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APRIL 2018 I DESIGN007 MAGAZINE 77 has been a great pleasure. That's the reason that I stayed on so long after retirement time, so to speak. We have a joke, but it's true, that we have an ex-Tektronix guy who retired from Polar three times, but he kept coming back at our invitation. We told him this last retirement he was not going to get a fourth party if he came back again. Polar's a good place to be. We did have a fellow who left at Christ- mas to follow a completely different career in teaching, working with troubled kids mostly. He said to me, "I want you to know, Ken, I have never had a Monday morning feeling. It's always been great." That's what I call "Big Polar" spirit. Shaughnessy: You all have always been easy to deal with. Everyone at Polar loves their job, and everybody's just happy to be there. Taylor: Yes. If you're good at something, and you enjoy it, you get better at it so it kind of feeds on itself into a happy person. Gurney: There's so much to learn from our customers by exchang- ing with them. It's tremendous. There's so much knowledge in our customer base and we're happy to listen to them and learn from them as well. Shaughnessy: You all have writ- ten several books, which we've been fortunate enough to work with you on. Taylor: Yes, I know Martin Gaudion is working on another one now. Shaughnessy: Well, I'm sure you'll have a great time at Polar, Dorine. Gurney: Thank you very much. Shaughnessy: Ken, you're staying on for a little while and you had a big meeting, and some shows… Taylor: We had a big meeting in January, but we've got these couple of shows. I said to Dorine, "I don't give advice; you can have an opinion and you do what you want. You're the boss." Gurney: I'm the boss. Yep. Taylor: That's how it's been so far. The com- pany likes the way everything is going. Shaughnessy: Ken, any plans for retirement? Are you going to take up fishing, pottery or golf? Taylor: I'm not a golfer. The only plans we have is to travel. We have a motor home and we'll move around in that. I don't care where we go. I just love Oregon. I don't see any need to leave Oregon. Do you want me to sell Oregon [laughs]? Shaughnessy: Is there anything else you want to talk about? Taylor: I'd like to close with just a super welcome to Dorine. She's marvelous. Everything that we could have hoped for is working. We very much enjoy her. Gurney: Thank you. I appreciate it. Thank you, Ken. Shaughnessy: Thank you both. DESIGN007 Related Content Visit I-007eBooks to download your copies of Polar Instruments' micro eBooks today: The Printed Circuit Designer's Guide to… Secrets of High-Speed PCBs, Part 1 E The Printed Circuit Designer's Guide to… Secrets of High-Speed PCBs, Part 2 E Ken Taylor