Special Days In May

Seeing that we are such a close knit family, I thought it would be nice if you let us know the dates in the year that are special to you.
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Special Days In May

Post by Gray » Sat May 03, 2008 7:23 am

Oh dear, I'm dreading posting this one:
I'm 40 on the 14th. (excuse me while I just scream...aaaarrrrrrrrgggggggghhhhhhhhhhh!)

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Post by Lena & Harry Smith » Sat May 03, 2008 8:42 am

Never mind Gray, it's not all doom and gloom,,, remember ...
Conservative Or Sporty, It's Not Until Your Forty.
You Learn The How And Why and the What And When.
In The Twenties And The Thirties, You Want Your Love In Large Amounts
But After You Reach Forty, It's The Quality That Counts . :wink: :wink:
.... Sophie Tucker. :wink: :lol:

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Post by Marian » Sat May 03, 2008 9:54 am

Forty is a nice age to be Gray. I found 50 was the killer! :twisted:
Marian :lol:

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Post by Gray » Sat May 03, 2008 10:48 am

Marian - everyone is telling me the same thing, I am trying to put a brave face on things but, it's no use...sob...sob.. :)

Lena & Harry - :lol:

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Post by Marian » Sat May 03, 2008 11:35 am

You have a few more years to enjoy being young Gray, 41, 42. 43. 44, and even 45...but then you're getting very close to the dreaded 50!

Actually, the 60s get better again. Then you can begin having senior moments, wear comfortable or ridiculous clothes, complain, and not give a damn what other people think.. :lol: :lol: :lol:

Enjoy being 40.
:wink:
Marian.

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Post by Lena & Harry Smith » Sat May 03, 2008 1:58 pm

Wait until you have family, friends, cats and dogs and budgies waiting to celebrate (as they call it ) a milestone Birthday, and all you want to do is sit and watch the cup final.
Harry will be doing just that.
So cheer up Gray, you've a long way to go. :lol: :lol:

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Post by Marian » Sat May 03, 2008 4:02 pm

I'M FINE, HOW ARE YOU?

There's nothing the matter with me,

I'm just as healthy as can be,

I have arthritis in both knees,

And when I talk, I talk with a wheeze.

My pulse is weak, my blood is thin,

But I'm awfully well for the shape I'm in.


All my teeth have had to come out,

And my diet I hate to think about.

I'm overweight and I can't get thin,

But I'm awfully well for the shape I'm in.


And arch supports I need for my feet...

Or I wouldn't be able to go out in the street.

Sleep is denied me night after night,

But every morning I find I'm all right.

My memory's failing, my head's in a spin...

But I'm awfully well for the shape I'm in.


Old age is golden I've heard it said,

But sometimes I wonder, as I go to bed.

With my ears in a drawer, my teeth in a cup,

And my glasses on a shelf, until I get up.

And when sleep dims my eyes, I say to myself,

Is there anything else I should lay on the shelf?



The reason I know my Youth has been spent,

Is my get-up-and-go has got-up-and-went!

But really I don't mind, when I think with a grin,

Of all the places my get-up has been.


I get up each morning and dust off my wits,

Pick up the paper and read the obits.

If my name is missing, I'm therefore not dead,

So I eat a good breakfast and jump back into bed.


The moral of this as the tale unfolds,

Is that for you and me, who are growing old....

It is better to say "I'm fine" with a grin,

Than to let people know the shape we are in.



I thought I'd join Keith with a poem.
I can't take the credit for it though.
Marian :lol: :lol:

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Post by Lena & Harry Smith » Sat May 03, 2008 5:45 pm

It has given us food for thought Marian and a smile. :) :)

Here's one that we can't take cerdit for either, but the sign of things to come... ouch !!:roll:

Thought I'd let the doctor check me cos I didn't feel quite right.
Those aches and pains annoyed me and I couldn't sleep at night.
He couldn't find disorder, but he wouldn't let it rest.
What with Medicare and Blue Cross he said he'd do some tests..
He sent me to the hospital, though I didn't feel that bad.
He arranged for them to give me every test that could be had..
I was fluoroscoped, cystostoscoped, my ageing frame displayed.
Then slapped me on a table while my gizzards were ex-rayed.
I was checked for worms and parasites, for fungus and the crud.
Then pierced with the sharpest needles, taking samples of my blood.
The doctors came to check me, I was probed and pushed around.
To make sure I was living, even wired me up for sound.
They've finally concluded, their finds could fill a page.
What I have will someday kill me, my affliction is old age. :wink: :lol:

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Post by john » Sat May 03, 2008 7:35 pm

Hope you have a great day on the 14th, Gray. Let me know what it is like to be 40, I am not all that far behind myself. :lol: :wink:

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Post by michduncg » Sat May 03, 2008 8:41 pm

:lol: Gray - I have my 41st on May 11th :wink: 40 was a great age. Better than being 30 I found!
Michael

Here I go again, I hear those trumpets blow again.......

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Post by michduncg » Sat May 03, 2008 8:43 pm

PS to all the others. Having met some of you last year, I can't believe any of you are over 60! :wink: :roll: :lol:
Michael

Here I go again, I hear those trumpets blow again.......

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Post by Marian » Sat May 03, 2008 10:05 pm

sssssh! some of us are over 70!
M&P :lol: :lol:

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Post by mariana44 » Sat May 03, 2008 10:56 pm

Another message to cheer you up, Gray.

After my 40th birthday, my life changed dramatically---something happened that completely changed my life around---just a simple spur of the moment decision--shall I ??--shan't I ??.

In the end I did-- and my life changed--for the better.
Mariana

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Post by Lena & Harry Smith » Sun May 04, 2008 12:24 am

Same here Marian. Something exciting happened just 6 weeks before my 40th Birthday, anyway better to reach Forty than not at all, or even Seventy. :lol: :lol:

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Post by Gray » Sun May 04, 2008 9:51 am

Thanks everyone for your messages...for the first time in weeks I've had a huge grin on my face! :)

By gum, you're good people to know, you all make me laugh.:)

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