Thirty-Three years ago, at one minute past midnight, in Lincolnshire England, I screamed at a doctor and took my first breaths in this cruel, yet to be plague-filled world.
I haven’t got a mass amount planned for my week other than not being at work. The older you get it’s time off to do absolutely nothing that seems the most appealing. I am going to the seaside to re-enact and old family holiday, but other than that my plans are to largely relax and stare grumpily at anything I disapprove of. I’m not quite into the ‘grumpy old man sat on a porch being mad at the world’ stage just yet, but such seasoned professionals don’t hit old age and adapt to their new role over night.
No, dear, readers, they put hours of practice in. That is what I shall be doing. Practicing for old age.
And drinking.
PS
I’m also aware that the display pic for this post is probably absolutely massive. But can you really have too much of a good thing? And pineapples getting down and living their best lives is certainly a good thing.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! I wish I could be 33 years old again. π
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Thank you π my body feels a little older but my brain is working overtime to convince it that the math is correct π
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Happy birthday.
Practice makes perfect. So keep on practicing and one day you too can join the Grumpy Old Man club.
As for the picture, it shows up just fine in the reader, but when I come to your actual site I don’t see any picture.
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Hmmm I shall class the mystery of the vanishing picture as my birthday present to the world. After all, the joy of party pineapples can’t last forever
One day, I look forward to looking in the mirror and congratulating myself on many years of fruitful practice
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Happy Birthday! I hope you enjoy your day and week and stop contemplating old age. π₯³π
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Thank you π nothing wrong with gearing up for a future career as a grumpy meme π
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Lol π
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Happy birthday old man π
Good luck with any reading you do as you may be slowing down in your aged wisdom
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You be careful, shorty. Or I’ll put all your books on the top shelf π
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I mean that’s fine. For 1 you’re not that much taller for me, and for 2 I own a step….
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I would, of course, remove the step. With great age comes great wisdom
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I’m sure I’ll manage….
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πππHappy Birthday Aaron!! πππI remember when I was 33……time sure does go by fast. Enjoy your birthday week and I’m pretty sure you don’t need the rocking chair on the front porch just yet!!π
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Thank you π
I do enjoy a rocking chair … so I may indulge anyway π
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Happy birthday and hope there’s a lot of drinks π Sending a virtual crocodile cake as I had for my birthday hahhaaaa…
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Much appreciated π crocodile cake does sound amazing π
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Happy happy birthday!!!!!
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Thank you ππ
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Happy Birthday!!! Sound like amazing plans to me ππΌββοΈ
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So far they’re enjoyable π
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Happy birthday mate. Have a good one and enjoy your time off
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Cheers, mate. Hope things are going ok with you
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Going well enough mate
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I believe Jesus was about 33 years when they crucified him. Hope you donΒ΄t have any reactionary or subversive tendencies.
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I shall be mistrusting of all people from Rome for the next year just to be on the safe side
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Happy birthday!! I hope you eat lots of cake and read some good books!!
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Thank you π so far so good … except for cake. Substituted for junk food instead π
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Iβd say junk food is a pretty good substitute for cake!! π
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Happy happy birthday, Aaron!!!
Can one join the Grumpy Old Men club irrespective of gender? I’m tempted! π
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Grumpiness transcends gender. You are forever welcome to come and sit, drink and scowl at the world alongside me.
I also don’t have a deck. And if I did, I’d pronounce it right. So one less thing for you to scowl at π
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Hah, you think you know about decks! You should come to NZ and whole new mental vistas would open up for you! Decks can be short and long, wide and narrow, old and full of holes or shiny and well-maintained… πππ
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Different colours as well! You can sit on them, lay on them, enjoy a wide variety of food off them. Glorious things
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Don’t forget sunbathing and barbie! π
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY π₯³
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Thank you π
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Happy Birthday Aaron!!
Please don’t get as grumpy and old as Derrick the Bookstooge yet will you? The world can’t handle two of him. Also, I’m pretty sure drinking is a prerequisite for crotchetiness, so I think you can just do both at once π
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In all fairness, he is in the USA … this side of the Atlantic needs representation π
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Does it though π
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33? Oh, to be so young again π Happy Birthday! I hope it was, as I spent yesterday offline and only just noticed your post… my vacations just ended π¦
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Thank you π it’s been nice.
Ahh, how was the vacation?
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Glad to hear it! Well, Catalonia in September – rather nice, although it was raining a bit every now and then. Nice castles! Places ready to shoot fantasy shows in, and Game of Thrones used Girona…
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That certainly sounds nice. When I was in Spain last it was so hot I’d have loved a bit of rain
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HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY!! Welcome to team 33. We roll in the new year with a good drink. Well… a couple good drinks, lol.
“itβs time off to do absolutely nothing that seems the most appealing” << dude, so true! Lol!
Hope you enjoyed the day though. π
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Yea, it’s been nice, thank you π my week off feels as though it’s ending too soon
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