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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsOK - gotta come clean. For 3 minutes I've been...gasp...60 years old!
Yup - inauguration day. So every four years I am filled with joy (Obama! Clinton! Carter) or drinking heavily to ease the pain (Reagan, Bush, etc) on my birthday.
Hard to believe I've spent 12 of my 60 years - 20% of my life! - enjoying the banter here at DU. I've shared loss here, my first book, my frustrations, lots of tomato and Outer Banks pics...I am sure I've pissed off some of you, I've troll hunted, failed miserably at hosting, but mostly, learned so much - and admire so many of you for your intellect, wit and passion. And I've made some really good friends here - far too few of which I've gotten to meet in person.
Well - off to bed. Getting old now - can't stay up as late as I used to!
applegrove
(118,778 posts)retrowire
(10,345 posts)hey, you wouldn't happen to be in Raleigh, NC would you?
NRaleighLiberal
(60,019 posts)retrowire
(10,345 posts)Yeah, my old drafty 1950's bungalow will be sure to keep me a nice 30 degrees tonight.
I hate my house. lol
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,699 posts)May you have many more!
Trajan
(19,089 posts)Wow .. I've got you beat ... 23%+ ...
Congratulations ! and happy birthday ....
valerief
(53,235 posts)Happy birthday.
unc70
(6,119 posts)For an old guy, you seem to be working hard in your retirement. Hope we can all get together soon.
DFW
(54,436 posts)And I hope you have a better 60th birthday than I did!! http://www.democraticunderground.com/101879659
Wolf Frankula
(3,601 posts)Happy Birthday.
Wolf
Binkie The Clown
(7,911 posts)PoiBoy
(1,542 posts)Liberal_in_LA
(44,397 posts)steve2470
(37,457 posts)Phentex
(16,334 posts)I look forward to a happy celebration on your next birthday too!
femmocrat
(28,394 posts)redwitch
(14,947 posts)I will be joining you later this year. All I ever wanted to be was 18!
redwitch
(14,947 posts)I too have spent a large percentage of my life here on DU. Not sure I would have made it through the Bush years without you and my other DU compatriots!
I always want a tomato sandwich when I see your posts.
malthaussen
(17,216 posts)Why, I won't be sixty for another 23 days! (If I live so long)
-- Mal
mopinko
(70,208 posts)cant wait to see you in chi.
ghostsinthemachine
(3,569 posts)Remember to always ask for the senior discount. Whatever you do, no smart phone. Being able to say "all I need is a dumb phone" is so much fun.
2naSalit
(86,775 posts)congrats on your first spin through the sixties!! I'll be there around Hallowe'en.
LiberalEsto
(22,845 posts)noamnety
(20,234 posts)Solly Mack
(90,785 posts)May you enjoy many more growing seasons!!
MuseRider
(34,119 posts)Happy birthday!
The 60's, so far, are not too bad. I am guessing they will not be as good as the 50's but you know how it goes. I have 2 years on you and even though I had health problems they were not related to age so......onward and upward we go. Have a great decade, perhaps we will still be here when we can worry about the 70's? Yikes!
hobbit709
(41,694 posts)mnhtnbb
(31,402 posts)My next birthday is the Medicare one--and the Feds sent my 'birthday' card almost 4 months early!
See what you have to look forward to?
livetohike
(22,163 posts)mackerel
(4,412 posts)trof
(54,256 posts)YEAH!
Here am I, whippersnapper.
NRaleighLiberal
(60,019 posts)Xipe Totec
(43,890 posts)ProfessorGAC
(65,168 posts)I won't turn 60 for another 240 days. You're WAY older than me.
Happy bday