Happy Birthday Sailor Steve - Page 3

frau kaleun · 04-08-10, 11:35 AM

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Dodger Stadium, August '66.

The farewell tour, even. NO FAIR!

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I guess there are some advantages to being a certain age.

As my dear old dad used to say about getting older - "It's better than the alternative."

Sailor Steve · 04-08-10, 11:39 AM

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Originally Posted by frau kaleun

As my dear old dad used to say about getting older - "It's better than the alternative."

When my older daughter turned 21, I told my dear old dad that for the first time I was feeling old.

His reply: "Can I let you in on a little secret? People in their seventies really don't appreciate listening to children in their fifties whine about feeling old!"

I remember that every time I hear some girl (and it's always a girl) whine about turning 25: "I'm a quarter of a century old!"

"Yeah? Think how your mom feels about that!"

Jimbuna · 04-08-10, 11:42 AM

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Drink some for me - I can't. Doctor Pepper is it.

I am treating myself to a steak dinner though.

Oh, I bought a couple of books online, too.

Nice one....you enjoy mate

mookiemookie · 04-08-10, 11:45 AM

Happy birthday, Steve!

Oberon · 04-08-10, 12:00 PM

Happy Birthday!

Enjoy that steak Steve, you deserve it

What books did you order?

STEED · 04-08-10, 12:04 PM

All the best Steve have a damn good day.

Sailor Steve · 04-08-10, 12:06 PM

A new copy of The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939: The Particulars And Wartime Fates of 6,000 Ships, by Roger Jordan. I already have one, but I got it real cheap and the bottom of the spine was trashed. It was still fully useable, but when I found a brand-new copy for $15 I just had to have it.

The other is Merchant Ships of the World in Color, 1910-1929, by Lawrence Dunn. $17 and free shipping. So I got them both for under forty bucks.

Oberon · 04-08-10, 12:52 PM

Sweet

Good prices too, that makes it all the better

I like the idea of the second book, colour photographs from the 1910s-1920s are always a treat to browse over. I recall seeing colour footage of the Thames in the 1930s and it's absolutely fascinating.

Here's the link:

Sailor Steve · 04-08-10, 02:42 PM

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I recall seeing colour footage of the Thames in the 1930s and it's absolutely fascinating.

That is COOL!

I'm-a like-a that!

heartc · 04-08-10, 05:11 PM

Happy Birthday Steve.

Your pieces are probably one of the most level-headed and decent ones I've ever read on "the internets" and I enjoy reading them. You are a fair, reasonable and intellectually honest debater, while many people only try to achieve that impression by qualifying their remarks with "I know this and that, BUT", when in reality they know nothing.

All the best, Sir, and bless you.

CaptainHaplo · 04-08-10, 05:23 PM

Happy naked, wet, too darned bright and freakin cold start day!

Just don't recreate it - you'd get arrested!

Platapus · 04-08-10, 05:51 PM

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In fact, the only bad part about being sixty is that my body is also sixty. It hurts to get up in the morning. It hurts to run. It hurts to walk. Sitting isn't so bad except for the part where I have to stand up again. In fact I hate this. Thanks so much for reminding me, you *$&#-^#*(#(# ^@*@-&*#&@ *&^$%#*@!!! Happy *&#&@^# Birthay indeed!

I guess if you knew you were going to live so long, you would have taken much better care of yourself.

Let's all hope that 61 is a better year for you.

Sailor Steve · 04-08-10, 08:23 PM

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Happy naked, wet, too darned bright and freakin cold start day!

Just don't recreate it - you'd get arrested!

Me, I started out with a nice hot shower and breakfast at Carl's Jr. Before you laugh, I'll tell you that their Loaded Breakfast Burrito is the best breakfast in town for under ten bucks, and the combo is actually half that. I always eat there - it starts my day off right.

I just came from having that steak dinner, and I am stuffed, tired and happy. It was perfect, or at least as perfect as Sizzler can get, which ain't bad.

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I guess if you knew you were going to live so long, you would have taken much better care of yourself.

Let's all hope that 61 is a better year for you.

I joke about it, but I'm doing okay. I always like to remember a quote from JAG:

Ernest Borgnine: "Commander, do you have any idea what it's like to be seventy-two?"

David James Elliot: "No, Chief, I don't."

EB: "Sure you do. Yeah, you're slower and some things don't work as well as they used to, but up here [taps his head] where it counts, you're still the same crazy kid you were at eighteen!"

Bort · 04-08-10, 08:59 PM

Happy Birthday, Steve!

And many more to come!

Torvald Von Mansee · 04-08-10, 09:16 PM

Pfft...when I hear some Pretty Young Thing talk about 30 being "old" I just want to say something I can't repeat, here.

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STEED Lucky Jack Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Down Town UK Posts: 27,695 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 48	All the best Steve have a damn good day. __________________ Dr Who rest in peace 1963-2017. To borrow Davros saying...I NAME YOU CHIBNALL THE DESTROYER OF DR WHO YOU KILLED IT!

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Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	A new copy of The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939: The Particulars And Wartime Fates of 6,000 Ships, by Roger Jordan. I already have one, but I got it real cheap and the bottom of the spine was trashed. It was still fully useable, but when I found a brand-new copy for $15 I just had to have it. The other is Merchant Ships of the World in Color, 1910-1929, by Lawrence Dunn. $17 and free shipping. So I got them both for under forty bucks. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

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heartc Samurai Navy Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Munich Posts: 562 Downloads: 71 Uploads: 0	Happy Birthday Steve. Your pieces are probably one of the most level-headed and decent ones I've ever read on "the internets" and I enjoy reading them. You are a fair, reasonable and intellectually honest debater, while many people only try to achieve that impression by qualifying their remarks with "I know this and that, BUT", when in reality they know nothing. All the best, Sir, and bless you. __________________ Last edited by heartc; 04-08-10 at 05:28 PM.

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CaptainHaplo Silent Hunter Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 4,404 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 0	Happy naked, wet, too darned bright and freakin cold start day! Just don't recreate it - you'd get arrested! __________________ Good Hunting! Captain Haplo

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Oberon Lucky Jack Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 25,976 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 20	Happy Birthday! Enjoy that steak Steve, you deserve it What books did you order?

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Oberon Lucky Jack Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 25,976 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 20	Sweet Good prices too, that makes it all the better I like the idea of the second book, colour photographs from the 1910s-1920s are always a treat to browse over. I recall seeing colour footage of the Thames in the 1930s and it's absolutely fascinating. Here's the link:

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Bort Grey Wolf Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Studying in Atlanta Posts: 919 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 0	Happy Birthday, Steve! And many more to come! __________________ GT Aerospace

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Torvald Von Mansee Sea Lord Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: CA4528 Posts: 1,693 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	Pfft...when I hear some Pretty Young Thing talk about 30 being "old" I just want to say something I can't repeat, here. __________________ "You may not be interested in war, but war is interested in you" - Leon Trotsky