Happy birthday to me. Christ, if I'd known I would live this long, I might have

[Redstone]

taken better care of myself.

But a good day, anyway.

Redstone

[graywarrior]

1. Well, Happy Birthday guy!

:loveya:

[RevolutionaryActs]

2. Happy Birthday Redstone!

I'm glad you had a good day. :hug:

[electron_blue]

3. Happy Birthday!!!!!!!!!!

Have another wonderful trip around the Sun.

[redwitch]

4. Happy birthday!

Glad you are having a good day!

[KG]

5. congrats.

[SPKrazy]

6. Happy Birthday d00d!

no one ever thinks that they need to take care of themselves when they are young.

youth is wasted on the young for sure.

given to the older and wiser, would we abuse ourselves the way we did when we were young?

:shrug:

[salin]

7. Happy Birthday, Redstone!

:toast:

My philosophy on birthdays are when those around you have the opportunity to tell you how much the appreciate your birth/ala how much they appreciate your presence in their life.

On that note, please know how much I appreciate what you have brought and continue to bring to DU in terms of different issues, perspectives and a strong but calm demeanor when discussing hot issues (a demeanor which allows for discussion rather than simple slugfests.)

[Redstone]

10. Though the occasional slugfest is fun too, yes? Thank you.

Redstone

[salin]

23. if one hangs out at DU long enough... regardless of how diplomatic

might one usually be - the occasional slugfest is inevitable.

In the last month, in different conversations, folks have reflect to me their impression of me as diplomatic ... and I do try to be civil and get to conversations rather than slugging... BUY I have gotten into more than a few slugfests in my time. Heck early on I once got a thread stalker-bomb thrower - so I must have hit some nerve to get that response. So yes, the time to time slugfest can be fun as well.

[gemdem]

8. Happy Birthday Big Guy!

:party:

[Redstone]

50. I don't think we've met (or maybe I just don't remember), but thank you.

Redstone

[gemdem]

92. You're welcome

We've met -- if only in passing on DU. I'm one of those people who people either think they've met (but never have), or vaguely recall meeting. Such is life -- lol. In any case, hope it was a happy one.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

9. My dear Redstone!

Happy Birthday to you!

I'm glad today was good for you.....

And I hope that the vast majority of the days left to you will be as good as today was...

:party:

[Redstone]

52. So how was it that I KNEW I'd hear from you? Thanks for being such a good friend.

Redstone

[Shakespeare]

11. Happy birthday!!

:* :loveya:

[ulysses]

12. many happy returns, Redstone.

:toast:

[idgiehkt]

13. Happy Birthday, Redstone

Glad to hear you had a good day!

Here's to many more!

:toast: :bounce: :toast:

[Blue Diadem]

14. Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday

dear Redstone, Happy Birthday to you..
and may you have many many more

:party: :toast:

[Suich]

15. Happy Birthday, Redstone!

I know what you mean about taking better care of oneself! Here's to lots of tomorrows!

:toast:

[crim son]

16. It was your birthday?

Happy, happy birthday Redstone. :hug:

[Redstone]

33. Yes, and for once I actually remembered it.

Redstone

[crim son]

38. LOL. Would that I find myself at that stage.

Every year on July 8 I hear a great funereal bell clanging away my youth, energy and hope.

[Redstone]

41. Feh. Instead of that, you should chuckle at confounding the Fates for another year. You MUST laugh,

because it beats the bejabbers out of crying.

It really does.

Redstone

[crim son]

43. I know it, angel.

That's why I'm a fucking clown.

[Redstone]

46. It gets better. It really does. Trust me on that. And do drive down here if you need some

decompression time, OK? We have lots of room, and we really enjoy having visitors.

redstone

[crim son]

51. Thank you. I have not forgotten that

and in fact have it tucked away in that hope chest of mine which will sustain me until I grow very old and die. You never overstep your bounds.

[ThomCat]

17. Happy Birthday!

I think we all reach a point where we're amazed we're still around. :)

[JohnnyLib2]

18. Happy birthday and keep 'em coming--

the birthdays AND the pithy posts!

[TOhioLiberal]

19. Happy Birthday...

...big guy! :party:

[WCGreen]

20. Happy Happy Joy Joy...

It could be worse...

[BarenakedLady]

21. Happy Birthday!

I'm glad you had a good one!

:bounce: :party: :bounce: :toast:

[BreweryYardRat]

22. Happy Birthday!

You're a good man, Redstone.

[mzteris]

24. Happy Bday!

:party:

:toast:

You beat me by a day (and a whole lot of years! ok not so many years...... :P )

[VenusRising]

25. Happy Birthday!!

:party:
:toast:

[LynzM]

26. Happy birthday, dude!!

You should'a told me, I would have brought you brownies today!! (or something, if brownies aren't your cup of tea...)

Happy Birthday to you,
Happy Birthday to you!
Happy Biiiiiirthdaaaaaay deeeeeaaaaar Redstoooooooone,
Happy Birthday to you!

:bounce:

[Flaxbee]

27. hey, Happy Birthday, Redstone!

Today was the bday of Gregory Peck, and my niece turned 16 today - a very happy day indeed.

Hope you have/had a wonderful (and pain-free) day with all your loved ones near you.

All the best! :hug:

[bigwillq]

28. Happy Birthday!

:toast: :hi:

[Swede]

29. Happy birthday,my friend.

I raise a glass in your honour.

[Kajsa]

30. Happy Birthday, Redstone!

I hope it was a good one.

:-) :hi:

[Lex]

31. Happy Birthday!

:hi:

[bullwinkle428]

32. Is it the big 5-0? Whatever it is, have a great B-D,

and prepare to have lots more!

[Redstone]

34. The big 5-0 is LONG past, I'm afraid. This is my 54th trip around the Sun, actually.

Who'd have ever bet on THAT happening?

Redstone

[MichiganVote]

35. Well what's wrong with that? Haven't you been a grand addition to the human race?

Loved some wonderful people? Helped countless others? Been admired? Respected? Contributed?

What? You're a dud? Judging from the list of happy wishes. Hardly.

Happy Birthday, bad bones and all!

[Redstone]

45. Oh, I've had tons of laughs, been places, seen things, known the best friends there could be, had

the love of some of the finest women to have ever graced God's Earth, raised two good kids, and in general have been about the most fortunate son of a bitch to have ever been so, without having done one single thing to deserve it.

I have saved the lives of other people, including many whose names I never even knew; and how many of us get the chance to do that? I think that this may be the one thing I'm more thankful for than any other.

I have seen the Painted Desert by the light of the full moon, and the Northern Lights in their full glory. I have heard the swishing beat of a pair of ravens' wings as I sat in the utter silence under a sandstone cliff somewhere in Utah, and perched on a ledge in Arizona in the blind night as a thunderstorm raged around me; and watched another thunderstorm march through the center of the valley between Kelso and Baker, as I sat high and dry on the valley's verge.

I've experienced the crystalline magic of many a New England ice storm, walking out in the daybreak to find each branch and twig transformed into a sublime prism, reflecting the slanting morning sun.

I've lost many people far too soon, but have celebrated the time I was blessed to have had with them, even as I mourned their passing.

And I do not forget them, nor will I ever.

No, I do not consider myself a dud, though I thank you for pointing out that I'm not. After all, I've made people laugh, including the wonderful crowd here at DU. And if you've given some people some laughs, well, then you've done well in life.

Yes?

Redstone

[Shakespeare]

47. That, dear friend, is a beautiful ode.

Moving, and well-written. :hug:

Thanks for sharing that.

[Redstone]

63. You're welcome. It's really good to hear that, on those occasions when my brain falls out

through my fingers, it provokes some feeling in someone who reads it.

That is indeed a writer's best reward.

And every word that I say here, and that I said there, is true. I've done well, and am thankful for it.

And for having met friends like you in particular and so many other DUers in general.

Redstone

[Shakespeare]

70. "when my brain falls out through my fingers"

That's a great description. :7

I don't have to tell you how much you're loved around here--and we're all thankful for having you here, too. :hug:

[Redstone]

72. It's the writer's Nirvana, when that happens. A direct connection between the brain and the paper

(or the forum, these days) doesn't happen every day, but when it does, look out....

Thank you so much for your kind words.

Redstone

[MichiganVote]

49. I think that is one of the most beautiful tributes I have ever read.

If or when I will write my own, may I do it half so well.

Cheers friend for your so well deserved birthday. The earth smiles.

[Redstone]

61. And your post was what triggered me to write it. And I NEEDED to write it, so let me

take this opportunity to thank you.

"The Earth smiles?" That's one of the nicest things anyone has said to me.

Redstone

[MichiganVote]

91. :) My pleasure....

[Radio_Lady]

36. Yeah, but how many times have you been around Pluto?

Also, you were born BEFORE Pluto was demoted to a hunk of ice!

In fun, and happy birthday, Redstone,

Keep on keepin' on here at the DU and elsewhere!

Radio Lady in Oregon

PS. Heading for 68 years old next May 31. I'll be in Scotland in some wonderful pub that night!

[Starbucks Anarchist]

37. Happy Birthday, Redstone!

:toast:

[Left Is Write]

39. HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

:hug:

[havocmom]

40. Gads! You're a few months older than ME! Better sit down...

QUICK!

Happy, happy birthday, Redstone.

Measure the smiles you create, not the years that created you. :toast: & :hug:

[Redstone]

59. "Measure the smiles you create, not the years that created you?" Gaw Damn, that's good. See post #45

above, to see how much I understand that sentence.

Once again, you astonish me with your ability to encapsulate an idea in a sentence.

Redstone

[Kali]

42. ...

:toast:

[SeattleGirl]

44. Happy Birthday, my friend!

:toast: :pals:

[LeftyMom]

48. happy birthday!

[zingaro]

53. Oh Happy Birthday!

You're a shining example of Aries energy.

:hug:

[GoddessOfGuinness]

54. Happy Birthday, Redstone!

:toast::loveya::hug::beer:

[Broken_Hero]

55. Happy Birthday, :)

Here's a :toast: for a few more good years....

Before your body starts falling apart...




:hide:

:hi:

[bridgit]

56. Happy B-Day, Redstone!!

:toast: :party:

[flvegan]

57. Hey, happy birthday , brother!!!

And I wish you many, many, many more.

[leftofthedial]

58. Happy birthday, Redstone.

If I'd have known I'd live this long, I wouldn't have taken such good care of myself.

[Kat45]

60. Happy birthday, Redstone!

Funny, another man made that same comment to me this week. Glad you had a good day. :hi:

[Nicole]

62. Happy Birthday Redstone!

:party:

[Kutjara]

64. Happy Birthday Red!

Congratulations on reaching the halfway point. It's all downhill from here, so stop pedaling and enjoy the ride. :)

[Redstone]

65. All of you who put the beer-mug smilie in your replies? Perfect, and appreciated. And further thanks

to all of you. You're a great crowd, and good friends.

Post #45 will give you some of my perspective on this night of reflection upon my trip through this life, if you'd care to read it.

There have been a few things that have sustained me through the last several difficult years: Mrs R and my kids (as you know), and you guys. You are, one and all, the best of the best.

And I'm glad I found you.

Redstone

[merh]

66. Happy Birthday, dear friend.

I consider your friendship such a wonderful gift, how lucky I am that you were born those years ago on this day.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY :hug:
REDSTONE!!!!!!!!!!! :hug::loveya:
:toast: :bounce: :grouphug: :hug: :loveya: :party: :party: :grouphug: :hug: :loveya: :party: :toast: :beer: :bounce:

[Redstone]

68. Merh, merh, what can I tell you? You took the time to make that elaborate greeting while you

have such problems of your own to deal with...I'm blushing to an even brighter shade of red than my normal one, here.

You're truly a peach.

Redstone

[querelle]

67. Happy Birthday Guy!

May you live to be a bitter old bastard.

Hehehe

That's our revenge on these young turds.

I want my seniors discount dammit!

Q

[Redstone]

69. Nah, I won't be bitter; just cranky. That won't be much of a transition for me.

And the day I walk (or in my case, limp) into ANY place and demand a "Senior Discount," I want you to PROMISE me that you'll shoot me dead on the spot.

I've requested that of Mrs R, and she's punked out on me every time. So I need a friend who will take the responsibility.

(Especially at Harvey's or DicAnn's; it would be a crime to not pay full price for their burgers, yes?)

Redstone

[u4ic]

71. Happy Birthday, Redstone!!

:bounce: :party: :bounce:

[LadyAziz]

¡Feliz Cumpleaños!

[Redstone]

75. Gracias, mi amiga.

Redstone

[QMPMom]

73. Happy Birthday, Redstone.

[Redstone]

76. How did you know that Dahlias are one of my favorite flowers?

Just wondering; I'm happy you did.

Redstone

[QMPMom]

78. I am very glad that you like the flowers.

I didn't know, but I thought it was a beautiful picture. I was moved by your beautiful words earlier in the thread.

I do wish you the best and brightest in the coming year. I hope you are feeling better and your good days outnumber your bad.

Hello to Mrs. R and the Boys. Give a snuggle to the Pup and Kitty for me.

[Redstone]

79. I'll do so. The pup and Mrs R are waiting for me upstairs, and I'm about to join them

and get warm right about now.

Good night, and thank you.

Redstone

[Karenca]

74. We have the same BD!

Happy BD, Redstone :party:

[Redstone]

77. Do we, now? I'm honored to share the day with you, and hope that you had a good one.

Redstone

[Karenca]

81. Yes we do :))

And I did. Thank you :-)

I hope you had a lovely day as well. :toast:

[reyd reid reed]

80. Happy birthday!!!!

I hope your day was a joyous one.

:hug::hug::hug:

[Redstone]

82. I stayed up until deep into the morning to see if I would hear a greeting from you. Now that I have,

I can close out the day.

Thank you.

Redstone

[reyd reid reed]

83. ...

:hug:

[neweurope]

84. Happy Birthday, Redstone!

[NC_Nurse]

85. I know the feeling.

I just had a birthday in March. I blew a lot of health early on....darn.

Anyway, Happy Birthday! :-)

[lizziegrace]

86. I'm glad you've lived this long

the world's a better place with you in it. :)

:hug:

[mainegreen]

87. Well happy B-day to you!

I'll have the code done this weekend!

[La Lioness Priyanka]

88. HAPPY BIRTHDAY !!!!

[Cannikin]

89. Happy birthday Redstone!

[lildreamer316]

90. Happy Birthday!!

Hope it's a beautiful and pain-free one.:hug:

[lost-in-nj]

93. HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!

:party: :party: :party:
:toast: :toast: :toast:
:bounce: :bounce: :bounce:
:hi:
Hope its a great one!!!!!!



lost

[Gormy Cuss]

94. Happy 39th birthday, again.

Only those of us old enough to remember Jack Benny understand that!

[Redstone]

101. Rochester! Where are you?

Redstone

[gbate]

95. Have a great day!

[haf216]

96. HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

Sorry it's late, but I have been having computer problems and this is the first time I have been on all week.

Hope you had a good one.

[Redstone]

104. Computer problems, and the first thing you do after fixing them is to wish me

a happy birthday?

I could not ask for a better present.

Redstone

[hippywife]

97. Happy Birthday!

Here's your cake. Enjoy!

[Redstone]

102. Oh yes, indeed. So how did you know that the only sweet foods I eat are ones

involving fruit?

Redstone

[greatauntoftriplets]

98. Happy birthday, Redstone.

:party:

[jus_the_facts]

99. Happy Belated Birthday Redstone...

....glad you had a good'n!! :hi:

[texas1928]

100. Have A Great Birthday.

:hi:

[KitchenWitch]

103. Happy Birthday Redstone!

Mine is tomorrow!

:)

You share a birthday with Bert Blyleven (not that you really care about that.)

[Shine]

105. Happy Birthday to you, my fellow Aries!!

:hi: (mine was on 3/25)

May your blessings outnumber your birthday candles, my friend. :hug: Enjoy and all the best to you!

[GenDem]

106. HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

And many, many more!:party:

[dropkickpa]

107. Happy Berfenday!!

:bounce: :party: :party: :party: :yourock: :party: :party: :party: :bounce:

[Ptah]

108. Oh shit, I'm late again

Happy birthday, you relic



:hi: :hug:

[RFKHumphreyObama]

109. Hope you had a great day Redstone

And that you and your family will have a safe, blessed, enjoyable and wonderful year ahead of you:toast: :toast: :toast: :party:

[MsKandice01]

110. Happy Birthday Redstone!!

Hope you enjoyed your day!

[LaraMN]

111. Happy Birthday, Redstone!

:party: :bounce: :hug:

[barb162]

112. A very happy birthday to you!

[Maestro]

113. Congrats!

and happy birthday!

[Road Scholar]

114. Hapy Birthday! I hope you have many more. Very..

original.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x6390987

[Zookeeper]

115. Hey, Happy B-Day, Redstone!

My DH has a birthday right about now.

Go, Aries! Go, Aries!

:hi:

[ghostsofgiants]

116. Happy birthday!

[SarahB]

117. Happy belated birthday, Redstone!

:loveya: