Getting even with Sonny

ray a

[font size="1" color="#FF0000"]LAST EDITED ON 06-06-03 AT 06:54AM (CST)[/font][p]One good turn deserves another, so I want to wish Sonny a happy 50th birthday this coming Sunday, June 8th.

sonny

Thank you. Knowing that you have survived it, gives me great hope. We are off to Mt. Dora Fl for the weekend to antique and flea market. My idea of a great time at this age!!

ray a

Any chance you'll be looking for an antique rocking chair for your golden years? Sorry, I couldn't resist.

I enjoy antiques, my house is very old and we have many family heirlooms that date back to the mid 1800s.

Don D

If I have this correct the first Friday in her second half-century of life will be Friday the thirteenth! Don't walk under any ladders at the flea market.

sonny

Actually I have an antique platform rocker that was one of the first pieces I ever bought when I was in my 20's. I've always loved to rock. Occasionally off my rocker ...

Thanks Don. . increase my anxiety.

HS

So, do we need to create an 'OLD' folks home for all our forumites in their 'golden' years? You know, sort of like the 'Retired Fireman's Homes' etc.

:oo

Don D

HS: I used to wonder why your profile doesn't list your name or city of residence. Now I am beginning to understand. But, there are other ways to track you down.

ritaanz

Don, she's from NJ. I have people who can locate her, people who own retirement homes, people who can relocate her, people who can make her comfortable in the retirement home, and people who will keep her there until she repents. (Does this sound like a commercial?)

Don D

No, it sounds like Marlon Brando.

Leslie

I'm looking forward to it - age 50 not the old forumites home! I have two sisters there who have never looked better - so hoping it's in the genes - and a friend who lost 30 pounds and got a BIG raise. That I'm hoping is contagious

ray a

So, Sonny, have a good day yesterday? Looking forward to 60, now? Doesn't sound a lot older than 50? Anybody notice this post is all questions?

Don D

This is totally beside the point, and I expect to ruffle feathers with it...maybe I better stop in mid thought... but, a woman of 50 is far better at sex than one generations younger, with some exceptions. Should I have even said that? The silence is suddenly deafening. But, I can hear the smiles!/:)

Leslie

Geez Don - Now your making me anxious that I have a year and a half to go! x:D

ray a

So Don, what are the exceptions? x}>

I thought I was on very thin ice just mentioning that Sonny was turning 50. It can be dangerous talking about a woman's age publicly. You're making me look good.

Don D

I suddenly realized I was making you look good Ray. I wasn't talking about Sonny, in particular, just women 40-50 in general. I can get away with that cause I live with one who just turned that age, ain't sayin' which. So, all you women who aren't 40, look what you have on the horizon...men who appreciate you more than you ever thought possible....and if he don't....trade him in!

Parabeagle

Sorry, Don. I beg to differ. At least my experience has been just the opposite of your observations. I'll shut up now.

ritaanz

DD: Did I understand correctly that you gave us old broads an accolade on aging that acknowledges the expertise, cleverness and allure that comes with maturity and insight? Did Margaret's post on the famous Don have anything to do with your tribute? Whatever the reason for the flattery, I am in total agreement with ya and I thank you. x:*

sonny

I had a great weekend, thanks Ray. Antiqued and flea marketed Fri./Sat. Had family get together Sunday. One of my gifts from my Mom was a book about how it was in 1953. Great fun..you could buy a new car (a mercury I think) for under 5K, but even attorneys were only averaging 10 k a year. As my Dad used to say, It's all relative. Who remembers the TV show Beat the Clock? I had forgotten it until I read the book.

Rita is right (Don too) Not all things go south as you age and wine is not the only thing that improves with age. With maturity, confidence, and growth from experience from lifes joys and adversities MANY things are better

So who is next to join the 50 club?

Leslie

I go down that road January '05. There has to be someone closer.

ray a

I bet sonny has marked her calendar already. She will get you. It will be announced to the world.

sonny

I won't remember, it is too far away and leslie is right, someone has to be closer .

Leslie

Shoot, Sonny, if it wasn't my birthday I wouldn't remember it! It's about the only one I can keep straight. I say my family is just getting too big - others say the mind is the first to go.

Don D

Ray: Have you told your wife about all these older women following you around? She might use one of those birthday garden tools on you!

ray a

Not to worry Don, my wife will be 53 in August. So, Sonny and Leslie are younger women. Uh oh... maybe that is worse. Let's see, Leslie lives in Arizona. My daughter lives in Phoenix. When we go to visit her I won't tell her about Leslie living there, too.

Don D

Don't tell her about Ritaanz either. She's also in Arizona and I've heard she pilots her own lear jet. Being a gardener, you just love to dig yourself into a hole don't you?

ray a

Good thing my wife doesn't know how to get into this forum. If she only knew my password is the model name of her car. I forgot about Ritaanz being from AZ - I think she is in Phoenix.

Gardeners get down and dirty. Oh man, I'm sinking to Don's level.

LarryC

Hey, Sonny. Wolverine here. First of all, welcome to the other side of fifty. Like I told Ray, you'll like it over here. Oh, and I remember "Beat the Clock" hosted by the bowtied Bud Collier. I also remember Kukla, Fran, and Ollie and which one wasn't the puppet. Also Howdy Doody, Buffalo Bob, Clarabelle, and Phynius T. Bluster. How about those wax coke bottles filled with that sweet syrup? And edible(?) wax lips? We also knew what 78, 45, and 331/3 meant.

Margaret Morford

33 1/3, 45 and 78 are my measurements ....backwards!

Margaret Morford
theHRedge
615-371-8200
[email]mmorford@mleesmith.com[/email]
[url]http://www.thehredge.net[/url]

Don D

If you had said 78, 33 1/3 and 45, you'd be a brunette Dolly Parton.

Margaret Morford

Oops, I meant frontwards...no pun intended!

Margaret Morford
theHRedge
615-371-8200
[email]mmorford@mleesmith.com[/email]
[url]http://www.thehredge.net[/url]

ray a

OK Margaret, tell when and where your next conference is. I bet a bunch of us will show up to see if you are telling the truth. xflash