BS: Big Mick's Birthday - HAPPY DAY MICK

Subject: BS: Big Mick's Birthday - HAPPY DAY MICK
From: Alaska Mike
Date: 09 Jan 05 - 07:08 PM

Yes folks, the Irish crooner is 49 years old today. He almost let it slip by without notice, but now he is exposed. Give him a round of hoorays for staying alive for so long.

Happy Birthday, my friend.

Mike

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From: beardedbruce
Date: 09 Jan 05 - 07:10 PM

Happy Birthday!


You have 20 days on me...


Bruce

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From: rumanci
Date: 09 Jan 05 - 07:13 PM

Happy Birthday hobbler !!!
Don't trip over all those candles *bg*

rum xx

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From: Willie-O
Date: 09 Jan 05 - 07:13 PM

Let me be the third. You have a full eight months on me, old timer.

All the best and many more.

Bill

Subject: RE: BS: Big Mick's Birthday - HAPPY DAY MICK
From: Tinker
Date: 09 Jan 05 - 07:17 PM

There is a tad bit of Irish blarney in Mick's Mudcat age, but far be it from me to be the one to set the record straight.....
After all especially in cyberspace you're only as old as you feel.

Hope the day was a wonderful one

Love Ya,

tink

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From: Bobert
Date: 09 Jan 05 - 07:18 PM

Happy B-Day, youngin'...

Bobert

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From: Joybell
Date: 09 Jan 05 - 07:30 PM

Happy Birthday Big Mick!! Hope it's a wonderful one. Cheers, Joy

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From: mooman
Date: 09 Jan 05 - 07:31 PM

All the best Mick!

Peace

moo

Subject: RE: BS: Big Mick's Birthday - HAPPY DAY MICK
From: Willie-O
Date: 09 Jan 05 - 07:35 PM

Ya know, I was thinking that too Tinker. If Mick's my age, he's like, the youngest Vietnam veteran in the U.S.A.

Subject: RE: BS: Big Mick's Birthday - HAPPY DAY MICK
From: Little Hawk
Date: 09 Jan 05 - 08:05 PM

49? Why, Mick, you're a mere youngster! Wanta have a few of my years? I hope you have a great birthday.

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From: Morticia
Date: 09 Jan 05 - 08:08 PM

dear God man, you're ancient!! LOL.........Happy birthday, sweetie, I hope all your hopes and dreams come true

Subject: RE: BS: Big Mick's Birthday - HAPPY DAY MICK
From: Alba
Date: 09 Jan 05 - 08:23 PM

Brightest Birth Day Wishes Big Mick,
Hope you have a blast of a Day and may the coming Year bring You the Best of the Best.
In the words sung by Sean Tyrrell, "A Dreamer, he'll live forever":>)
Love and Blessings
Jude

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From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 09 Jan 05 - 08:24 PM

Even older than Manitas (by 5 months)!

Hope it's a happy day full of whatever you want it to be full of!

LTS

Subject: RE: BS: Big Mick's Birthday - HAPPY DAY MICK
From: wysiwyg
Date: 09 Jan 05 - 08:28 PM

Hm, he smells a lot older. Time to change the potato? :~)

~S~

Subject: RE: BS: Big Mick's Birthday - HAPPY DAY MICK
From: catspaw49
Date: 09 Jan 05 - 08:35 PM

The problem with Mick's age is simple. At Lane, Fielding, Patterson, and Swan...Layabouts-At-Large and For Hire we have switched over to a new time system and one which would benefit all of you as well. Time can be such a harmful thing and with this new system, time becomes your friend! We invite all of you to join us in this effort, or lack thereof, so let me get you started right away!

Allow me to step in and give you an easy conversion method. Your first problem is that you are operating on the Grenwich MEAN Time standard which is often just as mean as it's name indicates. So let's swap to the more user friendly "Icelandic Kinder Gentler Time" standard and do our conversion tables. This also does away with the silly concept of the International Date Line (not the 900 one which cost Little Hawk $3589.27 last month in calls to a sex by phone scam for brokedick mamaluccas like himself) which foists upon us the ludicrous idea that, though it is tomorrow there, it is yesterday here...which in point of all evidence is patently untrue, as it is today everywhere. Now we can move along to our formula at a more logical and simpler pace.

Take the current surface area of Iceland and subtract the linear distance between there and Pago Pago. Divide this by the square root of Joe Offer. (I use Joe here as this will help him in his recent marriage. Since very few males have a square root, his love life will possibly be enhanced, although it could be hindered. I have no "personal" knowledge of Joe's current situation but I'm inclined to believe he may be in need of a little help as I overheard his wife describe Joe's equipment as a "melting fudgcicle, flanked by two jelly beans.") In any case, take this total and multiply it by the number of clocks in your home, less the number of dead wristwatches in your upper right hand dresser drawer. Add the difference total (in minutes) of the aforementioned clocks and divide by the average versus the time on your current wristwatch. You can now differentiate under the equal sign to calculate the value of X, that being the time where you live. Don't forget to use the value of Pi as a constant...and since the value of pie at diners between Toronto and Buffalo is $1.75 (US), use that (1.75) instead of the more traditional 3.14159 figure.

Putting it all together you can now readily see that when it is 8:30 P.M., January 9, 2005, in Kalamazoo, it's 2:48 A.M.,October 18, 1893 in Waycross, Georgia. Of course it's always that time in Waycross so don't be confused.

Oh yeah......Mick---Happy Birthday Bro....

Spaw, Founding Partner
LFPS...."When doing sweet damn all is simply too damn much."
LFPS, "Doing nothing for YOU is the least we can do."

Subject: RE: BS: Big Mick's Birthday - HAPPY DAY MICK
From: Dave Swan
Date: 09 Jan 05 - 09:05 PM

Now, you see, Catspaw works in the technical division of LFPS so of course he'd have all of the specs and formulae to describe Mick's curious temporal arrangement.

Over here in the fuzzy logic division, where every thought is met with "What?...oh never mind" we prefer to explain it thus: Mick has done so little for so long and done it so well, that time has actually begun to run backward for him. If he can maintain his rigorous schedule of doing damn all, all the time, he'll be younger still at this time next year.

Over the door of each of our offices is chiseled the motto of LFPS "Palulum sed cottidea"

Many Happy Regressions of the Day, Mick.

Love D&P

Subject: RE: BS: Big Mick's Birthday - HAPPY DAY MICK
From: Bill D
Date: 09 Jan 05 - 09:13 PM

oh, indeed, Susan...it may be time to change the potato! Seeing how little care it got, we are once again reminded of the adage "use it or LOSE it!"

(I did warn Mick in October that we born archivists..(those who never seem to throw away anything) had evidence of his careless concern for such 'thoughtful' gifts...*grin*.)

I suppose 'spaw could find another...but it just wouldn't be the same, now, would it?

(umm..happy birthday, guy...I hope YOU are in better shape!)

Subject: RE: BS: Big Mick's Birthday - HAPPY DAY MICK
From: Dani
Date: 09 Jan 05 - 09:15 PM

x o

Dani

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From: GUEST,KokO
Date: 09 Jan 05 - 09:18 PM

OH Miiiiiiiiiiiiick my bigRed jungle LOVer. YouR KOoko hAS mised her iRish bOY squeeeez meee lik a bagPipe. Ihav a spesl prezzuie for u   I'll Swing by to Give IT to you HAha. HAppy bihtdy MikKey. Lov YouEr Koko Xoxoxox

Subject: RE: BS: Big Mick's Birthday - HAPPY DAY MICK
From: Peace
Date: 09 Jan 05 - 09:32 PM

Happy Birthday, Mick, and lots more, buddy.

Subject: RE: BS: Big Mick's Birthday - HAPPY DAY MICK
From: Rapparee
Date: 09 Jan 05 - 09:35 PM

Let's see...he's 49, right?

The latest he could have been in 'Nam was 30 years ago, in 1975 (Jaysus! has it been that long?)

49 - 30 = 19. So yeah, it's possible. Big Mick could have enlisted at 18 (as I did) or even (with consent) at 17. In fact, the strong recommendation of a local judge or the searchings of an irate father could have led him to enlist at 16, but I won't speculate in this area.

Happy Birthday. Have many more.

Subject: RE: BS: Big Mick's Birthday - HAPPY DAY MICK
From: Nancy King
Date: 09 Jan 05 - 09:42 PM

Hmm, if you're 49, that makes me......well, never mind.

Have a great one, Mick!

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From: GUEST
Date: 09 Jan 05 - 10:04 PM

Happy B'day, Mick! From (according to Spaw's callations) a childish fan...

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From: gnu
Date: 09 Jan 05 - 10:15 PM

Keep on keepin' on.

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From: karen k
Date: 09 Jan 05 - 10:18 PM

My dear Mick,
Happpppppppppppppppppppppppppppppy Birthday my very special favorite friend.

love always,
k

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From: CarolC
Date: 09 Jan 05 - 10:21 PM

Happy Birthday Mick!

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From: Raptor
Date: 09 Jan 05 - 10:22 PM

Happy Birthday

Raptor

Subject: RE: BS: Big Mick's Birthday - HAPPY DAY MICK
From: Áine
Date: 09 Jan 05 - 10:29 PM

Hey darlin',

Biggest of birthday hugs to ya, a Mhic a a stór. ;-)

So what, you're only 5 months younger than me -- but, can ya belly dance at yer age???? I can - na-na-na-na-na-na ;-) One more year and you can apply to the AARP -- Just wait 'till they start sendin' ya stuff in the mail, me darlin' -- that's when you REALLY know how old ya are ;-)

Feel free to have a pint of the black stuff on me -- I've sworn off the stuff, ya know -- got to watch the Goddess figure, dont' ya know !?!

Best of wishes to ya, Áine (The Certified Belly Dancin' Gaelic Goddess, Don't Ya Know!)

Subject: RE: BS: Big Mick's Birthday - HAPPY DAY MICK
From: georgeward
Date: 09 Jan 05 - 10:44 PM

Happy Birthday Mick.

-George

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From: SINSULL
Date: 09 Jan 05 - 10:49 PM

Happy Birthday, Mick. Nothing else...just Happy Birthday.
SINS

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From: Jeri
Date: 09 Jan 05 - 10:49 PM

Bill, that's not a potato. It's a turd with roots. You shouldn't grab lumps out of the ass side of somebody's thong.

Happy Birdthay, Mick - love ya!

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From: Phil Cooper
Date: 09 Jan 05 - 11:09 PM

Happy Birthday, Big Mick. It was great talking to you in Grand Rapids last October.

Subject: RE: BS: Big Mick's Birthday - HAPPY DAY MICK
From: Amos
Date: 09 Jan 05 - 11:21 PM

Mick:

You deserve a century of joy for every year you make around this whacky system, mate. Keep on doing what you do SO well!!

Love,

A

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From: DougR
Date: 10 Jan 05 - 12:39 AM

Hope you have a good one, Mick.

Dougr

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From: GUEST,KT
Date: 10 Jan 05 - 01:03 AM

Ah, Mick, a very happy birthday and a splendid year to you, too! This world is a better place for your bein' here!

xoxo
KT

Subject: RE: BS: Big Mick's Birthday - HAPPY DAY MICK
From: Peter Kasin
Date: 10 Jan 05 - 01:33 AM

Happy birthday, Mick. I hope to meet you in 3-D some day. You're one of the great ones here on Mudcat; a heart of gold.

Chanteyranger

Subject: RE: BS: Big Mick's Birthday - HAPPY DAY MICK
From: Seamus Kennedy
Date: 10 Jan 05 - 02:03 AM

Happy attaboys, big fella!

Your chum,

Seamus

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From: GUEST,MMario
Date: 10 Jan 05 - 08:41 AM

have a happy Mick!

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From: Barb'ry
Date: 10 Jan 05 - 11:52 AM

Happy Birthday Mick - sorry i'm late
Barbara xx

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From: Bill D
Date: 10 Jan 05 - 02:00 PM

(note to self...ask camp if they'll do potato soup for next Getaway..)

Subject: RE: BS: Big Mick's Birthday - HAPPY DAY MICK
From: Big Mick
Date: 10 Jan 05 - 02:33 PM

Damn, I checked in last night about 7:30 PM and thought I had skated through this thing, but leave it to Campbell to nail me down. hahahahahaha Now I will have to put up with Offer's grumbling about birthday threads, .. oh well.

Must correct the age. In human years, I am 54. In dog years, I am 378. In LFPS years, I have just turned 18 and must register for the draft and start doing acid ...... wait, I already did that. But at 18, it is time to start thinking about what I want to do with my life. I think I will be a folksinger.

Spaw .... Swanno ..... Is there something I did to youse layabouts in a previous life???????? Is that the reason you persist in making me piss meself and spray the monitor with Guinness??????

Bill ...... I have been looking for that spud for years. But do me a favor? Don't use it in soup.

Love to you all. You made me smile and added a great end to a fine day.

All the best,

Mick

Subject: RE: BS: Big Mick's Birthday - HAPPY DAY MICK
From: Joe Offer
Date: 10 Jan 05 - 03:09 PM

I was really pissed at this thread.
I mean REALLY pissed.

All this happy horseshit about Mick being 49 really made me sick. I knew it was a lie. I thought he was 50.

I'm glad that Mick had the integrity to tell the truth. I wasn't sure he had it in him. I thought he'd try to keep up the illusion that he was still in his forties, so he could increase his chances with with chicks, or something.
See? He's an old fart, just like the rest of us. Heck, even I did not realize he was 54. That gives me good cause to gloat, I think.


But anyhow, happy birthday, Mick. You're a good guy, and a good friend.

-Joe Offer, Age 56, not as much older than you as I thought-

Subject: RE: BS: Big Mick's Birthday - HAPPY DAY MICK
From: skarpi
Date: 10 Jan 05 - 03:43 PM

Is no matter what the age is , stay young in your soul my dear friend
HAPPY BIRTHDAY Mick, have a great time.
All the best Skarpi Iceland.

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From: Col K
Date: 10 Jan 05 - 06:32 PM

Happy Birthday Mick.
You youngster you,
From one big hugger to another
All the best
Col

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From: McGrath of Harlow
Date: 10 Jan 05 - 07:42 PM

How old in Mudcat years though? A mere youngster, like all of us here.

"Big Mick's Birthday" - that sounds like a song in the Irish American tradition.   Someone write it.

...There was drinking there was dancing, with the landlord at the door
Saying "Big Mick's Birthday is the very final straw"...

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From: curmudgeon
Date: 10 Jan 05 - 07:52 PM

BIG BIRTHDAY, HAPPY MICK! I'm whinking drisky in your honor!

When will yo be out our way again? We nee a Mick fix - Tom

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From: CET
Date: 10 Jan 05 - 08:07 PM

Happy Birthday from Charmion and me, too, Mick. By the way, how's the leg coming?

Edmund

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From: Pauline L
Date: 11 Jan 05 - 12:37 AM

Happy birthday and many more!

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From: alison
Date: 11 Jan 05 - 02:52 AM

ah well better late than never....

happy birthday Mick . you'll find your pressie under the dolmen


love

alison

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From: Rustic Rebel
Date: 11 Jan 05 - 02:58 AM

Happy day! Live long and happy and hard and harder and hardiest.

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From: alanabit
Date: 11 Jan 05 - 11:41 AM

Happy Birthday from (not so sunny) Cologne!

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From: Big Mick
Date: 11 Jan 05 - 12:03 PM

WOWEEEE ZOWEEE!!! UNDER THE DOLMAN!!! Ah jayzus, but wouldn't it be

THE FAIR ONE

come out to visit, and just on the occasion of my own birthday. Warms the coggles ......

Yep, Tom, I am due for a ramble and your neck of the woods looks pretty goood. I would love to see you, Linn, and the crew again.

Skarpi, I love hearing from you. You will hear from me soon.

Alan, I am sure Cologne is sunnier than Michigan just now.

The leg is on the mend, but these types of injuries are tough in your 20's, let alone your 50's.

Thanks again, friends.

Mick

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From: jacqui.c
Date: 11 Jan 05 - 12:59 PM

Only just found the thread.

Belated birthday wishes Mick - may you have everything you need, if not what you deserve, this year.

I reckon you've got the picture in the attic - you certainly don't look your age!

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From: kytrad (Jean Ritchie)
Date: 11 Jan 05 - 04:23 PM

Happy Day to you, Mick...we haven't met, in person, but I'm glad you're here.

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From: GUEST,Cookieless KathWestra at work
Date: 11 Jan 05 - 06:12 PM

Well, buddy, you should have gotten your card in the mail by now, and know that I was thinking 'bout you on the 9th. Moving to a new place has me terminally confused, and I haven't been much around Mudcat (or anywhere else but Rockland, Maine) for a few months, but the occasion of your birthday seems more than deserving of my coming out of hiding for a minute to join the throngs of well-wishers. Much love to you, dear one. I'll see you in G.R. as soon as they let me have some vacation (April). xo Kath

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From: CapriUni
Date: 11 Jan 05 - 10:47 PM

I haven't been reading these threads lately, so I just now saw this.

Happy Birthday to my first Secret Santee!

I hope you had a wonderful day...

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From: maire-aine
Date: 11 Jan 05 - 11:28 PM

Whew! I almost missed it. Sorry for the lateness of the message. Hope you had a great birthday, and many more....

Maryanne

Subject: RE: BS: Big Mick's Birthday - HAPPY DAY MICK
From: GUEST,Allan C.
Date: 12 Jan 05 - 07:24 AM

Sorry I missed it, my friend. Hope it was glorious!

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From: Fortunato
Date: 12 Jan 05 - 12:33 PM

Many happy returns. Have a birthday drink on me, I'll gladly pay you next time for a pint today.

cheers, mate

chance

Subject: RE: BS: Big Mick's Birthday - HAPPY DAY MICK
From: GUEST,John Hardly
Date: 12 Jan 05 - 01:18 PM

I get around to visiting this site so rarely but it's always Mick's damn birthday!!! Jeez, Mick, what are you? Methuselah? Happy coupla birthdays or so.

Subject: RE: BS: Big Mick's Birthday - HAPPY DAY MICK
From: Marion
Date: 12 Jan 05 - 01:38 PM

Many congratulations on the anniversary of your birth, Mick.

Did you break your leg or something? What happened, car slip off the jack?

Love, Marion

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From: GUEST,Art Thieme
Date: 12 Jan 05 - 10:44 PM

I just saw this thread. Damn. Better late than never.

Many more, Mick.

Art

Subject: RE: BS: Big Mick's Birthday - HAPPY DAY MICK
From: GUEST,Art Thieme
Date: 12 Jan 05 - 10:48 PM

Marion,

If I'm remembering right, you must be thinking of the time Mick broke his leg playing golf.

He fell off the ball wash!

Art