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Posted: Fri Oct 19, 2007 12:57 pm

Yes, it's my birthday. While most people would be depressed about reaching 50, I'm actually happy. Given my lifestyle, I never thought I'd make it!!!.

I haven't been around much, here are the reasons.

1) Shortly after my recent Vegas trip, I was doing some manly home repairs(actually, I was making improvements to the Steelers room) and I wound up with a piece of 1/16th drill bit embedded in my left eye, right next to the iris. A bit of eye surgery and and eyepatch for a few weeks(yar mateys, I was a pirate, arrr) and things are almost back to normal. I learned the hard way - safety glasses are NOT, in fact, for homos.

2) Because my co-workers are a bunch of morons who despise me, they allowed the work on my desk to pile up to near landfill-sized proportions during my absence and I've been working like a dog to get it done.

3) Most importantly, my son came back from Iraq, finally. I've been spending as much time as I can with him. He seems no worse for the experience of being there for 4 years. There are things he can't/won't discuss but I guess that's to be expected.

So, my work is caught up, my son is home, my eye is feeling better (I do get strange light flashes now and then but they may be acid flashbacks from the 80's), and it's my birthday! How am I going to celebrate, you ask? At 2pm, I'm going to visit my beloved dentist for a cleaning and vicodin. Then, anything goes.

Posted: Fri Oct 19, 2007 1:06 pm

Good to see you back

happy birthday

Good news about your son

Bad news about the eye, hope it heals

Thanks SP and Rodus for helping him back home

Baiting Guru Joined: 08 Jul 2004 Posts: 11857 Location: UK

The wanderer returns, Happy Birthday mate, hope you have a great time, you old git Laughing

Posted: Fri Oct 19, 2007 1:15 pm

You old dirty bastard, Happy Birthday. Where are the eye patch pictures?

happy crowd

Posted: Fri Oct 19, 2007 1:24 pm

Reprob8 wrote:

I learned the hard way - safety glasses are NOT, in fact, for homos.

Oh yes they are.
A real man would have drilled the other eyeball to make it look like he did it on purpose.

Posted: Fri Oct 19, 2007 1:51 pm

Congrats Reprob8 and welcome to the 'Over 50s Club' clapping

Pleased to hear your son is OK and ditto your eyesite.

Posted: Fri Oct 19, 2007 2:17 pm

Welcome back R8 and son of R8!

Before drilling in future, follow this example:

If you are welding, you will need black glass. Or very dark pink.

Baiting Guru Joined: 04 Jan 2006 Posts: 3193

Hippo Bathday, R8. Nice to have you back.

Posted: Fri Oct 19, 2007 2:49 pm

This site is looking up Reprob8 and his vicodin are back, YIPPEE!!!
Happy 50 Birthday to a lost and found goat. The newest member of the half way codgers.

Posted: Fri Oct 19, 2007 2:58 pm

I was just the other day remarking how quite and peaceful it had been on the board. . . but now you are back.

Welcome back, R8!

Bruin

Posted: Fri Oct 19, 2007 4:12 pm

Posted: Fri Oct 19, 2007 4:30 pm

Happy birthday R8!!!

And I am really really glad to hear that your son made it back home ok Smile

Posted: Fri Oct 19, 2007 7:38 pm

Welcome back! You were certainly missed.

I'm sorry to hear the things that kept you away sucked so much. I was sooo hoping for more vacation photos and narrative.

Oh well, whatever doesn't kill you hurts like hell. Or something like that.

Posted: Fri Oct 19, 2007 7:43 pm

Welcome back R8 and happy birthday.

I salute your son. Tell him I said thank you.

Posted: Fri Oct 19, 2007 11:06 pm

R8,
Welcome to the 50 age plateau! Been here a couple of years (I was surprised that I made it too). It'll grow on you! Cool

I am glad your son is safely home. Thank him for his service plz.

Take care of the eye, they don't issue spares. As I found on another site:

wisdom wrote:

Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment.

Posted: Fri Oct 19, 2007 11:20 pm

Happy Birthday Reprob8. If I did not wear safety glasses constantly I would be blind twenty times over. Great to hear about your boy. Tell him thank you and give him a hug from me. This coming Thanksgiving will be the first without our son. It sucks to be a nation at war.

I got a Vicodin story. I bought a Lance Armstrong carbon bike and raced it for the first time on Sunday. An hour into it some kid comes out from behind a water station at a right angle from me on a mountain bike. He says "sorry" before I go over the bars. The point of the story is they gave me ten and I've got two Vicodin left. Bruuuhhhhaaahhaaaa.

Posted: Fri Oct 19, 2007 11:32 pm

I love you Bitch! Glad your son made it back OK! God, what a horror. I salute him! Happy Birthday my good friend! And, you have a PM. I'll be in touch for something about that eye. Hug your Son for me. Good God, I'm almost 48, and I should be dead too. Co workers that dispise, and morons as well ? Two words, Baseball Bat. Let your top hand fly off the barrel for a good follow through. Acid flashback? Excuse me, while I kiss the sky.
Joe.

Posted: Fri Oct 19, 2007 11:44 pm

Give your son a hug for me. Wink

Baiting Guru Joined: 31 Jan 2007 Posts: 12237

Welcome back to you, and your son.

Tell him that an ol' "Puking Buzzard" (4/187 101Abn Asslt) thanks him for his service.

Posted: Sat Oct 20, 2007 12:33 am

Glad to see you're back! And happy birthday, youngster. (Mine's coming up next week but I'd rather not think about it.)

Bummer about the eye surgery but I suppose every cloud has a silver lining, I'm sure you must have finagled a few prescriptions out of the surgeon.

Please tell your son how much we truly appreciate his sacrifices. I'm very glad he's home safe, and I hope home permanently after that much time in the battlefield.

Cheers! happy crowd

Posted: Sat Oct 20, 2007 2:50 am

Most people have a beer fest on their birthday, but Rep goes for the drugs. A true 60's child. Good to see you back!

Posted: Sat Oct 20, 2007 4:34 am

I'm sorry about your eye injury but really really happy, to hear your son is home safe.!! jump_4_joy

Happy birthday!

happy crowd

Not quite a Newb Joined: 14 Jul 2005 Posts: 41

You do know that it isn't really necessary to actually do damage to your eye just to wear a pirate patch, don't you? Laughing

Happy birthday and please thank your son for his service for me.

Posted: Sat Oct 20, 2007 5:08 am

Meanwhile, Daughter in Law is having a difficult pregnancy. I have never been so concerned. I wrote a letter to our daughter in law, and told my wife about it. The Angel hit cat mode, and laced me up and down with potent threats. For a letter I wrote? I'd be in the hills right now, but it's a 60 MPH breeze night, so F that. I've been threatened too. Damn. Wha happened? As far as pleasure goes, I can blow her socks into a pararell universe. WTF? Dude? I give up. The wind is screaming tonight. Banshee ripping. Off to steal some Vicos. OOOOOOOOOOOOO, and maybe, just maybe. A percocet!

Posted: Sat Oct 20, 2007 8:01 am

Happy birthday Rep

happy crowd

There should be a special Vicodin icon just 4 you!!

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