# I'm 61 today... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 5, 2003, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-61-today/205702 "2003-10-05T12:48:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Largo62](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/45deac/32.png) [@Largo62](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Largo62)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2003, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-61-today/205702/1 "2003-10-05T12:48:44Z")
…and I feel every minute of it. I don’t know when true geezerhood is supposed to set in, but I’ve laid claim to it for a while now. It’s 5:55 a.m. right now, so I won’t actually be 61 for a few minutes, having first graced this world with my presence at about 6 a.m. Pacific Daylight time on October 5, 1942. Or was theyre Daylight Saving Time in 1942? I don’t remember. 😉 I haven’t been to bed yet. I may actually get some sleep soon. I hope… ---
**Author:** ![quiltguy154](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/ad7895/32.png) [@quiltguy154](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quiltguy154)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2003, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-61-today/205702/2 "2003-10-05T13:12:38Z")
Looks good on ya’. HB, but don’t have 'em light ALL the candles though! ---
**Author:** ![Amberlei](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e56c9b/32.png) [@Amberlei](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amberlei)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2003, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-61-today/205702/3 "2003-10-05T13:39:58Z")
Happy Birthday!!! ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2003, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-61-today/205702/4 "2003-10-05T14:21:30Z")
Happy birthday, **DG**! Hope it’s a good one. ---
**Author:** ![OldBroad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ed655f/32.png) [@OldBroad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldBroad)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2003, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-61-today/205702/5 "2003-10-05T15:25:39Z")
Happy Birthday, Geez! I’m just 6 weeks behind ya. 61 arrives for me in late November. Is it just me or does 60-something sound **much** older than 50-something? ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2003, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-61-today/205702/6 "2003-10-05T15:28:37Z")
You are not yet a Geezer. You should be imprisoned for impersonating one. Everybody knows Geezerhood starts at 65 and is official at 72. That’s when they _make_ you go home and sit in a rocking chair even if you can run a triatholon and do calculus in your head. So happy birthday, you sudo-geezer, you. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2003, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-61-today/205702/7 "2003-10-05T15:38:48Z")
Happy birthday! You’re actually still making a fair amount of sense for someone so close to total senilty. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![DeVena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dec6dc/32.png) [@DeVena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeVena)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2003, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-61-today/205702/8 "2003-10-05T15:57:17Z")
Happy Happy Birthday!! ---
**Author:** ![rjk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ed655f/32.png) [@rjk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjk)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2003, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-61-today/205702/9 "2003-10-05T16:00:49Z")
Congrats! I’ve still got a few years to go for 61, but expect many good years after that. Here’s hoping you have the same! ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2003, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-61-today/205702/10 "2003-10-05T16:19:05Z")
Happy Birthday from one of the kids around here! ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2003, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-61-today/205702/11 "2003-10-05T16:28:08Z")
Wishing you a good day, a good year and a good life. ---
**Author:** ![Zenster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/cdc98d/32.png) [@Zenster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zenster)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2003, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-61-today/205702/12 "2003-10-05T17:04:34Z")
Give this man his Golden Geezer™ award and spank him into oblivion! Many happy returns, **DesertGeezer**! ---
**Author:** ![Krisfer\_the\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Krisfer\_the\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Krisfer_the_Cat)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2003, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-61-today/205702/13 "2003-10-05T17:53:46Z")
HAPPY BIRTHDAY! TO YOU!!! Golly 61 and negotiating the net… WOO HOO! ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2003, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-61-today/205702/14 "2003-10-05T18:09:47Z")
Happy Birthday **DesertGeezer**! koee (RainforestBat) ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2003, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-61-today/205702/15 "2003-10-05T18:13:20Z")
Happy Birthday **DG**! Any plans for the big day? ---
**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:** [October 5, 2003, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-61-today/205702/16 "2003-10-05T18:15:05Z")
Happy Birthday, **DG** , and many happy returns. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2003, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-61-today/205702/17 "2003-10-05T19:28:03Z")
Being as I am coming up on 49, I find that as I age what constitutes “old” keeps getting farther away. So 61 isn’t “old”. Middle aged perhaps, but not OLD. Happy birthday!!! ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2003, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-61-today/205702/18 "2003-10-05T19:51:12Z")
\*\*Happy Happy Birthday ! \*\* ---
**Author:** ![Astroboy14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df705f/32.png) [@Astroboy14](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astroboy14)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2003, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-61-today/205702/19 "2003-10-05T20:04:08Z")
Woo Hoo! Happy birthday, **DesertGeezer**! Any plans for the big day? ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2003, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-61-today/205702/20 "2003-10-05T23:22:38Z")
Happy Birthday!! _\_ Just out of curiosity, what’s the demarcation between old geezer and old fart? 😃 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-61-today/205702.md?page=2)