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Many thanks, my friends!

Yes, I'm old but not that old! I've read a number of times that you shouldn't put your date of birth on the internet because identity thieves can get at it, so I just put down the earliest year I could. Besides, we all have a pretty good idea of how old each other is, I think.

Shane, Damon Allen came to my Grey Cup party in 1995, so I'll be rooting for him and the Argos as long as they are in the hunt. But I've enjoyed listening to the Rider games on CKRM on the internet the past two months, so I wish them well too. I'm just hoping for exciting ballgames, which the Canadian league usually provides.

I had a quiet birthday. I went to church with a nice reception of a large selection of homemade cakes because our new bishop came to visit. I spent the afternoon smoking a Cayman Island cigar while listening to the Toronto Argonauts play the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in a good game. (Toronto won.)

In regard to presents, I did not receive any CDs as I had expected. However, I did receive two nice checks which I have spent already. My stereo system's CD player died on me about a month ago. I can't complain; I had it over ten years. Yesterday I went to BJ's Warehouse to pick up a replacement, and found that they don't sell CD players anymore - only DVD players (which also play CDs). So I picked up the least expensive model, a Toshiba. It sounds much better than the Technics which I had before. So live and learn - a new inexpensive DVD player sounds better than an old CD player.

I also spent ten dollars on something I never needed before. I don't play my LPs very often. Most of them are packed away. I usually play LPs only in December when I break out my Christmas albums. Well last December I noticed that the "rubber" turntable platter mat on my old Technics turntable had warped! It was causing the part of the record above the warp to rise almost half an inch above the platter. So yesterday, in anticipation of breaking out my LPs again in a few weeks, I ordered a new turntable platter mat.

And the remainder of my birthday money goes to my credit card bill covering the Concord blowout sale. I still have quite a number I haven't opened yet, including the Bill Evans Riverside box.

So thanks again for your good wishes! I hope everyone's year will be as blessed as mine has been.

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