<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Tim - <div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">congrats on your retirement - my only regret is that I did not know you better. The code you, Nancy, and others wrote has already set a high standard for how good scientific software should be written.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Best of luck and enjoy those “golden” years!</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Lou</div><div class=""><br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Jul 1, 2021, at 9:25 AM, Data Assimilation Research Testbed users via Dart-users <<a href="mailto:dart-users@mailman.ucar.edu" class="">dart-users@mailman.ucar.edu</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class="">I want to thank everyone I've worked with and learned so much from over the years.</div><div class="">I have found the collaborations and relationships I have made with all of you to be extremely rewarding.</div><div class="">By far, the worst thing about retiring will be the tremendous loss of the interaction with you all.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">My NCAR email is supposed to be active for a few more months while I burn off my Paid Time Off,</div><div class="">but since I'll be learning how to retire ... I may not respond to them as soon as I'd like.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">To remove any mystery ... I've been working basically since I've been 14 and will turn 60 in a few weeks.</div><div class="">46 years is enough, and I just feel it is as good a time as any to enjoy travelling with Ruth and enjoying</div><div class="">life while my health is still good.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I will miss you all.</div><br clear="all" class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr" class=""><div dir="ltr" class="">Tim Hoar<div class=""><br class=""></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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