Telling time

He always carries a fancy pocket watch, but pocket watches only have one time zone on them. Ian Leadley, knowing Dr. Wilde's mathematic abilities, presented him with this clock so that he didn't have to do any high level mathematics to know what time it was in England.

Dan.

Although I was not one of the privileged to work for you, for a few minutes you thought I was.

Recall a Trade Show in Philadelphia back in early 2000. I accompanied Mike and, as I have an IT background, I offered to help set up the Nerac Booth. There I was, looking like a typical IT schlep on my hands and knees, running computer cords when you approached the booth looking for Mike.

I introduced myself and commented that you must be thrilled to retire. You’d worked hard and now it was time to enjoy life to the fullest. “Let it all go, and turn the company over completely to the young kids. They’ll do fine!”

I had a distinct feeling you didn’t want to hear it at the time, especially from some unknown whipper-snapper employee. When we met again at dinner you learned who I was. We had great chats about your hobbies, worldly travels, and the mid-west where I’m from. Since that first meeting we’ve had the chance to meet again numerous times.

And now, at 70, with retirement in full swing, you are enjoying the fact that the “”Kids” are doing fine with the company and you can concentrate on having the best time of your life.

Sincere best wishes for a Happy Birthday.

Barb Schmitt

Happy Birthday Dan;

You have been a solid ASIDIC contributor for years and we thank you for all you have done for the organization. On another note and more importantly, watching you over the last few years we see that retirement can also be fun, rewarding and enlightening. You have set a new model for all of us. Enjoy your day and keep us all young and in envy.

Mike Walker

Dear Dr. Wilde:

Blessings and best wishes to you on your 70th birthday! It's amazing how the time flies by. Although I will not be with you, I want you to know that I will be celebrating you and your life on your birthday and will be with you in spirit. I have quite a lot to thank you for, and I'm grateful to have the chance. You and Helen both were my greatest teachers in my young adulthood, I can not think back on that time without thinking of you both. You both freely gave to me knowledge that has enabled me to build my life, I am deeply grateful to you both for that. I will always be thankful for the confidence you had in me at that time, it gave me confidence in myself when I needed it the most.

I enjoy thinking back on our funny times as well. I have to apologize to you for telling you (making you) kiss the blarney stone, I didn't know that that you had to kiss it leaning over backwards!! And anyway, you were already blessed with the gift of gab. I will always remember one Valentines day when I was single and feeling particularly down, you gave Helen a gorgeous bouquet of red roses and then gave everyone else a single rose, it really cheered me up. I have so many memories like this of that time that mean a great deal to me.

I hope you enjoy your day and know that many people are thinking of you with respect and gratitude and wishing you all the best!

With Love and Respect,
Colleen

Neither an Optimist or a Pessimist

An optimist says the glass is half full.

A pessimist says the glass is half empty.

Dr. Wilde says the glass is twice the size it needs to be!

Dear Dan, remember me?

This is certainly a voice out of your past.

Congratulations!! Your 70th birthday ! Wow!! There is nothing better than being 70. You can get away with a lot of things that you never could before and that's so much fun! May your birthday be wrapped tightly with God's love and peace and may there be many more birthdays to celebrate.

Hannah (Howe)

Happy Birthday Dan,

It has been a pleasure working with you for many years
providing NERAC patent data files.

Our hardest part, in the beginning, was explaining to Thomas Jefferson
how to disseminate patent information on punch cards and magnetic tape
media.

Ed Johnson