Hope you have a very happy birthday JdS, and may you have many more.

Mark

I'll add my "best wishes" to Mark's.

When you are young, if you were like me you enjoyed birthdays for material reasons --- lots of gifts.

When you get old (like me), you might celebrate birthdays a little more thoughtfully because everyone else your age is dead.

In between those ages you usually don't get the big assortment of gifts that come in boxes, but you count your blessings by counting your friends.

Here's a fun thing to do on your birthday: count some milestones

Useless dates related to your birthday

Regards,

Dave (Passed 2,000,000,000 seconds a "few" years ago, and my mom still asks me what I want to do when I grow up.)

Or, maybe not. Sometimes I just make this stuff up, you know. Like the cartoon in the New Yorker a couple of years ago where one dog is saying to the other, "Of course, on the internet they can't tell that we're dogs."

Wish you a wonderful and happy Birthday J.
Many Many happy returns.

I'll add my good wishes, too. Happy B'Day, J!

Thank you very much guys. I am touched...

Since I don't celebrate Christmas or any other popular holiday, my birthday is very special to me. I am proud to admit that I have never worked on my birthday -- ever!

I hit the big 40 this year, however I still feel that I am only 19! I think I have issues...

Every year, between November 23rd and 27th, we have more than a couple of birthdays to celebrate and this year it was a bit more hectic than usual.

While I was driving around town going from one home to the other, I often thought of you guys and wondered if anyone missed me.

Thank you again, for your kind words and wishes. May we meet some day and really have a party.

I'm guessing that the parents of all of the 18-year-old girls in your neighborhood have even bigger issues.

Regards,

Dave

Dave, you crack me up!

Thought it's late, Happy B-day J! I couldn't afford a cake this year so how about a banana?

I don't think there was ever a birthday thread here WITHOUT Mr. Banana making an appearance.

Ladies and gentlemen, that record still stands today!

Thank you C.