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June 4, 2013 at 8:47 am
Happy Birthday!
June 4, 2013 at 9:11 am
You’re over the hill,
So take a pill,
Aches and pains,
Always complains.
Youth of old age,
Demand the best wage,
Relax and chill,
You’re over the hill.
by Martin Dejnicki
Condolences and all….from gaelle.
June 4, 2013 at 9:46 am
Happy Birthday Peter, I’ll play something in your honour tonight on my bari sax 🙂
June 4, 2013 at 9:55 am
kind of tame, that you never hit a six or a four, or even two’s or three’s…you just kept on adding singles! like this its gonna take another fifty years to reach a century!
June 4, 2013 at 9:57 am
I can asure you it feels fine Peter, congratulations and don’t worry!
June 4, 2013 at 10:07 am
Happy 60th birthday, Peter. Don’t worry – you don’t quite look 60.Happy 50th birthday.
June 4, 2013 at 4:51 pm
Happy birthday! Welcome to the club.
June 4, 2013 at 10:14 pm
Happy birthday, you are now officially a gadgie, but still a canny lad :).
June 4, 2013 at 10:51 pm
Happy Birthday Prof Coles!
June 5, 2013 at 4:18 pm
Not that I want to depress you, but human perception of most things is logarithmic. If we set t=0 at conception, then age 50 is 89% of the way to age 85 in terms of log t elapsed since birth. So assuming your life expectancy to be typical, you only have 11% of your experience of existence remaining. Enjoy…
June 5, 2013 at 5:15 pm
To compensate I’ll be sure to live a lognormal lifestyle from now on..
June 5, 2013 at 11:08 pm
I’m so sorry. Commiserations.