# Today I begin my 90th trip **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 22, 2026, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-i-begin-my-90th-trip/1026938 "2026-01-22T20:27:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2026, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-i-begin-my-90th-trip/1026938/1 "2026-01-22T20:27:27Z")
around the sun. Never imagined I’d make it so far. ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2026, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-i-begin-my-90th-trip/1026938/2 "2026-01-22T20:28:46Z")
Happy birthday! ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2026, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-i-begin-my-90th-trip/1026938/3 "2026-01-22T20:35:22Z")
Congratulations and Happy Birthday! ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2026, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-i-begin-my-90th-trip/1026938/4 "2026-01-22T20:38:57Z")
Congrats and happy birthday. Are you and **Crane** our most Sun-circled Dopers? Do you still have any firsthand memories of World War II? ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2026, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-i-begin-my-90th-trip/1026938/5 "2026-01-22T20:40:37Z")
Happy Birthday, Hari! Many happy returns of the day. Well … you know … as many as you want 🙂 ---
**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:** [January 22, 2026, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-i-begin-my-90th-trip/1026938/6 "2026-01-22T20:49:53Z")
Hooray! That’s a lot of trips by any standard. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2026, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-i-begin-my-90th-trip/1026938/7 "2026-01-22T20:51:38Z")
Huzzah! Any plans for your 100th? mmm ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2026, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-i-begin-my-90th-trip/1026938/8 "2026-01-22T20:53:24Z")
Happy Birthday and welcome to your 10th decade. ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2026, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-i-begin-my-90th-trip/1026938/9 "2026-01-22T20:54:11Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > That’s a lot of trips by any standard It’s barely US drinking age if you’re on Mercury! HBD, @Hari_Seldon ---
**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:** [January 22, 2026, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-i-begin-my-90th-trip/1026938/10 "2026-01-22T20:59:09Z")
🎉 🍾 🎂 You’re just 2 years behind my mom!!! 😉 Party on, dude! ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2026, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-i-begin-my-90th-trip/1026938/11 "2026-01-22T21:00:18Z")
Happiest of birthdays, Hari! It’s quite an accomplishment, even if you didn’t plan it that way. 🙂 Enjoy every moment! ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2026, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-i-begin-my-90th-trip/1026938/12 "2026-01-22T21:15:58Z")
If Klondike\_Geoff is still with us–and I suspect the answer is ‘no’-- he would be 97. In 2020 he posted that he would soon be turning 92, and shortly thereafter never posted again. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2026, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-i-begin-my-90th-trip/1026938/13 "2026-01-22T21:28:29Z")
Happy birthday, Hari! For this occasion, and wishing you another eleven years or more: [Moody Blues, I Never Thought I’d Live To Be A Hundred](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhhEp2OvYxU) ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2026, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-i-begin-my-90th-trip/1026938/14 "2026-01-22T21:35:34Z")
Mazel tov! ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2026, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-i-begin-my-90th-trip/1026938/15 "2026-01-22T21:40:13Z")
I’ll be damned. Happy birthday! ---
**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:** [January 22, 2026, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-i-begin-my-90th-trip/1026938/16 "2026-01-22T21:47:05Z")
So cool 😎 Happy day, Hari. I’ll kiss my Hari(cat) and text my Harry(bro) in your honor! (Avoid 90 candles on the cake, the smoke alarm will scream about it 😃 ) ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2026, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-i-begin-my-90th-trip/1026938/17 "2026-01-22T21:55:38Z")
Darned impressive! Happy birthday! ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2026, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-i-begin-my-90th-trip/1026938/18 "2026-01-22T22:03:35Z")
Happy Birthday Hari. May your every wish come true. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2026, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-i-begin-my-90th-trip/1026938/19 "2026-01-22T22:44:03Z")
Holy Crap, Happy Birthday sir. I almost tagged this #vacation-travel, good thing I read the OP. ---
**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:** [January 22, 2026, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-i-begin-my-90th-trip/1026938/20 "2026-01-22T22:50:02Z")
Kind of stuck in a rut, aren’t you? Shouldn’t you have tried trips around other stars? I hear Arcturus is nice. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-i-begin-my-90th-trip/1026938.md?page=2)