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From: "James N. McBride" <jnmcbr@xxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2006 12:27:01 -0700
I suppose you deserve to retire but I suspect there will be a great loss in
the classroom when you do. /jmac


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On 24/02/2006, at 5:49 PM, Moose wrote:

>> due to being made redundant.
>>
>>
>>
> Oh dear, that's a shame. That "British" was of saying what we native
> 'murkin speakers would officially call being laid off always sounds
> sort
> of amusing to me. There have been so many times in my life when I've
> felt pretty redundant while employed. And now that I am retired, and
> have every right to be redundant, should I wish to do so, I really
> feel
> quite useful most of the time, at least to myself.

Here in Oz it's referred to as being 'retrenched' which sounds a bit
agricultural. personally, I'd rather get laid - that is what you said
wasn't it?
The English speaking world seems to have standardised now on that
awful Orwellian expression 'downsized' - with the result that there
are a lot of redundant midgets wandering around.
I'm about to 'retire' so I'm working on a raft of interesting paying
activities of course. The reviewing is one. The pay sucks but the
fringe benefits are awesome.
AndrewF

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