Happy Birthday Flashguy

Men fight for liberty and win it with hard knocks. Their children, brought up easy, let it slip away again, poor fools. And their grandchildren are once more slaves.

-D.H. Lawrence

December 21, 2021, 09:20 AM

shovelhead

Happy Birthday Flashguy. From one Michigander to another.

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December 21, 2021, 09:33 AM

sig226fan

Happy Birthday! Enjoy the day Flashguy.

December 21, 2021, 09:35 AM

mcrimm

Happy Birthday and Merry Christmas, Flashguy. Just like all of your Christmas packages said growing up.

I'm sorry if I hurt you feelings when I called you stupid - I thought you already knew - Unknown
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When you have no future, you live in the past. " Sycamore Row" by John Grisham

December 21, 2021, 09:52 AM

ensigmatic

Happy Birthday, FG!

"America is at that awkward stage. It's too late to work within the system,,,, but too early to shoot the bastards." -- Claire Wolfe
"If we let things terrify us, life will not be worth living." -- Seneca the Younger, Roman Stoic philosopher

December 21, 2021, 09:55 AM

Jimbo54

Happy Birthday Flashguy. My 74th was yesterday, the 20th. It's an awkward time of year to have a B-Day especially when you're a kid.

Jim

December 21, 2021, 10:50 AM

flashguy

quote:
Originally posted by old rugged cross:
I do not keep track of birthdays here but saw your post about your birthday tomorrow.

Have a great Birthday and Happy holidays and Merry Christmas.

The pix of you by your tree should be posted every Christmas here, lol.

All the best Flashguy.

Well, thanks very much. You asked, so here it is:

DSC_8266.jpg by David Casteel, on Flickr

flashguy

December 21, 2021, 10:56 AM

0-0

Happy birthday Flashguy!

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December 21, 2021, 10:57 AM

flashguy

quote:
Originally posted by Jimbo54:
Happy Birthday Flashguy. My 74th was yesterday, the 20th. It's an awkward time of year to have a B-Day especially when you're a kid.

Jim

Thank you very much! Yes, it is an awkward time for a birthday. My parents tried very hard when I was young to make it a separate occasion from Christmas. One way it was done was to delay putting up the Christmas Tree until my birthday, a policy that continued long after I was a kid. While I was serving in USAF I knew that my folks were putting up their tree as I was doing mine wherever I was stationed. It was a bond that helped a lot with homesickness.

flashguy

December 21, 2021, 10:59 AM

flashguy

Wow! So many wonderful birthday wishes! I am overwhelmed. Thanks so much to all who have sent them. I am truly blessed to have so many SF friends. Thank you all so very much.

And to all of you, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

flashguy

December 21, 2021, 11:00 AM

Rey HRH

Happy birthday indeed.

"It did not really matter what we expected from life, but rather what life expected from us. We needed to stop asking about the meaning of life, and instead to think of ourselves as those who were being questioned by life – daily and hourly. Our answer must consist not in talk and meditation, but in right action and in right conduct. Life ultimately means taking the responsibility to find the right answer to its problems and to fulfill the tasks which it constantly sets for each individual." Viktor Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning, 1946.

December 21, 2021, 11:03 AM

flashguy

quote:
Originally posted by 45 Cal:
I barley keep up with my own but others do and so I also wish you a happy birthday and a happy Christmas

Thank you. Do you still shoot in your basement? Still keep bees?

flashguy

December 21, 2021, 11:11 AM

911Boss

Happy birthday! Loved the picture, always nice to see a face to go with the names.

December 21, 2021, 11:36 AM

YooperSigs

Happy Birthday! I like your hat.

December 21, 2021, 12:08 PM

old dino

Happy Birthday Flashguy ... there really is a Santa !

December 21, 2021, 02:55 PM

cheesegrits

Happy Birthday! Great picture, and I enjoy your posts.

December 21, 2021, 03:18 PM

dsiets

Happy B-day FG. Looking good!

December 21, 2021, 03:19 PM

SIGnified

Omedito tanjobi!

"Pacifism is a shifty doctrine under which a man accepts the benefits of the social group without being willing to pay - and claims a halo for his dishonesty." ~Robert A. Heinlein

December 21, 2021, 03:36 PM

mark60

Wishing you a very Happy Birthday.

December 21, 2021, 05:37 PM

flashguy

I see a lot more nice wishes since my last Thank You, so thanks a lot to those who have just posted! And Merry Christmas to all of you, too.

flashguy