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Friday, May 29, 2026

Fortunate Mystified Sons and Daughters as Every goodbye is the birth of a Memory

"We cannot live for ourselves alone. Our lives are connected by a thousand invisible threads, and along these sympathetic fibers, our actions run as causes and return to us as results."


    Paul Dacre caused a considerable amount of outrage in the 26 years he spent editing Britain's noisy Daily Mail newspaper.

    But when he finally stepped down the other week, he did something so remarkable it is hard to think of a precedent. He left without saying goodbye.

    Instead of a farewell speech to staff, he left a seven-paragraph letter pinned to the office noticeboard. In it, he pointed out he was not really leaving, as he was off to a grand-sounding job upstairs, but apologised to those who thought he should have said a few words from the floor


  • Who will take the blame for everything now … 


  • "Congratulations on your escape! I mean… best wishes on your next adventure." 
  • ~ courtesy of Taxing Colleague 

Like flowers scattered in a storm, a man's life is a long farewell.




Good bye may seem forever. Farewell is like the end, but in my heart is the memory and there you will always be.

It’s been an incredible ride, but all good things must come to an end… I’ll cherish the memories, the friendships, and even the occasional printer meltdown.



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Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened.