# Enola hits the Big 5-0 **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 16, 2020, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enola-hits-the-big-5-0/851893 "2020-04-16T03:01:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Enola\_Straight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dec6dc/32.png) [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2020, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enola-hits-the-big-5-0/851893/1 "2020-04-16T03:01:18Z")
One half-century ago today, Mama gave birth to a little tax deduction. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![VOW](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/vow/32/3043_2.png) [@VOW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VOW)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2020, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enola-hits-the-big-5-0/851893/2 "2020-04-16T04:47:00Z")
Happy Birthday! Fifty isn’t even considered middle-aged any more. You gotta be at least sixty-five to join that club! ~VOW ---
**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:** [April 16, 2020, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enola-hits-the-big-5-0/851893/3 "2020-04-16T11:57:48Z")
I’ll be catching up with you in July! Tell me, do you feel like a grown-up now? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_stainless_steel_rat/32/5727_2.png) [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stainless_Steel_Rat)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2020, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enola-hits-the-big-5-0/851893/4 "2020-04-16T13:09:11Z")
Kids these days… Happy Birthday ES. ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2020, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enola-hits-the-big-5-0/851893/5 "2020-04-16T14:14:54Z")
> [@VOW](#): > > Happy Birthday! > > Fifty isn’t even considered middle-aged any more. You gotta be at least sixty-five to join that club! > ~VOW I’m about to turn four-oh. I hope you’re right! ---
**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:** [April 16, 2020, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enola-hits-the-big-5-0/851893/6 "2020-04-16T15:21:01Z")
Happy birthday! When I turned 50, my mom said, “Someday you’ll wish you were 50 again.” It didn’t take her long to be proven right. ---
**Author:** ![ASGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/838e76/32.png) [@ASGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASGuy)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2020, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enola-hits-the-big-5-0/851893/7 "2020-04-18T01:49:23Z")
You young punks! Happy 50th. I made my 50th a fairly big deal, but no one else did. Enjoy your day. Now get off my lawn! ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2020, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enola-hits-the-big-5-0/851893/8 "2020-04-18T03:35:47Z")
Happy Birthday and many happy returns! ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2020, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enola-hits-the-big-5-0/851893/9 "2020-04-18T04:41:40Z")
Happy birthday! 50 can be a big deal. Up until 49 you can lie to yourself that you are still young. At 50 onward, not so much. But speaking from the ripe old age of 61, I promise you life can still be wonderful, energetic, and unexpected. Enjoy your growing wisdom and ability to shed the expectations and vulnerabilities that plague younger people. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2020, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enola-hits-the-big-5-0/851893/10 "2020-04-18T04:46:35Z")
Cheers. Good job getting to the half-century mark! (:)) ---
**Author:** ![Die\_Capacitrix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/die_capacitrix/32/9_2.png) [@Die\_Capacitrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Die_Capacitrix)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2020, 10:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enola-hits-the-big-5-0/851893/11 "2020-04-18T10:00:41Z")
Happy pandemic birthday! ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2020, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enola-hits-the-big-5-0/851893/12 "2020-04-18T11:31:27Z")
It’s very cool being born in a year ending in zero. I hit 50 in June. Sigh. ---
**Author:** ![Capn\_Carl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/838e76/32.png) [@Capn\_Carl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capn_Carl)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2020, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enola-hits-the-big-5-0/851893/13 "2020-04-19T15:13:17Z")
Happy Birthday! How do you feel about being 50?