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It's just a day in the grand scope of things, but here I am.

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[–] Elaine 17 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Happy birthday, Bones! I hope you have a great day of it!

[–] BonesOfTheMoon 8 points 1 month ago

Thanks Elaine!

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Well you aren't dead which seems to be the preferred outcome for a 50th birthday. Congrats!

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[–] disguy_ovahea 11 points 1 month ago (2 children)
[–] BonesOfTheMoon 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Haha I love that song! Thank you.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

Although enjoyable, that wasn't easy to remember at all!

[–] Treczoks 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Congrats! Oh, to be that young again!

[–] BonesOfTheMoon 9 points 1 month ago

Thank you! I honestly like 99% feel the same as I ever did. My knees ache somewhat, and I will admit I'd like some Botox, but I honestly am having an absolute breeze of menopause and my health, knock on wood, is as fine as ever. I'm pretty lucky.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

welcome to the club fellow but slightly younger Xer. hows your health and retirement savings.

[–] BonesOfTheMoon 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Health actually quite good. Um, the other is not. I'll never retire. I'll die at my desk with my BPD patient screaming in my ear like she does each week that she needs to come off her medication because it's giving her a rash, the medication she's been on for like eight years, lol.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Did you grow up thinking the work hours would go down as we got older and the retirement age would go down as we made our way to star trek utopia. I did and I hate this cyberpunk future we live in.

[–] BonesOfTheMoon 7 points 1 month ago

Yes I did and it sucks.

[–] rhacer 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It was at 50 that I started to realize that I was on the downhill slope of my life. I had more days behind me than I have in front.

That is not a bad thing. Every day becomes more precious. It focuses you on things that are truly important and what legacy you may leave.

Happy birthday! I hope it and all the future ones are brilliant.

[–] BonesOfTheMoon 3 points 1 month ago
[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Noice. What are your birthday plans?

[–] BonesOfTheMoon 16 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Doing some cross border Black Friday clothes shopping! While it's still safe to go to the US and the economy isn't fucked all to hell by the orange rapist. As they say on Letterkenny, if the Yanks have one thing sorted it's their shopping.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Sounds like a good day then, and since you're in the same "overall" geography as me, a beautiful day for it, to boot. Have fun!

[–] BonesOfTheMoon 3 points 1 month ago

I will! I love love love clothes shopping for great bargains.

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[–] BonesOfTheMoon 4 points 1 month ago
[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Happy Birthday Bones! Hope you have an awesome day

[–] BonesOfTheMoon 3 points 1 month ago
[–] cabron_offsets 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] BonesOfTheMoon 6 points 1 month ago

I'm an old lady!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

That's 62 in base 8. Or 32 in base 16.

[–] BonesOfTheMoon 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It's absolutely true. Whatever that is haha.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Nerdy way of expressing "age is just a number" :)

[–] ceiphas 6 points 1 month ago (2 children)

You share it with my son, Happy Birthday

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Happy birthday! Are you gonna do anything fun today?

[–] BonesOfTheMoon 4 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Cross border clothes shopping on Black Friday!

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] BonesOfTheMoon 3 points 1 month ago

It's like a fabulous age to be. Thank you!

[–] dingus 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] BonesOfTheMoon 3 points 1 month ago
[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] BonesOfTheMoon 11 points 1 month ago

It really makes your life and the life of others better if you are friendly, welcoming, helpful, and polite. Especially when things are hard for them. You can't fix everything but you can be a light in the darkness for someone simply by making the effort to go a little bit further.

Also life is way too precious to stay in relationships with toxic narcissistic borderline family members.

[–] Attack0fthenerd 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

As we tend to say in the Netherlands, you have seen Abraham (or Sarah).

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Happy birthday bones, hope you have a great day!

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Happy birthday! Here’s to many more!

[–] BonesOfTheMoon 3 points 1 month ago
[–] robocall 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)
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[–] RecursiveParadox 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I'd upvote you, but you're at 69, and it's your birthday, so ...good luck!

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[–] Today 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Happy birthday! Every decade i think, "this is the best!" Embrace being young enough to still do most of the things you enjoy and being old enough to (sometimes) know which ones to skip. https://youtu.be/NJf5DMVa5kQ?feature=shared

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Welcome to the club, Abraham. All the best.

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[–] ikidd 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Welcome to the downslope of your first century.

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