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Recursion

(56,582 posts) Thu Jul 7, 2016, 06:55 AM Jul 2016

Well, I turn 40 today

If anybody needs me, I'll be at the bottom of a bottle of Jameson's or three...

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Well, I turn 40 today (Original Post) Recursion Jul 2016 OP

Happy Birthday! bigwillq Jul 2016 #1

Happy Birthday! In_The_Wind Jul 2016 #2

Happy Birthday! KMOD Jul 2016 #3

Happy Birthday, Recursion! femmocrat Jul 2016 #4

Why, you're just a baby. malthaussen Jul 2016 #5

Happy Birthday, my dear Recursion! CaliforniaPeggy Jul 2016 #6

Happy Birthday! pinboy3niner Jul 2016 #7

Happy Birthday! OriginalGeek Jul 2016 #8

You are such a KID, Recursion! elleng Jul 2016 #9

In this case, sounds like 40 is the new Thirsty. sl8 Jul 2016 #13

Happy Birthday! geardaddy Jul 2016 #10

Happy Birthday! Phentex Jul 2016 #11

Whippersnapper. sl8 Jul 2016 #12

For your health! Blue_Tires Jul 2016 #16

They say life doesn't begin until you're 40 lunatica Jul 2016 #14

I'll be joining you on Sept. 11 Blue_Tires Jul 2016 #15

Happy Birthday, now..... IcyPeas Jul 2016 #17

I'd love to be only 40 again :( PasadenaTrudy Jul 2016 #18

Many recursions of the day! (hic) panader0 Jul 2016 #19

I'm 40 in 31 days. aidbo Jul 2016 #20

Happy Birthday! Rhiannon12866 Jul 2016 #21

Welcome to Geezerhood! lastlib Jul 2016 #22

Happy birthday to you, late to the party, hope you had a wonderful day! akbacchus_BC Jul 2016 #23

Oh, to be that young again--life begins at 40! MADem Jul 2016 #24

Congratulations! Tom Kitten Jul 2016 #25

Happy Birthday and a bunch more. Hoyt Jul 2016 #26

40's good. lindysalsagal Jul 2016 #27

I remember that I turned 40, but what I can't remember is mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2016 #28

HAHAHA! elleng Jul 2016 #30

As long as you don't turn 41 tomorrow... bikebloke Jul 2016 #29

The forties are a very wonderful time of life. All your foolishness and uncertainty... NNadir Jul 2016 #31

bigwillq

(72,790 posts)

1. Happy Birthday!

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Thu Jul 7, 2016, 07:38 AM

Jul 2016

In_The_Wind

(72,300 posts)

2. Happy Birthday!

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Thu Jul 7, 2016, 08:12 AM

Jul 2016

KMOD

(7,906 posts)

3. Happy Birthday!

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Thu Jul 7, 2016, 09:08 AM

Jul 2016

and Welcome Home!

femmocrat

(28,394 posts)

4. Happy Birthday, Recursion!

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Thu Jul 7, 2016, 10:51 AM

Jul 2016

malthaussen

(17,200 posts)

5. Why, you're just a baby.

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Thu Jul 7, 2016, 10:53 AM

Jul 2016

-- Mal

CaliforniaPeggy

(149,627 posts)

6. Happy Birthday, my dear Recursion!

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Thu Jul 7, 2016, 10:59 AM

Jul 2016

Enjoy your day!

I hope it's fabulous and full of love, presents and cake!

I remember being 40...

pinboy3niner

(53,339 posts)

7. Happy Birthday!

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Thu Jul 7, 2016, 11:01 AM

Jul 2016

OriginalGeek

(12,132 posts)

8. Happy Birthday!

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Thu Jul 7, 2016, 11:31 AM

Jul 2016

May your celebration be spirits-filled and monkey-free.

elleng

(130,956 posts)

9. You are such a KID, Recursion!

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Thu Jul 7, 2016, 12:11 PM

Jul 2016

Been looking for you!

sl8

(13,786 posts)

13. In this case, sounds like 40 is the new Thirsty.

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Thu Jul 7, 2016, 03:45 PM

Jul 2016

geardaddy

(24,931 posts)

10. Happy Birthday!

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Thu Jul 7, 2016, 02:35 PM

Jul 2016

Phentex

(16,334 posts)

11. Happy Birthday!

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Thu Jul 7, 2016, 03:34 PM

Jul 2016

Live it up!

sl8

(13,786 posts)

12. Whippersnapper.

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Thu Jul 7, 2016, 03:40 PM

Jul 2016

Happy Birthday!

Blue_Tires

(55,445 posts)

16. For your health!

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Fri Jul 8, 2016, 03:42 PM

Jul 2016

lunatica

(53,410 posts)

14. They say life doesn't begin until you're 40

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Fri Jul 8, 2016, 03:11 PM

Jul 2016

So you're stepping into living it up!

Blue_Tires

(55,445 posts)

15. I'll be joining you on Sept. 11

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Fri Jul 8, 2016, 03:42 PM

Jul 2016

and no, I'm not looking forward to it either

IcyPeas

(21,884 posts)

17. Happy Birthday, now.....

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Fri Jul 8, 2016, 04:55 PM

Jul 2016

git off my lawn you little whippersnapper.

PasadenaTrudy

(3,998 posts)

18. I'd love to be only 40 again :(

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Fri Jul 8, 2016, 05:08 PM

Jul 2016

panader0

(25,816 posts)

19. Many recursions of the day! (hic)

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Fri Jul 8, 2016, 05:23 PM

Jul 2016

aidbo

(2,328 posts)

20. I'm 40 in 31 days.

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Fri Jul 8, 2016, 11:53 PM

Jul 2016

Rhiannon12866

(205,467 posts)

21. Happy Birthday!

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Sat Jul 9, 2016, 07:29 AM

Jul 2016

And everyone knows that 40 is the new 30!

lastlib

(23,241 posts)

22. Welcome to Geezerhood!

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Sat Jul 9, 2016, 08:59 PM

Jul 2016

akbacchus_BC

(5,704 posts)

23. Happy birthday to you, late to the party, hope you had a wonderful day!

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Sun Jul 10, 2016, 01:43 AM

Jul 2016

Turned 63 and loving it, just two more years to go before retirement!

MADem

(135,425 posts)

24. Oh, to be that young again--life begins at 40!

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Sun Jul 10, 2016, 01:45 AM

Jul 2016

Put a few decades on and you'll see.....

Tom Kitten

(7,347 posts)

25. Congratulations!

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Sun Jul 10, 2016, 02:53 AM

Jul 2016

40 is not that different from 39, just one year better!

Hoyt

(54,770 posts)

26. Happy Birthday and a bunch more.

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Sun Jul 10, 2016, 08:24 AM

Jul 2016

lindysalsagal

(20,692 posts)

27. 40's good.

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Sun Jul 10, 2016, 04:21 PM

Jul 2016

50 totally sucks.

mahatmakanejeeves

(57,472 posts)

28. I remember that I turned 40, but what I can't remember is

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Sun Jul 10, 2016, 04:23 PM

Jul 2016

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whether that was before or after man had learned how to make fire.

elleng

(130,956 posts)

30. HAHAHA!

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Sun Jul 10, 2016, 04:54 PM

Jul 2016

JUST before my daughter was born, THAT's when that happened! (I turned 40, that is! Then went back to rr mergers!)

bikebloke

(5,260 posts)

29. As long as you don't turn 41 tomorrow...

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Sun Jul 10, 2016, 04:48 PM

Jul 2016

...you'll be OK.

NNadir

(33,524 posts)

31. The forties are a very wonderful time of life. All your foolishness and uncertainty...

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Sun Jul 10, 2016, 07:47 PM

Jul 2016

...has vanished and finally, after a long time, you know who you are, what's it's like to know love - a wonderful time.

I became a father in my forties, twice, and it was the best thing, other than marrying my wife, that I ever did, because finally I was mature enough to be a father and to appreciate the beauty of children.

It was a little more physically challenging, but definitely the right time.

The alternative to growing old, by the way, is dying young. I suppose I will die soon enough, but for me, the years I was in my forties were purely wonderful and definitely a time that made me understand that life is very much worth living.

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