Today is my birthday, and now I'm officially old . Apparently, NASA was waiting for the big day to launch the shuttle as part of the celebration. That was the real reason for all of the launch delays.:wink: I'm not really doing all that much to celebrate today, but this weekend I will be trying to break my old record climbing Pikes Peak (13 miles, 7600 foot climb in 4 hours, 50 minutes set 10 years ago when I was 20). I will be trying to get up in less than 4 hours. We'll see. I might not be that old yet.

In other news, my wife and I are starting to let folks know that Laser Jock Jr. is expected to arrive in another 6 months. We have known since May 19, but we wanted to keep it quiet until after my sister's wedding and she got safely to Saipan. We didn't want steal her thunder. It will be the first grandchild and great-grandchild on both sides of the family.

Finding this out on May 19 was slightly disturbing. As you may remember, Star Wars Ep. III was released that day. Since I look a bit like Anakin, my wife looks a bit like Padme, and I found out that my wife was expecting the same day as Anakin, I was a little concerned about how far these coincidences would go. I wouldn't mind turning into the Dark Lord of the Sith so much, but I draw the line at my wife dying in childbirth. Fortunately, she is not expecting twins so we should be all right.

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Old laser physicists never die, they just become incoherent.
These days, every Tom, Dick, and Harry thinks he knows what a photon is, but he is wrong. - Albert Einstein

Congrats Laser Jock. 30 isn't anywhere close to becoming incoherent. 46, now that's a depressing number :wink:

And congrats on the little laser pointer. Is it going to be blue laser or a red laser?

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Don't think 30 is old, 49 (with a change in that number in 4 months), that is old. :wink:

I'm willing to bet on the "not old"

Congrats on the little laser.

Actually Swift, at our age I think that bolded word should be incontinent shouldn't it? :wink:

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Some try to tell me, thoughts they cannot defend,... - Moody Blues.

Since there isn't such a thing as pink laser light, red will have to do?

We don't know; nor do we plan to find out until early. I'm guessing a girl (not that I'll be disappointed either way).

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Old laser physicists never die, they just become incoherent.
These days, every Tom, Dick, and Harry thinks he knows what a photon is, but he is wrong. - Albert Einstein

Congrats! The best is always yet to come.

May your climb be safe and swift; and your child be healthy, caring, and wise.

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"Within the next generation I believe that the world's leaders will discover that infant conditioning and narco-hypnosis are more efficient, as instruments of government, than clubs and prisons, and that the lust for power can be just as completely satisfied by suggesting people into loving their servitude as by flogging them and kicking them into obedience." -- Aldous Huxley

Sayings go: It's all downhill after 30. Life begins at 40. I just started counting backwards from 30 until I hit 20/40. :wink:

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I heard it on the news just the other day
There's this new stuff called dark energy
We can't measure and we can't see..." - from Jimmy Buffett's What if the hokey pokey is all it really is about?

mine was 2 days ago... living in the springs as well!

congrats on future baby laser jock. maybe an LED jock?

taks

Yeah, that's what Anakin thought, too. #-o


Happy Birthday, Laser Jock, and congratulations!

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Today is my birthday as well. Have a great one laser jock!

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In the progress of this discussion I shall endeavor to give a satisfactory answer to all the objections which shall have made their appearance, that may seem to have any claim to your attention.

Alexander Hamilton, Federalist No. 1

I remember just before my 30th going into get my drivers license renewed. The clerk said "Crossing the watershed, huh?"

It wasn't until later that it occurred to me that when one crosses a watershed, he has necessarily gone over the hill!

By the way, I got married on my 30th. Under 30 and single to over 30 and married in a single day!

Congrats, Laser Jock!

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Cum catapultae proscribeantur tum soli proscripti catapultas habeant.

i was standing in customs at the US border (see thread "I'm a Canuck! (for a few days)") on my return to CO and the agent noticed my bday... "getting older as you stand here and wait, eh?" i had no choice but to grumble something incontinently...


taks

Laser Jock wrote:

First, Happy Birthday!!!

Second, it was my birthday also!!!

Third, since I turned 50 (yep, the first half is over and it's all down hill from here #-o ) I think that I can say with some authority that YOU ARE NOT OLD!!!

I also wish to thank NASA for that great birthday present.

And Laser Jock, just remember that
Growing old is mandatory, growing up is optional!!!

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I don't ask stupid questions. I just make stupid statements!!!

You have at least 45 years more work before retirement, longer than you've been alive.

You might reconsider that 'OLD' stuff.

I got a buddy that delivers printed forms from his company from time to time, he's 83. He ain't old. My father on the other hand is 80 and is definately old, just sits there waiting to die.


You makes your choice and takes your chances. By the way, you'll be 51 before that little sucker becomes fully legal, so you might as well have a couple more. We've taken out equity loans to help with college on ours, I've got to pay them off, ransack my retirement savings and hope we have enough to get em through college. Then hope we can rebuild to retire some day. [/img]

Sigh. Nope, old. OK, I did break my old time by almost a half hour (4 hours, 24 minutes), but I didn't get up in less than 4 hours. I was slowed by my right knee that decided to misbehave less than 1/3 of the way up. Fortunately it did stop hurting (or at least went numb) the last three miles. I was also weakened by a stomach bug (or something) that I've been fighting all this last week. Three trips to the bathroom that morning is not the condition you want to be in when you start one of these climbs. Like I said I think I'm getting old. 8-[

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Old laser physicists never die, they just become incoherent.
These days, every Tom, Dick, and Harry thinks he knows what a photon is, but he is wrong. - Albert Einstein

Your only as old as the woman you would LIKE to feel!

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The meek will inherit the earth ... the rest of us will go to the stars.

Blue!!

At 8:21 AM (MST), Mrs. Laser Jock gave birth to Andrew Schuyler at 5 lbs, 13 oz. He's already proven to be an active little character who likes to beller a lot.

Here's a picture (more to come later):

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Old laser physicists never die, they just become incoherent.
These days, every Tom, Dick, and Harry thinks he knows what a photon is, but he is wrong. - Albert Einstein

Congrats. Surprised you are "coherent", you probably were up all night.

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Babies!


I can live without them.
I know, I'm so bad.

Congrats, Laser Jock! Welcome to parenthood!





Swift, you deserve a smack for that "coherent" pun.

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The contents of this post are ©2008 by SeanF and may not be copied or retransmitted in any form without the express written consent of SeanF

You're welcome to take a "shot". But don't think for a moment that I'll see "the light".
Actually, I have the right, since I gave Laser Jock the first quote in his signature, when back when.

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