Post #187,979
12/23/04 3:36:10 PM
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Happy 54th Birthday, Hugh! (hnick that is)
Alex
The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt. -- Bertrand Russell
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Post #188,002
12/23/04 5:52:42 PM
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hnick that is 54
Then I spent the evening of his eighteenth birthday burrowing into the brassiere of the accommodating Enid M*ch*lk* in the back of a pickup truck on a ridge overlooking the northwestern edge of California's fabled San Fernando Valley. In addition to feeling Enid I was feeling a trifle seedy that evening, and had in fact picked up the so-called "Hong Kong flu," which duly clobbered me during the night. I spent the following day, Christmas Eve, on a divan in the living room, only vaguely aware of the holiday traffic, with a high fever (105F at one point, my stepmater reported later), hallucinating violently. And while all this was happening, Hugh became old enough to draft. Ick.
cordially,
Die Welt ist alles, was der Fall ist.
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Post #188,013
12/23/04 6:27:30 PM
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Good memory for details...
I try not to go back that far. It isn't that I find the memories troublesome, but that I have changed in major ways a couple times since then and I don't find the recollections particularly relevant any more. I find myself wondering about some of my behavior just in the last 25 years or so, but I'm pretty sure it was me... Oh well, strokes for folks, I guess.
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Post #188,014
12/23/04 6:27:58 PM
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Thanks, Alex
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Post #188,020
12/23/04 7:10:50 PM
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Happy birthday Hugh, and a question for Alex...
Did you keep track of when you picked up that each person admitted their ages? Because I'm wondering that so many admitted their birthdays when I wasn't looking!
Thanks,
Ben
I have come to believe that idealism without discipline is a quick road to disaster, while discipline without idealism is pointless. -- Aaron Ward (my brother)
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Post #188,030
12/23/04 9:03:14 PM
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think that....
...Alex has some, but not everyone's ages. Alex, do I have that right?
In case you are keeping track, Alex, I'm perpetually 21, right? <grin>
Yes, that's the ticket!
Cheers,
Slugbug
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Post #188,031
12/23/04 9:09:25 PM
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naw with a bod like that 28
that way too many Iraqis conceived of free society as little more than a mosh pit with grenades. ANDISHEH NOURAEE
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Post #188,036
12/23/04 9:16:26 PM
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<chuckle>...
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Post #188,043
12/23/04 10:11:11 PM
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No, I don't have the notes of when birthdays were mentioned.
But, some were noted many years ago and for some people (Maggie included) the year of birth is unknown.
Alex
The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt. -- Bertrand Russell
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Post #188,047
12/23/04 10:14:20 PM
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err I know Maggies
and it will stay that way :-)
regards,
daemon
that way too many Iraqis conceived of free society as little more than a mosh pit with grenades. ANDISHEH NOURAEE
clearwater highschool marching band [link|http://www.chstornadoband.org/|http://www.chstornadoband.org/]
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Post #188,063
12/24/04 12:34:07 AM
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Ditto
I have come to believe that idealism without discipline is a quick road to disaster, while discipline without idealism is pointless. -- Aaron Ward (my brother)
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Post #188,089
12/24/04 10:41:30 AM
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well then...
...I shall remain 21...er...um...28 <grin>. Thanks, gents!
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Post #188,098
12/24/04 12:53:45 PM
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42, duh.
;-)
Peter
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Post #188,122
12/24/04 7:51:32 PM
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Bzzzzt!
That is not correct...but, thanks for playing. ;-)
Some things are better left unsaid...like wine all great things get better with time....for now, I shall remain goddess@28 <grin>.
It is really tragic that biz/IT is so freaked out about age. Instead of drawing from those of us with experience, knowledge, and innovative ideas with which to expand profits long term, the current short-sighted spheres of control would rather sell out the masses for short term profit/gain. The global community will not begin a new upcycle until the damage is done and short term greed is complete.
For now, aging innovators can only take positive action to awaken the sleeping masses by "thinking globally, acting locally". And, that is my wish for this holiday season.
All the best,
Slugbug
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Post #188,174
12/26/04 4:10:32 AM
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42 is THE answer.
Peter
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Post #188,180
12/26/04 4:25:14 AM
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True, each of us is 42...
but the units aren't exactly years.
Cheers,
Ben
I have come to believe that idealism without discipline is a quick road to disaster, while discipline without idealism is pointless. -- Aaron Ward (my brother)
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Post #188,187
12/26/04 10:56:40 AM
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If 42 was the answer she would be in showbiz not IT
that way too many Iraqis conceived of free society as little more than a mosh pit with grenades. ANDISHEH NOURAEE
clearwater highschool marching band [link|http://www.chstornadoband.org/|http://www.chstornadoband.org/]
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Post #188,198
12/26/04 12:34:58 PM
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<grin>
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Post #188,026
12/23/04 8:12:09 PM
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Happy B'day, Hugh!
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Post #188,027
12/23/04 8:52:03 PM
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Well said. :-)
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Post #188,028
12/23/04 8:55:41 PM
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Happy Birthday!
Imric's Tips for Living
- Paranoia Is a Survival Trait
- Pessimists are never disappointed - but sometimes, if they are very lucky, they can be pleasantly surprised...
- Even though everyone is out to get you, it doesn't matter unless you let them win.
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Nothing is as simple as it seems in the beginning,
As hopeless as it seems in the middle,
Or as finished as it seems in the end.
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Post #188,041
12/23/04 10:02:12 PM
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Hola Hugh!
You may get a chuckle to hear that, the person you kindly offered assistance to - way back.. in OH:
Now has her very own Powerbook.. and a G-4 on the side - having suffered Enough! through all that stuff we know So Well. (She remains appreciative of the offer, still ;-)
Cheers,
moi
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Post #188,077
12/24/04 7:49:08 AM
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Seems to be the way to go...
I'm just a little envious.
I don't know how long she's been back, but she may be rethinking her decision for the next week or so...
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Post #188,046
12/23/04 10:13:44 PM
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A celebrator of birth is you!
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How do you convince a Washington Journalist that you're not slapping him in the face?
Tell him you're not.
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Post #188,095
12/24/04 12:15:25 PM
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Happy Birthday Hugh!
Sorry I'm a day late, been busy as an owl with her head cut off!
Brenda
"The people of the world having once been deceived, suspect deceit in truth itself." -- Hitopadesa 600?-1100? AD, Sanskrit Fable From Panchatantr
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Post #188,102
12/24/04 1:42:14 PM
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happy birthday my friend.
hope you're keeping warm with all the white stuff falling on your head.
If you push something hard enough, it will fall over. Fudd's First Law of Opposition
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Post #188,254
12/27/04 10:06:53 AM
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Congrat!
Oh, heck..it's Christmas!
Gongrats
(How's that for covering for a typo?!?)
jb4
shrub\ufffdbish (Am., from shrub + rubbish, after the derisive name for America's 43 president; 2003) n. 1. a form of nonsensical political doubletalk wherein the speaker attempts to defend the indefensible by lying, obfuscation, or otherwise misstating the facts; GIBBERISH. 2. any of a collection of utterances from America's putative 43rd president. cf. BULLSHIT
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Post #188,260
12/27/04 11:09:23 AM
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I'm a wee bit late...
...but Happy Birthday anyways!
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