Birthdays

Montreal Wanderer · Post by **Montreal Wanderer** » Mon Jul 23, 2012 1:26 pm

I woke up this morning - in Dryden, Ontario of all places - to find myself a year older. I spend a couple of months each year younger than Dujon - which I enjoy - but I always catch up. Social media tells me Bruce Rioja gets older soon - older but I'll leave it to others to speculate on wiser.

As we age, birthdays come closer and closer together because time speeds up, at least in our minds. There is probably some physiological explanation. For poor old Tango the years must be rocketing by. This phenomenon is a little frightening, and I didn't know whether to put it in the angry, happy, or neither thread, so I started its own.

Gooner Girl · Post by **Gooner Girl** » Mon Jul 23, 2012 1:34 pm

Happy Birthday Monty! xx

I turned 32 last week. Was depressing.

ohjimmyjimmy · Post by **ohjimmyjimmy** » Mon Jul 23, 2012 1:37 pm

36 in a couple of weeks

Thankfully my mental age remains well below half that.

Gooner Girl · Post by **Gooner Girl** » Mon Jul 23, 2012 1:38 pm

ohjimmyjimmy wrote:36 in a couple of weeks

Thankfully my mental age remains well below half that.

Nah, its not that high...

Abdoulaye's Twin · Post by **Abdoulaye's Twin** » Mon Jul 23, 2012 1:39 pm

Happy Birthday Monty

I have one of those 'milestone' birthdays this year. I'll see if what they say is true

ohjimmyjimmy · Post by **ohjimmyjimmy** » Mon Jul 23, 2012 1:40 pm

Gooner Girl wrote:
ohjimmyjimmy wrote:36 in a couple of weeks

Thankfully my mental age remains well below half that.
Nah, its not that high...

Euwww, a girl....

Gooner Girl · Post by **Gooner Girl** » Mon Jul 23, 2012 1:51 pm

ohjimmyjimmy wrote:
Gooner Girl wrote:
ohjimmyjimmy wrote:36 in a couple of weeks

Thankfully my mental age remains well below half that.
Nah, its not that high...
Euwww, a girl....

Don't you go pulling my pigtails! I bet you were one of those boys who laughed when girls did catwheels in the playground and you saw their knickers...

Gooner Girl · Post by **Gooner Girl** » Mon Jul 23, 2012 1:51 pm

Abdoulaye's Twin wrote:Happy Birthday Monty

I have one of those 'milestone' birthdays this year. I'll see if what they say is true

50's not that bad, just ask Bobo...

Bruce Rioja · Post by **Bruce Rioja** » Mon Jul 23, 2012 1:58 pm

Montreal Wanderer wrote:I woke up this morning - in Dryden, Ontario of all places - to find myself a year older. I spend a couple of months each year younger than Dujon - which I enjoy - but I always catch up. Social media tells me Bruce Rioja gets older soon - older but I'll leave it to others to speculate on wiser.

A very happy birthday to you, Monty.

Indeed, it's mine on Friday. I'll be in Dublin, anesthetised.

Montreal Wanderer · Post by **Montreal Wanderer** » Mon Jul 23, 2012 2:13 pm

Gooner Girl wrote:Happy Birthday Monty! xx

I turned 32 last week. Was depressing.

Depressing??? Try being more than double that.

Armchair Wanderer · Post by **Armchair Wanderer** » Mon Jul 23, 2012 3:20 pm

ohjimmyjimmy wrote:36 in a couple of weeks

Thankfully my mental age remains well below half that.

Old enough to know you should know better.

35 soon

I'm worried about the memory thing, it's already bad enough.

Gary the Enfield · Post by **Gary the Enfield** » Mon Jul 23, 2012 3:24 pm

Happy Birthday Monty.

With obvious differences this is the type of attitude I intend to display when I 'age'

Warning
by Jenny Joseph

WHEN I AM AN OLD WOMAN I SHALL WEAR PURPLE
With a red hat which doesn't go, and doesn't suit me.
And I shall spend my pension on brandy and summer gloves
And satin sandals, and say we've no money for butter.
I shall sit down on the pavement when I'm tired
And gobble up samples in shops and press alarm bells
And run my stick along the public railings
And make up for the sobriety of my youth.
I shall go out in my slippers in the rain
And pick the flowers in other people's gardens
And learn to spit

You can wear terrible shirts and grow more fat
And eat three pounds of sausages at a go
Or only bread and pickle for a week
And hoard pens and pencils and beermats and things in boxes

But now we must have clothes that keep us dry
And pay our rent and not swear in the street
And set a good example for the children.
We must have friends to dinner and read the papers.

But maybe I ought to practice a little now?
So people who know me are not too shocked and surprised
When suddenly I am old, and start to wear purple.

Taken from the book
When I Am An Old Woman I Shall Wear Purple

TANGODANCER · Post by **TANGODANCER** » Mon Jul 23, 2012 4:38 pm

Happy returns Monty, many of em. At least, like me, you can say, "been there and done that" to most of the young upstarts on here.

Abdoulaye's Twin · Post by **Abdoulaye's Twin** » Mon Jul 23, 2012 4:53 pm

Gooner Girl wrote:
Abdoulaye's Twin wrote:Happy Birthday Monty

I have one of those 'milestone' birthdays this year. I'll see if what they say is true
50's not that bad, just ask Bobo...

I've got a few more until I hit that milestone

Happy Birthday to Bruce too as I'll likely forget later in the week. I have lots of problems remembering what day of the week it is at the moment

Abdoulaye's Twin · Post by **Abdoulaye's Twin** » Mon Jul 23, 2012 4:54 pm

Armchair Wanderer wrote:
ohjimmyjimmy wrote:36 in a couple of weeks

Thankfully my mental age remains well below half that.
Old enough to know you should know better.

35 soon

I'm worried about the memory thing, it's already bad enough.

Don't worry. You'll forget to worry soon enough

ohjimmyjimmy · Post by **ohjimmyjimmy** » Mon Jul 23, 2012 5:29 pm

Wedding anniversary this weekend...for god's sake please don't let me forget.
I'm counting on you people.

thebish · Post by **thebish** » Mon Jul 23, 2012 6:01 pm

Abdoulaye's Twin wrote:
Gooner Girl wrote:
Abdoulaye's Twin wrote:Happy Birthday Monty

I have one of those 'milestone' birthdays this year. I'll see if what they say is true
50's not that bad, just ask Bobo...
I've got a few more until I hit that milestone

Happy Birthday to Bruce too as I'll likely forget later in the week. I have lots of problems remembering what day of the week it is at the moment

it's Thursday.

ohjimmyjimmy · Post by **ohjimmyjimmy** » Mon Jul 23, 2012 6:05 pm

Bish dont be so mean, not on Christmas Day.

Abdoulaye's Twin · Post by **Abdoulaye's Twin** » Mon Jul 23, 2012 6:15 pm

Thanks guys. Knew I could rely on your helpfulness

Gooner Girl · Post by **Gooner Girl** » Mon Jul 23, 2012 8:34 pm

Gary the Enfield wrote:Happy Birthday Monty.

With obvious differences this is the type of attitude I intend to display when I 'age'

What do you mean 'WHEN'?!

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