This morning, after 23 hours of labor, my wife delivered our first child: he's 7 lbs, 9 oz and 21 inches long. He's got big paws, just like his old man.

We're very excited, and very tired.

If you get a chance, smoke a cigar and tip back a nice beverage of your choice - on me (virtually, of course!)

Ciao

Congratulations!

Now go get some well-deserved rest

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Congrats

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A slight inclination of the cranium is as adequate as a spasmodic movement of one optic towards an equinine quadruped utterly devoid of any visionary capacity.

Let me get that into units I can understand.
So that's 3430 gramm and 53 cm.
Good size.

Congrats to your first one!

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Baroness Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach 1830-1916
our animal welfare board and organisation

Congrats! Wow, 23 hours of labor!!

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The dose makes the poison--Paracelsus (1493-1541) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paracelsus

I don't know. That's why I'm asking--Noclevername

Intelligence may not be clearly defined, but you know stupid when you see it--Noclevername

Science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge--Carl Sagan (1934-1996)

Agreed.

At least it didn't last for a whole day.

WTG, you two and now three! About thirteen years and you can sick 'im on the girls!

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Congratulations!!

Yeah, that was MY reaction.

Thanks for the offer of a virtual cigar; I'll take the bubblegum variety.

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“I shall always be convinced that a watch proves a watchmaker, and that a universe proves a God” ~Voltaire

By then it will be 10.

Congrats.

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Mine was rather, "like our second one".
My daughter took the whole day and more...

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"Who does not know anything, must believe everything."
Baroness Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach 1830-1916
our animal welfare board and organisation

Women are difficult...even during birth.

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says the guy who can't get any


j/k

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A slight inclination of the cranium is as adequate as a spasmodic movement of one optic towards an equinine quadruped utterly devoid of any visionary capacity.

23 hours. Wow. DyerPuppy needs to vote in the procrastination thread, as soon as he gets around to it.

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And you, to whom adversity has dealt the final blow
With smiling [faces] lyin' to ye' everywhere ye' go
Turn to, and put out all your strength of arm and heart and brain
And like the Mary Ellen Carter, rise again.

Congradulations. My cousin was born on the day Endeavour landed, and I suggested it be his middle name, as I had been intensely praying for the safety of both, but no dice.

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I want to go back to the moon.
I don't care which rocket you use, whichever one you pick, I'll like it, I swear.
"If you think the LHC will create black holes, you might as well believe Hobbits are at the bottom of your garden."- Dr. Mike Inglis
Rovers forever! - ToSeek

Pfft. My daughter took longer.

Congratulations, though. Rest while you can; you won't be getting much any time soon, I'm sure.

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"Now everyone was giving her that kind of look UFOlogists get when they suddenly say, 'Hey, if you shade your eyes you can see it is just a flock of geese after all.'"

"You can't erase icing."

"I can't believe it doesn't work! I found it on the internet, man!"

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The dose makes the poison--Paracelsus (1493-1541) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paracelsus

I don't know. That's why I'm asking--Noclevername

Intelligence may not be clearly defined, but you know stupid when you see it--Noclevername

Science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge--Carl Sagan (1934-1996)

After 24 hours I asked my wife if she is pleased with the room.
Otherwise I could use the time and get some paint and give it a different colour.

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"Who does not know anything, must believe everything."
Baroness Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach 1830-1916
our animal welfare board and organisation

May all your troubles be little ones! Congratulations! They don't call it labor for nothing.

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Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
Albert Einstein

congrats dyerwolf.

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If it's just us, it seems like an awful waste of space.
Contact Carl Sagan

http://davidsuniverse.wordpress.com/

Congrats.
Thanks for the Cigies, I like Cubans (I am lying I don't smoke).
Man 23 Hours!! Becoming a nun is suddenly appealing.

Congratulations Dyerwolf and your wife!

diaper-duty will be calling soon. good luck with the shut-eye, if you can get it!

the magic and fun are just beginning!

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clear skies

If you want to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first create the universe. CARL SAGAN

Mak: Pass the pepperoni please.
Fazor: "Hail, Bautainia! We pledge our hearts to thee! Science and woo, some babbling too, and astron-oh-meee!"
slang: And it made ash out of yew and tree.

or in this case the little one

Grats!

Congrats on the cub!

A nice rum-soaked and a cup Turkish-blend coffee in your honor!

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"Those are the people that wonder how a thermos knows whether to keep something hot or keep something cold." ~ NeoWatcher

A hearty and sincere congrats to you and your wife.

If it helps, assure her that after the 1st one labor is typically much easier.

Maybe wait a bit though. For now, just wait on her hand and foot.

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Don of Borg - Cool, Calm, Collective.

"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

Congrats, DyerWolf! Welcome to fatherhood!

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Congratulations

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"Ten percent of nothin' is, let me do the math here... nothin' and a nothin', carry the nothin'"

"There are four lights!"

Lessee... Mrs. Wolf carries the little one for nine months, goes through 23 hours of labor, and Mr. Wolf wants congratulations?

Seriously, congratulations and all the best to the Family Wolf.

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