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Author Topic: HAPPY BIRTHDAY Bigsmoke!!!  (Read 3676 times)

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY Bigsmoke!!!
« on: August 09, 2023, 04:01:20 AM »
YAY for Bigsmoke! - another year notched on yer gunstock! Hope you have a "bang up" birthday!

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Re: HAPPY BIRTHDAY Bigsmoke!!!
« Reply #1 on: August 09, 2023, 08:00:08 AM »
 :applaud have a goodun
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Re: HAPPY BIRTHDAY Bigsmoke!!!
« Reply #2 on: August 09, 2023, 08:05:58 AM »
Happy Birthday John, make it a good one.  :toast  :applaud
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Re: HAPPY BIRTHDAY Bigsmoke!!!
« Reply #3 on: August 09, 2023, 08:25:17 AM »
Happy Birthday John!!!  Hope it is the best one yet!   :toast
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Re: HAPPY BIRTHDAY Bigsmoke!!!
« Reply #4 on: August 09, 2023, 11:36:41 AM »
ANOTEHR ONE???????????????? :applaud  congrats old friend,  :toast
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Re: HAPPY BIRTHDAY Bigsmoke!!!
« Reply #5 on: August 09, 2023, 12:44:30 PM »
You sure seem to have a lot of those birthdays!  :laffing  Hope it's a good one....  :toast
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Re: HAPPY BIRTHDAY Bigsmoke!!!
« Reply #6 on: August 09, 2023, 02:41:57 PM »
Happy Birthday, John.  Here's to many more :toast
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Re: HAPPY BIRTHDAY Bigsmoke!!!
« Reply #7 on: August 09, 2023, 04:53:27 PM »
Happy Birthday John!!!!!!!!

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Re: HAPPY BIRTHDAY Bigsmoke!!!
« Reply #8 on: August 09, 2023, 05:30:06 PM »
Happy Birthday John.  :toast :shake
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Re: HAPPY BIRTHDAY Bigsmoke!!!
« Reply #9 on: August 09, 2023, 07:57:04 PM »
Happy Birthday to ya there John…hope it’s been a great one!  :toast
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Re: HAPPY BIRTHDAY Bigsmoke!!!
« Reply #10 on: August 10, 2023, 02:29:57 PM »
Thank you for the well wishes.  It looks like I am starting to get this birthday thing down.  Maybe a few more and I'll have it.  Ms. Smoke did surprise me with a unique birthday cake.  It is made out of cup cakes and held together with a thick layer of frosting.  We went out to dinner with some friends.  I had a turf and serf dinner, New York steak and bacon wrapped shrimp.  Mighty tasty.  Anyway, it was a good 'un.  78 down, nobody knows how more to go.
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