Hello Eudaimonia,
Congratulations!
It has been said that it is easier to get older than it is to get wiser. Fortunately you have managed both with style!
Many happy returns of the day.
O.A.

Congratulations on another orbit around the sun, Eud.

There's always another hill ahead.

I just got this. I actually thought you climbed a hill called 50. yes, I am that literal. congrats younger brother. thanks for all you have built here in the Gulch

Congratulations, young feller! : )

At 72, I still look in the mirror in the morning and see that 18 year old kid wondering what the hell is going on. And often I feel just like that kid, amused, scared, and hopeful. And far more centered now.

Galt's Gulch is my refuge of sanity in an increasingly crazy world.

Welcome to the bright side!

Happy Birthday! I think I heard somewhere recently that you share a birthday with the one and only William Jefferson Clinton.

Nice Rick. Nice. :)

And here's to another 50 ! You are valuable here, and I appreciate you.

I am about a year and a half behind you old timer. :)

Congrats on another year

Ascent, not descent. Now you climb the mountain - UP UP UP!

Jan

Lucky you, I am 80 and still climbing.

I will see you at the top in two months. Sounds like the view is pretty nice when you are surrounded by those of like mind. Congrats!

Congrats Reproach :)

Congrats Rick.

Congrats Rick. You joined my ranks now. :)

Belated Happy Birthday. I reached that plateau about 6 years and 2 months ago. It doesn't have to be downhill from there, you are only as old as you feel. When I got my first divorce at 31, I felt the like the world was lifted off my shoulders and felt like I was 22 or 23 again. I changed my life and started to eat healthier, lots of fruits, nuts and veggies. Less soda and chips. Still waiting for feeling like I am 56, haven't reached that point yet. Good luck and best wishes Eudaimonia.

Dear Eu
As the song goes -- You've only just begun...
Fifty is the age at which a person such as yourself finally reaches maturity and can truly claim the status of adult. Most others reaching that pinnacle never become adults. They only accumulate years. Congratulations on your milestone.

Well, happy birthday. I hope you get more ac-
complished between 50 and 60 than I did.

If you are over-the-hill you are probably accelerating!
Proud to boast that I beat you to it by 7 years and 2 weeks!
Congratulations anyway...!

yessir -- I have been over the hill for 16 years now, and more .......
I'm the nut who wore the tie which read "This Is What 40 Looks Like"
and then passed it on to a close friend. . I was told that wearing
that tie on my birthday, at work, was an act of either surrender
or stupidity. . Hey, I thought it was a graduation, Rick!!! -- j
.

Congrats Rick, although 'over the hill' has too many negative meanings for me at 60. I agree with all the others as to acceleration. Never lose your enthusiasm or curiosity. Regards.

Be aware, Eudaimonia (I'm 72), the trip down the hill seems to go a lot faster.......... ;-)

HI Rick, trust me as one who after the fifty assent just kept on climbing. The view gets better, the terrain I survey get larger and the command of knowledge improves with constant work. Its still fun to climb and ski meaning work is followed by exhilaration. So I think you are in maybe a notch between great summits. Sort of like the South Col. There is no way but up.

Enjoy the climb.

Happy "Over the hill" birthday!
Once you reach 68 as I have, you'll know much moreabout the slide down.
For one thing, as you look back, it all goes faster and faster and faster.

Happy B-day.
with age you really do get wiser, you may not recognize it immediately but it does happen.
many more years for you.