Retired at 100! Missed one day of work in 70 years!

[Scottwax]

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-041406winston_lat,0,3104356.story?coll=la-home-headlines

MTA Legend Arthur Winston, 100, Dies After Brief Retirement
By Kurt Streeter, Times Staff Writer
1:40 PM PDT, April 14, 2006

Arthur Winston, who set a remarkable personal record by missing only a single day in 72 years of work, died of congestive heart failure Thursday as he slept in his South Los Angeles home. He was 100.

Many of his colleagues and friends honored him by calling him Mr. Winston. He cleaned Los Angeles buses and trains for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority. The only shift he missed was the day in 1988 that his wife died.

[Desertdawg]

Is that persistence or just a glutton for punishment?

I kind of like the days off from work when I can get them...


Remember, all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy!!!

[Teak]

What an amazing work ethic.

Originally posted by Desertdawg
Is that persistence or just a glutton for punishment?

I kind of like the days off from work when I can get them...

I think the man probably missed just the one day of scheduled work time and not that he work for 72 years straight every day.

Eric

[MDetail]

I just saw him on the news when he turned 100. What a bummer

[rusty bumper]

Wow!...That's unbelievable!

I guess some people can endure pain, sickness, and fatigue better than most...Including me.

[Teak]

When is the movie due out?

Eric