Birthdays!!

[Lin]

Just a thread to celebrate another tip aoround the sun for our Scantlings friends.

A Happy Birthday today to Blackbird! Hope you are enjoying a wonderful day, Andy.

[Lin]

Busy birthday month....
Happy Birthday Tigger and a belated one to Pia!

[Blackbird]

Thanks, Lin. Having a chilly sail south...hoping no freezing spray on our way into Norfolk.

[Ish]

Thanks, Lin. Having a chilly sail south...hoping no freezing spray on our way into Norfolk.

A belated Happy Birthday, Andy. At least you're headed south!

Please keep your eyes open for these guys, they are pushing the weather window in an older boat (Columbia 29) with minimal (electric drive) power.
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Adventurers!
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More blather at CA: http://forums.sailinganarchy.com/index.php?showtopic=152040&page=2#entry4396599

[Blackbird]

I'll keep an eye out for them. Came in a bit late at the Chesapeake Bay Entrance so had 50 out of the NNW and cold. Fairly unpleasant sailing, so pulled in to Little Creek to regroup. We should see the folks on the Columbia tomorrow as we head for Coinjock. I'll make sure to say hi.

[Tigger]

Thanks Lin! I was in Toronto--my cousin dropped dead of a heart attack at 59. She lived a rich and full life and had wonderful friends, but gone way too soon. Silver lining was that I got to have dinner with my son and his fiancee a few times.

And, if you buy me a beer sometime, I'll tell you the rest of the story!

[VALIS]

Hey, what about me????? Yesterday (Dec 10) was my #60, or as I call it the big Six Oh Shit!
Anyway, it's all right. I still feel more alive than dead, so that's great.

[bob perry]

Sorry about that Paul.
Happy birthday Paul and have a great day.
60? You're still a puppy.

[Ish]

Happy Birthday, Paul!

60 wasn't so bad. Compared to what comes after, I mean.

[Brooke]

Happy birthday Paul!

[JoeP]

Happy 60th Paul!

[Cherie320]

Happy birthday Paul - 60 is not so bad. If all goes well, it's the new thirty. Pat

[Lin]

Happy 60'th Paul !!! Here's a pic I took of you last year, back when you were still in your fifties.

Hope you had a great day, skipper. Best to you and Mary

[VALIS]

Thanks everybody! Even though you made me beg for it, this really means a lot. Best wishes to all of you.

cherie320, that must be VALIS in Victoria, near the Empress Hotel (right?)
Lin, that photo looks even cooler if you don't know I was playing "Smoke on the Water"!

[cavelamb]

Hanny birth-DAY?

My wife tells me it's her birthday SEASON....

Not more than 4 weeks before.

[Rob McAlpine]

Happy Birthday, Paul. Are those buttons for electric winches I see? Looks like you're well set up to sail into your dotage.

[cap10ed]

Hey, what about me????? Yesterday (Dec 10) was my #60, or as I call it the big Six Oh Shit!
Anyway, it's all right. I still feel more alive than dead, so that's great.

Happy belated Birthday Valis. Welcome to the other side of the hill. You can coast from now on.

[kimbottles]

Oh, is that what we are doing Ed, coasting?

[cap10ed]

Oh, is that what we are doing Ed, coasting?

Kim I’d say you and Bob have been doing a lot more than coasting the last few months and once you splash the boat, look out !!!! Some thing tells me on her first sail the grin on both your faces will be THE KODAK moment of the century. As to myself, I still have the energy to climb a 6 metre Jacobs ladder in a snow storm then 7 flights of stairs to the pilot house.Don’t know how long that will last.

[Lin]

Happy Birthday Brooke!!

[Soñadora]

yay Brooke!

Now that you're of drinking age, what are you going to do next???

[cap10ed]

Happy Birthday Brooke. Pam and Ed
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[Lin]

Joe, I hope have a fabulous day! Wishing you all the best, my friend.

[Brooke]

Hah, so I totally missed the happy birthday posts from last month! Oops!

[JoeP]

Joe, I hope have a fabulous day! Wishing you all the best, my friend.

Thanks Lin!

[Soñadora]

Lin

there are not enough candles in that picture

[Lin]

Lin

there are not enough candles in that picture

I know, but I didn't see a fire extinguisher on hand. I had the safety of Scantyland in mind. ; )

[JoeP]

Lin

there are not enough candles in that picture

Don't want to burn in the screen now do we?

[bob perry]

Happy birthday Paul.
Smoke on the Water?
Thank God. I figured Stairway to Heaven.

[cap10ed]

Happy Birthday Skipper Joe. I hope your day is memorable and the rest of the year finds you in good health and spirits. Pam and Ed.