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Hi Folks!<BR>
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I thought I was sending that last message just to Steve. <IMG height=19 alt="" src="http://gfx2.hotmail.com/mail/w4/pr01/ltr/emoticons/smile_embaressed.gif" width=19> A year older, but no wiser! <IMG height=19 alt="" src="http://gfx2.hotmail.com/mail/w4/pr01/ltr/emoticons/smile_tongue.gif" width=19><BR>
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Thank you all very, very much for the birthday wishes. I am (finally!) 55 years old. <IMG height=19 alt="" src="http://gfx2.hotmail.com/mail/w4/pr01/ltr/emoticons/smile_teeth.gif" width=19> 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) <IMG height=19 alt="" src="http://gfx2.hotmail.com/mail/w4/pr01/ltr/emoticons/smile_sad.gif" width=19>. 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 <IMG height=19 alt="" src="http://gfx2.hotmail.com/mail/w4/pr01/ltr/emoticons/smile_party.gif" width=19> or a "No More Than 54" wake or whatever. <IMG height=19 alt="" src="http://gfx2.hotmail.com/mail/w4/pr01/ltr/emoticons/smile_wink.gif" width=19><IMG height=19 alt="" src="http://gfx2.hotmail.com/mail/w4/pr01/ltr/emoticons/smile_wink.gif" width=19><IMG height=19 alt="" src="http://gfx2.hotmail.com/mail/w4/pr01/ltr/emoticons/smile_teeth.gif" width=19> (Black humor has it's place.) <BR>
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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. <IMG height=19 alt="" src="http://gfx2.hotmail.com/mail/w4/pr01/ltr/emoticons/smile_confused.gif" width=19><IMG height=19 alt="" src="http://gfx2.hotmail.com/mail/w4/pr01/ltr/emoticons/smile_confused.gif" width=19><IMG height=19 alt="" src="http://gfx2.hotmail.com/mail/w4/pr01/ltr/emoticons/smile_confused.gif" width=19> How approproprite. <BR>
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Take care all,<BR>
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Gary G. (Who probably shouldn't be allowed access to Smiley's) <BR>
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