Birthdays come and go - Are you happy ?

**thinktank** · Aug 31st, 2001, 02:59 PM

Well, tomorrow is my birthday and I hate it.
When I was young, I wished every day was my birthday.

Tomorrow, I will be 20 and the end of my teenage era. It's really a sad sad day for me. I am jealous of all you teens out here....

*Sigh...{lots of air}

**aknisely** · Aug 31st, 2001, 03:02 PM

My 16th is on Tuesday. Life goes by too quickly to squander on the Internet.

**Mark Sreeves** · Sep 1st, 2001, 04:45 PM

Well, I'm 33 and I'm not bothered by my age, it's best not to dwell on it too much.

One of my wife's friends had a big party for her 30th a few years back and got very depressed about being 30.

When I was 30 it was treated like any other birthday.

I'm told I look younger than I am so I suppose that helps....

**5speed** · Sep 1st, 2001, 04:52 PM

I just turned 22 last week, and b-days are just ordinary days. But I guess it depends on where you live, since when I was 20 that was only one more year of being illegal at bars, which made it more fun. As I have since stopped going for lack of funds, and more stuff to do with my time,

chenko · Sep 2nd, 2001, 09:18 AM

I turned 17 a month ago, meant nothing to me, I hate my Bdays.

**parksie** · Sep 2nd, 2001, 01:26 PM

I never made much fuss about birthdays. I mean, I did something good for my 18th, but that's a bit of a milestone so that's ok. My parents don't pay much attention to theirs, and normally I don't. I'm like "yeah, it's another birthday, I'm another year older; so what?"

**aknisely** · Sep 2nd, 2001, 01:28 PM

Each year that goes by is another year closer to death.

**Mark Sreeves** · Sep 3rd, 2001, 02:27 AM

Originally posted by chenko
I turned 17 a month ago, meant nothing to me...

my 16th and 17th birthdays were the most important ones of my life.

16th, so I could ride a moped (Yamaha FS1E) on the public roads
17th, so I could ride my motorbike on the road (Suzuki GP100).

I was counting down the days to my 16th from about 200 days before it I reckon!

**HarryW** · Sep 3rd, 2001, 06:58 AM

I was 20 last Monday. It was spectacularly dull.

**aknisely** · Sep 3rd, 2001, 06:59 AM

What a horrible ordeal this whole birthday thing is. I think we should abolish the idea.

**parksie** · Sep 3rd, 2001, 07:04 AM

Good idea

That way EVERY day can be an excuse to get totally wasted...

**aknisely** · Sep 3rd, 2001, 07:05 AM

You mean like St. Patrick's day, year-round?

**Jim Brown** · Sep 3rd, 2001, 07:14 AM

Well this year was a bit of a milestone for me: 45. Seemed much worse than 40.

I remember only 2 birthdays really: my 8th was on board a Union Castle mailship as my family immigrated here from the UK in 1964. That was great, 'cos I got a cake from the Captain!

Then there was my 21st. My so-called mates made me a concoction to drink which knocked me out till the following morning so I missed most of the party and woke up out in the garden in the rain next day. And someone took my date home. Serves him right.

**beachbum** · Sep 3rd, 2001, 07:20 AM

Originally posted by Jim Brown
And someone took my date home. Serves him right.

Pls pls pls say u are referring to a woman and not a body part

(or maybe that is just aust terminology??)
45? U dont look a day over 50.

**Jim Brown** · Sep 3rd, 2001, 07:48 AM

Sounds like it must be an Ozzie term, and I shudder to think what it might be. DON'T TELL ME, I rather not know!

The **** part of my being 45, is that my wife & I started a family late, and our kids are 5 & 8. At my age, going by the norm, I should have kids at college, not pre-school.

**aknisely** · Sep 3rd, 2001, 07:51 AM

You aren't being normal. You will be removed from society. It is unacceptable.

**beachbum** · Sep 3rd, 2001, 07:55 AM

What ever happened to Logan's Run?? Ur time is up!

**MartinSmith** · Sep 3rd, 2001, 08:03 AM

my family immigrated here from the UK in 1964

This surely isn't the Jim Brown who was being so aggressively anti immigrant on another thread?

**beachbum** · Sep 3rd, 2001, 08:10 AM

Well, i am sure that JB can stick up for himself but he was hardly anti immigrant on that thread. Irony and wit sometimes wooshes over ppl's heads.

**MartinSmith** · Sep 3rd, 2001, 08:18 AM

Actually having just re-read JB's contributions I have to agree. Sorry JB I was tarring you with the brush I should have reserved for Beacon. (I trust Beacon was not being ironic too)

**Jim Brown** · Sep 3rd, 2001, 08:27 AM

Originally posted by MartinSmith
Actually having just re-read JB's contributions I have to agree. Sorry JB

Aww, that's OK, and thanks Stuart.

**barrk** · Sep 3rd, 2001, 09:12 PM

I'm 42 and I love birthdays! It's the only day a year that a big fuss is made over you!!!

I'm very happy with what I've done with my life so far and see no reason to think that I won't continue in that same vein until the send me off fighting and screaming into the great beyond!!!

**crptcblade** · Sep 3rd, 2001, 09:15 PM

I loved birthdays right up until age 11. That's when they took away my ninja turtles birthday party theme.

But now I get cooler stuff, so it all works out.

**beachbum** · Sep 3rd, 2001, 09:54 PM

Originally posted by crptcblade
But now I get cooler stuff, so it all works out.

You mean lego of course?
My parents tell me that they used to get an apple for christmas and if it was a really good year, an apple and an orange. This is a useful statement if you have kids or nephew/nieces etc cos u can make them believe it up until they are 5 or so and get them to share their lollies with you out of sympathy

**crptcblade** · Sep 3rd, 2001, 09:56 PM

Originally posted by beachbum
You mean lego of course?

Of course! I once closed in my entire bathroom with legos.

Good times.

**aknisely** · Sep 3rd, 2001, 10:01 PM

How much whiskey did that take?

**crptcblade** · Sep 3rd, 2001, 10:02 PM

about this much:

____

Whiskey

____

**Beacon** · Sep 4th, 2001, 08:27 PM

Originally posted by MartinSmith
Actually having just re-read JB's contributions I have to agree. Sorry JB I was tarring you with the brush I should have reserved for Beacon. (I trust Beacon was not being ironic too)

Bring it ooooonnn biznatch!

I'm not against refugees i'm against no-refugees.

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