# Another year, another ????

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-year-another/654051>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [March 26, 2013, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-year-another/654051 "2013-03-26T22:35:03Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 11\
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**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2013, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-year-another/654051/1 "2013-03-26T22:35:03Z")

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I am now 73 damn years old and I wonder where the time went. I want it back so I can make all the mistakes I’ve made again----I would start earlier, I think.

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**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, 2013, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-year-another/654051/2 "2013-03-26T22:52:44Z")

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Happy Birthday! I hope you have as many more as you can handle.

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**Author:** ![Pai325](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Pai325](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pai325)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2013, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-year-another/654051/3 "2013-03-26T23:03:14Z")

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Happy Birthday! I want my years back, too, but I’m betting they’d be all new mistakes.

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**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, 2013, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-year-another/654051/4 "2013-03-26T23:03:58Z")

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Happy birthday to my birthday buddy! You’ve got the right attitude there.

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**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2013, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-year-another/654051/5 "2013-03-26T23:08:40Z")

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Happy Birthday **LouisB**!

I take it birthday happies are in order for **silenus** as well!

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**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2013, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-year-another/654051/6 "2013-03-26T23:16:47Z")

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The 70’s are looking good. Happy Birthday, **LouisB**! Keep 'em coming!

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**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\
**Post date:** [March 27, 2013, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-year-another/654051/7 "2013-03-27T03:54:12Z")

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Thanks to all for the good wishes.

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**Author:** ![Cheez\_Whia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d26b3c/32.png) [@Cheez\_Whia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheez_Whia)\
**Post date:** [March 27, 2013, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-year-another/654051/8 "2013-03-27T04:23:19Z")

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Happy birthday **LouisB**!

Youth is wasted on the young. 🙂

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**Author:** ![sparky\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/77aa72/32.png) [@sparky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sparky_1)\
**Post date:** [March 27, 2013, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-year-another/654051/9 "2013-03-27T04:57:09Z")

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70 is the new 30!

Happy Birthday

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**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, 2013, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-year-another/654051/10 "2013-03-27T15:23:44Z")

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Belated happies, **LouisB** , I would like my years back again too but only so I can make all the mistakes I missed out on the first time round!

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**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\
**Post date:** [March 27, 2013, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-year-another/654051/11 "2013-03-27T15:28:34Z")

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See, the trick is to make the mistakes twice at the beginning. Then it seems a lot longer to get them straightened out.

HB to you both.
