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   Fairportfan2 said, about 1 month ago

   Heck. She’s probably younger than me in calendar years.

   A sobering thought.

   (Birthday yesterday. Begin seventh decade. Whimper.)

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   Josh 1360 said, about 1 month ago

   Happy Birthday to you. I’ll be 50 in December.

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   Ronshua said, about 1 month ago

   Belated Happy yesterday Fairportfan2 many more .

   19 mouths and a day I’ll , by the grace , step over that threshold .

   My 40th was the big one , it’s been a blur sense then .

   The old timers would say “at 40 , half your life is in the books” .

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   lightenup said, about 1 month ago

   Happy belated birthday Fairportfan2! Ronshua, you’re scaring me. My 40th will be in December (celebrating at Disney!). Although I will be thrilled if I get another 40.

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   J_Verschueren said, about 1 month ago

   I got 4-0 coming up too in February next year (many happy returns Fairportfan2) and I don’t know how I’ll look back on it, but for the moment it’s “just another year” to me.

   That said, it’s sort of been “a blur” for me since I was 16-17. I don’t recall time “dragging on” since then.

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   somebodyshort said, about 1 month ago

   happy birthaday fairportfan

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   arsmall said, about 1 month ago

   Way to go Fairportfan for reaching such a milestone. My granny used to say, “You better glad if you get to be as old as me!”

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   Macushlalondra said, about 1 month ago

   I turned 50 in March and I enjoyed that, but 40 was hard. They say everyone has one birthday that really bothers them. For my mom it was 30, she said she cried all day when she turned 30 but after that she was ok. I think it’s ok to grow older if you have an attitude like Val and Joan’s mom, keep learning and trying new things.

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   Yukoneric said, about 1 month ago

   Happy Bday to you guys. I have 3 yrs 10 mon. to retirement. 66 is that magic number.

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    Ash said, about 1 month ago

    7th decade is fantastic! RE the strip: no one wants to hear about your bunions.

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    RoadTrip3500 said, about 1 month ago

    I just hit 45 on Wednesday… oldest I’ve ever been. My dad (71) joked “just wait til you’re 62 and you’ll be fine.” Yeah, sure Dad…

    Mom (70) is a lot closer to Evie - have passport, will travel - although she isn’t going anywhere to build anything. Dad’s just happy to get out of bed in the morning.

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    ireg said, about 1 month ago

    The other day I realized that I am pushing 60. Somehow being 58 did not register as pushing 60 but 59 sure did.

    But on the bright side, In the words of a teen girl I was helping: “No you are younger than your sisters because you do stuff.” This was her response when I tried to explain I was the oldest of the three sisters.

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    pibfan868 said, about 1 month ago

    ireg, I too am beginning to push that number, although I’ve got a few to go to get there. Somehow 57 feels MUCH closer though. Previously the one that bothered me was 35, because that theoretically was the “mid-way” mark.

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    MatureCanadian said, about 1 month ago

    I don’t mind the numbers so much anymore as long as no one says them out loud. But the visuals. Ick. That mirror has betrayed me. Wish I knew who that old broad was.

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    Burgundy2 said, about 1 month ago

    Yeah, I got one of those lurking about in my mirror too!

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    Fairportfan2 said, about 1 month ago

    Macushlalondra said

    I turned 50 in March and I enjoyed that, but 40 was hard.

    Well, forty wasn’t all that bad till i opened the birthday card from some woman - she claimed she was my mother, but my mother would never write something as crushing as “I don’t mind being called a senior citizen, but I refuse to believe I have mddle-aged children.”

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    Doriation said, about 1 month ago

    Happy Belated Birthday Fairportfan!!

    If it’s any consolation, from some of the comments I’ve seen, your “writing age” reads to me as mid-40s. I would not have guessed that you are a more accomplished person. ;)

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    Bargrove said, about 1 month ago

    They say you are only as old as you feel.

    Boy, that is really bad news. ouch

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    Just plain Steve said, about 1 month ago

    Happy Birthday Fairportfan!!

    I start my seventh decade in January :O(

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    Just plain Steve said, about 1 month ago

    Bargrove, I can’t be that old!

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    Macushlalondra said, about 1 month ago

    Fairport fan, that was not nice! Was that really your mom? My mom and I talked on the phone on my 50th birthday and when we said goodbye she said, “Happy 50th birthday” and I thought gak I should be saying that to her!” My how time flies.