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They Say It's Your Birthday
Well it's my birthday too, yeah. Or at least it will be tomorrow. And, yes, before you ask, as a kid I did used to get loads of 'joint' presents - even this year when my mother landed on us on Christmas Day I was given a couple of parcels not to be opened 'til tomorrow (wrapped in Xmas paper - generic paper anyone?)
Anyway, that's not my beef (though it may well still be for the likes of Edgar Winter, Nigel Kennedy, Roy Hattersley, Max Hastings and any other Dec 28ers)- the current Mrs Medd and my only son and heir always come good so the mistakes of the past aren't repeated! No, what it is is this:tomorrow will be my last birthday that will begin with a 4. 'No biggie' I hear all you fifty-somethings say...well, from where I'm standing I'm not so sure. Suffice to say I'll be relishing my cards more so than usual this year - they won't mention half centuries or the fact that I'm not old, I was born in a Golden Age.
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Never experienced the joint present phenomenon
...even though mine is on the 30th. Mind you, try getting people out for a drink that evening...
Mine's the 31st
Try finding somewhere where you can get served in under 45 minutes on that night!
Ah Bless..
Happy Birthday John! I'm a decade behind you, but I'm crossing the 40 rubicon next October 21st (The WORST birthday to have, by the way...I share it only with Julian Cope, Peter Mandelson and the Battle of Trafalgar)I think that every 'decade' birthday scares us, but hey, we're still here and it ain't bad! Have a great day.
Mine's the 29th
(Me and Jude Law). If anything friends and family always seemed to over compensate with the present giving for fear of appearing mean spirited. Long may it continue!
Happy Birthday!
13 November
And I still copped for the joint prezzie on a couple of occasions, mind you one was the racing bike of my dreams, the other a six week holiday in Australia.
It would have been my Grans birthday today, she'd've been 106, she was 3 days younger than my Granddad, bet they used to get a lot of joint presents.
Happy Big Five-O Mr Medd!
You may miss out materially by an unfortunate coincidence of birthdays - but it means you were in your mid/late teens in the mid/late 70s. The finest age to be at the finest time there was for matters poprockular. Now that's got to be a gift that keeps on giving.
According to my late Dad
it's the 60th that's the only one to worry about. He always said the others were obviously significant but simply the passing of time. However, at 60 he realised he was seen by most people as old, he started to actually feel and look old(er) and he only had a few years to retirement and the pension. It really did seem to represent the tipping point - it was all downhill from then.
So, Happy Birthday, celebrate and enjoy!
I got married on
my birthday 19 years ago. In my world I'm still 26.
so by my reckoning
it's your birthday today
Felicitations and merriment to you indeed, Mr Medd!
It most certainly is!
Cheers Badge; I shall raise a glass to you in a wee while. To be honest, 49 feels no different to the 48 Crash - so maybe next year won't be as bad as I was fearing.