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Caught up with Jack
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Thu Sep 17, 2009 5:57 pmby epeterd
I put this down here since it's not technically about Jack. Yesterday I celebrated my 39th birthday. I've now caught up with Jack. In actuality I didn't celebrate since I'm sick unfortunately. Anyway, did any of y'all do anything special when (if) you got to that magical age?
peter
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Thu Sep 17, 2009 10:17 pmby scottp
There was quite a big to-do on the day I turned 39... but I think most of the people were celebrating because Dewey had just taken Manila!
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Fri Sep 18, 2009 5:41 pmby mackdaddyg
Actually, the big to-do was when I was supposed to turn 40, which was a few months ago. I decided a few days before the big day that ol' Jack had the right idea.
Thus, I'm gonna hold steady at 39 for as long as I can, at least in my mind.
I feel younger already.
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Fri Sep 18, 2009 8:06 pmby Maxwell
I got bifocals when I turned 39.
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Fri Sep 18, 2009 10:44 pmby Yhtapmys
scottp wrote:There was quite a big to-do on the day I turned 39... but I think most of the people were celebrating because Dewey had just taken Manila!
Dewey? He said "Don't give up the ship!" right?
Yhtapmys
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Sat Sep 19, 2009 4:23 amby Maxwell
Yhtapmys wrote:scottp wrote:There was quite a big to-do on the day I turned 39... but I think most of the people were celebrating because Dewey had just taken Manila!
Dewey? He said "Don't give up the ship!" right?
Yhtapmys
I thought he invented the decimal system...or was that Fibber McGee?
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Sun Sep 20, 2009 5:04 pmby helloagain
Don't worry about not celebrating your 39th birthday because you were sick. If you want to be like Mr. Benny, you will have more opportunities to celebrate it again. I've been 39 for quite a number of years now. It's getting harder to do now that my daughter is 38!
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Sun Sep 20, 2009 5:58 pmby Maxwell
I hear you. I celebrated my twenty-first thirty-ninth birthday in March. This means my son was born when I was nine, and each year I keep getting younger when that happened.
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Sun Sep 20, 2009 6:43 pmby helloagain
Yes, this is like when Jack said, 'I had a younger sister named Florence; now I have an older sister named Florence'.
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Mon Sep 21, 2009 1:32 amby scottp
I think Dewey may have said, "I have not yet begun to defeat Truman!"
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Mon Sep 21, 2009 1:38 amby scottp
Over on that other thread, "Life with the Lyons," Bebe Daniels stopped at age 32 (there are quite a few references to it in the episodes I have.)
And here's a birthday joke from that series--
Bebe: "Aggie, did you remember this is Robin's birthday?"
Aggie "Aye! And I'm goin' to bake him a cake with ten candles!"
Bebe: "Oh no... wouldn't the oven be faster?"
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Mon Sep 21, 2009 8:09 amby epeterd
Don't forget joining the Navy when he was 6 because of his tough draft board. lol
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Mon Sep 21, 2009 8:53 amby helloagain
'I owned a battleship and shut up!'
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Mon Sep 28, 2009 2:06 pmby Jack Benny
I'm on my 7th 39th birthday! I've had big theme parties for every one! I tell everyone I meet that I don't want anyone feeling left out so eventually everyone will attend one of my 39th birthday parties!