So you don't get lost in the New Year's thread thought I'd start a birthday one for you. And without further ado. . .

Happy Birthday Charles!

I'd raise a beer and offer a toast, but I just brushed my teeth. . .blech. . .

Just go ahead and buy those Audiobytes for yourself.

Yes, by all means, Charles. Thank you for all the positive contributions you make to the forum.

Happy Birthday Charles ... I'm raising my big glass of milk for a quick morning toast!

Charles,

All the best to you. Our milk has gone sour so I raise my cup of strong coffee to you .

Happy Birthday CV!

Thanks, guys. Please, keep raising a wider and wider assortment of beverages. It'll be a sort of ebony and ivory moment to start the New Year off right.

Happy Birthday Charles!!!

Happy birthday, Charles! Here's some weak coffee with lots of sugar and cream to you!

Ahother birthday wish CV.

Happy Birthday CV! And Happy New Years!

Happy B'day Chuck.

Happy B-Day Charles!

Happy Birthday Charles! I hope you had a great pre birthday bash last night.

Ha ha, hmmm.... Actually, I was at someone else's birthday party yesterday. Yes, his birthday is the 31st of December, and mine is January 1st, which I guess makes me the alpha male and him the omega man. It was pretty sad. I wasn't feeling too social, so as soon as I got there, I stood in the same spot until I was leaving. A little while before I was going to leave, one of the women poked me in the chest--a long, sustained, 3-second poke--and said, "You're in the same spot." "Yes," I agreed. "This is where my chi flow is at its best." That got me off the hook, thankfully. Maybe I'll be more social now that it's a new year.

Thanks again, everyone, for the birthday wishes. I'm actually 30 now. I never thought I'd make it to this point, and honestly, the childhood CV didn't make it. Ha ha. Poor sucker.

Clever!
Ditto!

I would have also accepted "I'm an immovable object waiting for an irresistible force."

Belated birthday wishes! Thanks for being one of our 13 herbs and spices!