# 78 years old today **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 26, 2018, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/78-years-old-today/811194 "2018-03-26T11:22:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2018, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/78-years-old-today/811194/21 "2018-03-26T17:05:32Z")
Happy Birthday Louis! I hope you enjoy your special day. ---
**Author:** ![casdave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c6cbf5/32.png) [@casdave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/casdave)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2018, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/78-years-old-today/811194/22 "2018-03-26T17:35:04Z")
Happy Birthday ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2018, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/78-years-old-today/811194/23 "2018-03-26T17:39:37Z")
Yeah, happy day and all. I’m 71 this year and a bit apprehensive about the 78-79 years, as a lot of people in my family have checked out around that time, including my mother, brother, sister, and first cousin. Granted, they all had long-term illnesses, but it makes me nervous nonetheless. ---
**Author:** ![Bumbazine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbazine/32/362_2.png) [@Bumbazine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbazine)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2018, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/78-years-old-today/811194/24 "2018-03-26T18:34:15Z")
Happy Birthday, Louis! Don’t grow up. It’s a trap! ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2018, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/78-years-old-today/811194/25 "2018-03-26T18:45:26Z")
Happy birthday LouisB! I’m 55, and right there with you on the “what do I want to be when I grow up” thing. It reminds me of the old Paula Poundstone joke about why adults are always asking kids what they want to be when they grow up – they’re looking for ideas! ---
**Author:** ![jasg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f0a364/32.png) [@jasg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasg)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2018, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/78-years-old-today/811194/26 "2018-03-26T19:01:07Z")
You share the day with Nancy Pelosi, who turned 78 today. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2018, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/78-years-old-today/811194/27 "2018-03-26T21:21:44Z")
People born on March 26 are the best people around! (63 and celebrating in Vegas, baby!) Happy Birthday to us! ---
**Author:** ![nelliebly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nelliebly/32/5422_2.png) [@nelliebly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nelliebly)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2018, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/78-years-old-today/811194/28 "2018-03-26T22:22:59Z")
Happy Birthday, Louis! Don’t worry about career choices until you get out of puberty. ---
**Author:** ![Mangosteen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Mangosteen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangosteen)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2018, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/78-years-old-today/811194/29 "2018-03-27T00:05:53Z")
> [@Jasmine](#): > > Congratulations!! 🙂 > > Wow, you have a unique and incredible perspective. You grew up watching black and white TVs with tubes, and now you are watching ultra high definition flat screens. There are a million other examples of how you’ve personally witnessed an incredible amount of change. > > Throughout the history of man, I doubt any person has witnessed that kind of change in the span of one lifetime. Orville Wright might give a run for the money. He was only 32 when he and his brother flew their plane at Kittyhawk in 1903. He died in 1948 having seen his invention evolve into the Lockheed Constellation, a transcontinental four engine pressurized aircraft. Howard Hughes actually gave Orville a ride in one in 1944. ---
**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2018, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/78-years-old-today/811194/30 "2018-03-27T01:15:30Z")
Thanks to everyone for the good wishes. I’ve been repeating that same old line about growing up for approximately 20 years here on the SDMB and that counts for something—this is a great place to hang out; it beats hanging out in bars and pool halls. I did my share of that sort of thing. I’ve managed to live in eight states in the lower 48 and I’ve managed to visit quite a few more as well as a few foreign countries. I’ve learned that people are much the same no matter where one lives or visits. I had a good day today. Again, thanks to everyone. ---
**Author:** ![scareyfaerie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scareyfaerie/32/3135_2.png) [@scareyfaerie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scareyfaerie)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2018, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/78-years-old-today/811194/31 "2018-03-27T11:52:07Z")
Belated happy birthday! I hope you enjoyed your day, and still haven’t decided to grow up yet 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2018, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/78-years-old-today/811194/32 "2018-03-27T13:40:45Z")
> [@LouisB](#): > > I had a good day today. Good. Just wanted to say, I always take special notice of your posts because I know you’re one of us Florida folks. ---
**Author:** ![MonkeyCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e99b99/32.png) [@MonkeyCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeyCat)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2018, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/78-years-old-today/811194/33 "2018-03-28T19:16:31Z")
> [@LouisB](#): > > I am now 78 years old and I still have no idea what I want to be when I grow up. Just don’t turn 100. Then you can’t play with Legos no more. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![BobBitchin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7ea924/32.png) [@BobBitchin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobBitchin)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2018, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/78-years-old-today/811194/34 "2018-03-28T21:37:16Z")
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