tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196554259323465442.post8446326536300905244..comments2023-10-27T03:41:13.171-07:00Comments on Warning Signs: Birthdays (Mine)Alan Carubahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10901162110385985193noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196554259323465442.post-48231123499479196062008-10-11T06:51:00.000-07:002008-10-11T06:51:00.000-07:00Thank you, Clive. I shall try to live up to your d...Thank you, Clive. I shall try to live up to your daily expectations (and mine) as I offer my thoughts on the events and personalities of our time.Alan Carubahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10901162110385985193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196554259323465442.post-38263800951135683312008-10-11T00:45:00.000-07:002008-10-11T00:45:00.000-07:00Hello, Alan, and may you enjoy this birthday and m...Hello, Alan, and may you enjoy this birthday and many more. <BR/>Since being made aware of your writings, about a year ago, your blog is at the top of my daily must-hit list(kids notwithstanding in hogging the machine.<BR/>I find myself in tune with much of your comment and views - not all, I must admit - but I acknowledge that and admire you as a writer of sensibilities or, as 'Capability' Brown would say: "......has capabilities."<BR/>Some 10-years your junior I fnd that attitude to ones birthday varies throughout life.<BR/>From the sheer screaming excitement of younger years which only moderates into ones teens with awkwardness and shyness of that age, but with a hiatus at the coming of age, gradually tempering as one enters 30 or so only to rise again to an equal hiatus at the 'big' milestone of 40. Yes, mid-life crisis IS a reality and young love is reborn (in some of us) by a new love and marriage and life in far flung corners.By the time 50 arrives there is grudging acceptance that the years are rolling along (how much is in that damn pension? How much longer on the mortgage? To what Uni are the girls going?)and the turkey signs are making an appearance on ones 'boat-race'.<BR/> By the time 60 arrives it becomes very apparent that hiding behind the banners is not the way to go. Enough of life had gone by that it now a reality to sit and reflect a happy past.A realisation sets in that many friends are gone and bought one-way tickets on that Great Interstellar Jumbo (I'm an avionics specialist) and at a much younger age. <BR/>What is my answer to that? I now celebrate each birthday with great happines and all my family - older girls newer, younger ones - and punch the air with a resounding YES! Another year under my belt! Let them roll.<BR/>Hope to be reading you in ten -years-time Alan - Strength to you.<BR/>Clive in Laoag City, RPAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196554259323465442.post-78005781051454771692008-10-09T12:43:00.000-07:002008-10-09T12:43:00.000-07:00Thanks! The whole object of writing is to communic...Thanks! The whole object of writing is to communicate in a way that shares one's enthusiasms, interests, and point of view. I welcome all the encouragement I can get!Alan Carubahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10901162110385985193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196554259323465442.post-81051241727176893302008-10-09T12:35:00.000-07:002008-10-09T12:35:00.000-07:00Happy Birthday Alan,May you continue to have many,...Happy Birthday Alan,<BR/>May you continue to have many, many more.<BR/>As one of my favorite writers, I link to your blog and frequently point to your common sense understanding of the issues and your pleasantly presented style.<BR/>You never disappoint and I believe my own attempts to blog coherently are improved by being a faithful reader of your insight!<BR/>Thank you and enjoy your birthday!libertyforusahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08584974436761909593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196554259323465442.post-82814536754816617962008-10-09T10:29:00.000-07:002008-10-09T10:29:00.000-07:00Happy Birthday from your friends at Climate Change...Happy Birthday from your friends at Climate Change Fraud!bostmasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16822058071585708115noreply@blogger.com