[Histonet] Retirement

Fri Jun 17 15:35:44 CDT 2011

 Count me in too! Somebody will have to be around for when the robots shut down or revolt and try to take over the world. 

I'm a midwesterner like Cindi, but have relocated to northern CA and it is paradise out here. We could get some land out in the boonies and start our own histo commune.

Lori

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From: histonet-bounces <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:histonet-bounces <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of O'Donnell, Bill
Sent: Friday, June 17, 2011 11:33 AM
To: Cynthia Pyse; histonet <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu
Subject: RE: [Histonet] Retirement

 I have recently traveled back from the future, and it does not bode well for histologists. The robots are pretty reliable and can operate 14 hours on a single charge. They also do not have to wear safety glasses when working with the laser microtomes. No vacations, no calling in sick, no travelling to seminars (new software version upgrades come to
them)

I noticed that someone still has to come in in the morning to flip the switches, but since CLIA will not likely consider that testing.... Well, who'll need a histologist for that?

Funny though, pathologists are still around, but they are all workiing in a single building near Area 72. (you don't want to know about area 72 unless you are still around in 2035, then EVERYONE will know about area
72) 

They spend their full 6 hour day looking at scanned images on big-screen monitors and drinking coffee. It's not that the future really needs them, but the AMA still lobbies for them more effectively than the ASCP for us. 

- Bill

With apologies to all the really decent pathologists who monitor this forum. (I have to be nice because my only usable skill someday might be making a mean cup of coffee)

-----Original Message-----
From: Cynthia Pyse [mailto:cpyse <@t> x-celllab.com]
Sent: Friday, June 17, 2011 12:51 PM
To: O'Donnell, Bill; histonet <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu
Subject: RE: [Histonet] Retirement

As long as we don't have to go back to steel knives, old AO micrtomes and the autotechnicon I'm in. I am also 15 to 18 years out. What is the world of histology going to do without us. Who will know how to make a solution of mucicarmine (not that I do anymore, but I could) or eosin?
The tech I train now look at me like I am speaking a foreign language sometimes. Make me feel old, but closer to retirement.
Cindy

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From: histonet-bounces <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu
[mailto:histonet-bounces <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of O'Donnell, Bill
Sent: Friday, June 17, 2011 12:01 PM
To: histonet <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu
Subject: [Histonet] Retirement

 OK, I know it is Friday, and I know that this may sound like a bit of a joke....but.... I am 15-18 years out from retirement and my wife and I want to retire someplace tropical.... And it would be smart to get settled in such a location. So, if anyone knows of any openings in Hawaii, Virgin Islands, St. Thomas, Puerto Rico for an experienced HT
(ASCP) QIHC .... PLEASE let me know. Would be open to others, but would prefer a US territory. I can be reached at bill <@t> deaconbill.com

William (Bill) O'Donnell, HT (ASCP) QIHC Senior Histologist/Safety Officer Good Samaritan Hospital 10 East 31st Street Kearney, NE 68847 

SERENITY is not freedom from the storm, but peace amid the storm.

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