It's my birthday tomorrow--I'll be 48. So tell me...

[joeybee12]

...where the hell did all those years go? Seriously, I can't figure it out. :shrug:

[Call Me Wesley]

1. No worries,

I'm sure they went into something good. Have a wonderful Happy Birthday tomorrow! :party: :toast:

[joeybee12]

2. Thanks!

I guess it's a sign of age that i can't recall where they are now!

[Call Me Wesley]

4. Uhm, age is sooooo

overrated, it might not exist at all. (And since I'm on a different timezone where midnight already has passed, another Happy Birthday!).

We're all still young!

[joeybee12]

5. You know, 48 doesn't bother me..it's the fact that there are even older

years to come!

Thanks again!

[devilgrrl]

3. Happy Birthday!!!!

48 years young. :toast:

[joeybee12]

6. Thank you!!!!

[EFerrari]

7. Time - Space warp?

I know what you mean.

I'm 49 and I LOVE IT. And expect to continue to love it.

Happy Birthday. :)

[joeybee12]

8. Thanks...You know, I knew I was getting up in years about 10 years

back when I stopped being able to recall what I got people for Christmas. Seriously, I used to be able to say, Oh, I got that for you 2 years ago, etc. Now, I can't recall if it was last year or the year before, or the year before....

[EFerrari]

11. Yep. My brain used to give me an array of words to chose from

where now I sometimes grope for one friggin' word.

Upside: I used to be shy about talking.

:)

Enjoy!

[joeybee12]

14. You're right., there are upsides...

...you give up something to get something.

:hi:

[EFerrari]

17. "Gracefully surrender the things of youth: clean air, Taiwan . ."

And feel the load slip slide off your back, your greater ease among your fellow travelers, a deeper appreciation for the "little" things.

Like air and sky and that kind of stuff.

:rofl:

[joeybee12]

18. I'd love to surrender the things of age!

And by things, I really do mean things! As you get older, you acquire things, most of which you really don't need!

[EFerrari]

19. So true! We just moved to our permanent digs.

"Do we need this extra copy of Erasmus? What about the Avon bottle collection?"

"I'm KEEPING the cat toys and the cello!"

:rofl:

[joeybee12]

20. When I moved cross-country MANY years ago, I took everything I

owned and it all fit into a Volkswagen beetle!

Yeesh!

[EFerrari]

21. Wow. That's all. Just, wow!

LOL!

Have a wonderful day. I think our 40s and 50s are a well kept secret.

Check behind me, see if that's true. :hug:

[joeybee12]

25. I'll keep checking!

Hopefully I'll have a few more years in which to do that!

[GCP]

9. Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day

You fritter and waste the hours in an offhand way.
Kicking around on a piece of ground in your home town
Waiting for someone or something to show you the way.

Tired of lying in the sunshine staying home to watch the rain.
You are young and life is long and there is time to kill today.
And then one day you find ten years have got behind you.
No one told you when to run, you missed the starting gun.

So you run and you run to catch up with the sun but it's sinking
Racing around to come up behind you again.
The sun is the same in a relative way but you're older,
Shorter of breath and one day closer to death.

Every year is getting shorter never seem to find the time.
Plans that either come to naught or half a page of scribbled lines
Hanging on in quiet desperation is the English way
The time is gone, the song is over,
Thought I'd something more to say.

Ahh, they got this one right.

[joeybee12]

12. Yikes, if I wasn't depressed before, I am now!

:cry:

[GCP]

15. Once I'd got past 30 this song really got to me

Now I'm (cough) 27 years further on, it's lost its sting somewhat - maybe I no longer give a flying f*** :toast:

[joeybee12]

16. Hope I get to the point where I don't care anymore!

That'd be nice!

:hi:

[sendero]

37. Back when I listened..

.... to that song, just out of high school, I had no idea how utterly devastatingly true it was.

:)

[redqueen]

10. Happy early birthday!

:party:

:toast:

:hi:

[joeybee12]

13. Thanks!

:hi:

[hippywife]

22. Tomorrow you will be

older than me!

Really, I hope you have a great birthday.

[joeybee12]

23. Thanks!

I think I'm older than most people here!

[EFerrari]

24. LOL! Where did you get that thing?

I love it.

:)

[hippywife]

27. Cute, ain't it?

But I can't take credit. BuffyTheVampireSlayer and Joan_Alpern always find the cutest smilies and I just followed their lead. They come from www.planetsmilies.com.

[seemunkee]

26. It's a good age, enjoy it

My wife turns 48 next thursday and for a few months we are in synch.

[joeybee12]

28. I'll try...

...haven't enjoyed any since 43, though. Up until then, I didn't care!

[Maat]

29. I'm turning 47 this month!

I feel half that age.

Happy Birthday to you!

[Skidmore]

30. I'm gonna be 51 this month. Happy b-days to us all!

[joeybee12]

31. Happy Birthday to both of you!!!!!!!!!!

[Maat]

32. People born in November ..

are VERY special.

Happy Birthday!

[joeybee12]

33. No argument here!

[Maat]

35. HeeHee.

:party:

To all the November babies

:toast:

[joeybee12]

40. Cheers!

:party: :toast:

[Metta]

34. They're at the same place where all the lost single socks go.

Trust me, I've been there. Happy Birthday,jb. :toast: :party:

[joeybee12]

36. Thanks!

It is true about lost socks, you know. It isn't an Urban Legend--they really do magically disappear!

[Metta]

43. You're telling me!

:toast:

[latebloomer]

38. Have a wonderful one!

:party:

I'll be 54(!) in January, and time keeps spinning faster and faster. Scary.

[joeybee12]

39. Thanks!

You're right--it does seem to speed up as we age!

[graywarrior]

41. Happy B-day, Scorpio

Wait'll you hit fifty. Fifty-five comes even faster.

[joeybee12]

42. Thanks!

Can't wait for that!!! :sarcasm: