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>>Joe wrote:
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>>>"Michael Johnson, PE" > wrote in
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>>>>Joe wrote:
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>>>>>"Michael Johnson, PE" > wrote in
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>>>>>>2.3Sleeper wrote:
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>>>>>>>No, not a new show really, but it is my birthday.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Now, we all know that when you post in here that it is your
>>>>>>>birthday, you are most likely looking for the obligatory "Happy
>>>>>>>Birthday". Not so the case this time...mostly. I am not getting
>>>>>>>Mustang related things this year. Believe me, I want headers,
>>>>>>>gears, new front bumper skirt, cobra ground effects, and a
>>>>>>>upper/lower intake combo, but I am happy with what I got.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>My first vacation. After 4 months of hard friggin' work, I got a
>>>>>>>10 day vacation. Yeah, it helps that I own the company, but it
>>>>>>>was needed nonetheless.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>My wife and I plus the two oldest kids went to Texas to see my
>>>>>>>family. It is the first time I have been down there in 12 years.
>>>>>>>I have seen everyone of course, but never went down by myself.
>>>>>>>We spent last weekend down there and have been lounging ever
>>>>>>>since. Tonight we are going out for dinner and some good old
>>>>>>>fashioned beer and country music interlaced with some
>>>>>>>two-steppin'. We don't get out much having 4 small boys and one
>>>>>>>on the way (I would love to get off of the Stork's mailing
>>>>>>>list). So this will be a nice reprieve. I love the boys to
>>>>>>>death, but mommy and daddy need mommy and daddy time. Although,
>>>>>>>having 4 kids and one on the way makes it sound like we have had
>>>>>>>plenty of mommy and daddy time. As far as the rest of the world
>>>>>>>knows, my wife and I have had mommy and daddy time only 5 times
>>>>>>>in 7 years.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>TMI? Maybe, but oh well.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>I am happy at 30, knowing that I am another year closer to being
>>>>>>>in a home where only my wife and I live! HAHA. My brother was
>>>>>>>very depressed about turning 30 but I won't let that happen to
>>>>>>>me. I have all kinds of ideas in my head, I can work 20 hours a
>>>>>>>day still, and I can still keep the women...I mean womAn happy
>>>>>>>in bed. That was for my wife's benefit who reads all of my
>>>>>>>posts!!! So, I know I am still young, I feel young still, and I
>>>>>>>definitely think young. To all those about to get to their 30th,
>>>>>>>embrace it and keep living life right. 30 is damn good.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Don Manning
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>>>>>>There comes a point in everyone's life where they need to stop
>>>>>>thinking of how old you they and start thinking about how lucky
>>>>>>they are to have lived this long. That's now my attitude on
>>>>>>every birthday since I turned forty over four years ago and
>>>>>>notice that every year there's more people my age that I know
>>>>>>personally that never got to live to their next birthday or have
>>>>>>had to deal with a life threatening illness.
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>>>>>Great point, Michael. I know what you're saying first hand. But
>>>>>just wait'll you pass 50. It's amazing how the human body adapts
>>>>>to constant pain from one thing or another...
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>>>>I busy now trying to correct the errors of my ways. I can see the
>>>>degradation happening much sooner if I don't eat healthier and get
>>>>more exercise. I don't plan on using the powered wheel chairs in
>>>>the Target stores for several decades to come, God willing.
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>>>I hear you loud and clear. I'm basically trying to do the same,
>>>but it's harder at this age and with my ridiculous schedule. At
>>>any rate, I'm just taking life a day at a time and enjoying my
>>>family.
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>>I have to work twice as hard at 44 to lose weight as I did at 35.
>>Plus having a job the requires me to sit on my butt every day
>>doesn't help either.
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> Exactly. Except at 51, it takes triple the effort...

Thanks for the heads up.