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madokie

(51,076 posts)
Sat Mar 28, 2015, 09:48 AM Mar 2015

Well my old butt made it another year

although the jowls are sliding down my face, the waddle under my chin keeps growing and my hair is changing colors at least it is still hanging in there. Hopefully by summers end I will be able to wear it in a tail. Being an old hippie is all I can brag about.
My wife is going to take me out to breakfast this morning and I believe we'll be taking in the dirt track races this evening. I was told that us old military guys are allowed on the premises for free, how cool is that I ask?


'bout forgot to say I found two little bitty Morel mushrooms yesterday so the morel season is about to kick off. I go from one morel season to the next

67 yo about an hour ago 7:35 am march 28, 1948. Born at home as all of us 13 kids were and the doctor who delivered me had to come by horse back as there was about a foot of snow on the ground and his old jalopy couldn't make it up the hills. 9 of us kids are still alive. Oldest is 84, youngest is 63. We all spend a lot of time together. We all live within 12 miles of each other except for my oldest sis and she is 35 miles away.

life is wonderful

Peace.
Thank you all for being my friend

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Well my old butt made it another year (Original Post) madokie Mar 2015 OP
Happy birthday! H2O Man Mar 2015 #1
Happy Birthday, Brother! pinboy3niner Mar 2015 #2
Happy Birthday! MerryBlooms Mar 2015 #3
Happy, Happy Birthday etherealtruth Mar 2015 #4
Happy Birtyhday fadedrose Mar 2015 #5
Happy birthday. jwirr Mar 2015 #6
Happy Birthday!! Bobbie Jo Mar 2015 #7
K&r... spanone Mar 2015 #8
Happy Birthday, madokie! mountain grammy Mar 2015 #9
Happy birthday! I am about to turn 68 myself but no drama attended my birth, as far as I know. Shrike47 Mar 2015 #10
! irisblue Mar 2015 #20
Not to mention, no disposable diapers. They were invented between my 1st and 2nd kid. Shrike47 Mar 2015 #26
Happy Birthday Roy Rolling Mar 2015 #11
Happy birthday, madokie! MissDeeds Mar 2015 #12
happy birthday you old hippie. mopinko Mar 2015 #13
Happy Birthday! underpants Mar 2015 #14
A belated happy birthday, underpants! femmocrat Mar 2015 #34
Happy birfdee! shenmue Mar 2015 #15
Have a great Birthday and another year. mmonk Mar 2015 #16
Happy b-day, madokie! magical thyme Mar 2015 #17
Happy birthday, you young'un! NRaleighLiberal Mar 2015 #18
Happy Birthday! Right behind you... CanonRay Mar 2015 #19
Happy birthday! Ichingcarpenter Mar 2015 #21
the best for yours and you irisblue Mar 2015 #22
Happy Blessed Day and may you enjoy many more! Ivywoods55 Mar 2015 #23
Happy Birthday! Plucketeer Mar 2015 #24
Happy Birthday, madokie Dont call me Shirley Mar 2015 #25
You came in with the spring... MrMickeysMom Mar 2015 #27
Best Wishes madokie! Faux pas Mar 2015 #28
Happy birthday! Ilsa Mar 2015 #29
Happy Birthday. You are only a year older than I am. leftofcool Mar 2015 #30
Happy Birthday Madokie malaise Mar 2015 #31
happy birthday, buddy! bigtree Mar 2015 #32
Happy birthday, madokie! femmocrat Mar 2015 #33
Happy Birthday, madokie! Enthusiast Mar 2015 #35
How many eggs have to die today just to celebrate your birthday? ChisolmTrailDem Mar 2015 #36
Happy Birthday!!! RKP5637 Mar 2015 #37
HB.... trumad Mar 2015 #38
"Being an old hippie is ALL I can brag about." ?? Well, we here at DU know THAT'S not all you FailureToCommunicate Mar 2015 #39
+1 LiberalLoner Mar 2015 #45
Happy Birthday... Phentex Mar 2015 #40
Happy Birthday!!! Enjoy! yeoman6987 Mar 2015 #41
Happy Birthday, madokie KMOD Mar 2015 #42
Wonderful story - congrats Madokie! cilla4progress Mar 2015 #43
Happy Birthday to you! LiberalLoner Mar 2015 #44
Happy Birthday! Dems to Win Mar 2015 #46
Awesome! Happy Birthday...and many many more. sdfernando Mar 2015 #47
Happy, happy birthday, madokie. brer cat Mar 2015 #48
Happy Happy Birthday madokie cal04 Mar 2015 #49
Cool post! Happy Birthday from another old hippie! Zorra Mar 2015 #50
I just tell people I'm glad I made it this long! TBF Mar 2015 #51
I say the same to people that I am glad to have lived this long. RebelOne Mar 2015 #69
That is awesome! TBF Mar 2015 #109
Happy Birthday! Celebrate! gademocrat7 Mar 2015 #52
happy bday Liberal_in_LA Mar 2015 #53
the very happies of birthdays to you, friend, and may there be many more, niyad Mar 2015 #54
As it's my birthday messages go BeyondGeography Mar 2015 #55
Happy birthday, young man tularetom Mar 2015 #56
A cheerful happy birthday to you! C Moon Mar 2015 #57
Any day your feet meet the ground..... daleanime Mar 2015 #58
Happy birthday! Lifelong Protester Mar 2015 #59
67? Blue_In_AK Mar 2015 #60
Happy Day! joanbarnes Mar 2015 #61
welcome heaven05 Mar 2015 #62
Happy Birthday!! handmade34 Mar 2015 #63
Happy Birthday, madokie! babylonsister Mar 2015 #64
Happy Birthday! Overseas Mar 2015 #65
Yeah brother! That waddle thing is happening to me too (64). panader0 Mar 2015 #66
Happy birthday from an old ex-okie <G> n/t jtuck004 Mar 2015 #67
Happy Birthday, madokie! yellerpup Mar 2015 #68
Happy Birthday, Madokie. RebelOne Mar 2015 #70
Happy Birthday and wish you many more! nt steve2470 Mar 2015 #71
Happy birthday! Rozlee Mar 2015 #72
Hope you are having a wonderful birthday! pnwmom Mar 2015 #73
Congrats n t n2doc Mar 2015 #74
Happy Birthday, you're 9 ahead of me, same as my sister benld74 Mar 2015 #75
November 1948 HockeyMom Mar 2015 #76
Happy birthday! greatauntoftriplets Mar 2015 #77
HAPPY BIRTHDAY Johnny Noshoes Mar 2015 #78
Happy Birthday! mnhtnbb Mar 2015 #79
Happy Birthday!! GentryDixon Mar 2015 #80
happy cakeday, madokie. :) BlancheSplanchnik Mar 2015 #81
Finally some good news! wolfie001 Mar 2015 #82
Happy Birthday, and here's hoping the rest of you made it along with your butt! nt Buns_of_Fire Mar 2015 #83
Happy Birthday madokie! Hope you are having a great birthday so far and may you have many, many more livetohike Mar 2015 #84
Happy birthday from another old hippie. The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2015 #85
hapPy BIrThdaY!!!!!! glinda Mar 2015 #86
Happy Birthday BarbaRosa Mar 2015 #87
Happy Birthday! MuseRider Mar 2015 #88
Happy Birthday to YOU onethatcares Mar 2015 #89
Boo Hoo father founding Mar 2015 #90
. Omaha Steve Mar 2015 #91
Birthday blessings, madokie LiberalEsto Mar 2015 #92
Tell your old butt happy birthday too. When it catches up with you. LOL YOHABLO Mar 2015 #93
67? meh. Whippersnapper. trof Mar 2015 #94
Happy Birthday, and many happy returns. Bless you and your aged butt. japple Mar 2015 #95
Hau'oli la hanau brother. Happiest Madokie day! mahina Mar 2015 #96
Happy Birthday, madokie! Cha Mar 2015 #97
It was a good day when you came into this world - a very good day. raven mad Mar 2015 #98
Happy Birthday and many more. Cleita Mar 2015 #99
Just saw this one. Hope I'm not too late to toast you. longship Mar 2015 #100
From one Old Hippie to another 99th_Monkey Mar 2015 #101
HBD2U>madoakie!! (a day late but, meaning just the same) Tuesday Afternoon Mar 2015 #102
I tell people you know you're really old when you find your first grey hair in your crotch. Spitfire of ATJ Mar 2015 #103
Happy Birthday! F4lconF16 Mar 2015 #104
Happy Birthday man olddots Mar 2015 #105
Happy Birthday AndyTiedye Mar 2015 #106
Happy birthday Heidi Mar 2015 #107
Happy Birthday. midnight Mar 2015 #108
I will turn 64 in April. Will you still love me when I'm 64? Mushroom season here in Indiana B Calm Mar 2015 #110
Sit rep unchanged The Wizard Mar 2015 #111
Happy belated birthday! Envy the morels so soon. I have to wait until May in MI. catbyte Mar 2015 #112
Happy birthday. Enjoy your day! CrispyQ Mar 2015 #113

fadedrose

(10,044 posts)
5. Happy Birtyhday
Sat Mar 28, 2015, 10:00 AM
Mar 2015

You're still young, sharp, and appreciative of your family which must be pretty awesome...as are you.

mountain grammy

(26,642 posts)
9. Happy Birthday, madokie!
Sat Mar 28, 2015, 10:05 AM
Mar 2015

I turned 67 last November. It's not so bad, I get money in my bank account every month like clockwork and have great medical insurance. Many thanks to FDR and LBJ!

Shrike47

(6,913 posts)
10. Happy birthday! I am about to turn 68 myself but no drama attended my birth, as far as I know.
Sat Mar 28, 2015, 10:13 AM
Mar 2015

We are at an age where we get to tell the youngens about the world before pizza, clothes dryers or integration.

 

Plucketeer

(12,882 posts)
24. Happy Birthday!
Sat Mar 28, 2015, 10:44 AM
Mar 2015

I tied up my seventh decade on earth last month. Don't know HOW I did it. I've certainly had numerous chances to "check out" thru the years, and still I persist. I guess my primary incentive is to see the GOP and it's crazies bury itself.

Peace indeed! And you can have my slice of cake.

MrMickeysMom

(20,453 posts)
27. You came in with the spring...
Sat Mar 28, 2015, 10:49 AM
Mar 2015

Life is wonderful, if you think of it as a balance test of who you want to be and who you need to be.

There's your deep philosophy, madokie… Now, where's the cake?

Enthusiast

(50,983 posts)
35. Happy Birthday, madokie!
Sat Mar 28, 2015, 11:00 AM
Mar 2015

It's amazing that you live so close to your siblings in this day and age, a horse back delivery doctor and you're still hunting mushrooms!

I like dirt track racing too.

FailureToCommunicate

(14,018 posts)
39. "Being an old hippie is ALL I can brag about." ?? Well, we here at DU know THAT'S not all you
Sat Mar 28, 2015, 11:09 AM
Mar 2015

have to brag about! Happy Birthday madokie!

Remember when we thought we'd not live to see 30 years? Between the Cold War nuke nightmare, and Vietnam, and civil rights protests that turned violent, it was pretty easy to have that outlook.

Now, those of us, the ones that survived, have to keep up the energy to try to hold on to the progressive gains made from those times... ***sigh***

Here's a toast to you on your day, and your generation!

 

yeoman6987

(14,449 posts)
41. Happy Birthday!!! Enjoy!
Sat Mar 28, 2015, 11:12 AM
Mar 2015

My sister's birthday is today and her oldest son is 17....Yep she had her first child on her birthday.

brer cat

(24,589 posts)
48. Happy, happy birthday, madokie.
Sat Mar 28, 2015, 11:44 AM
Mar 2015

I am glad you are near to your siblings and enjoy being with them. I think sisters (I didn't have brothers) are the very best friends to have! The second-best friends are old hippies.



RebelOne

(30,947 posts)
69. I say the same to people that I am glad to have lived this long.
Sat Mar 28, 2015, 02:56 PM
Mar 2015

I am 76 and hope to be around for at least another 10 years.

TBF

(32,084 posts)
109. That is awesome!
Sun Mar 29, 2015, 09:18 AM
Mar 2015

I am hopeful because folks seem to do well in my family. I'm 48 and lost my grandma of 88 just this past month. I was devastated of course but she told me she was thrilled to have a long life and pretty much just ignored the illness she had at the end.

niyad

(113,498 posts)
54. the very happies of birthdays to you, friend, and may there be many more,
Sat Mar 28, 2015, 12:20 PM
Mar 2015

all full of love and joy, laughter and health and prosperity. may all your wishes and dreams come true.

BeyondGeography

(39,377 posts)
55. As it's my birthday messages go
Sat Mar 28, 2015, 12:22 PM
Mar 2015

This won't be surpassed any year soon.

Happy birthday, and thanks for hanging here.

tularetom

(23,664 posts)
56. Happy birthday, young man
Sat Mar 28, 2015, 12:24 PM
Mar 2015

While you were being born I was probably walking to school. I must have been in the 2nd grade then.

Sounds like you're holding up well, keep up the good work.

panader0

(25,816 posts)
66. Yeah brother! That waddle thing is happening to me too (64).
Sat Mar 28, 2015, 01:34 PM
Mar 2015

And my hair is thinning. I have my tail--but it won't grow longer anymore. Sounds like you have a great family.
Delivered by a doctor on horseback...wow.

RebelOne

(30,947 posts)
70. Happy Birthday, Madokie.
Sat Mar 28, 2015, 02:59 PM
Mar 2015

Yes, life is wonderful. as I am now 76 and thankful to still be alive with no serious ailments.

Rozlee

(2,529 posts)
72. Happy birthday!
Sat Mar 28, 2015, 03:16 PM
Mar 2015

May you live to see world peace and unicorns flying over the moon.

OK, at least the unicorns flying over the moon.

 

HockeyMom

(14,337 posts)
76. November 1948
Sat Mar 28, 2015, 04:32 PM
Mar 2015

Until 4 years ago I was pushing around disabled kids in wheelchairs, lifting them out of and onto mats to change their diapers. Did not quit working for purely physical reasons.

When there is a ladder to climb, I do it today. At my size (5'1&quot I have been climbing to reach things my entire life. In the past 30 years (since pregnancy), I can count on one hand the number of times I have been to a doctor.

My Great-Grandmother, who I remember, died when she was 94. She was run over and killed by a NYC taxi on her way to the store.

Keep on keeping on. If you THINK you are old and sickly, you WILL BE.

mnhtnbb

(31,399 posts)
79. Happy Birthday!
Sat Mar 28, 2015, 04:44 PM
Mar 2015

67 is not so old: I just turned 64 earlier this month, so I'm not far behind you!

Hope you are having a great birthday!

livetohike

(22,156 posts)
84. Happy Birthday madokie! Hope you are having a great birthday so far and may you have many, many more
Sat Mar 28, 2015, 05:23 PM
Mar 2015

From one old hippie to another

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,799 posts)
85. Happy birthday from another old hippie.
Sat Mar 28, 2015, 05:39 PM
Mar 2015

When did we get to be so damn old? Still, it's better than the alternative. One of my goals, at least, is to outlive Dick Cheney. Big party on DU for all of us old hippies when that happens!

MuseRider

(34,112 posts)
88. Happy Birthday!
Sat Mar 28, 2015, 06:56 PM
Mar 2015

I am about 5 years behind you but catching up, lol.

Been waiting to hear there were morels in OK. I think, if we can stay warm and the ground temp comes up a few degrees that I will start my looking. A little early, awfully dry but hoping for better than last year even though last year was not bad.

Have a good year!

trof

(54,256 posts)
94. 67? meh. Whippersnapper.
Sat Mar 28, 2015, 07:55 PM
Mar 2015

My old butt is 73, 74 in 5 more months.
Hair?
You got hair?
On your head?
Mine left a long time ago.
I don't really miss it.

Happy Birthday, Old Fart.
And wishing you many more.


japple

(9,834 posts)
95. Happy Birthday, and many happy returns. Bless you and your aged butt.
Sat Mar 28, 2015, 08:50 PM
Mar 2015

There are many of us in the same age group here at DU. Happy to have made it thus far; hope to keep it going and to see the US get to a place where the government works, we take care of our people, and we take care of our planet.

longship

(40,416 posts)
100. Just saw this one. Hope I'm not too late to toast you.
Sat Mar 28, 2015, 09:58 PM
Mar 2015

Skäl, my friend.


I feel the same. Will turn 68 on June 27th.

Hope you had/have a nice birthday.

I drink to your health.

 

99th_Monkey

(19,326 posts)
101. From one Old Hippie to another
Sat Mar 28, 2015, 10:15 PM
Mar 2015

Happy Birthday.

<a href="http://photobucket.com/images/dirty%20hippie" target="_blank"><img src="" border="0" alt="dirty hippie photo: hippie hippies.jpg"/></a>

F4lconF16

(3,747 posts)
104. Happy Birthday!
Sun Mar 29, 2015, 12:45 AM
Mar 2015

Glad your butt is still on here, always enjoy reading your posts. Jealous of the morels, I haven't been out looking in a while. Good hunting!

(In case you cared, my butt hurts like #@!$ right now, since I just got back from a decently long ride )

AndyTiedye

(23,500 posts)
106. Happy Birthday
Sun Mar 29, 2015, 01:56 AM
Mar 2015

…and great that you have a spot you can find morels!

You've got 3 or 4 years on me, but wtf, you don't get old as long as you keep dancing.

 

B Calm

(28,762 posts)
110. I will turn 64 in April. Will you still love me when I'm 64? Mushroom season here in Indiana
Sun Mar 29, 2015, 09:25 AM
Mar 2015

won't really start until about the 3rd week of April. From an old hippie too, Happy Birthday madokie!

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