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[Chipperdini]

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[CRB#33]

Okay, okay, I got half way through your post and figured I better say hi quick, before you are long gone again !

So hello, dear friend! No apologies necessary for me! Happy and wonderful New Year to you!

Okay, back to your novel!

 

[CRB#33]

LOL!!! Happy Brithday too!

This explains much!

I hope you are doing well and it is wonderful to see you. I love your long posts (sorry PD )

 

[Towncrier]

I'm used to people ignoring my emails. Heaven knows I send out enough of them to get on somebody's SPAM list. With the unreliability of Adelphia powerlink (at time), I'm relieved to know that you received the emails.

Glad to hear from you in 2004. Hope you find the time to stick around a bit. I know how time consuming the DIS and the internet in general can be.

 

[mickey65]

Hi Heather, Happy Birthday! I've missed you

 

[browneyes]

Originally posted by Chipperdini
I stopped having birthdays when I hit 27

Does this mean I'm 27 yo too?

I hope you had a great birthday Twinnie. I hope The Brain didn't bake you any cookies.

 

[NHAnn]

Hello Heather!!

 

[BibbidyBobbidyBoo]

(And if you followed that nonsense, you've probably got someone in your immediate family who's had A LOT of BRITHDAYS!!!")

HAHAHA yeah,I have someone... myself! LOL

 

[Dan Murphy]

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[WebmasterMaryJo]

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Hi Heather! I MISSED you!!

Happy Brithday to you.

 

[amid chaos]

maybe you'll get a skunk for your brithday.

have a happy one.

 

[Pop Daddy]

Originally posted by Chipperdini
Hi. I've missed so many of you!

First and foremost I wish to extend an apology to glo, Towncrier, helenbear, CBR#33 (hope I got the number right, don't know if you use your given name openly on the DIS), Helopoh, Dan Murphy and Buckalew (I believe Brenda's no longer here, but I wanted to include her nonetheless). I think these are the only ones I've neglected to read and/or reply to some emails, but if I've missed anyone it is not in any way intentional, and my apologies to any I've failed to mention as well if such applies. I'd found that trying to keep in touch with DISers while not participating in the DIS "community" became counterproductive, so when I became aware a second time that I needed once again to quit hanging around here even the little bit that I was from time to time, I didn't try to keep up PM/Email contact as previously. It's nothing against anyone personally. And I truly have missed "seeing" and "chatting" and what-have-you with many of you.

BTW, I had to go back and edit my title from "brief" apology to "sorta brief" after I'd actually typed it. You say some things (Chipperdini's post length, e.g.) never change, eh? Apparently I wasn't ALWAYS so "long-winded." At least not in the eyes of ONE. Read on...



For Pop Daddy (although he's a SALPEC , and maybe a few others are too?) and anyone else out there who stopped clicking on my posts because 99.9999999% of the time they rivaled War and Peace (in quantity, not quality ):


I have solid, tangible PROOF in my hands right now in the form of an airmailed letter from a fellow in Zambia that at least HE didn't find me to be "long-winded."

Quoting the opening lines, emphasis mine:




HA!!!!! I'm NOT the long-winded Chipperdini y'all seem to think me to be!!!!!


Of course, you'll note that I've thus far failed to mention the date of the letter. Let's just say it was more than a few birthdays ago. Okay, SO WHAT if it's dated 22-1-86 and I was but a sophomore in high school?!?!?!?!?!? (For those keenly observant types, "nosy" types or those who just like to keep track, this gives away BROWNEYE's age! Refer to THIS THREAD.. I must be the evil Twinnie, huh? )

So I guess I got a little bit more loquacious (I'm forever indebted to any and all DISers who have helped me increase my vocabulary while I was here ) over the years. Too, I guess the one thing I can thank the South for is enabling me to say less with more (little tricks like droppin' "g's" from "-ing" words, etc. ) *DISclaimer: NO offense to Southerners, HONEST...I'm just really, REALLY, REALLY you-fill-in-the-blank at some "mechanics" and such right now.... hmm....hasn't it been said that "he needed killin'" is a valid defense in Georgia? Don't tempt this pacifist/Mennonite-raised gal although wouldn't consider myself pacifist in that sense anymore) to get out DH's guns.... J/K. Sorta. )


So anyway, somewhere along the way I must have went from being a shy, quiet girl to one who has difficulty keepin' her mouth shut, and I always knew there had to be an explanation for it. Thanks to POP DADDY, I've finally been able to resolve this oft-pondered change in my verbosity.

I'm becoming aware of the difference a year or two or three or more can make in a person, chronologically-speaking. I stopped having birthdays when I hit 27 (thank you dear Grandpa for the wisdom you inadvertently departed to me all those years tryin' to fool me into thinkin' you were 39 ). However, no one ever told me or warned me about the dangers of.......

BRITHDAYS!!!

(Refer again to THIS THREAD.)


I'd never even HEARD of a BRITHDAY before, let alone had any knowledge concerning what exactly a BRITHDAY is. How I've managed to live this long without at least stumbling upon an iota of info about 'em is beyond me (but then, many things are beyond me, although I'm quite good at stumbling...almost as good as browneyes! *Chalk another "dig" up to the younger Twinnie, hee-hee...methinks Shannon's the one who'll have some catching up to do and not me. )


Since POP DADDY wished me a happy one (again, refer THIS THREAD.), I figured better be safe than sorry and find out FAST what a "brithday" is and whether or not I should or shouldn't be "happy" for/on it. Turns out my handy-dandy, invisible, make-up-stuff dictionary has an entry for it.




I'd say THAT explains a few things, wouldn't you? Of course, obviously this is not a universal experience. Some people apparently have the very antithesis of a brithday--*cough*Pop Daddy*cough*cough* (I'd ask anyone who does to elaborate, but well, I guess they wouldn't be all that inclined to, would they? ) And for those of you who are pretty much the same ol', same ol'.... I'm not sure what to say just yet, but you'll notice I said nothing saying something all the same. (And if you followed that nonsense, you've probably got someone in your immediate family who's had A LOT of BRITHDAYS!!!")


So, long story longer, yesterday being my birthday, that means that TODAY IS MY "BRITHDAY!"


Hence this long post. Hee-hee!


Now aren't ya all glad I left the DIS? Just imagine how long my posts would be in a mere 5 years from now!!! Pete would HAVE to ban me for taking up too much bandwidth, or start chargin' ya all to post on this site and I imagine you'll not want to think about how that might reduce the number of WDW trips you'll be able to afford...


Well, I guess I've tortured you enough for one day, so I'll be on my way.

*cue music*

Happy BRITHDAY to me!
What a chatty gal I be!
I've one more thing to say
To you all: HAPPY DAY!

omg is that a long post

 

[helenabear]

Hiya Heather!!! No worries about e-mails or whatever... it is just good to see you! Happy Brithday

 

[maci]

LOL!! I had to scroll down this thread, JUST to find Popdaddy's reply, that would, and did say "long post"!!!!!!!!!

 

[lilboo]

HAPPY BRITHDAY!

(I only got halfway through...I'll read the rest later.)