Happy Birthday! - Page 206

Gravdigr · 04-07-2015, 02:58 PM

Beest, old(er) chap!

fargon · 04-07-2015, 07:44 PM

Happi B-day Beest.

lumberjim · 04-09-2015, 12:02 PM

happy belated, dana, beest, and all

happy birthday Glatt™

DanaC · 04-09-2015, 03:21 PM

Thanks Jim

[eta] Happy Birthday Glatt!

fargon · 04-09-2015, 03:33 PM

Happy birthday Glatt.

Gravdigr · 04-09-2015, 04:35 PM

Happy Birthday, Glatt!

Hope it's a good one.

Clodfobble · 04-09-2015, 05:17 PM

Glatt! Enjoy your birthday, and that's an order, sir!

Lola Bunny · 04-09-2015, 05:47 PM

Happy Birthday, Glatt!

glatt · 04-10-2015, 07:42 AM

Thanks everyone! I had a good day.

It's become a tradition for me in the last few years to take the day off at work.

My wife also had the day off, so we took the metro down to Rosslyn, just across the river from Georgetown, and we walked across the Key Bridge into Georgetown. They had put some new high speed elevators in at the Rosslyn metro station since I had been there last, and it was kind of thrilling to use those for the first time. They are glass, and you have three elevators in one wide shaft, so you can watch as you zoom out of this almost bottomless pit. It was a little scary. I have a mild fear of heights (I get a jolt of adrenaline when I look over balconies and cliff edges and stuff like that.) and these elevators gave me that adrenaline jolt.

So we went in to Georgetown and I got a lobster roll and a cup of clam chowder at Luke's Lobster. I had had a craving for lobster after seeing some pictures of my brother getting them in Maine posted on FB.

And we walked around Georgetown, which I hadn't done in at least 15 years. It was fun. We were gonna stop at Georgetown Cupcakes, but the line was out the door and down the block. I don't stand in lines on my birthday, especially for cupcakes. So we checked out the Excorcist stairs and then walked back across the bridge to Rosslyn again.

Opened presents when the kids got home. They got me a gas grill, and it wasn't supposed to come until next week but it showed up after we got back from going out for Mexican food, so I spent the evening putting it together in the living room.

It was a fun day. I also got a haircut and spent half an hour watching a big building get torn down. I kept expecting an accident because the building was about 10-15 feet from the road, and the road hadn't been closed. But only insulation fell in the street a little.

Lola Bunny · 04-10-2015, 10:23 AM

That sounds wonderful! Glad you had a great birthday.

Gravdigr · 04-10-2015, 01:10 PM

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Originally Posted by glatt

So we checked out the Excorcist stairs...

Saywhatnow?

infinite monkey · 04-10-2015, 01:41 PM

I googly-mooglied it, grav. Totally cool! Father Karras didn't think so.

Well, I missed some birthdays. Happy belated glatt and beest and Dana!

Gravdigr · 04-10-2015, 01:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by infinite monkey

I googly-mooglied it, grav. Totally cool!!

So it is.

Thanks for the shove.

glatt · 04-10-2015, 02:11 PM

It's popular with both tourists in the know, and also fitness buffs. There's a handrail support bar they use for chin ups, and lots of folk jog the stairs.

Street view even caught some exorcist exercisers, or exorcistisers as the cool kids call them.

Street view shows they are posers though. Just standing around until they notice the Google camera, and then they quick try to look busy.
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busterb · 05-07-2015, 08:18 PM

Happy B-day Kervx.

04-07-2015, 02:58 PM	#3076
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	Beest, old(er) chap! __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

04-07-2015, 07:44 PM	#3077
fargon Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: La Crosse, WI Posts: 8,924	Happi B-day Beest. __________________ Annoy the ones that ignore you!!! I live a blessed life I Love my Country, I Fear the Government!!! Heavily medicated for the good of mankind.

04-09-2015, 12:02 PM	#3078
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	happy belated, dana, beest, and all happy birthday Glatt™ __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

04-09-2015, 03:33 PM	#3080
fargon Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: La Crosse, WI Posts: 8,924	Happy birthday Glatt. __________________ Annoy the ones that ignore you!!! I live a blessed life I Love my Country, I Fear the Government!!! Heavily medicated for the good of mankind.

04-09-2015, 04:35 PM	#3081
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	Happy Birthday, Glatt! Hope it's a good one. __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

04-09-2015, 05:17 PM	#3082
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	Glatt! Enjoy your birthday, and that's an order, sir! __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

04-09-2015, 05:47 PM	#3083
Lola Bunny Junior Master Dwellar Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 2,728	Happy Birthday, Glatt!

04-10-2015, 07:42 AM	#3084
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Thanks everyone! I had a good day. It's become a tradition for me in the last few years to take the day off at work. My wife also had the day off, so we took the metro down to Rosslyn, just across the river from Georgetown, and we walked across the Key Bridge into Georgetown. They had put some new high speed elevators in at the Rosslyn metro station since I had been there last, and it was kind of thrilling to use those for the first time. They are glass, and you have three elevators in one wide shaft, so you can watch as you zoom out of this almost bottomless pit. It was a little scary. I have a mild fear of heights (I get a jolt of adrenaline when I look over balconies and cliff edges and stuff like that.) and these elevators gave me that adrenaline jolt. So we went in to Georgetown and I got a lobster roll and a cup of clam chowder at Luke's Lobster. I had had a craving for lobster after seeing some pictures of my brother getting them in Maine posted on FB. And we walked around Georgetown, which I hadn't done in at least 15 years. It was fun. We were gonna stop at Georgetown Cupcakes, but the line was out the door and down the block. I don't stand in lines on my birthday, especially for cupcakes. So we checked out the Excorcist stairs and then walked back across the bridge to Rosslyn again. Opened presents when the kids got home. They got me a gas grill, and it wasn't supposed to come until next week but it showed up after we got back from going out for Mexican food, so I spent the evening putting it together in the living room. It was a fun day. I also got a haircut and spent half an hour watching a big building get torn down. I kept expecting an accident because the building was about 10-15 feet from the road, and the road hadn't been closed. But only insulation fell in the street a little.

04-10-2015, 10:23 AM	#3085
Lola Bunny Junior Master Dwellar Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 2,728	That sounds wonderful! Glad you had a great birthday.

04-10-2015, 01:41 PM	#3087
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	I googly-mooglied it, grav. Totally cool! Father Karras didn't think so. Well, I missed some birthdays. Happy belated glatt and beest and Dana!

04-10-2015, 02:11 PM	#3089
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	It's popular with both tourists in the know, and also fitness buffs. There's a handrail support bar they use for chin ups, and lots of folk jog the stairs. Street view even caught some exorcist exercisers, or exorcistisers as the cool kids call them. Street view shows they are posers though. Just standing around until they notice the Google camera, and then they quick try to look busy.

05-07-2015, 08:18 PM	#3090
busterb NSABFD Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: MS. usa Posts: 3,908	Happy B-day Kervx. __________________ I've haven't left very deep footprints in the sands of time. But, boy I've left a bunch.

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