tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post106893138983983614..comments2024-02-11T03:50:53.613-05:00Comments on Counterlight's Peculiars: A Year Older and Deeper in DebtUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-43304033966319603482008-12-28T19:26:00.000-05:002008-12-28T19:26:00.000-05:00Happy belated birthday!Happy belated birthday!The Religious Pícarohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03620636294081499041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-63102904762748529522008-12-28T17:50:00.000-05:002008-12-28T17:50:00.000-05:00"Then, the culmination of the birthday celebration..."Then, the culmination of the birthday celebration could be a reenactment of the Irish troubles."<BR/><BR/>And the funny part is that when we were in Dublin walking down O'Connell Street past The Post Office, I had to explain Easter Monday, 1916 to Michael, and he's the one carrying the Irish passport.Counterlighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14345956180434795401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-85280592781196476362008-12-27T16:04:00.000-05:002008-12-27T16:04:00.000-05:00Then, the culmination of the birthday celebration ...Then, the culmination of the birthday celebration could be a reenactment of the Irish troubles. I know. Sick, sick, sick!June Butlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01723016934182800437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-79852292885114966652008-12-27T12:49:00.000-05:002008-12-27T12:49:00.000-05:00Michael would never agree to it. The Royals bring...Michael would never agree to it. The Royals bring out the Sinn Fein in him.Counterlighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14345956180434795401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-55526365392665474012008-12-27T12:28:00.000-05:002008-12-27T12:28:00.000-05:00I'd love to see that spectacle.I'd make a special ...<I>I'd love to see that spectacle.</I><BR/><BR/>I'd make a special trip.June Butlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01723016934182800437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-87117172729516714072008-12-27T12:23:00.000-05:002008-12-27T12:23:00.000-05:00I'd love to see that spectacle. No one puts on a ...I'd love to see that spectacle. No one puts on a military parade like the Brits, and especially the Household Division.<BR/>Michael and I arrived in London in 2007 on the very day of the Trooping of the Color. Traffic was completely snarled in the city center. We sat down for sandwiches in a small pub near Victoria Station just in time for the RAF fly-over right on top of us. The whole pub shook.Counterlighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14345956180434795401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-84807682256282720352008-12-27T10:13:00.000-05:002008-12-27T10:13:00.000-05:00Yes! Have an official birthday. You could have a...Yes! Have an official birthday. You could have a parade and ride your imported Texas horse down Christopher Street.<BR/><BR/>It's hard to imagine that anyone else thinks Christmas day is all about you.<BR/><BR/>We actually saw the Queen's official birthday parade in the 1980s while we were in London. Those were the days when she still rode her horse - and in a light rain!June Butlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01723016934182800437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-24658862799042444272008-12-27T08:34:00.000-05:002008-12-27T08:34:00.000-05:00It sucks. No parties.Perhaps I should follow the ...It sucks. No parties.<BR/><BR/>Perhaps I should follow the Queen's example and have a seperate "official" birthday when the weather is better and there are no other competing holidays.<BR/><BR/>I don't really care about the presents, it's the one day of the year where I can be shamelessly self-absorbed and I have to share it with You Know Who.Counterlighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14345956180434795401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-28436955294157325982008-12-27T00:20:00.000-05:002008-12-27T00:20:00.000-05:00Happy Birthday, Doug! Sorry I'm late with my good...Happy Birthday, Doug! Sorry I'm late with my good wishes.<BR/><BR/>It was a terrible shock then, because we truly believed that we were better than everyone else then. Now, only those with really lame brains think we are better than everyone else.<BR/><BR/>What's it like to have a Christmas birthday?June Butlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01723016934182800437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-35952287024736951262008-12-26T22:17:00.000-05:002008-12-26T22:17:00.000-05:00When I was a wee boy, the 60s was something that h...When I was a wee boy, the 60s was something that happened on TV, and I didn't much care. But, I followed all the space stuff religiously from John Glenn's orbit to the last Apollo missions to Skylab. I even followed all the now forgotten Gemini missions. I also had some relatives working for NASA in those days.Counterlighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14345956180434795401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-8757683284106536802008-12-26T21:28:00.000-05:002008-12-26T21:28:00.000-05:00Happy Birthday, a day late (2 days late here). I w...Happy Birthday, a day late (2 days late here). I was already in High School and remember looking up at the sky to see something man-made circling the earth but I do not think we could see anything. I was a teacher by the moon landing and lessons stopped for the day.Brian Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10802352695666737088noreply@blogger.com