Thursday, May 9, 2024

Taking a Day ...

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As yesterday's, perhaps cryptic, footnote indicated (this one - Editor's Note: 72nd revolution around this system's star commences today.), yesterday, May the 8th was my birthday. Okay, technically speaking it was the anniversary of my birthday, which occurred 71 years and 1 day ago.

So yeah, I turned 71 on Wednesday, the editor's note was kind of a "trick" statement. Which prompted one of my co-workers to say, "Why would you put it that way?"

True, why would I? (No doubt The Missus Herself has a theory regarding that. If it isn't an outright certainty.)

But I did. I also decided to take a day off from the story, not to worry it will continue Friday.

Probably. 😎

See you then.



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  1. Nylon12May 9, 2024 at 2:06 AM

    A birthday is a milestone Sarge, not a millstone. Lifting a cold one.......... :)

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  2. (not necessarily your) Uncle SkipMay 9, 2024 at 2:21 AM

    Weird — I had no difficulty understanding your statement.
    Where I get confused is when I try to figure out how old my own offspring are… and their kids.
    My youngest will be 48 tomorrow, but I can’t possibly have a child that old.

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    1. OldAFSargeMay 9, 2024 at 5:45 AM

      My youngest turns 40 this year. So yeah, I get that.

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  3. Joe LovellMay 9, 2024 at 2:56 AM

    https://youtu.be/BGatBFHQg8c?si=iYVJqt3YXi8-_-u3

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  4. RobMay 9, 2024 at 4:55 AM

    Happy birthday to you!!!

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  5. AnonymousMay 9, 2024 at 5:46 AM

    As this blog's safety advisor, could I recommend a different Cake Aging Indicator plan (CAIP)? A larger candle (not huge, just larger) for every 10 years and 1 smaller candle for the intermittent years. For the first time this year, the temperature at Rancho Juvat was in the 90's. There were no weather anomalies in the area, so I can only account for the temperature by the photographic evidence of your birthday cake. Please take my suggestion to heart. I mean, think of the whales!
    Seriously, hope you had a good one and have many more.
    juvat

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  6. htomMay 9, 2024 at 5:47 AM

    Happy Birthday!

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  7. boronMay 9, 2024 at 6:06 AM

    I wish you many more revolutions, though I'm not certain (from the vantage point of a dozen years) if that's a kindness or a curse.

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    1. OldAFSargeMay 9, 2024 at 6:47 AM

      Depends on one's health really. If you're healthy living long is good, all sorts of health issues, then yeah, the alternative might be better.

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    2. AnonymousMay 9, 2024 at 7:16 AM

      Health is the vital component, Sarge; may you remain so!

      Boat Guy

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    3. OldAFSargeMay 9, 2024 at 7:35 AM

      Roger that and thanks, BG!

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  8. Toirdhealbheach BeucailMay 9, 2024 at 6:13 AM

    I believe at a certain point, you should just stop keeping count and say "Old enough".

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    1. RobMay 9, 2024 at 6:27 AM

      There are no real rules, you can do that if you really want to... I'd think the hard part would be remembering to say "Ole enough" when someone asks you...

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    2. OldAFSargeMay 9, 2024 at 7:36 AM

      TB - Concur but with the caveat that I'm sure I'll never reach the "old enough to know better" stage.

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    3. OldAFSargeMay 9, 2024 at 7:36 AM

      Rob - I don't mind telling people my age, but yeah, "Rules?"

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    4. RobMay 9, 2024 at 10:20 AM

      Maybe it's the wrong time in history to use the word "rules", they don't seem to mean as much today, which side you're on seems to mean more... Maybe "guidelines" is a better way to say that?

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    5. OldAFSargeMay 9, 2024 at 10:35 AM

      Ooh, guidelines, sorta the way Rhode Islanders view traffic laws. (Seriously, they have no clue.)

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    6. RobMay 9, 2024 at 10:38 AM

      Ya...guidelines... that's the ticket!

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    7. OldAFSargeMay 9, 2024 at 11:28 AM

      😁

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  9. MichaelMay 9, 2024 at 6:27 AM

    As Simon and Garfunkel might sing:

    I've got no deeds to do, no promises to keep
    I'm dappled and drowsy and ready to sleep
    Let the morning time drop all its petals on me
    Life, I love you, all is groovy

    Old enough to know better, smart enough not to care. Been there done that.

    Celebrate and enjoy life. Trouble will still be there tomorrow.

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  10. Well Seasoned FoolMay 9, 2024 at 7:40 AM

    Congratulations on another trip around the sun, or the universe, or whatever.

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  11. STxARMay 9, 2024 at 8:32 AM

    Bappy Hirth Day!!!!

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  12. BeansMay 9, 2024 at 9:40 AM

    Why did you do it that way? Because... you're weird. It's the way your mind works. It's like the way I express molecules in an organic chemistry way while everyone else does it the 'normal' way (Hydrogen Hydroxide vs H2O, ifn you get my drift.) Or to make it cooler in the house do you turn the ac down or up (down means cooler to me)?

    So...

    (Traditional "Mongol" birthday song)
    Happy birthday.
    Happy birthday.
    Let the candles on your cake
    Burn like cities in your wake
    Happy birthday.

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    1. OldAFSargeMay 9, 2024 at 10:12 AM

      To me, down means cooler, up means warmer, I turn the AC down and the heat up.

      Love the Mongol version.

      And thanks!

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    2. Joe LovellMay 9, 2024 at 11:02 AM

      Dang it! You HAD to do it!

      https://youtu.be/V1BjXyEI-NY?si=Di0lj78HPeV9UStR

      https://youtu.be/fJLo276_gHw?si=rD6AI2ESVX4sbW-A

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    3. OldAFSargeMay 9, 2024 at 11:29 AM

      Heh.

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  13. LtFuzzMay 9, 2024 at 12:02 PM

    Hey, H.B. again! But really I just wanted to post some good news!
    I made two appointments with VA healthcare - on the computer - without a error message for the whole experience!!
    Just wanted everyone to know. Maybe they programmed it right!
    PS. I had a new friend think I was 96 the other day. I hope we're still friends when he finds out the truth! Lesse, if I am 96, I would have been an L/C or Bird back in the day. Oh! the thoughts that come to mind.

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    1. OldAFSargeMay 9, 2024 at 12:37 PM

      You don't look a day over 60. 😎

      A government computer program that worked correctly?

      This is my surprised face ...

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  14. AnonymousMay 9, 2024 at 1:04 PM

    Happy Birthday, Sarge! Old Coastie sends...

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  15. TunaMay 9, 2024 at 2:16 PM

    Hey, it's your birthday. You can put it as confusingly as you want! 🤣

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    1. OldAFSargeMay 9, 2024 at 4:51 PM

      "I'm an old man, I'm confused!" - Jerry Seinfeld's Uncle Leo

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  16. AnonymousMay 9, 2024 at 3:31 PM

    Happy belated birthday to you, happy belated birthday to you, happy belated birthday to yoooouuuu, happy belated birthday to you!!
    And many more!!

    Suz

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  17. Don McCollorMay 9, 2024 at 7:32 PM

    Happy Birthday, Sarge! Congratulations! You are now as old as I am. But in a month, I'll pull ahead again.

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  18. Applegoat9May 9, 2024 at 8:31 PM

    Happy Birthday!!!

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