# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![Ponderoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponderoid/32/19221_2.png) [@Ponderoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponderoid)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2026, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-i-begin-my-90th-trip/1026938/21 "2026-01-22T22:53:20Z")
> [@Hari\_Seldon](#): > > Today I begin my 90th trip around the sun. Happy Birthday! šŸŽ‚ šŸ§“ > Once a year we celebrate > With stupid hats and plastic plates > The fact you were able to make > Another trip around the sun. ā€“The Arrogant Worms ā€œ[The Happy Happy Birthday Song](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARUePNnxkA4)ā€ ---
**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, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-i-begin-my-90th-trip/1026938/22 "2026-01-22T23:43:56Z")
> [@Velocity](#): > > Do you still have any firsthand memories of World War II? One of my earliest memories is the day FDR died. Another WWII memory is that my uncle came home on leave and we had no butter (it was rationed) for his baked potato and my mother bought some heavy cream (unrationed) and whipped it into butter for him. He had just fought in Germany and after VE day was to be sent to Japan. But he was suffering from what they then called shell-shock, now PTSD, and my mother arranged for him to sent to Valley Forge medical center and he was eventually discharged. A third memory was the day my father (who was just a bit too old to be drafted) sat me down to try to explain the significance of the bombing of Hiroshima. Incidentally, the fact that I am **starting** my 90th circuit means I am 89, so not starting my 10th decade. If I am still here in a year, that will begine the 10th decade. And thanks for all your wishes. I wish all the best to all of you who have brightened my life for the past 25 years. ---
**Author:** ![velomont](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8491ac/32.png) [@velomont](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/velomont)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2026, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-i-begin-my-90th-trip/1026938/23 "2026-01-22T23:49:03Z")
Many congrats Hari. Iā€™ll be turning 67 (a youngster, I guess) in April. Anyway, I just submitted by passport renewal docs today and Iā€™m getting a 10 year one. So at this point, I am starting to think about the odds against me outliving my passport, though Iā€™m guessing at this point theyā€™re about 70:30. Iā€™m also at the point where many things that Iā€™m buying now may be the last iteration. You live in Montreal, correct? Are you going out for a nice dinner somewhere? ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2026, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-i-begin-my-90th-trip/1026938/24 "2026-01-22T23:53:41Z")
If today you begin your 90th trip around the sun, that means that you are 89. Is that right? The first trip around the sun is from the day youā€™re born to the day before your first birthday. The second trip around the sun is from the day you turn 1 to the day before your second birthday. And so forth, up to the 90th trip around the sun being from the day you turn 89 to the day before your 90th birthday. ---
**Author:** ![JackieLikesVariety](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackielikesvariety/32/296_2.png) [@JackieLikesVariety](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JackieLikesVariety)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2026, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-i-begin-my-90th-trip/1026938/25 "2026-01-22T23:59:39Z")
Happy Birthday, @Hari_Seldon I hope you are having a wonderful day! and that the next year is great, too. > [@What\_Exit](#): > > I almost tagged this #vacation-travel, good thing I read the OP. ha! ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2026, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-i-begin-my-90th-trip/1026938/26 "2026-01-23T00:00:25Z")
Happy birthday! ---
**Author:** ![HoneyBadgerDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honeybadgerdc/32/1033_2.png) [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2026, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-i-begin-my-90th-trip/1026938/27 "2026-01-23T00:07:04Z")
Happy Birthday and congratulations! ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2026, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-i-begin-my-90th-trip/1026938/28 "2026-01-23T00:07:20Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > Kind of stuck in a rut, arenā€™t you? Shouldnā€™t you have tried trips around other stars? I hear Arcturus is nice. Thereā€™s some scholarly debate about precisely which sun heā€™s orbiting. Some say alpha Centauri, some say tau Ceti, or some other star. But certainly in the Sirius sector, yā€™see. ---
**Author:** ![FinsToTheLeft](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/finstotheleft/32/2930_2.png) [@FinsToTheLeft](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FinsToTheLeft)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2026, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-i-begin-my-90th-trip/1026938/29 "2026-01-23T02:53:54Z")
Happy Birthday from the Big Smoke! ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2026, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-i-begin-my-90th-trip/1026938/30 "2026-01-23T03:42:35Z")
Wow, from your posts I wouldnā€™t have put you a day over 70 or so! šŸ˜‰ Happy BD! Hope Iā€™m still posting here when I am 64, let alone 89. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2026, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-i-begin-my-90th-trip/1026938/31 "2026-01-23T03:58:42Z")
Happy birthday! ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2026, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-i-begin-my-90th-trip/1026938/32 "2026-01-23T04:25:09Z")
Happy birthday, dude!! And, dare I say - well done! ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2026, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-i-begin-my-90th-trip/1026938/33 "2026-01-23T05:10:45Z")
I intend on catching up with your record du jour. Salud!! The ones with the zeros after them are always kind of meaningful. Please come back 10 years from now to post your next decade crossing. ---
**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:** [January 23, 2026, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-i-begin-my-90th-trip/1026938/34 "2026-01-23T06:41:25Z")
Happy 89th Birthday! Hope your 90th trip around the sun is smooth sailing. šŸ„³ ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2026, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-i-begin-my-90th-trip/1026938/35 "2026-01-23T06:46:15Z")
The best of birthdays to you, but I recommend NOT kicking up your heels lest a fall or a break occurs. Apart from that, ENJOY! ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2026, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-i-begin-my-90th-trip/1026938/36 "2026-01-23T21:29:35Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > I almost tagged this #vacation-travel, good thing I read the OP. I keep waiting for this cruise ship to dock at an interesting port, but it never seems to stop anywhere! > [@Chronos](#): > > But certainly in the Sirius sector, yā€™see. I dunno, weā€™re not very Sirius around here! ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2026, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-i-begin-my-90th-trip/1026938/37 "2026-01-23T21:54:16Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Thereā€™s some scholarly debate about precisely which sun heā€™s orbiting. Some say alpha Centauri, some say tau Ceti, or some other star. But certainly in the Sirius sector, yā€™see. Thatā€™s a quote from Foundation right? The Imperial envoy is a dandy whose hobby is ā€œThe origin questionā€ searching for humankind original star. We are such terrible terrible nerds hereā€¦ (Iā€™m so proud šŸ„² ) ---
**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 23, 2026, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-i-begin-my-90th-trip/1026938/38 "2026-01-23T22:15:38Z")
Oh, I didnā€™t recognize this at first. Itā€™s from one of the later sequels I think when they are trying to locate the original planet of humankind. ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2026, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-i-begin-my-90th-trip/1026938/39 "2026-01-23T22:48:55Z")
Happy birthday! Any words of wisdom from this long life? ---
**Author:** ![Ellecram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellecram/32/18948_2.png) [@Ellecram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellecram)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2026, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-i-begin-my-90th-trip/1026938/40 "2026-01-23T22:56:43Z")
That is an accomplishment! Happy trip around the sun! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-i-begin-my-90th-trip/1026938.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-i-begin-my-90th-trip/1026938.md?page=3)