[Groop] Oops & Thanks!

[Porter]

Hah! Well done, amigo. Here's to beating the odds but being ready to  
throw a fantastic party either way...
  ~ Porter.

On Sep 22, 2009, at 8:54 PM, groop-request at groo.com wrote:

> From: Gary Grossmann <garyg5678 at live.com>
> Date: September 22, 2009 2:30:01 PM PDT
> To: <groop at groo.com>
> Subject: [Groop] Oops & Thanks!
>
>
>
> Hi Folks!
>
> I thought I was sending that last message just to Steve.    A year  
> older, but no wiser!
>
> Thank you all very, very much for the birthday wishes.  I am  
> (finally!) 55 years old.    As I think I mentioned once, this is a  
> sort of big deal because both my folks passed away when they were 54  
> (7 years apart) .  So for 30 years or so I have been making jokes  
> about kicking off at 54 or what I needed to do to prevent it or  
> having an "A Live at 55" party  or a "No More Than 54" wake or  
> whatever.    (Black humor has it's place.)
>
> So, again, thank you all for the birthday wishes.  They are much  
> appreciated.  I received the first one from Dr. Bubble the day  
> before my birthday and thought that she was a day off, until I  
> realized that in the Phillipines it WAS already September 21 when  
> she sent the message but by the time I figured that out it was  
> September 21 here so I was both slow of mind and completely confused  
> all at the same time.    How approproprite.
>
> Take care all,
>
> Gary G. (Who probably shouldn't be allowed access to Smiley's)
>
>

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