The occasion of Larry's retirement after 31 years of service provided the perfect opportunity for the shop to have a cookout today.

A cookout is something my shop does with some degree of regularity. Today's festivities were dedicated to Larry's retirement.

Larry's wife and son arrived to help celebrate the occasion.

Brent and Larry have worked with each other for almost 30 years.

Doing what we do best - anxiously awaiting lunch.

We're always up for enjoying a cookout.

Jamie has arrived.

Well wishes for Larry.

Opening remarks from Brent.

Ralph Johnson arrives.

Ralph has a letter thanking Larry for his service on behalf of FMD.

I took a series of shots of Ralph and Larry's handshake with the intent of creating a GIF file, which I did. The problem is that I can't download the actual GIF. The file I downloaded is saved as an MP4 which plays fine, but doesn't repeat. So the best I can do at this moment is provide the link to the GIF file which repeats: https://i.imgur.com/FJ853XC.gif

More remarks from Brent.

Brent shared a few stories about working with Larry for the past 30 years.

I did the same thing here as with the previous handshake with Ralph Johnson. Click on the following link to view the repeating GIF file: https://i.imgur.com/a8ex4Ca.gif

Brent and Larry are two old friends who have not only worked together for the last 3 decades, they've managed to do this without killing each other in the process.

Congratulations from Brent.