Happy Birthday Mdrew.
Congrats on your 40th, Mike. Hope you had a great one!

Hope you have a great day, Mike.

Happy Birthday, Mike!

Happy Birthday, Mike!

Jack, you always have the perfect icon for any occasion.

Happy 40th Birthday, Mike!

Happy Birthday, Mike! And things keep getting better even after 40

Happy B-Day!

Happy Birthday Mike!

Congratulations! you have made it to 2/3 the age of my younger brother whose birthday was yesterday!

.....with fewer years clicked off, I suspect that your birthday is more "Happy" than his!!

Actually, as one ages they become "Happier " yet! "Yes! I made another one, I'm still here!" Wah-hoo!

Seriously though, hope all your b-days are happy ones!!
Rich, Kat, and family.

Happy B'Day Mike, tell me how the 40th goes, I have one more year till life starts going down hill as well.

"Old age is not so bad when you consider the alternative."
- Maurice Chevalier

"You know you are getting old when the candles cost more than the cake."
- Bob Hope

"Middle age is when your age starts to show around your middle."
- Bob Hope

"I have everything I had twenty years ago - except that it is now all lower."
- Gypsy Rose Lee

"The longer I live, the more I see that I am never wrong about anything, and that all the pains I have so humbly taken to verify my notions have only wasted my time."
- George Bernard Shaw

"At 20 years of age the will reigns; at 30 the wit; at 40 the judgement. "
- Benjamin Franklin

"Old age is like a plane flying through a storm. Once you are aboard there is nothing you can do about it."
- Golda Meir

"The older I grow the more I distrust the familiar doctrine that age brings wisdom."
- H. L. Mencken

"The secret to staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly, and lie about your age."
- Lucille Ball

"You are only young once, but you can stay immature indefinitely.
- Ogden Nash

"Just say, 'I'm not 40, I'm 18 with 22 years experience.'"
- Unknown

"Just remember, once you're over the hill you begin to pick up speed."
- Charles Schultz

"It's sad to grow old, but nice to ripen."
- Brigitte Bardot

"Wrinkles should merely indicate where smiles have been."
- Mark Twain

Happy Bitrhday!

40 is the new 20 I hear!

Thanks everyone!!

Spent the day painting the never ending basement project!! Sure wish I would have bought a dark primer for the HT room paint though. UGG!! Three coats and the white is still poking through. Two gallons later and I need to buy more paint. I got the rest of the basement finished though, so that’s a bit of a relief. I start laying the tile today.

I’ve been dreading the big ol’ 4 – 0. I promised my family I’d slow down some when I turn 40 and I’m gunna have to give up something to appease them. I don’t feel older today, but I’m not all that happy about “being in my forties” though.

Note to self. Do not assume the 16 YO at the hardware store can mix paint; your “tan” may end up looking “pink”. Adding white makes the “pink” look even pinker. Do not roll paint over spiders, it leaves little spots under the “pink” paint………. everywhere.

Happy BDay Mike, hope the day is going great for you so far!

I can relate to the one about the candles.

I no longer accept a cake on my birthday.

In September; that many candles overly taxes the air conditioning here in Florida.

Happy birthday, Mike. Don't feel bad. There are many here who can only wish they were celebrating their big 4-0. What did you get? Some good stuff, I hope. I remember my sister-in-law sent me black roses on that memorable day.

Happy Birthday, Mike.

Thanks for the tips on the spiders.

I already knew the one about the employees assigned to various tasks at HD

We moved on my 40th. Nothing like "lift something heavy all freakin day" to make you feel older.

Wish we were closer so I could come help you with that tile project.

I'll toast you with something sublime later. Enjoy life's blessings.

Happy b'day, Mike!

Happy Birthday Mike !

Happy birthday Mikey

Happy birthday, Mike!

I got my birthday present last week. My girlfriend (Sarah) bought me a new grill, and it’s a dandy!! Big ol’ stainless steel unit with a gazillion burners and gadgets that I’ll never figure out. We’ve been ‘seasoning’ it quite a bit too!

For the real day gift, Sarah cooked me one of her gourmet dinners. Roasted duck with a wonderfully tasty orange flavored sauce on a bed of couscous that she mixed up with fresh basil and other stuff that I don’t really know what it was (but it was supper good). Then a buddy of mine donated a couple bottles of wine for the dinner. A 99’ Marietta Angeli Cuvee (one of my all time favorites!) and a desert wine (01 Dolce’) that I dare not ask how much it cost. Then there’s the new dirt bike I picked up a couple months ago that the lil lady doesn’t know about yet (I was supposed to give that up last year, so SSSHHH).

I decided against a big party that all my friends wanted to throw me. I’ve got too much to do to be loosing a day all hung over with a dirty house to clean. So the party comes when the basement is finished, or so I’ve been informed anyway.

Thanks for the toast Tom. Ya, too bad you’re too far away to help. I’ve got to pack all those friggin boxes of tile downstairs!!

Well hi-ho-hi-ho, off to find the knee pads…….

Thanks again everyone. It’s a very kind and unexpected gesture.

Dennis,
i'm still trying to determine what's in that gift all your smileys are opening...they appear to be quite impressed!

Happy B-Day big guy!

F-O-R-T-Y???

Damn that's old!

Happy Birthday and congrats with the new outdoor grill my man. Whenever you need to change the propane tank on that beast try to get one of the young neighbors to give you a hand, those tanks can be quite a handful for an old guy like yourself.

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F-O-R-T-Y???

Damn that's old!

Not if your looking back at it.

Happy bday man.