HAPPY DANG BIRTHDAY KAREN JIMS PATS BILLY THE GOAT

[Ace]

Well, Geez Karen, then.  

Hope you still have a home and a state and some dry land around you, and that the gators are friendly and Gordon Sumner stops by to say "Hey" and Carsick doesn't drop his tree debris in your yard and all's well down yonder at Land's End.  And Water's Begin, apparently.

I'll let some high-tech geek poast a birthday cake and colorful text and that stuff, and maybe Trav can set out some smilies we can light and you can blow out and make a wish.  

Besides survival of the hurricane season (how long is it, a year?) maybe the death of all pandas on this the day commemorating your birth, or collapse of some smilies at least.

Hope's it a good one
I actually just keyboarded that.. what an idiot. That deserves staying, just to show people how typing and coffee don't mix...


Ace; c'mon pandas; die.  It's the lady's birthday, for cryin' out loud.  Join in.

[Mark H]

Happy Birthday Karen. With all the hurricanes you need something possitive to happen such as Ace's birthday wish. Wait a minute: is that positive?

[pat]

Happy Birthday Karen, hope it's a good one.

[Chandler]

Happy Birthday Karen!

[Ace]

Dangit Marhk, yes, it's "possitive."  ::)

I told her I hoped she hasn't been blown of the face of the earth.  That's about as nice as I get.

Ace; WVA is probably the only place that won't be underwater on the East Coast, after these things work their way through.

[Carol]

Hi Karen,

Hope you are having a really wonderful birthday! Happy birthday.

Carol

[trav]

Happy birthday Karen! Have a good one :)

Ill FedEx a cake too you ;) :)

[Karen]

Thank you all so much for the Happy Birthday and warm wishes!  So nice of you all to remember!   ;D

Birthday plans for today have been scrapped in favor of preparation for Ivan's possible arrival.  As well as being my birthday, today is also the statistical height of hurricane season and mother nature has seen fit to send yet another unwanted visitor, Ivan...hmm, I wonder if there's a message in that somewhere.  We are preparing to "hunker down" as the forecasters have told us to do.  Three in one month is a bit much.  I love living in Tampa and in Florida in general, but this is really getting weary.  

Once Ivan leaves, plans are to "party like it's 1999"...except it will be 2004...lol!

Take care Carol and Carskick.  Let us know how you're doing once this is over.  Take care my fellow Floridians.

And thank you all again for the warm birthday wishes!

Karen   :)

[JimS]

Hey Karen, Happy Birthday!  I don't care to admit it, but today's my birthday too.  Don't they seem to come faster and faster?

[pat]

Happy Birthday Jim.
I will dedicate this next blonde joke to you for a birthday present.

A blonde goes for a job interview in an office.
The interviewer starts with the basics.
"So, can you tell us your age, please?"
The blonde counts carefully on his fingers for half a minute before replying "Ehhhh... 22!"
The interviewer tries another straightforward one to break the ice. "And can you tell us your height, please?"
The blonde stands up and produces a measuring tape. He then traps one end under his foot and extends the tape to the top of his head. He checks the measurement and announces "Five foot eight"
This isn't looking good so the interviewer goes for the real basics; something the interviewee won't have to count, measure, or lookup. "Just to confirm for our records, your name please?"
The blonde bobs his head from side to side for about ten seconds, mouthing something silently to his self, before replying "Jim!"
The interviewer is completely baffled at this stage, so he asks - "What in the world were you doing when I asked you your name?"

"Ohhhh, that!" replies the blonde...
" I was just running through that song -
'Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday dear...

[JimS]

Thanks, Pat, I think...

Good joke, except it hits a little too close to home.

[Karen]

A very happy birthday to you too, Jim!!   :)  I see I'm in good company.  

I agree with you, Jim, that the birthdays are coming faster and faster.  I guess it beats the alternative though!

Thanks, Ace, for hoping I don't get blown off the face of the earth.  I'm hoping for the same as well.  I've been glued to NOAA and other weather web sites and newscasts for a month now.  I think everyone in the entire state has been as well.  

Travis, the cake sounds yummy.  Depending on Ivan's track, I might ask you to throw in some of those hurricane supplies listed in the earlier Hurricane Charley poast as well.

Karen

[Ace]

Well, that's something.  Karen's in here celebrating the anniversary of her birthday and a crowd of Jims come in, saying it's their birthdays too.  

Yeah, right.

We've had people try to extend their birthdays, for a week or month or whatever, but I don't recall anyone horning in to make a poaster's birthday a group shot before.  I suppose it's possible.

Ok, then.  HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO EVERYONE OF THE JIMS.  

You guys don't get your own separate singular poast, since you're already in this one and you're plural.  We'll probably need more cakes, too.

Ace; they probably shoulda just popped into the pizza poast, since then there'd be enough for all of them.  I wonder how many of the Jims are blond, too.

[iansl]

Happy birthday, guys! Hope it's a good one! Sorry for it being a day late, my paost that is. But anyways better late than never...happy birthday again :)

[JimS]

Thanks, Karen.  Yes, I always remind myself of the alternative whenever my advancing age comes to mind.  I hope you make it through this next hurricane okay.

All of us will be happy with one partially-though-unintentionally-hijacked happy birthday poast, Ace.

Thanks, everyone.

[Carskick]

HBBD




Happy
Belated
Birth
Day

[Ace]

GEEZ LOUISE NOW CARSICK IS TRYING TO CAPTURE THE DANG THING after we already threw him a party after he finally showed up for the dang thing after a week and

Oh.  Ok, hold on a minute... Oh.  

Alright, he was just wishing one, not claiming it.  Sorry.  That's fine.

After the JimS showed up, I just expected someone else to go "hey, it's my birthday too, so I'll take this..."

It's a tough job being a LOOKOUT!!! sometimes.  You gotta go through the color coded warning chart, and then not try to jump the gun, but also you don't want some terrorist hijacker taking off with your dang poast, either.  And I hate strip searches... I thought  I'd enjoy them, but I found I don't like being naked in public.

Ace;  :-X

[trav]

Nah, now im trying to capture it! With my year-long birthdays....this'll be easy...heh heh heh.... ;) :)

[Carskick]

GEEZ LOUISE NOW CARSICK IS TRYING TO CAPTURE THE DANG THING after we already threw him a party after he finally showed up for the dang thing after a week and

Oh.  Ok, hold on a minute... Oh.  

Alright, he was just wishing one, not claiming it.  Sorry.  That's fine.

After the JimS showed up, I just expected someone else to go "hey, it's my birthday too, so I'll take this..."

It's a tough job being a LOOKOUT!!! sometimes.  You gotta go through the color coded warning chart, and then not try to jump the gun, but also you don't want some terrorist hijacker taking off with your dang poast, either.  And I hate strip searches... I thought  I'd enjoy them, but I found I don't like being naked in public.

Ace;  :-X

Uh, yeah Ace. You always know the right wrong uh thing to say.

Some days I have more time to browse the forums than others. That's just how it goes. You don't have to scream about it. And no I'm not trying to claim anything. My next birthday, I'll make sure to show up, just for you, Ace.

Carskick; just to bug Ace

[Ace]

Well, geez criminy Carsick, I already apologized.  Well, took it back.  Well, rescinded my earlier statement.  

I was even the one who did the dang birthday poast for your dang birthday, when you had one, back when.  And, I was referring to you in the 3rd person, and not directly, and I wasn't screaming.  It's not like there's sound attached to these things.  I was just making a statement, mostly to bug the Jims.  I don't think it's very sporting to start bugging me, while I'm bugging them...  It's enough to focus on offense, without watching your back.

Well, my back.  Somebody's.  

And, I know that we can't all spend all the time we all want to spend, in here, and all.  I know you guys are fighting hurricanes and rain and high wind and tidal waves and absorbent powder plummeting outta the sky, along with most of your trees, so we all just appreciate the time you do spend here and eagerly await your imminent return.

So that you can accuse the dang jester/lookout/janitor who is busting his dang jingling bells trying to wish happy birthdays to the celebrants and jest and sweep and vacuum and promote peace and prosperity and good humour and rid the world of evil and pandas, which are pretty much one and the same.

dangit.  "scream about it"...  geez screaming louise.

Ace; his next birthday, I oughta have Travis come in and take the dang thing over for a month... then we'll see who screams.  "shouted".. maybe.  "yelled".... well, ok.  screamed?!?  no way.

[Neon]

Um, I am rather late here, but wish that a happy birthday was had by Karen. And JimS, too. And many happy more to come.

Ace stop the screaming, or I'll give you something to scream about.

[Ace]

OH YEAH??!? YOU AND HOW MANY MARINES, JOKER?
as Sgt. Rock would say.

MAYBE I'LL JUST YELL MY FOOL HEAD OFF.  WHATTYA THINK OF THAT, HUH?!?  :o  MAYBE I JUST OUGHTA WISH A DANG HAPPY LOUD STINKING BIRTHDAY TO EVERY DANG PERSON IN ANY PROXIMITY OR EARSHOT.  wHATTYA THINK ABOUT THAT HUH?  MAYBE i'LL JUST YELL ON DOWN TO FLORIDA AND WISH KAREN AND CARSKICK AND CAROL A REALLY DANG LOUD CATEGORY FIVE BIRTHDAY.  EVEN IF IT ISN'T ONE OF THEIRS.  oR TWO.  MAYBE I'LL YELL LOUD ENOUGH TO WAKE ALL THE DANG DEAD MONKEYS IN THE CHATROOM.  MAYBE I'M GONNA YELL LOUD ENOUGH FOR BLOND(E)S TO UNDERSTAND.  

but it's not screaming.  
Criminy.  Loud, sure.  You bet.  Screechy?  uh uh.  Not terrorized by treble... just high gain.

Ok, then.  I think that's about all the birthdays, present and accounted for.  Now Neon and all the "administrators" can go back to their dang trade shows and Denny Crane impersonations, and the poor working stiffs here can continue with the living and dying and working and plugging away that makes this dang poast office what it is.

Louder than heck, primarily, but impossible to predict, too.

Ace; Administrator of Loud.  LOOKOUT!!  ow my head

[Carskick]

GEEZ LOUISE NOW CARSICK IS TRYING TO CAPTURE THE DANG THING

The caps indicate screaming/shouting, Ace. It sure is fun bugging you. I should do it more often. Right now, I've got a huge grin on my face while typing this. I know I'm not very good at it. At least not as good as you are. You are the arteest. See. I try and bug you, and I end up complimenting you.

Carskick; If Ace only knew...

[Bill]

Geez, don't wake the dead monkeys. They get nasty and even attack blondes sometimes if resurrected.  You heard the phrase "loud enough to wake  the dead"?  Well don't do it monsuier or monsueir -how about just Le J?

And if you are going to do it anyway, at least try and get it right - wHATTYA -

Now having typed "loud enough..." I noticed you have heard the phrase, and borrowed it.

Same thing happened with "french fries".

[Ace]

Oh, and now it's "screaming/shouting."  Pretty soon it'll be "loud exhortations to the general populace."  

Look, kids; it's an exclamation.  Hence, the exclamation mark (!). Is it loud? No, it's tall.  I poasted big, not loudly.  There is no sound here.  You could hear a pin drop.

There.  I just dropped one.  Hear it?  Of course not.  Hence, my point.

Even though this proclamation (town cryers probably didn't whisper words of public concern) of happy birthdays has been waylaid by the latecomers and those who'd offer dead monkeys as a party gift, it still was in homage to Karen and the gang of Jims and anyway else who felt in need of an honoring of their birth.  So, in conclusion, let us exclaim:

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ONE MORE TIME KAREN AND JIMS.  !  (see? there it is again).

Heck, and Carskick and Travis too, for that matter.  Scuzzy is probably still working on his, at this point in time.  The whole lot of you.

I know Carskick is trying to get my goat.  Heck, I'm thinking of letting him have it.  I thought it would be good for recycling, eating tin cans and all, but I never thought of cleaning up after an animal that eats tin cans and stuff like that.

And birthday cake seems very appropriate, but I can't see french fries as the same thing.  Although I have had french fries that you could actually ignite, due to the grease content (we used to do that in the cafeteria at the dorm in Purdue).

alright then.  let's just tip toe out of here and this poast snooze, and we'll start up another loud one later, next birthday we get.

ace.  shhhh.

[pat]

We?ll it won?t be mine, that was last month.   :P

[Carskick]

I DON"T WANT YOUR STINKING GOAT...

Oh sorry, I forgot about the quiet thing. Okay, I'll be quiet until the next Bday, after one more loud

!!!HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!

Okay, I'm done. Now back to tech supprting. Uh-oh. I just remembered I have calculus homework. I might pass if I could spell it.  :P

Oh well. Cya.

[Ace]

Ok; I talked to the goat, and he forgives you for shouting at him and scaring him near to death.  Plus, he sorta resented your description of him as "stinking", but the more he considered it he felt he had to agree with your assessment.

Happiest of belated Birthdays to Pat.  I shall honor you with a free margarita.  I shall.  Neon will stop by a month from now to wish you a happy one.

And Cars, don't worry about the spelling; you spelled it right.

Ace; I-T.  It's not hard.  Now calculus; that's hard.  I took art instead of calculus, when faced with that decision.

[pat]

Thanks for that Ace.
From one model 54 to another, cheers.

[Ace]

It was a very good year.  

Ace; we're gonna have to split a liter.