# Another year gone by

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-year-gone-by/750226>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [March 26, 2016, 8:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-year-gone-by/750226 "2016-03-26T08:51:34Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![steatopygia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steatopygia/32/3132_2.png) [@steatopygia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steatopygia)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2016, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-year-gone-by/750226/21 "2016-03-26T20:48:24Z")

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I think you might be the coolest dude in the condo complex, if you walked around with a t-shirt that read…  
Excellent Doper  
(Straight)

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**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\
**Post date:** [March 27, 2016, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-year-gone-by/750226/22 "2016-03-27T20:31:05Z")

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> [@steatopygia](#):
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> Excellent Doper  
> (Straight)

Mine would be an alternative to that. 😉

Anyway . . . Hope you had a great Bday, LouisB. You’ve got me beat by 5.5 years, but I already have a walker.

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**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\
**Post date:** [March 27, 2016, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-year-gone-by/750226/23 "2016-03-27T23:05:38Z")

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Happy birthday **Louis**!!

At the ripe young age of 57 I’ve finally figured out what I want to be when I grow up: Retired.

You and the other oldsters seem to have already figured that part out. Congrats on doing it right.

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**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2016, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-year-gone-by/750226/24 "2016-03-28T00:45:55Z")

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76! I shall throw you [a parade](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBQWsBiM5YY).

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**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2016, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-year-gone-by/750226/25 "2016-03-29T14:29:07Z")

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> [@LouisB](#):
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> I am completely stricken with awe or should I just say I am awestruck. You have set the bar too high for me; I can’t make the jump. But I wish I could.

Turns out that using this ONE STRANGE TRICK, you can dance without a cane even if you can’t walk without one.

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