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10-15-2025, 01:36 PM
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Rob Wick
Best wishes and congratulations to Rob Wick! Rob is retiring on October 31.
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10-15-2025, 04:01 PM
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RE: Rob Wick
Congratulations, Rob. Kick back and enjoy it!
"There are few subjects that ignite more casual, uninformed bigotry and condescension from elites in this nation more than Dixie - Jonah Goldberg" |
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10-15-2025, 05:18 PM
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RE: Rob Wick
Great news Rob! You've earned it! More time for reading, rearranging your books and baking chocolate chip cookies.
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10-16-2025, 07:27 AM
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RE: Rob Wick
Congratulations.
Looking forward to exploring the Lincoln Boyhood Home and area with you again. Plus pizza. So when is this "Old Enough To Know Better" supposed to kick in? |
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10-16-2025, 08:19 AM
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RE: Rob Wick
Appreciate the kind words! It's going to be strange since I have worked since I was 14. I hope to use the time writing, although Patsy may have other ideas.
Best Rob Abraham Lincoln is the only man, dead or alive, with whom I could have spent five years without one hour of boredom. --Ida M. Tarbell
I want the respect of intelligent men, but I will choose for myself the intelligent. --Carl Sandburg
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10-16-2025, 05:53 PM
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RE: Rob Wick
Congratulations Rob!
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10-16-2025, 10:36 PM
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RE: Rob Wick
(10-16-2025 08:19 AM)Rob Wick Wrote: Appreciate the kind words! It's going to be strange since I have worked since I was 14. I hope to use the time writing, although Patsy may have other ideas. Congrats Rob, any particular writing projects in mind? "Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence." - Carl Sagan |
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10-17-2025, 09:22 AM
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RE: Rob Wick
Just hoping to get back to my biography of Ida Tarbell.
Best Rob Abraham Lincoln is the only man, dead or alive, with whom I could have spent five years without one hour of boredom. --Ida M. Tarbell
I want the respect of intelligent men, but I will choose for myself the intelligent. --Carl Sandburg
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10-19-2025, 06:33 PM
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RE: Rob Wick
All the best, Rob, and good success for your book project!
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10-20-2025, 05:45 AM
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RE: Rob Wick
I too wish you success and good fortune in your efforts, Rob, on your biography of Ida Tarbell.
"So very difficult a matter is it to trace and find out the truth of anything by history." -- Plutarch |
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10-20-2025, 06:55 PM
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RE: Rob Wick
I add my best wishes, Rob.
I know we're all different but I'd like to tell you about my experiences on retirement ... Well, it wasnt really anything like I expected but I'm enjoying it. At the end of every day it seems like I didnt get to do all that I'd planned ... but, yeah, who cares. I'm not too bothered. I do though worry about the amount of time I spend sitting at this laptop. Using a timer is a great idea, if I could adhere to it. When I first retired I had an excrutiating attack of sciatica ... due to my hours long sitting posture, I'm sure. Now we walk and swim regularly. Good luck with the book ... I suggest you tell as many people as possible that you're writing one. That forces you to keep at it. I finished mine ... the actual book didnt take too long to complete. The Endnotes though took ages. ( It has nothing to do with Lincoln. Self published ... interesting experience ... sold one copy. One of my daughters bought it because she felt sorry for me I think!) “The honest man, tho' e'er sae poor, Is king o' men for a' that” Robert Burns |
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10-20-2025, 10:40 PM
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RE: Rob Wick
Congratulations, Rob! You'll discover a whole new world where you can pretty much do what you want to do each day. I think Patsy (your dog) has the right idea and takes you out for a daily walk.
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10-22-2025, 06:38 AM
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RE: Rob Wick
Again, I want to thank everyone for their kind words regarding my future.
Best Rob Abraham Lincoln is the only man, dead or alive, with whom I could have spent five years without one hour of boredom. --Ida M. Tarbell
I want the respect of intelligent men, but I will choose for myself the intelligent. --Carl Sandburg
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