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Just want to wish all of the ol' farts a happy birthday.........

Three weeks to go, thanks in advance...

OK Mike- I can easily be classified as an Old Fart, but it ain't my birthday...
I'm not aware that two of them have the same birthday!

CaptPatrick wrote:Three weeks to go, thanks in advance...

DITTO

I have been classified in many catagories during my life.....OLE FART being one of the more polite catagories........but no birthday until December.........

In three weeks Pat???? How old.......or might ask how many miles should I ask.......

Who else is on the birthday list?????

Harry

Me guys.............August 18, 1972....

hueso
1972 i was just getting out of high school, guess that makes me an old fart to. next week for me the 28th

Husco
1972 ! ! ! Ha ! !

I had already been married a month when you were born.....

72 was a good year......

Harry

Uncle Vic, silly boys.....

We knew that, Mike ! ! !

Harry

cwj - 1972 i was just getting out of high school, guess that makes me an old fart to.

Harry - I had already been married a month when you were born

Bunch of wipper-snappers.

I'd already put in 4 1/2 yrs in the Navy, married & divorced the first wife, (after the Navy), finished my college degree, and started my first profession by July of '72.

"I am hurring. It just looks like slow motion...."

We have a bunch of Leo's here. Me included (08/06/).I graduated high school in '68, I'm a young wipper-snapper.

AndreF wrote:We have a bunch of Leo's here.

Include me too, 8/12. Hmmm... new theory? Leo's like Bertrams?

In 1972 I was already out of diapers, damn kid

well i married one....carens b'day was aug 20th........we graduated high school in 65...same class.

AndreF wrote:We have a bunch of Leo's here. Me included (08/06/).I graduated high school in '68, I'm a young wipper-snapper.

Well happy belated Birthday thats a good Day since it is mine also!!!

And Thudddd is the same as my brother and they both turned 50 this year!!!

August 22, 1943, same as Vic but a year younger, Nya, nya, nya, nya, nya.
Just got my first Social Security check. Feeling so much more social and a lot more secure knowing that our Government is helping me. Whew!
Happy Birthday Leos.

same as Vic but a year younger, Nya, nya, nya, nya, nya.

And a month older than me... Nya, nya, nya, nya, nya <(8^P)

Well then, Happy Birthday Uncle Vic and Patrick! Many, Many more!
Walter (an older old fart).

hey walter...thanks for the striped bass...the nephew caught two fish so he was stoked.

Pat's birthday is August 20th, daughter Heather August 15th, granddaughter Stephanie Aug 27th. I too was released from high school in 1965, College 1969, married in 1969 son in 1970, first grandbaby 1998. Boy some of you guys sure are young or am I an old fart? 1947 was a very good year.

...or am I an old fart? 1947 was a very good year.

Charlie, you qualify as a Junior Member of TOFS, (The Old Farts Society)...

Just call me jr. 8-19-1968 for me, I'm younger than Timmy and better looking too!

What no Pisces, 03-13-67 for me.

and started my first profession by July of '72

Okay, the curiousity has been peeked. What was the 1st profession, cause if you did it half as good as this one I can't imagine anyone letting you give it up.


Carl

Happy Birthday to all!!

1947....thats the year!!

3/4/64 for me

17 July 1951

Carl wrote:Okay, the curiousity has been peeked. What was the 1st profession

Master Goldsmith. High end custom designs in gold, platinum, diamonds, etc... Got tired of dealin' with the Suzi Gotrocks of the world.

CaptPatrick wrote:Master Goldsmith. High end custom designs in gold, platinum, diamonds, etc...

Capt Pat, I'm not sure where she is, but I am sure where ever she is her ears just perked up, kind of like a dog picking up a scent. (I'll deny the last part of that statement in case anyone ever decides to mention.)

I was thinking that was a huge career change, but I can see similiar talent requirements. Have any pictures of your work?




Wifes birthday is 03-12-68, just a day before mine, different year, just bringing us back to the original thread.

Carl,

Only photos of my jewelry work are real photographs, nothing digital & ain't hooked
up a scanner for several years...

Nearest things to jewelry these days are like this stainless steel standoff for exhaust
hose for the starboard side on Pat Hancock's B31.

neat....

Randy,

As Paul Harvey might say: Here's the rest of the story...

Pat,
I picked up the props today(ouch) and if everything goes right will do the sea trial on Wed or Thurs.
If the storm looks like its heading down our throat, I'll hold off.

It needs a blister job and bottom strip, I got Blake giving me an estimate. Want to sea trial it and come right back out of the water to do cockpit side panels and floor between the engines.

Owner said he wanted a loud alarm. Gave him a 10" bell that's louder than a womans mouth.

I will be glad to be rid of this 31.

BTW 8/4 birthday for me. Just turned an old man.

Leo's will inherit the earth, or at least keep it running.

Bruce,
Give John at Coastal BoatWorks (561-305-9080) he's got a new soda blasting machine that works real good, he's in Riviera Beach off Blue Heron near Mil Trail, you met him with me last year, Blake know him also. Patrick 1-26-47 for me, not quite as old as the rest of the old farts but getting there. Implants in me cost more than my 31 when it was new in 1961.

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Whaler1777 wrote:05/20/1983

hell...you younger than my son. you're doing good for such a pup.

Whaler1777 wrote:05/20/1983

Can you believe your boat was old before you where born...




Capt Pat, those pics are my kind of jewelry.

Funny, I had no idea we were so infested with Leo's!

7-29-1969 for me.

I love the fact that my boat and I were "born" the same year...

This is a fun thread!

Lizzy is 4-20-1976.

Dug, I'll continue to point out interesting things for you. Stay tuned.

Did you know that teacher's unions own 40% of Exxon?

Your fren,
Andre

Andre,

YOu know I live for that!

Again, interesting. Love my taxes too...locally anyway. Argh.

What, no capricorns out there. 1/10/51

You guys are depressing me. Gemini 6/2/34. I think its between me and Doc as to who is the oldest fart in our bunch. Then again, it's all in your mind, isn't it? Walter

LEO 7-25-76

What I want to know is how you guys that are more youth deficient than myself can stay on top of maintaining these boats. There is always something that needs tending and some days I just can not deal with it. Maybe it is the oppressive heat of the summer that makes say the heck with it. My hat is off to you guys.

Then again, it's all in your mind, isn't it?

On target, Walter... It ain't the years, it's the miles.

Kevin wrote:LEO 7-25-76

What I want to know is how you guys that are more youth deficient than myself can stay on top of maintaining these boats. There is always something that needs tending and some days I just can not deal with it. Maybe it is the oppressive heat of the summer that makes say the heck with it. My hat is off to you guys.

oppressive heat? i thought i had hypothermia this morning....cool north wind blew all the warm water out to sea. every one that was dry got an 78 degree bluebird day. hey...you can gloat in january.

Walter & Capt. Pat

Look at it this way,

"The older you get the better you were."

Now if that was only true

What I want to know is how you guys that are more youth deficient than myself can stay on top of maintaining these boats. There is always something that needs tending and some days I just can not deal with it.

Its an age thing Kevin.......you just make every effort to do it right the first time then just plug away a little at a time but be consistant.....

But it kinda goes like this

One day a local farmer purchased a new younger bull and put him in the field with his much older bull.

The young bull ran up to the older bull and said "Hey bud! ! ! Is that a bunch of heffers across the pasture"?

Without looking up the older bull said "Yep..........sure is"

The young bull then said "Lets run over there and screw one of them"!!!

The older bull then responded.........why don't we just walk over there and screw ALL of them.

Do we have any Sagittarius colleagues????

12-01-51

Harry

I ain't as good as I once was
I got a few years on me now
But there was a time back in my prime
When I could really lay it down
I ain't as good as I once was
But I'm as good once as I ever was

Tryin to keep on top of things over here, going to try to post up some progress pics this week, gutted out the v-berth last week going to start putting back together reall soon!... Proud to say that the PD just gave us a well deserved raise about 4 days ago (2nd one in 6mo's) bringing us somewhat closer to the Long Island cops... First time that officers will be working with an active contract since the 1990's...

Walt,
My wife was born in '45 and she's older than you. It's all in your mind.
Hope she doesn't monitor this board.