He says he never imagined that LIPA, once it decommissioned Shoreham, would paint its initials over Lilco's trucks, never imagined a boisterous consumer advocate would land the CEO seat.
Last month, the authority reopened a once-decommissioned, century-old stop at the same location, predicting that the newer hub still required years of renovations.
And once wells are decommissioned, they leave hardly any trace at all.
"You can plan freely because there are no supporting walls," said Mr Mielke, who converted the whole of his first bunker once it was decommissioned.
Last weekend, the New York Transit Museum was open to the public again after a skillful two-year face-lift, and once again the decommissioned Court Street subway station in downtown Brooklyn was a temple filled with all manner of transit votaries.
The existing Oldham Mumps stop, which opened in June 2012, will be decommissioned once the new line through the town centre is completed.
Locals see it as fitting that Atlantis, the last of the fleet to fly, will be on display at Kennedy's visitor centre once she has been decommissioned.
Once there, she was decommissioned on 7 May and turned over to Royal Navy control the following day.
Once mines start being decommissioned, Alberta will find itself in the nasty double bind of watching oil royalties shrink at the same time as it will need to scrounge up billions to pay for the mess the industry has left behind.
The same sort of eat/work space has opened in Sunset Park, Brooklyn in buildings that once housed decapitated mannequins and decommissioned bubble gum manufacturing machines.
And at the once-notorious Crumlin Road Gaol – decommissioned in 1996 – "C-Wing", the condemned cell, and even the execution chamber now swing open heavy iron doors to casual visitors.
