# Goodbye 52. Hello 53....... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 31, 2002, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodbye-52-hello-53/145838 "2002-12-31T06:56:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2002, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodbye-52-hello-53/145838/1 "2002-12-31T06:56:53Z")
Yup, I’m 53 today. Just thought I would share that with y’all in case someone wanted to , you know, wish me many happy returns or something? 😃 Quasi ---
**Author:** ![JerseyDiamond](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8491ac/32.png) [@JerseyDiamond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JerseyDiamond)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2002, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodbye-52-hello-53/145838/2 "2002-12-31T06:57:41Z")
HAPPY BIRTHDAY 😉 ---
**Author:** ![lel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8797f3/32.png) [@lel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lel)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2002, 7:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodbye-52-hello-53/145838/3 "2002-12-31T07:13:41Z")
Happy birthday! (This reminds me, it’s the birthday of someone else I know – also 53!) May you have a wonderful day! ---
**Author:** ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2002, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodbye-52-hello-53/145838/4 "2002-12-31T07:27:51Z")
Many Happy Returns to you, my friend. May you have another healthy, happy 53 to go. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2002, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodbye-52-hello-53/145838/5 "2002-12-31T07:34:22Z")
Well, may as well use this one more time this year… **HAPPY BIRTHDAY, QUASIMODEM!!!** Approximate Phonetic Chinese Version of “Happy Birthday”: (thanks, Nathan!) “Guung juuk nay fook sow yuen teen tsai, hing hong nay sun sun fie lok. Leen leen doe yao gum yut, suuy doe yao gum jzew, guung hay nay! Guung hay nay!!!” Approximate English Translation of Above: “Congrats on this good day of fortune, where we can all gather together. Wishing you a very happy birthday. Every year, this wondrous day arrives; Always, this wondrous time comes. Congratulations! Congratulations!” Here’s hoping you have a wonderful birthday and year filled with fun, adventure, your wants fulfilled, health, hapiness, etc. I’ve enjoyed reading your posts, and look forward to many more from you in the time to come! 🙂 F\_X ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2002, 8:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodbye-52-hello-53/145838/6 "2002-12-31T08:13:27Z")
Happy birthday, **Quasimodem** , many more of them, all that kinda stuff! 🙂 May this new year you’re embarking on bring you all that you would ever want, and much in the way of love and peace. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2002, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodbye-52-hello-53/145838/7 "2002-12-31T13:06:02Z")
Happy birthday, fellow-new-year’s-eve baby – of course, since I turn 48 today, I’m the baby, I guess. ---
**Author:** ![Gazelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Gazelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gazelle)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2002, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodbye-52-hello-53/145838/8 "2002-12-31T13:20:38Z")
Alles gute zum Geburtstag, mein Freund! 53 years young, my man! Love, GfH ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2002, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodbye-52-hello-53/145838/9 "2002-12-31T13:21:07Z")
Well, hell. Happy birthday. ---
**Author:** ![Slainte](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a698b9/32.png) [@Slainte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slainte)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2002, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodbye-52-hello-53/145838/10 "2002-12-31T13:23:12Z")
D’oh! I started another thread… didn’t see this one. Happy Birthday either way! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2002, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodbye-52-hello-53/145838/11 "2002-12-31T13:23:59Z")
Happy birthday, **Quasimodem**! I had no idea you were older than I am! 😃 And happy birthday, **twickster**! ---
**Author:** ![cuauhtemoc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecb155/32.png) [@cuauhtemoc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cuauhtemoc)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2002, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodbye-52-hello-53/145838/12 "2002-12-31T13:59:19Z")
Happy Birthday, Mr. Modem. ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2002, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodbye-52-hello-53/145838/13 "2002-12-31T15:48:29Z")
Thanks, y’all! Guess it’s not really “kosher” to have two birthday threads running at the same time, but I couldn’t leave my buddy **Slainte’s** hanging out there all by itself. 😉 I won’t be celebrating till tomorrow, but if I may I would like to pretend that all 27 thousand plus of you are right here with me: my “family”, so to speak. We will toast the New Year together and send each other good wishes. **GfH** , that was well-said! 😃 Quasi ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2002, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodbye-52-hello-53/145838/14 "2002-12-31T15:54:18Z")
Also a very happy birthday to **twickster** who , at 48 can be the **baby** if/she wishes! 😃 Q ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2002, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodbye-52-hello-53/145838/15 "2002-12-31T17:08:11Z")
Ummm, I’m 48 today too! In the December Birthdays thread \*\*twickster \*\* and I discovered we were born on the same day. ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2002, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodbye-52-hello-53/145838/16 "2002-12-31T18:46:07Z")
Happy Birthday to you as well, **Baker**! 😃 May you have many more and I guess you and **twickster** can be twin babies! Quasi ---
**Author:** ![jazzmine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jazzmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jazzmine)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2002, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodbye-52-hello-53/145838/17 "2002-12-31T18:47:37Z")
Happy, happy birthday, **Quasi**. ---
**Author:** ![Wartime\_Consigliori](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/9d8465/32.png) [@Wartime\_Consigliori](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wartime_Consigliori)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2002, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodbye-52-hello-53/145838/18 "2002-12-31T19:18:38Z")
Happy Friggin’ Birthday to Quasi, Twikster and Baker! Sounds like a really bad law firm. 😃 Happy birthday to any other dopers who have a birthday today. And a Happy New Year to all! ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21825_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2002, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodbye-52-hello-53/145838/19 "2002-12-31T22:16:14Z")
Happy B-day, one and all!! \ Guess I need to treat **Quasi** with more deference and stuff, seein’s as he’s soooooo much older than I. OK, just 4 years, but still - Have a good one, old man! ---
**Author:** ![Slainte](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a698b9/32.png) [@Slainte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slainte)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2002, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodbye-52-hello-53/145838/20 "2002-12-31T22:16:18Z")
If 14 LOTR threads all at one time are allowed, I don’t see why 2 **Quasi** birthday threads would be a problem 🙂 Happy birthday to **Baker** & **twickster** as well! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodbye-52-hello-53/145838.md?page=2)