Retiring a bit early............

[WobblyPossum]

Congratulations! Enjoy your retirement. You earned it.

[TheNewbie]

Congrats sir, and thank you for your service.

[11B10]

You have every reason to feel proud. And be aware that you were hand picked for the new job.You did not fall into it. Best of luck to you.

Trooper - willie said it best. You were selected, for sure.

Thank you for your years of service, Sir.


Enjoy the new job!

[Trooper224]

Today's a blizzard and for the first time in a quarter century I don't care.

[BN]

Today's a blizzard and for the first time in a quarter century I don't care.

This is great. I'm retired from the telephone company and I was on call 24/7/365. The other day we were driving down the highway on a stormy Sunday morning when I spotted a phone company van going the other way. I just laughed because it wasn't me.

[Trooper224]

Got a call this afternoon to go down the the federal building tomorrow at get measured for my snappy new slacks and blazer. Now I'll spend my time looking like a sports announcer rather than a cop. Apparently, they supply everything but the socks and skivvies so I'm glad I hadn't got around to buying a new pair of shoes.

[willie]

Hey Trooper, I hope you don't get stuck with low stride, too tight duds best suited for metrosexuals and nerds. You never know about low bid products!

A good friend who retired from Texas DPS recently retired from the very same job that you will be starting. He told me that some of his colleagues became complacent and a few became careless. Boredom made these guys think that there was little risk. Not all had his level of training. Therein lies the danger. Of course I stated the obvious.

[Rex G]

Congratulations! It is, indeed, good to finally not have to be concerned about saving people from themselves during a weather event. Hurricane Harvey exhausted the last of that, from within me, and is one reason I decided to retire in late January 2018.

[Trooper224]

I just got a call from the new boss, my body armor has arrived. I'll go down tomorrow to make sure it fits and I should get a start date. The boss told me it might take two months for the armor to arrive, he was right on the nose.

[willie]

Hey, Trooper, your armor came in, but what about your shirts and pants? Those folks move a tad slow. I hope you don't get mad and slap somebody.