Howdy!

I have to wait until December to hit that milestone...

yours,
Michael

On Fri, May 16, 2025 at 11:32 AM Tom Rux - tmr0195 at comcast.net (via
tml list) <xxxxxx@simplelists.com> wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> On 06/29/25 I will be 69 for the record.
>
> Tom Rux
>
> > On 05/16/2025 5:04 AM PDT Jeff Zeitlin - editor at freelancetraveller.com (via tml list) <xxxxxx@simplelists.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> > On Mon, 12 May 2025 04:14:03 +0100, Timothy Collinson wrote:
> >
> > >Just a few moments ago I entered my seventh decade.  After rhe health
> > >events of a couple of years back, it feels as if it's a gift that I might
> > >not have experienced.
> >
> > A belated "Happy Birthday" to you!
> >
> > >In a few hours I'll be travelling back from the North Star convention in
> > >Sheffield which has just wrapped another successful year.  Well done Graham
> > >and Dom on a terrific couple of days.  It's a 'general' SF convention, but
> > >there was enough Traveller on offer you could play the game in every slot
> > >if desired or allocations played ball.  Indeed, one slot had not one but
> > >two Traveller games on offer so it wasn't possible to play it all!
> >
> > I hope you're going to send me an AAR soon!
> >
> > >I can't really lift a toast to *another* 60 years, although who knows, but
> > >I can praise God for the decades I've had and wish all the best to fellow
> > >Travelllers... whether you're in your early terms of vigour and skill
> > >development or gingerly facing another aging roll and thinking perhaps
> > >mustering out wouldn't be such a bad idea.
> >
> > I'm approaching the completion of the second year of my seventh decade (end
> > of September is the magic date); I'm sort of taking the attitude that
> > you're only as old as you feel (or, if you want to be a bit risqué, 'only
> > as old as who you feel'), and despite my salt-and-pepper being far more
> > salt than pepper, if I keep my facial hair properly mowed, I seem to look
> > quite a bit younger than my actual age. I do, however, concede that I've
> > reached the stage where sitting down is easier than standing back up... :)
> >
> >
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