on 30 July I will be 48.

when I was 8, a man who was 48 was a very old man.
but now...

this is the story I heard when I was a kid...
Long long time ago lived a very old man in China. Although he lived
alone with his only grandson, he was not lonely- he was a very well
liked and respected old man. When he was younger, he was a dedicated
and hard working jockey. But as he got older, he became too weak to
race horses so he retired to training wild horses instead- perfecting
the art of a horse whisperer. One day, the fence on his ranch broke
and his horse ran away. The neighbours heard about it and felt really
bad for him. They went to his house to console him... but to their
surprise, the old man was not at all sad. Instead, he said, "This may
be a fortune". The neighbours were no longer worried about the old
man and went home happy knowing that he can be so optimistic. Amazing
how fate works... the next day, not only did the horse found his way
home, he brought back a wild but gorgeous companion. When the
neighbours heard about this good new, they were so happy for him and
went to his house to congratulate him. However, to their surprise,
the old man was not at all happy. Instead, he said, "This may be a
mis-fortune". The neighbours were completely puzzled by the old man's
reaction and went home thinking the poor old man has become senile.
Amazing how fate works... the next day when the old man tried to tame
the new wild horse by having his grandson ride it, the young man fell
off and broke his leg. When the neighbours heard about the news, they
rushed to his house to see if the young man was okay and to see if he
needed any help. Again, to their surprise, the old man said, "This
may be a fortune.". Call it fate... call it coincidence... the next
day, the army drafted all the young men in the village to go to war.
But because the old man's grandson had a broken leg, he was not
drafted and permitted to stay home. The sad thing was that all the
young men drafted either perished or were seriously injured in the
war.
Thanks,
shai

Happy Birthday Shai
I absolutely LOVED that story and I am going to copy it and send it on to my sister right now I think it will cheer her up as she is so sad.

Wow you are going to be 48, well add 20 trillion years to that and there's your real age
I always figure this number for earth years doesn't not even compare in comparison to our years in the Spiritual world.
I hope you do something special on your birthday. I know if I don't then I feel an emptiness that is not necessary unless I want to feel bad. So I usually buy myself something I have been wanting for a long time of eat something I know will make me fat but if you eat food like that on 'your birthday' or in an 'ugly restaurant then you won't gain weight LOL LOL LOL

Anyway do have fun on your birthday and thank you for telling us about it
Its so nice to share in one's joy but NOW everyone will be thinking special thoughts of you so who knows, you're luck may get even better soon.
I hope so anyway, so that will be my present for you

Thank you for being such a good friend here on the forum, you made me feel welcome from the first day I was here,

You're friend always,
Ces

I already have fun. one member called cantona didn't know that my forum is
all logged, so he registered with more user names and abused the board. it was more funny than sad to see his stupidity. so I posted this image as a reply so he will see that
I know they are ALL one person with same IP. 62.97.224.200
(and my wishes to your sister!)

there are more of this crazy person, now with the old cantona' IP:

little bit Login 193.217.194.57 July 30th, 2004, 14:38:33
TheRealBeatle Logout 193.217.194.57 July 30th, 2004, 13:39:56
TheRealBeatle Login 193.217.194.57 July 30th, 2004, 13:38:53




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