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HAPPY BIRTHDAY Bigsmoke!!!
« on: August 09, 2025, 04:00:02 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, 2025, 07:11:58 AM »
Happy Birthday John.
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Re: HAPPY BIRTHDAY Bigsmoke!!!
« Reply #2 on: August 09, 2025, 07:14:55 AM »
Happy birthday John.  Hopes a great day for you.
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Re: HAPPY BIRTHDAY Bigsmoke!!!
« Reply #3 on: August 09, 2025, 05:46:17 PM »
 :toast Happy Birthday John Hope its a good one  :toast
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Re: HAPPY BIRTHDAY Bigsmoke!!!
« Reply #4 on: August 09, 2025, 06:17:15 PM »
Well, John! Happy Birthday to You!!
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Re: HAPPY BIRTHDAY Bigsmoke!!!
« Reply #5 on: August 09, 2025, 09:54:16 PM »
Happy Birthday John. Enjoy your day to the MAX!!

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Re: HAPPY BIRTHDAY Bigsmoke!!!
« Reply #6 on: August 09, 2025, 10:53:17 PM »

Happy birthday John!   :hairy  :applaud
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Re: HAPPY BIRTHDAY Bigsmoke!!!
« Reply #7 on: August 10, 2025, 11:30:38 AM »
Thank you all for the warm wishes.
Had a great day.  Worked around the house cleaning up some things and fixing some things.
Finished out the day being taken out for dinner by good friends to a seafood house.  Had grilled swordfish, a treat I haven't had for a while.  Then birthday cake for a sweet ending to a great day.  I guess I could have burned some powder, but that would have entailed a 300+ mile round trip.  Every range around here is closed or membership required. ;banghead; ;banghead;
John
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Re: HAPPY BIRTHDAY Bigsmoke!!!
« Reply #8 on: August 10, 2025, 08:12:49 PM »
John. say it ain't so, that I missed another birthday!  :Doh!  Please forgive me, I beg on bended knee!
It sounds like it was a good one, anyway.

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Re: HAPPY BIRTHDAY Bigsmoke!!!
« Reply #9 on: August 10, 2025, 08:25:55 PM »
That's OK, Kees, I was still celebrating today.
Went to a dance this afternoon and they had birthday cake for me.
Well, it wasn't exactly for me, but I claimed it anyway.  And they did play the Happy Birthday song.  It was for everyone having a birthday in August, but, why not.
I started celebrating it on Friday.  Probably will finish up about this coming Friday.  Not everyday a person turns 80, doncha know.
John
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