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Good morning DG, felicitations on the anniversary of your natal day. May I recommend to your attention: http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tfl/gettingaround/maps/buses/?r=47.
Have a great time!
Deb | 09.03.12 - 12:26 a.m. | #
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Youngster ...
Debster | Homepage | 09.03.12 - 12:53 a.m. | #
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Happy Birthday
Cal | Homepage | 09.03.12 - 1:51 a.m. | #
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Happy Birthday :)
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Happy Birthday from the other side of the planet.
gt | 09.03.12 - 2:21 a.m. | #
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Enjoy the birthday, and anjoy every other day as well. From the read, it seems you do a good job of it
Oliver | 09.03.12 - 3:13 a.m. | #
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I am reliably informed that middle-age starts at 50 these days.
Happy Birthday, young 'un!
Great Aunt Annie | 09.03.12 - 6:32 a.m. | #
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Congratulations DG, I've a few years on you and know that making any kind of assumption or generalisation about what the years ahead will bring is guesswork. Passing 50 I've been both surprised and dismayed by what's happened to me. Let life unroll and make the most of the positives.
Waterhouse | 09.03.12 - 6:40 a.m. | #
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As a mathematician, you know that a number is merely a label (I'm probably asking for disagreement by making a statement like that, but, bear with me). It's the social meaning that causes all the cognitive dissonance here. As you've already sagely concluded, so you're way ahead of most people.
Enjoy your special day.
Blue Witch | Homepage | 09.03.12 - 6:59 a.m. | #
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Happy Birthday DG - have a good one! Does this mean a trip somewhere along the Bellingham - Catford - Lewisham - Surrey Quays - London Bridge - Shoreditch route?
EskimoPie | 09.03.12 - 7:00 a.m. | #
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Happy Birthday dg, I did suspect yesterdays blog about your lunch with best friend at Canvey Island may have been an early birthday treat.
47 makes you 19 years younger than me! just keep walking up those escalators (as I still do) that should keep you going fine.
John | 09.03.12 - 7:09 a.m. | #
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Happy birthday!
Dominic | 09.03.12 - 7:12 a.m. | #
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Happy birthday!
Dominic | 09.03.12 - 7:14 a.m. | #
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happy birthday from one rapidly approaching 50 himself- your reader survey on Monday was probably the last time I will ever fill in the age "40-49" bracket
peewit | Homepage | 09.03.12 - 7:17 a.m. | #
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Happy birthday!
SELondoner | Homepage | 09.03.12 - 7:20 a.m. | #
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happy birthday and thanks for sharing some of your life with us via this great blog
tim | 09.03.12 - 7:21 a.m. | #
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Natal anniversary felicitations!
You're alright for a few years yet. I've found it's the mid fifties when it hits. Or maybe, hopefully for others, that's just me. Then again my mum is now 80 and until this year she has never felt her age, so you may have another third of a century to add to your near half century before you hit the "old" button.
Dave | Homepage | 09.03.12 - 7:21 a.m. | #
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Happy birthday, if you don't like 47 add the two digits together and you can be 11 again.
Barry | 09.03.12 - 7:34 a.m. | #
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Happy birthday DG! Here's to another 47...
THC | 09.03.12 - 7:56 a.m. | #
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Happy birthday mate, hope you have a great one.
Gavin Baxter | 09.03.12 - 8:08 a.m. | #
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Happy Birthday
gilly | 09.03.12 - 8:12 a.m. | #
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Isn't 50 the new black. Or something like that.
Many happy returns of the day.
Tolley | 09.03.12 - 8:22 a.m. | #
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Many happy returns of the day (?) - although your diary does seem to suggest you are too focused on aging and not so much on living!
Here is your horrid!scope for today:
Prudence and caution : During this time you approach expansion and growth from a very careful and pragmatic point of view. Everything you do, every plan you make is characterized by prudence and caution. You are interested in what could be, but this concern is well balanced by your concern for what is already. You are neither idealistic nor excessively conservative.
You do not see duties and obligations as limitations upon your life but as routes to achieving wisdom and maturity. This is a fundamentally correct view, but you must balance your need for freedom with your need to get work done in order to see it that way. That is what you are doing now. You are oriented to work and duty, but you can also see that certain apparent responsibilities are really not validly yours. And you are not willing to take on someone else's share of the work unless you can see real benefit from doing so.
In financial terms, you are very thrifty at this time. You can see what the best investments are, and you proceed very carefully while putting your money into them. Therefore these investments are more likely than most to work out well.
During this period you will discover how to turn your ideals into reality, partly because you can see which goals and ideals are realistic and which are not. You discard whatever is not realistic, and you work for your goals very patiently, laying a solid groundwork for success.
In business this is usually a good time, because your prudence and thrift enable you to separate the real opportunities from the illusory ones and thereby make real gains. You will be inclined to expand your business, but you will do so very cautiously rather than incautiously.
B | 09.03.12 - 8:28 a.m. | #
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I can't believe you're 47, still so sexy! I can't believe I'm 40 this year. Happy Birthday. X
ceegriffin | 09.03.12 - 8:29 a.m. | #
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Happy B'day.
BigAl | 09.03.12 - 8:36 a.m. | #
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Happy Birthday!
edd | 09.03.12 - 8:37 a.m. | #
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Simon and Garfunkel sang,
"I was 21 years when I wrote this song,
I'm 22 now but won't be for long."
When I first heard that, it seemed terribly ancient to me. Now I am three times that age, and life is better than ever. May it be the same for you!
Peter Cameron | Homepage | 09.03.12 - 8:47 a.m. | #
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Happy birthday Diamond geezer.
Caravelle | 09.03.12 - 8:54 a.m. | #
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It seems like mentioning it's your birthday is a good way to get your comment count! Many happy returns etc and thanks for the fascinating blogs!
Whiff | 09.03.12 - 9:00 a.m. | #
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What is it about 9th March? Six friends and colleagues, and one sister-in-law, have their birthday today. And you!
Happy birthday DG! I will review your sage words on age-as-number next Weds on mine...
cp
Carlbob | Homepage | 09.03.12 - 9:12 a.m. | #
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What is this "old" of which you speak? Like a fine claret, improves with age.
Anyway, you're a mere youngster.
Happy birthday.
allotmentqueen | Homepage | 09.03.12 - 9:12 a.m. | #
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Have a great day DG......wow, so your 40th was 7 seven years ago...time really does fly!
NiC | Homepage | 09.03.12 - 9:26 a.m. | #
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Happy Birthday Diamond. Remember 50 is the new 40 (whatever that may mean).
Richard | Homepage | 09.03.12 - 9:49 a.m. | #
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Happy birthday... now are you going to take the number 47 bus from Bellingham to Shoreditch to celebrate?
a.g. | 09.03.12 - 9:57 a.m. | #
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Happy Birthday from a mile or so down the road.
My 30s have been my most sociable decade so far too.
David | Homepage | 09.03.12 - 9:58 a.m. | #
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Happy Birthday, and thanks for keeping us both informed and entertained on a daily basis.
Invicta | 09.03.12 - 10:07 a.m. | #
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@Peter Cameron, unless I am mistaken and please correct me if I am, it was Billy Bragg who wrote and sang that song, not Simon and Garfunkle. Kirsty McColl also did a cover of it as well.
Barry | 09.03.12 - 10:11 a.m. | #
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Surely *diamond* geezer will reach his peak at 60?
Happy Birthday, DG.
adrian | Homepage | 09.03.12 - 10:12 a.m. | #
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Happy birthday DG. I'll let you know how ancient 50 feels later in the year! Though I'm more of a rebel now than I ever was as a teen!
CornishCockney | 09.03.12 - 10:29 a.m. | #
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Many happy returns DG!
s | 09.03.12 - 10:46 a.m. | #
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Happy birthday dg, keep up the good work.
Lorenzo | 09.03.12 - 11:21 a.m. | #
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Many happy returns, DG
Don't take any notice of the bit above about middle age beginning at 50.
I'll be hitting 55, myself, in just over a week... and it hasn't happened to me yet.
RogerW | 09.03.12 - 11:39 a.m. | #
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DG, you're not old, well, actually you're 3 weeks older than me, but anyway, you're not old, OK!
Rob
PS Happy Birthday
Rob C | 09.03.12 - 11:56 a.m. | #
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Happy Birthday!
May you have good memories, health and happiness as a 47 year old.
Enjoy your 48th trip around the sun!
Bon Voyage!
(I enjoyed reading your post today)
kabinga | 09.03.12 - 12:50 p.m. | #
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happy birthday DG
lady reader | 09.03.12 - 12:53 p.m. | #
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44 comments and counting (disregarding the spam). If I were DG, I'd be very tempted to lock the thread at the moment it hits 47...
Happy birthday!
swirlythingy | Homepage | 09.03.12 - 12:55 p.m. | #
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Damn. 47 comments. I'm so tempted not to post, but I can't help but wish you a happy birthday DG!
Kirk | Homepage | 09.03.12 - 1:01 p.m. | #
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There we go :) Happy Birthday DG!
Kirk | Homepage | 09.03.12 - 1:20 p.m. | #
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Happy Birthday :) I enjoy your blog greatly.
Nick | 09.03.12 - 1:30 p.m. | #
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How did you get the number of comments to read '47 + 2'. Clever... I'm going to see if it changes after I post this!
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Wow. It did. I am impressed.
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@Barry: They are different songs, but Simon and Garfunkel "Leaves that are green" was first, Bragg nicked the first two lines for "A new England".
Peter Cameron | Homepage | 09.03.12 - 2:16 p.m. | #
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Happy Birthday DG
Caroline | 09.03.12 - 2:24 p.m. | #
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Happy birthday. Another prime number!
I've got my 40th approacching rapidly, but (as the saying goes) you are only as old as the woman you feel (or man, if appropriate). Unfortunately my wife is a bit older than me. Ho hum.
Have a great day.
ANdrew | 09.03.12 - 3:24 p.m. | #
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Happy Birthday DG, you young whipper snapper! Yes, March is very popular time for birthdays - I think it's somehow related to August and the seaside....
Surreyguy | 09.03.12 - 3:49 p.m. | #
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Happy birthday DG! :-)
Andrewh | Homepage | 09.03.12 - 3:56 p.m. | #
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@Barry - Paul Simon wrote it, and Simon and Garfunkel sang it, first. 'Leaves that Are Green' - a cheery number in which the chorus finishes 'and the leaves that are green turn to brown'.
I'll be 47 in July dg - just be glad you're not female. It makes it all seem that much more precipitous.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
Sarah | Homepage | 09.03.12 - 4:02 p.m. | #
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Happy Birthday DG.
Joe | 09.03.12 - 5:14 p.m. | #
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Decrepitude-excellent word.
Many happy returns.
Amused | 09.03.12 - 5:17 p.m. | #
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Happy Birthday.
I'm 64yrs old.
I tried a few months ago to explain to my granddaughter how old I was. She just could not get her mind around it. ;-D
Michael from the Netherands | 09.03.12 - 5:44 p.m. | #
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Happy birthday DG!
*Insert Coin* | 09.03.12 - 5:46 p.m. | #
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Happy birthday, DG. Keep them coming!
anne | Homepage | 09.03.12 - 6:19 p.m. | #
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Happy Birthday DG
Aidan | 09.03.12 - 9:33 p.m. | #
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Hope you are enjoying your birthday as much as I enjoy your blog! Many happy returns.
Suse | 09.03.12 - 9:43 p.m. | #
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I'm not too far behind you. I am, in fact, precisely one day younger than J.K. Rowling.
On the subject of authors, you share your birthday with two famous writers who could hardly be more different: Mickey Spillane and Vita Sackville-West. You've written a blog entry about visiting Knole. Perhaps, today, you should have made the trip to Sissinghurst?
Anyway,I hope you enjoyed today, whatever you did.
Richard | 09.03.12 - 10:40 p.m. | #
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Happy birthday. I must admit that as I approached 50 it concerned me - but I got over it and 60 was a breeze and a celebration of what I had achieved and even more so of all the things I could look forward to - especially with more time on my hands. Hope you had a good one - and bring it on.
Brian | 09.03.12 - 10:43 p.m. | #
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PS What I like about your blog is the attention to detail such as the time you do the post and your counter.
Brian | 09.03.12 - 10:47 p.m. | #
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I remember when I was seventeen saying (in all seriousness) 'He's not a young man; he's about thirty'. To which my mother replied 'Right, he's an old man of thirty, and...' Which annoyed me, as I hadn't said he was old.
Happy birthday, DG!
Andrew | 09.03.12 - 10:56 p.m. | #
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Happy birthday! We're the same age for the next 6 weeks, when I turn 48. Living in Japan, where I'm frequently overtaken while jogging in the park by people who look to be in their 60s but are probably mid-70s or above, it doesn't feel that old at all.
Claire | 10.03.12 - 12:23 a.m. | #
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Long time lurker. I couldn't let your special day go without wishing you my best wishes. I've been trying to understand my feelings about age since hitting the big 40 & I totally get it now. In Scotland, I relish each morning I learn some more about London. You bring me something special each day. Thank you
Hilary | 10.03.12 - 3:15 a.m. | #
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Thanks to Peter Cameron and Sarah for pointing out that Simon and Garfunkle did that line first, I never knew that. Though that is probably because I don't really know that many of their songs.
Barry | 10.03.12 - 8:43 a.m. | #
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*Runs in out of breath, owing to rapid approach of 50 and also being a delicate laydee* A belated Happy Birthday and many happy returns. Here's hoping for a terrific year ahead *staggers off to lobby for DG MBE*
Karen | 10.03.12 - 12:08 p.m. | #
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I'll be 67 in June, the brain is still 28.
My Grandfather, the Polish/Jewish immigrant, shopkeeper from Watney Market and former Bow resident was sharp as a knife and bright as a button till his dying day in his 99th year, when e requested a "Wodka" and treated his children, gathered around his bed, to his rendition of "If I were a rich man".
His children, bar one, were all bright and active into their late 80s. The other made it to 92.
Things aren't that bad for you. You never know what or who is waiting round the next corner or sitting on the next bus.
A single 47 year old man with no baggage is a rare thing. Use it,
Happy belated birthday.
Now go and try and be happy!
chairwoman | Homepage | 10.03.12 - 1:42 p.m. | #
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Belated Birthday greetings DG.
Keep up the good work!
bernie | 11.03.12 - 10:47 a.m. | #
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Belated Happy Birthday! Keep up the good work!
Silent Hunter | Homepage | 11.03.12 - 12:23 p.m. | #
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Hey DG
Happy belated birthday. Hope you had a super one.
All the best fella
C xx
Chris | 11.03.12 - 6:06 p.m. | #
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I turned 57 on 5th March, and it didn't hurt much. For the last 10 years or so I've maintained that I'm 'in my very late thirties' but no-one listens.
My sense of humour stopped developing when I was 14. Still laugh at fart jokes.
Great blog, by the way.
David Edwards | Homepage | 11.03.12 - 7:09 p.m. | #
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50 is the new 30 but I have found gravity plays a part in being 50...I can thoroughly recommend e-spares for when bits start falling off. Belated Happy Birthday!
Pip Dickens | Homepage | 13.03.12 - 10:40 a.m. | #
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DG thank you for what you are. Belated Birthday greetings! You'll always stay a 40-year old at most for me. That will keep me in the mindset of a late 20-something :)
alexyo | 17.03.12 - 3:26 p.m. | #
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