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PoindexterOglethorpe

(26,898 posts)
1. Happy Birthday!
Sat Jan 27, 2024, 03:08 AM
Jan 2024

I'd show up at your house if i could.

So how old are you exactly? I'm 75, and I find that there are many benefits to getting older.

Here's one. I live in New Mexico, a very Hispanic state where the older generation, especially the older women, are honored. And even though I'm not remotely Hispanic, I benefit from this. For instance, the rare times I have a traffic stop, the officer is invariably young enough to be my son or grandson, and I of course am always appropriately polite and never get a ticket. Apparently they are never about to give mom or grandma a ticket.

Several years ago I was pulled over for speeding. It was on a roadway here in NM, and I knew the speed limit went from about 25 to 55 mph a quarter of a mile down the road, and went to the higher speed too soon. Well. Blue and red lights in my rear view mirror. Darn. I pulled over, and when the officer got out of his car, he clearly wasn't that much younger than me. Uh, oh. Again, he's Hispanic, I'm so Anglo I may as well have a giant A tattooed on my forehead.

He looked at my license, noted that I lived in Santa Fe, we had a brief discussion about my speeding, and he let me go with a warning. Wow. Yes, it is always helpful to behave politely to a police person. I also explained to my sons when they were first driving that there were circumstances in which, no matter how well and politely they behaved, they were young males, and would get tickets where I wouldn't in identical conditions.

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Happy Birthday! PoindexterOglethorpe Jan 2024 #1
I'm 67. irisblue Jan 2024 #3
Oh, nice. PoindexterOglethorpe Jan 2024 #6
Long term memory stays more intact as we age, short term memory deteriorates more. Irish_Dem Jan 2024 #16
Happy Birthday! 🎁🎂 Freddie Jan 2024 #19
Many happy returns of the day irisblue! alwaysinasnit Jan 2024 #2
Thank you, I do love German Chocolate cake and it is an indulgence irisblue Jan 2024 #4
Thank you for the good wishes irisblue Jan 2024 #20
Happy Birthday Irisblue! BittyJenkins Jan 2024 #5
Thank you. Piece 1 at 6 am was wonderful irisblue Jan 2024 #21
Cake for breakfast on your birthday mnhtnbb Jan 2024 #7
💐🥳🎂🍾Many Happy Returns! 🍾🎂🥳💐 littlemissmartypants Jan 2024 #8
Thank you, it has been a fun day so far irisblue Jan 2024 #22
Happy birthday! slightlv Jan 2024 #9
Mine is next Sunday too! elleng Jan 2024 #13
An early "happy birthday" to you!!! slightlv Jan 2024 #18
SO nice! elleng Jan 2024 #35
April showers & flowers brought January babies irisblue Jan 2024 #23
German chocolate is my favorite cake. blm Jan 2024 #10
I love that cake. When I make it it is bever as pretty as a picture, but it sure tastes good irisblue Jan 2024 #24
Happy birthday 🎂. Black coffee now, later Emile Jan 2024 #11
Emile irisblue Jan 2024 #25
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! elleng Jan 2024 #12
Thank you Ellen irisblue Jan 2024 #26
Happy Birthday, irisblue! 🎂 gademocrat7 Jan 2024 #14
Thank you. I do like oatmeal with dried fruit, but today is a fry up irisblue Jan 2024 #27
Happy Birthday! Irish_Dem Jan 2024 #15
Thank you Irish_Dem irisblue Jan 2024 #28
Hope you have a wonderful birthday! Lonestarblue Jan 2024 #17
I am enjoying myself. Thank you for the well wishes irisblue Jan 2024 #29
Happy Birthday iris! Diamond_Dog Jan 2024 #30
Happy birthday, and yum! pandr32 Jan 2024 #31
Happy Birthday irisblue, January Baby, Garnet Birthstone, Aquarian asiliveandbreathe Jan 2024 #32
Happy Birthday!!! Srkdqltr Jan 2024 #33
Lucky You! You share it with Mozart. usonian Jan 2024 #34
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