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"The Golden Days of Yore" (My Sixtieth Birthday Vanity!)
What's left of my brain | March 7, 2013 | Charlie Henrickson (me)

Posted on 03/07/2013 6:03:55 AM PST by Charles Henrickson

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To: Charles Henrickson

Beat you to it by 53 weeks - welcome to the club! Would you prefer us to registered you as an “Old Codger” or a “Curmudgeon”?

Not really a GD fan, but, “What a long, strange trip it’s been.” [And I wouldn’t trade a moment of it for all the “friends” on Facebook.]

“Death closes all: but something ere the end,
Some work of noble note, may yet be done,
Not unbecoming men that strove with Gods. . . .
Tho’ much is taken, much abides; and tho’
We are not now that strength which in old days
Moved heaven and earth; that which we are, we are;
One equal temper of heroic hearts,
Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will
To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.”

Again, congratulations, and may you have many more wonderful years to come.


41 posted on 03/07/2013 7:18:16 AM PST by dagogo redux (A whiff of primitive spirits in the air, harbingers of an impending descent into the feral.)
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To: Charles Henrickson

I don’t know of anything where 60 is the cut-off, but at 62 you can buy a lifetime senior pass to the National Parks for ten bucks (if they haven’t raised the price by then).


42 posted on 03/07/2013 7:18:48 AM PST by Verginius Rufus
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To: Charles Henrickson

CH—Happy Birthday!

60 is a great milestone.

Some don’t get the privilege, so relish the moment.

And be thankful you never received a Darwin Award!!!!!


43 posted on 03/07/2013 7:23:28 AM PST by exit82 ("The Taliban is on the inside of the building" E. Nordstrom 10-10-12)
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To: Charles Henrickson

You going to have a Lutheran potluck dinner tonight??

60 is the new 45 or 50. I got you by just over a year.

I lost about 30 lbs when I got away from behind that desk at the end of 2011.


44 posted on 03/07/2013 7:29:51 AM PST by Arrowhead1952 (Dims are stupid, period. End of conversation.)
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To: Charles Henrickson
On this day 60 years ago, the number one rhythm and blues song was Mama by Ruth Brown. She had just knocked Baby, Don't Do It by the Five Royales out of the top spot.
45 posted on 03/07/2013 7:36:52 AM PST by Fiji Hill (Io Triumphe!)
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To: Charles Henrickson

Happy Birthday, Pastor!


46 posted on 03/07/2013 7:40:05 AM PST by Cyber Liberty (I am a dissident. Will you join me? My name is John....)
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To: Charles Henrickson

When my Father was about 93, though in pretty good health for his age, he told me it was hell getting old. I told Dad, at your age the alternative to getting older isn’t so good.


47 posted on 03/07/2013 7:57:49 AM PST by The Great RJ
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To: CatherineofAragon
We share the same birthday; I’m 50 today. . . .

Fifty is nifty! Congratulations!

Although, Catherine of Aragon, I thought you were more like 527.

48 posted on 03/07/2013 8:02:20 AM PST by Charles Henrickson (60 years old TODAY, March 7!)
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To: CatherineofAragon
Are you wondering how you got so old, so fast?

Most people can't believe I'm as old as I am. The other day someone said, "SIXTY?!? How is that possible?" And I said, "By being born on March 7, 1953, and hanging around."

49 posted on 03/07/2013 8:05:06 AM PST by Charles Henrickson (60 years old TODAY, March 7!)
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To: Charles Henrickson

Happy Birthday and God Bless!


50 posted on 03/07/2013 8:20:19 AM PST by Tigermoth ("...in order to form a more perfect union.....and secure the blessings of liberty..")
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To: Charles Henrickson

From the late Henny Youngman:

Doctor: “You’re in perfect health. You’ll live to be sixty.”

Patient: “Doc, I AM sixty.”

Doctor: “See, what did I tell ya.”


51 posted on 03/07/2013 8:36:12 AM PST by 04-Bravo
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To: Charles Henrickson
Maybe we can have some fun with this.

I hope so. My own 60th birthday is coming up in a few months.

Recon the zone and let me know what you think. If you don't like 60, then I think I'll pass :-)

52 posted on 03/07/2013 8:36:12 AM PST by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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To: Charles Henrickson

Happy Birthday, it’s my birthday too, so we a twins!

Congrats, and many happy returns of the day.


53 posted on 03/07/2013 8:37:18 AM PST by jocon307
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To: Charles Henrickson
In 1972, for my first vote, I voted for Nixon. I've only voted for Republicans ever since.

I envy you. I walked down the wrong side of the road until I was nearly 40.

Lotta wasted votes and much disillusionment in that time, but fortunately, my core values eventually led me home.

54 posted on 03/07/2013 8:39:36 AM PST by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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To: CatherineofAragon
I’m 50 today (gulp).

Is that so? Well, I'm impressed. You're a sharp cookie for such a young whippersnapper.

Happy Birthday, Cathy!

55 posted on 03/07/2013 8:43:37 AM PST by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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To: Charles Henrickson

LOL, that’ll do it


56 posted on 03/07/2013 8:44:25 AM PST by CatherineofAragon (Support Christian white males---the architects of the jewel known as Western Civilization)
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To: Windflier

Aww (blush)

Thank you, Windflier, my friend.


57 posted on 03/07/2013 8:48:51 AM PST by CatherineofAragon (Support Christian white males---the architects of the jewel known as Western Civilization)
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To: Charles Henrickson
"Although, Catherine of Aragon, I thought you were more like 527."

Well, a girl never tells her true age. I just wear it well. ;)

58 posted on 03/07/2013 8:49:49 AM PST by CatherineofAragon (Support Christian white males---the architects of the jewel known as Western Civilization)
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To: Charles Henrickson
Here is a double dactyl in honor of this auspicious occasion:

Higgledy-Piggledy
Rev. Charles Henrickson
finally comes to this
day (there's no doubt!),

Scorched by the flames from the
candles ablaze, which the
sexagenarian
now must blow out!

59 posted on 03/07/2013 8:50:32 AM PST by Carl Vehse
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To: Charles Henrickson

Happy birthday! Count the happies, not the birthdays!

I hit the big 5-0 later this month. Not sure how I feel about that, yet.


60 posted on 03/07/2013 9:24:05 AM PST by Hoffer Rand (There ARE two Americas: "God's children" and the tax payers)
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