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Friday, December 01, 2006

Question #348

Happy Birthday GUMDROP!!!

Today is Gumdrop's Day ... take a moment to share a kind word or two with him!

Take a moment to reflect on the possibility of being 80 something yourself ... what year would that be ... what do you think the world will be like then ... ?

15 comments:

Anonymous said...

Happy BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!!

80 years and sharp as a tack on so many subjects!

Hum, let's see, it will be 2045 when I'm 80.....I see that by that time we will all be 'microchip' (like our pets now) and 'big brother' will follow our every move. Which, in my instance might be nice, since I am starting to suffer from CRS.....

Anonymous said...

Geesh! I hate having to use a calculator this early in the morning! Let's see, I will be 80 in 2041 if I am so fortunate. In my observation of the most seasoned of our citizens, being a little bit of a curmudgeon is the key to longevity. I think I am right on track there. The world? It will be radically different and it won't. While technology and maybe our environment will change, people will not.

But Gumdrop my Railroad Hat is off to you sir! Happy 80th and many returns or as we would say in the Navy, "May you have fair winds and following seas Shipmate"

Anonymous said...

Happy Birthday Gumdrop!

Ok...let me think...since I'm only 29, I'll be 80 in 2057....and I'll still be 29!

Anonymous said...

Wine Fairie you probably need to provide your insight into this new math you are using to CinCin so she can include it in her curriculum, especially for her female students. :-)

cincin21 said...

SNORT!!!

WineFairie is a LIAR!!!! No New Math involved!!!

I, however, will be 80 in 2040 ... I have no idea what the world will be like .... but I hope that I am willing to adapt and learn the new technologies like Gumdrop has! Not many 80-somethings are online!!

CHEERS GUMDROP!!!

Anonymous said...

Happy B-Day, Gumdrop!! Hope this one is fun and satisfying, and that you have as many more as you want.

I will reach 80 in 28 years - that sounds like a lot, and it is. Neither of my parents got that far, so I hope I can, and thatI am still with Cin when I get there.

Anonymous said...

HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY GUMDROP!!!! MAY YOU HAVE MANY MORE!

Anonymous said...

PEF,

It's not new math...woman have been using this math for centuries!

Anonymous said...

*gasp*

CinCin! How could you?

Gumdrop! Will you please thwack the fair CinCin...she's calling me names!

Anonymous said...

Gumdrop, happy birthday. you have been an inspiration with your wit, kindness to strangers (me), and wisdom.

I will be 80 in 2036, if I make it that far. I hope to use the lessons I've learned thus far to make as much of an impact on others as you have. For example: anger does no one any good, especially you. Forgiveness is vital to any relationship with any person--even if they're not your intimate. Charity is important to the soul. Judgement is not our job, our maker will take care of that. The life we're given is a gift to be charished with family and friends, and anger, bitterness, and/or grudges do not respect that gift and cause you and others pain.

Thank you Gumdrop for your friendship. Thank you for sharing your thoughts with us all each day. Instead of gifts to you, you are a gift to us.

Marsha

I'll now step off my soapbox.

Anonymous said...

I have no idea when I'll be 80. I age backwards. I just turned 32 a few days ago. I'm not sure what happens when I hit zero. I guess then start aging frontwards again, so that would make me hit 80 somewhere around the year 2118.

Happy Birthday Gumdrop!!

CinCin -- How could you call WF a liar???

Anonymous said...

RH, you didn't tell us what year you will be 80! BAD RH!!

Anonymous said...

GOLLLLLEEEE WHAT A SURPRISE WHEN I
OPENED THE BLOG THIS MORNING. I WAS
NOT AWARE ANY OF YOU KNEW MY BIRTH-
DAY. THANK YOU PROFUSLY ONE AND ALL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
SORRY MY MACHINE WOULD NOT OPEN THE
CARD 2 OF YOU SENT.
PAM,WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO SELL AT
"CURVES" groceries or something TO
DO WITH WOMEN??? SEEMS LIKE A STRANGE NAME FOR A BUSINESS.
WF, I THOUGHT ALL YOU KIDS WERE TEXAANS BUT YOU MUST NOT EVEN BE IN NORTH TEXAS---NORTH POLE???????

Anonymous said...

Morning Gumdrops and Happy Birthday!

Nope, I'm not a Texan. I'd never been to Texas until I went to visit CinCin and Tom last month. I live in Eastern WA in Spokane. And it might not be the great white north...but it's sure been acting like it the last couple of weeks!

cincin21 said...

WF is in Washington State ... RH is in Pennsylvania .... Catmadam is in Arkansas .... PEF and Patr wish they were in Maine .... Silly Gilly is in California .... Bree is in California ....

We are a diverse group ...