I'm an old fart/curmudgeon
Massachusetts, United States
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Posted: Tuesday, November 16, 2004 - 04:52 PM UTC
Wings & Wheels Modelers-IPMS
"Whatever your hands find to do
You must do with all your heart."
From "Through Your Hands" by John Hiatt
England - South West, United Kingdom
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Posted: Tuesday, November 16, 2004 - 05:06 PM UTC
Happy Birthday, and many happy returns. I'm working nights but I'll have a jar to your health on Thursday or Friday..

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Still be a while before you catch Grumpyoldman though..

:-) :-) :-) :-) :-)
Cheers
Henk
The early bird may catch the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese...
Oregon, United States
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Posted: Tuesday, November 16, 2004 - 05:57 PM UTC

Happy birthday Al !
1949 was a good year, thats the year I was born to! Us old farts gotta stick together ya know. (:-) :-) :-)
Have a great one!
Cheers
Garry
New York, United States
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Posted: Tuesday, November 16, 2004 - 06:07 PM UTC
Double nickels? now you can apply for one of those discount card at Denny's :-) :-) :-). All kidding aside, Happy Birthday Al

. Here's one on me, no make that

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It feels like bible camp
Only Im not crying pretending Im somewhere else.
Happy Modeling
Joe
Kobenhavn, Denmark
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Posted: Tuesday, November 16, 2004 - 06:36 PM UTC
Happy birthday Al
Cheers
On the workbench:
MPC: 1972 Pontiac GTO
Revell: 1965 Mustang
Verlinden 120mm guard of the marine.
Revell: 2010 Camaro
Monogram: 1931 Rolls Royce
Italeri: LVT2 Amtrac

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Noord-Holland, Netherlands
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Posted: Tuesday, November 16, 2004 - 08:00 PM UTC
Congratulations Old fa....
I mean Al
Well with the spirit you are talking you probably get 100 and remember man is as old as he feels himself.
Greetz Robert "FAUST" Blokker
"Wees niet onverstandig, haastig of voortvarend; alles sal regkom, as ons almal ons plig doen".
FUTBOL KAVGADIR!!!!!!!

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Donegal, Ireland
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Posted: Tuesday, November 16, 2004 - 08:07 PM UTC
IPMS Stockholm
"The problem with common sense, is that it is not that common"
Victoria, Australia
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Posted: Tuesday, November 16, 2004 - 08:25 PM UTC
Beware the populist demagogues at the head of private armies
Queensland, Australia
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Posted: Tuesday, November 16, 2004 - 08:38 PM UTC
LOL happy birth day mate. As to the old fart bit I just hope you don't smell like one too :-) :-) :-)
Graywolf
Senior EditorIzmir, Turkey / Türkçe
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Posted: Tuesday, November 16, 2004 - 09:11 PM UTC
Happy birthday Al... i wish you a happy ,healhty and full of modelling another 50 years period .
Indiana, United States
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Posted: Tuesday, November 16, 2004 - 11:20 PM UTC
Happy Birthday curmudgeon!! Just the fact you actually used the word curmudgeon shows your age. Next you will be saying things like "high jinx" and "shenanigans" and "hey, you pesky kids get out of my yard."
:-)

:-)
Shaun
"A government big enough to give you everything you want is a government big enough to take from you everything you have." Gerald Ford, August 12, 1974
Grumpyoldman
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Posted: Tuesday, November 16, 2004 - 11:42 PM UTC
:-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-)
HE"S OLDER THAN ME........
Happy Birthday Art..........
I'll be 55 in a few months......
Just remember..... you'll always be older than me........ :-) :-) :-) :-) rolling on floor.......... even my cats are laughing....... :-) :-) :-)
Character is what you do when no one is looking.
Few things are harder to put up with than a good example.- Mark Twain
Make yourself an honest man, and then you may be sure that there is one less scoundrel in the world.--Thomas Carlyle
England - North, United Kingdom
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Posted: Wednesday, November 17, 2004 - 02:00 AM UTC
Happy birthday.
55, man that is old. Do you remember WW2? I bet it was scary when that artillery started and you were in your trench.
Massachusetts, United States
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Posted: Wednesday, November 17, 2004 - 02:05 AM UTC
Now that I am in the 30's, 55 doesn't seem so old.

Have a great birthday Al. :-)
Marty
"If it's not messy it's not creative"
England - East Anglia, United Kingdom
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Posted: Wednesday, November 17, 2004 - 03:39 AM UTC
All the best Al

heres to another 55 years ?! lets hope so mate !
"cheese is simply milk's leap towards immortality" :anon
Delaware, United States
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Posted: Wednesday, November 17, 2004 - 03:51 AM UTC
'Gwell Angau na Chywilydd '-' Death rather than Dishonour'
Cheers Chris
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Posted: Wednesday, November 17, 2004 - 07:13 AM UTC
Happy Birthday Al. 55 is a good year to be. I turn 56 in Jan. The year 1949 produced some very talented people, old Fart or not!!

:-)
Dave
"Don't be afraid to think outside the box"
"Animal wants Trucks!!"
New Hampshire, United States
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Posted: Wednesday, November 17, 2004 - 08:29 AM UTC
Happy Birthday Al. You're only as as you feel!
Besides, you don't really look thaaaat old, ah well, yeah, not really. :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-)
I'll have a cold one for ya.
Dave S.
I love the smell of Tenax in the morning....It smells like a day off work.
I drive a Jeep, but i still bleed Ford Blue....
Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
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Posted: Wednesday, November 17, 2004 - 08:53 AM UTC
Happy Birthday to you Al. And here's to the next 55 as well!
Pig #131 Das Deutsche Schwein
"Be strong sayeth my heart, for I am a soldier, and have seen worse sights than these."
-Odysseus
Virginia, United States
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Posted: Wednesday, November 17, 2004 - 09:09 AM UTC

happy bday
New Jersey, United States
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Posted: Wednesday, November 17, 2004 - 09:53 AM UTC
Happy Birthday you old fart and the other one you....carpartengine
Why not make the whole plane out of the same material the blackbox is made from?
Alabama, United States
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Posted: Wednesday, November 17, 2004 - 01:46 PM UTC
Dang...thanks AJ...48 never looked so young.
hehe
happy first day of whats left of your life!
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Posted: Wednesday, November 17, 2004 - 03:39 PM UTC