Happy Birthday!
You don’t look a day over 47 from way over here. Born in '41–you had to be a tough little lad. Have a very nice day, and I’ll raise my mug of tea to you! (It’s too early for a shot of whisky.)
Happy Birthday chowder!
My birthday is close to Christmas as well, but on the other side! I was born on New Year’s Eve, a very good day to party!
If you ever see twickster and I calling each other “twin” it’s because not only do we share a day, but the year as well. Both of us were born on 12/31/ahem, cough.
My cats Tobermory, Vladimir, and Attila say hi to your Eccles!
Shucks people I never expected all those ecards, I am humbled, truly.
Thanks to you all for making this particular birthday just that little bit special.
I’m off out now, the pub landlord just phoned and told me to get my arse in gear as his profits are down.
I must now move with the speed of 10,000 gazelles in order to get to his noble establishment before he flogs all the booze to less deserving causes than myself.
Happy birthday, chowder- if it’s still your birthday! What the hell, even if it’s not- happy birthday! Are you in a drunken sodden heap yet?
ETA: Just saw your latest post. Get going, man!
Happy Birthday,** chowder**! Hope you’re having big fun tonight.
Happy birthday, chowder, and many happy returns. You’re doing well if you can still stand to get good and drunk. I’m considerably younger than you and the best I can manage tonight is to drink a nice hot cocoa in your honor.
Your birthday is my birthday, too! Except the year. I’m 29 today. For the 6th time. And my son wil be 18 tomorrow.
I have to work, though, and you know the beer here in the States is crap anyway, so drink a pint of something nice for me!
Happy birthday to you!
And to Marlitharn!
And to me! 
I’m 40 today. The party was last night. My head hurts. 
Still, it was good fun.
You give Eccles lots of scritches, and have a fabulous day.
Happy birthday and hope you have as many more as you feel you’d like.
Happy Birthday! Have a bowl of clam chowder on me!
StG
Happy birthday, Chowder, from another card-carrying old fart (I just turned 66 last month).
You sound like someone quite capable of proudly carrying on the art and science of growing old disgracefully.
Many happy returns. Be good to yrself, you’ve earned it!
So I stumbles out of the boozer last night accompanied by my 2 bestest mates, Eric and George.
We went for a ruby which they insisted they paid for :).
Scrarfed down said ruby avec naan bread, rice and all the rest of it, called a cab, got home, barfed, pushed eyeballs back into sockets, brushed whatever teeth I have left in my gob, hung my clothes on the floor, shoved Eccles off my pillow (much to his disgust) and crashed.
Woke this morning with a mouth like a dead vultures crotch, brushed teeth, swillled mothwash around, put coffee on, fed cat (who was still miffed) and here I am all bright eyed and bushy tailed.
Ready to face the world for another 12 months.
Thanks for all the emails and ecards folks, you surely are kings and queens among mere mortals especially the lady that offered me a night of unbridled lust and debauchery.
Yes! you
Sounds like you recover more quickly than I would. Glad to hear all went well and that you had a good time. I’m sure Eccles will forgive you…eventually. 
Cheers, Chowder! I wish I could go back and tell both my granddads what they meant to me and that I hope they always knew! I’d be honored if you were my granddad, but I’m actually about your daughter’s age! Anyway, hope you enjoyed your day…you deserved it!
All the best!
Consider me your honorary Granddad from this day forward.
I allus knew what my parents and grandparents meant to me and I’m certain they knew I loved them with every fibre of my being.
You are sweet and your granddaughter is very fortunate!
Well happy birthday, you old hapless grouch! 
I realize that you’ve had quite the spate of bad luck lately, so in honor of this auspicious occasion, I’ve created a special birthday greeting just for you. Cheers!
You know Eric too?
And a belated Happy Birthday, chowder.
Aaaaarrggghhh, the Gnomes
Bad luck,what bad luck?
Oh you mean City.
I’m used to it, 60+ years of ups and downs, mostly downs