# Happy birthday, Colonel Tom! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 30, 2020, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-colonel-tom/852907 "2020-04-30T16:16:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2020, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-colonel-tom/852907/1 "2020-04-30T16:16:47Z")
British WWII vet, Col.Tom Moore, who has raised over $39,000,000 for Britain’s National Health Care Service by walking 100 laps of his garden earlier this month celebrates his 100th birthday today. He has received over 150,000 cards from well-wishers… > **[Capt. Tom’s 100th birthday: 150,000 cards, a promotion and a fundraiser worth...](https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2020/04/30/capt-toms-100th-birthday-15000-cards-promotion-fundraiser-worth-39-million/)** > > Tributes flooded in to honor the veteran who has raised more than $39 million for Britain's NHS. Happy birthday, Colonel Tom! David Bowie’s Major Tom has nothing on you. ---
**Author:** ![peedin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peedin/32/14095_2.png) [@peedin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peedin)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2020, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-colonel-tom/852907/2 "2020-04-30T16:30:25Z")
Happy birthday to Major Tom! ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2020, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-colonel-tom/852907/3 "2020-04-30T18:03:05Z")
Great story! When I read the thread title, I first thought of Elvis’ manager, and was confused as I was pretty sure he died back in the 1990s. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2020, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-colonel-tom/852907/4 "2020-04-30T22:25:02Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > Great story! When I read the thread title, I first thought of Elvis’ manager, and was confused as I was pretty sure he died back in the 1990s. Me, too. And I didn’t know that he was dead, but hoped he was. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2020, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-colonel-tom/852907/5 "2020-05-01T02:04:42Z")
What a fantastic person! ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2020, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-colonel-tom/852907/6 "2020-07-20T03:24:39Z")
Good show, Colonel. ---
**Author:** ![Bookkeeper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bookkeeper/32/281_2.png) [@Bookkeeper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bookkeeper)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2020, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-colonel-tom/852907/7 "2020-07-20T18:33:19Z")
Now Sir Thomas. ---
**Author:** ![Dag\_Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@Dag\_Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dag_Otto)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2020, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-colonel-tom/852907/8 "2020-07-21T15:35:05Z")
For a moment I was surprised that one could be promoted while floating in a tin can.