Last day in my thirties
Tomorrow, I’ll be 40. I’m not going to feel any different than I do now so, no, I’m not all that bummed. Putting numbers on mortality is something we do. Getting older does suck but it beats the alternative. Another day on the right side of the ground is a good day.
October 28th, 2011 at 3:29 pm
Happy Birthday Tomorrow! 🙂
Just be careful the years seem to pick up speed as they go by…
October 28th, 2011 at 3:35 pm
Well I felt no big change when I turned 40, but OMG, when I hit 50 I really felt it
Have a blessed Birthday!!
October 28th, 2011 at 3:36 pm
Another year down of vexing the pant-shitters. Have a good one.
October 28th, 2011 at 3:54 pm
Warning: When I hit 40, 40 hit back. That year SUCKED.
I turn 50 in March. I am not looking forward to it.
October 28th, 2011 at 3:55 pm
Happy birthday (tomorrow). Yep to all: beats the alternative. It’s unbelievable that the years pass and you are no longer 26–except in your mind.
October 28th, 2011 at 3:56 pm
Congrats. Turning 30 was rough-mainly the 29th year was spent with a mild feeling of doom, that I’d soon have to start acting like an adult.
HA!
Turning 40 was pretty painless, though I did take it as a time to get in shape, and reflect on my life. By 50, it was just another number. The next few years will have to include some soul searching about retirement, since I’m eligible at 55. Stay, or new career while drawing a pension? Stick with the familiar, or subject myself to challenges to keep the mental juices flowing?
In your case, be proud that at a young age, you’re an accomplished voice for freedom.
October 28th, 2011 at 4:34 pm
Its not so much the age you are when you hit a new decade, its reflecting on how quickly the most recent decade passed.
October 28th, 2011 at 4:41 pm
Amen, HL.
October 28th, 2011 at 5:14 pm
Congrats on making it this far. I’m right behind you at 37. Just remember, “It’s not the years… it’s the milage” ~ Indianna Jones. Looking forward to many more years of reading Say Uncle. Take care and Happy Birthday!
Disavowed With Honor
October 28th, 2011 at 5:17 pm
Old man! 🙂
Not too far behind ya…
October 28th, 2011 at 5:52 pm
Exactly how I feel.30 was a bit of a drag ’cause that’s when this former high-school jock realized that “former” was the operative word.I spent 35 in a wheelchair.40 was a blessing,given that three months earlier i was in a car wreck that should have killed me,but didn’t even leave scars-thank God for seatbelts.50,well,let’s just say that far too many of my friends didn’t make it that far.I’m relly glad to still be here.BTW,Happy Birthday,Unc.
October 28th, 2011 at 6:38 pm
May the candles on your cake burn like the cities in your wake.
October 28th, 2011 at 6:38 pm
Congratulations. Forty is no big deal. I turn 60 in January, and I’m not looking forward to that.
October 28th, 2011 at 7:11 pm
Hey, at 40 you’re officially an adult! The 40’s kick ass!
October 28th, 2011 at 7:49 pm
Forget getting old. It’s the wisdom you’re stockpiling, my friend; that’s what it’s all about. Your children will, eventually, come to you for some of it.
So Happy Birthday you old coot 🙂
October 28th, 2011 at 8:59 pm
Happy b-day. I’m only a few months behind you and I refuse to age the way everyone else thinks I should.
October 28th, 2011 at 9:06 pm
Happy Birthday.
Of course you don’t feel any different. It’s just a number. And in the grand scheme of things, on a day-to-day basis, it means nothing.
October 28th, 2011 at 9:38 pm
40?!?!? A mere puppy!
congratulations. I hope I’m around to hear you say ’70’1
MC
October 28th, 2011 at 9:59 pm
Take a towel to the bit behind your ears. Wait, I’m just 47, what am I saying? I’m still on the right side of the ground; that makes me, um, something like happy. Rawk on!
October 28th, 2011 at 11:22 pm
Ran ten miles on my fortieth, then quit because of all the people in their forties who have heart attacks running for their health. Doing well at sixty, with good joints and can walk all day. Remember that every day is the best day of the rest of your life after 35, and you will do well.
October 29th, 2011 at 12:35 am
Pushin’ the shit out of 70.
But, chicks still flirt with me….chicks in their 60’s.
Happy B-day Unc.
October 29th, 2011 at 12:37 am
Happy birthday. The years pass quickly after age 35. Make the most of every one. My forties were a good time. A very creative time for me. Forty is a new beginning in many ways.
October 29th, 2011 at 1:57 am
Happy Birthday.I hope It will be a good one.
October 29th, 2011 at 7:30 am
I had Stage IV Lymphoma when I was 19 and coined the saying “Any day you can complain about isn’t that bad.”
Happy Birthday.
October 29th, 2011 at 9:28 am
I wish I was 40 …
October 29th, 2011 at 10:29 am
Happy Birthday.
October 29th, 2011 at 11:37 am
Happy birthday.. I have T-shirts older than you..LOL.
October 29th, 2011 at 3:55 pm
Turning 40 is like being enlightened….you won’t feel any different, but you can’t go back.
October 29th, 2011 at 7:13 pm
40? In hexadecimal, that’s only 28…
October 29th, 2011 at 9:30 pm
Happy Birthday. I thought that 40 was awesome.
October 30th, 2011 at 1:59 am
I’m 40 but my “real feel” is around 32ish. I have no real complaints, Loving life & feeling very fortunate to have been born in America. If we have to get a civil war going against the libs lets do it soon while I’m able to move around & kick ass.
October 30th, 2011 at 10:12 pm
Hmmmm, +1 with #1, and remember that ibuprofin is your friend. Well, untill it starts to, uhm, nevermind. And then, there’s that stuff, shit, I digress. Happy 40 Unc., I’m glad to. Life up here is ALLWAYS better than the, uhm, well, than that. Any ways, Happy Birfday, and many more.
Jeez, that was awful,
Jerry