnmower.
A few weeks later, I went to the coast, and caught my very first salmon. (A 10 kg Chinook!)
A week later, I smoked my first Chinook. It was quite tasty. (7.5 kg are still waiting to be smoked, and consumed.)
Then I went to Country Fair. I don't remember anything.

Somewhere in there, I planted a gutter garden.
I decided that gutter gardens are not only cool, they also have advantages:

1. Slugs are too fat to climb the poles
2. Cats don't seem interested in using them as litter boxes.
3. Weeding is really easy when you don't have to bend over. (The garden is about 1 meter off the ground)
4. They are a perfect metaphor for the planet.​

Tending the garden, on a daily basis, and watching the world come undone for the last 9 weeks, I started to appreciate Jerzy Kosinski's movie even more that I did before. (It's one of my favorites)



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ps. I think Arild and Megan, the Finn-Swede from my "Day after X-mas story" have ganged up on me. Two of my three cats now seem possessed, and I accidentally planted my moon and star watermelon in the gutter garden, which has forced me to build a watermelon habitrail.

 

[lisab]

Nine weeks and no sign of missing work .

Sounds like you're having a fantastic retirement - I'm so jealous, and so happy for you!

 

[OmCheeto]

Nine weeks and no sign of missing work .

Zero. As an indicator of why not, half of the people who I worked with, including my boss, had threatened to quit the day I retired. Though only one of the eight put in their two week notice that day.

Sounds like you're having a fantastic retirement - I'm so jealous, and so happy for you!

Well, it's not all ice cream and beer...

My back is recovering slowly. But it always did. I've suffered from on and off bouts of work related sciatica for the last 15 years. But being that I seldom mentioned it, and my boss seemed to be a bit jealous, he worked me like a dog up until my second to last day.

This year, my sciatica manifested itself in a new and hideous way. Every morning, around 1 am, I would be jarred awake with the most horrific charley horse in my left leg. So for the last 8 months, I've had about 2-3 hours of uninterrupted sleep.

It's much better lately. But the chronic dull signal from my back reminds me; "Don't go back there. They really don't give a ****."

So I don't.

Take care of your backs people. You only get one.

ps. Yes... I went to the doctor last year for it. X-rays, MRI, etc. etc. They told me there was nothing wrong. They said I was suffering from a common ailment, called "old".

pps. I'm estimating another 30 days, and my sciatica will be gone, for good. :!)

 

[Drakkith]

0nly 30 days till it's gone, huh? You must be close to finding the fountain of youth there, Lazarus.

 

[edward]

Zero. As an indicator of why not, half of the people who I worked with, including my boss, had threatened to quit the day I retired. Though only one of the eight put in their two week notice that day.

Well, it's not all ice cream and beer...

My back is recovering slowly. But it always did. I've suffered from on and off bouts of work related sciatica for the last 15 years. But being that I seldom mentioned it, and my boss seemed to be a bit jealous, he worked me like a dog up until my second to last day.

This year, my sciatica manifested itself in a new and hideous way. Every morning, around 1 am, I would be jarred awake with the most horrific charley horse in my left leg. So for the last 8 months, I've had about 2-3 hours of uninterrupted sleep.

It's much better lately. But the chronic dull signal from my back reminds me; "Don't go back there. They really don't give a ****."

So I don't.

Take care of your backs people. You only get one.

ps. Yes... I went to the doctor last year for it. X-rays, MRI, etc. etc. They told me there was nothing wrong. They said I was suffering from a common ailment, called "old".

pps. I'm estimating another 30 days, and my sciatica will be gone, for good. :!)

It is a bit odd how the sciatica comes and goes. Try pressing on the the pelvic bone just at the point where it starts to curve up and around to the front. Do it so hard it makes you want to scream. Then take a few deep breaths and do it again.

If that cramp in your leg is in the calf the next time it happens put one finger on your upper lip just below your nose and press until it hurts for about 15 seconds. Hey it works for me.

I have a lower back problem called spondylolisthesis. The wonderful world of medicine offered me a brace that went from my nipples down to my gonads. I declined their brace and made one out of the shoulder strap from an old piece of luggage.

Take care and enjoy retirement my friend.

 

[Mr.maniac]

NOW! NOW!
Hold on why not first take a bath in a HOT SPRING
in japan and meditate for a few days there.
OMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM!

 

[Drakkith]

NOW! NOW!
Hold on why not first take a bath in a HOT SPRING
in japan and meditate for a few days there.
OMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM!

Man's got a good point. Don't resist it, Om.

 

[OmCheeto]

Man's got a good point. Don't resist it, Om.

Always the first name that pops into my head when I need sound medical advice: Mr. Maniac.

My sciatica is induced by lifting heavy objects. There are no drugs, nor any "hot and/or cold" methods that cure my bouts. It invariably takes 3 months for things to return to normal. Hence my "30 days" comment.

Funny, my sister was visiting from out of state and dropped by my house last Thursday. I discussed my sciatica with her, as an excuse to having been almost completely non-productive over the last 66 days.

So on Saturday, she called me from my brother's house, and left a message on my answering machine, requesting I come over to help move furniture.

I pretended I wasn't home.

 

[lisab]

My dad developed sciatica during knee-replacement surgery (I guess they position the leg at a weird angle while the patient is sedated... ?). He said recovering from the sciatica was more painful, and took much longer, than healing from the knee surgery.

 

[AnTiFreeze3]

Not what I envision when someone mentions sharing pants with a girl

 

[Drakkith]

Not what I envision when someone mentions sharing pants with a girl

Got that right.

 

[OmCheeto]

Not what I envision when someone mentions sharing pants with a girl

You only get one 30th birthday.

The image is kind of "crinkly", as someone decided the photo was humorous enough to have printed up on T-shirts. I somehow got one. I'm not sure how many were made, but there's is a kid about half my age at the river who saw me wearing mine one day and blurted out; "I've got one of those!"



Moral of the story?

Don't waste your life being afraid to share your pants(and/or shirts) with your friends.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dlho3xJucr8
Live life, by The Kinks
The album, Misfits, was released 36 years ago.
Seems somewhat timeless.​

Just got back from spending 3 days with 4 friends at the coast. 3 are in their 70's. The 4th just turned 60. I have pictures of us all, still trying to kill ourselves.

 

[RonL]

You only get one 30th birthday.

The image is kind of "crinkly", as someone decided the photo was humorous enough to have printed up on T-shirts. I somehow got one. I'm not sure how many were made, but there's is a kid about half my age at the river who saw me wearing mine one day and blurted out; "I've got one of those!"



Moral of the story?

Don't waste your life being afraid to share your pants(and/or shirts) with your friends.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dlho3xJucr8
Live life, by The Kinks
The album, Misfits, was released 36 years ago.
Seems somewhat timeless.​

Just got back from spending 3 days with 4 friends at the coast. 3 are in their 70's. The 4th just turned 60. I have pictures of us all, still trying to kill ourselves.

I'm almost 72 and doing things that would kill me shouldn't be too difficult...

 

[OmCheeto]

I'm almost 72 and doing things that would kill me shouldn't be too difficult...

Thanks for showing up for the party Ron!

Believe it or not, I think of you often. At least, that is, every time I think of a compressor.

 

[RonL]

Thanks for showing up for the party Ron!

Believe it or not, I think of you often. At least, that is, every time I think of a compressor.

Thanks Om,
Congrats on your retirement, hope you have as much fun and enjoyment with your time as I have had and am having with mine.
I have little doubt that you will

"squeeze it tight, make it hot and always let there be more air":thumbs:

 

[OmCheeto]

Ok, today makes six months.
I've pretty much been on vacation the whole time.
I just plugged my clock radio back in, as I think I should get back to work tomorrow.

ps. I also unplugged my phone again, as the you-know-whats thought they had me back on the hook again.

 

[lisab]

Ok, today makes six months.
I've pretty much been on vacation the whole time.
I just plugged my clock radio back in, as I think I should get back to work tomorrow.

ps. I also unplugged my phone again, as the you-know-whats thought they had me back on the hook again.

I think a six-month break is entirely reasonable.

But if your weather is anything like ours up here, I hope you can do most of your work indoors - it's coooooold out there !

 

[OmCheeto]

I think a six-month break is entirely reasonable.

But if your weather is anything like ours up here, I hope you can do most of your work indoors - it's coooooold out there !

Yup. It's freezing here too. But the only thing left to do outside is to rake the leaves, and that can wait till spring. :)

 

[OmCheeto]

Today and tomorrow, anyways.
It's supposed to rain on Monday and Tuesday.​

 

[nsaspook]

Today and tomorrow, anyways.
It's supposed to rain on Monday and Tuesday.​

How's the garden going this year? So far this looks like a great planting year in this part of Oregon.

 

[Evo]

Congrats OM!