Happy Birthday, Jim Becker!!!

[John Miliunas]

Hey Jim, HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! :D And this one should be a real, real special one for you, as you can now celebrate with a WHOLE family!!!! :D This does, of course, mean that we'll be expecting many gloat pics!!!! :D Have a good one! :) :cool:

[Keith Starosta]

A very, very happy birthday goes out to Mr. Becker from my family! I know this will be an extra special one!!!

- Keith

[Ken Fitzgerald]

Happy Birthday Jim! And here's wishes for many, many more! Have a really nice day with your family!

[David Fried]

Happy Birthday Jim. This one should be a real party!!

Dave Fried

[Christian Aufreiter]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, JIM!

Enjoy your day,

Christian

PS: When does the party begin?:D

[Bernie Weishapl]

Happy Birthday Jim. Hope its a good one.

[Jim Becker]

Whoda thunk my 48th year would have been so, umm...exciting and enlightening. (and sleep deprived... ;) ) Buying power tools would have been less capital intensive :D , but who can complain about "building a family"? Thanks for the well-wishes, folks.

I hope year 49 is just as wonderful. It may just be as interesting as the previous year if we can actually get our proposed home addition to happen...sending the retainer to the architect today...literally. :)

[Paul B. Cresti]

Happy Birthday Jim... sleep deprivation comes with the territiory :D

[Jim O'Dell]

Happy Birthday, Jim! I see you try to down play yours also. :D (It's not listed in today's birthdays!!) Happy Birthday to all the others on todays date! Jim O.

[Jim Becker]

I see you try to down play yours also. (It's not listed in today's birthdays!!)

Strange...I have the date in the system and said system sent me the automatic "birthday" message, too... It's not me hiding it!

[Jim O'Dell]

I looked again, still doesn't show for me. Maybe my computer is hiding the wrong Jim's birthday :D :D :D Jim.
(Enjoy!!!!)

[lloyd morris]

A very Happy Birthday to you Jim! :)

Lloyd

[Matt Meiser]

Happy birthday Jim!

[john whittaker]

Happy Birthday Jim....Enjoy

[Ken Garlock]

A big Happy Birthday to you Jim.:D :cool:

[Tim Morton]

Hey Jim Happy Birthday!!!! Breakfast in bed????? :D

[Bob Noles]

Happy Birthday Jim and here's hoping for many more.

[Tyler Howell]

AAAAAAAH!!!!. Old age!!!!
After the kids have gone you don't want to sleep:o Lots of shop time:D :D

HBD Jim and Many More.

[roy knapp]

Happy Birthday Jim and enjoy the family.:) :) :)

[Corey Hallagan]

Happy Birthday Jim, hope you have a great day!

Corey

[Karl Laustrup]

Happy B-Day Jim. Many more. Hope your day is fantastic. :D

Karl

[Mark Singer]

Jim.....Happy Wonderful Birthday!

Your colorful!

[Bruce Page]

Happy Birthday Jim. I hope you have many, many more!

[Joe Unni]

Happy Birthday Jim!

Enjoy!

[Andy Hoyt]

Happy Birthday Jim.

This post - my 2,000th - is my present to you.

Geez - I gotta get a life!

[Craig Feuerzeig]

Birthday greetings Jim, have a great day.

[Randy Moore]

Jim, you have a year of a lot of new beginnings. 2 wonderful daughters and more, the list is endless. I hope that your daughters enjoy the day as much as you do or vice-a-versa.:D :)
Hope you day is wonderful and you have many more.
PICS with the gloat is mandatory.:cool:
Randy

[Tom Pritchard]

So it's true, wisdom DOES come with age!!:D

Happy Birthday Jim, hope you have a wonderful day now that you have so many more people in your family to sing to you!:D :D

[John Bailey]

Happy birthday Jim. With the number of posts you have, I expected you to be older.;) The girls will take care of that.

John

[Brian Hale]

Jim Who???? :p

Happy Birthday Buddie! Almost half way to 90 :eek:

Brian :D

[Jim Becker]

Almost half way to 90



Brian...this is a good reason to "measure twice, cut once"....I was half way there four years ago! This is 49... ;) So that would make it almost half-way to 100. :eek:

[Ian Barley]

Hippo birdy Jim - many happy returns.

[Bruce Shiverdecker]

The BEST to you on this Special day.

Wish you MANY more years of GOOD health and joy.

Bruce

[Brian Hale]

Good catch Jim!! Pretty sharp for someone your age!! :p :p

Best wishes......... Lets some some pics of thcelebrationon!

Brian :)

[Gary Herrmann]

Happy Bday Jim.

[Russ Massery]

Happy B'day Jim, Your one of the people that make this forum great.

[JayStPeter]

Happy Birthday Jim

Jay

[Bart Leetch]

Happy Birthday Pa Pa Jim:D :D :D

[Jim Becker]

Per requests...here's a few pictures from today's mealtime. The first was taken at a local brew-pub called Porterhouse in Lahaska PA (where I often eat lunch...great food, especially beef). This was the girls first time there and they liked it because it's non-smoking and they have chicken fingers. ;) It was also the first time since Moscow that I drank a little of the evil peeva (beer) in front of the girls. They are extremely sensitive to alcohol consumption due to family history, without going into details. I think it was good for them to see that an adult can actually drink a beer without getting drunk and abusive. The second pic (a little blurred) is of me blowing out my candle (singlar... :D ) in the very delicious dark chocolate pudding cake that Dr. SWMBO made from one of the Cook's Illustrated volumes. Delicious is such a mild word... Last picture is the girls watching the Christmas video I recently finished editing...they didn't see it until yesterday and have been enraptured by it. Not quite as much as PowerRangers, but...

And now back to the shop...twice in one day! Wow! I started another candle stand; this time out of tiger maple.

[Fred Voorhees]

Brian...this is a good reason to "measure twice, cut once"....I was half way there four years ago! This is 49... ;) So that would make it almost half-way to 100. :eek:

Which is to say, in other words, you and I are ALMOST a half century old. YIKES!

[Dan Forman]

Jim---Hope you are thoroughly enjoying your birthday, which appears to be the case per most recent documentation.

Dan

[Mark Rios]

Congrats Mr. Becker. Have a great day.

[Per Swenson]

As per Per,











Per

[Martin Shupe]

I always enjoy wishing Jim a Happy Birthday, especially since he's got 4 years on me!:eek: ;)

I have been following your adoption blog, and you all are doing a fine job with the young ladies. Bravo! Bravo!

[Cecil Arnold]

Happy birthday Jim, enjoy.

[Steve Wargo]

Happy Birthday Jim.

[Joe Mioux]

happy birthday jim.........:)

[Chris Curry]

Happy Birthday Jim! I trust you had a great day. Thanks for your expertise and contribution to the community.
Take care, Chris

[John Shuk]

Happy b,day Jim.

[Pete Harbin]

Happy Birthday Jim! What a sweet celebration it must have been with your two girls.

Here's to many, many more!

A little birthday math...You've been posting for about 3 years now and have 13,041 posts (at the time I'm posting.) When we do celebrate that 100th birthday, you'll have 234,738 posts...if you can keep up the same pace "old man" :D :p :D

Pete

[Joe Blankshain]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY Jim. I hope the day has gone well for you and your family. This is the first year that you are blessed with the girls being in your life, which I am sure makes the day that much sweeter. I hope you have many more great days before you.

[Roy Wall]

Happy Birthday Jim!!!!

[Michael Fross]

Jim,

I hope you have a great birthday! Your posts have helped me for quite some time and I want to let you know your contribution to this forum is appreciated.

Michael

[doug webb]

Happy Birthday, Jim. Hope you have many more and each one is better.

[Jim Becker]

Alison has posted about the day in our BLOG at http://a-j-adopt.blogspot.com in case you want more in-depth commentary on how the girls handled it. I think what she wrote is really great. I, too, was pleased with the day! (Even though my new bright orange polo shirt doesn't have a pocket...you, know...for the reading glasses... :D :D :D )

[Don Selke]

Happy Birthday Jim:

Hope you have a great day and receive lots of toys for the shop!!!!!

Don & Judy
Sunny Arizona

[Keith Outten]

Happy Birhday Jim

[Boyd Gathwright]

.... What that time again!! Happy Birthday Jim :rolleyes: ;) :).



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[Tom Hamilton]

This may be the caboose, but, nevertheless, Happy Birthday, Jim. Four dozen is a worthy celebration, and just think there's more to come.

Enjoy, Tom

[Tony Falotico]

Happy Birthday Jim

[lou sansone]

just in case no one has said it yet... happy birthday jim and many more

lou

[Stu Ablett in Tokyo Japan]

OK, I'm coming in late here, but I still want to get it in....

Happy Birthday Jim!!!

Cheers!

[Jackie Outten]

Happy Birthday Jim. I know this must be a very special birthday for you this year since you have your two daughters to help you celebrate.

Enjoy your day.

Jackie

[Dale Thompson]

Whoda thunk my 48th year would have been so, umm...exciting and enlightening. ...literally. :)

Jim,
Literally!? How did you get so smart in only 48 years? :confused: I'm pushing 65 and, when I flip a switch in the shop, I'm still not sure if I am turning on the lights or turning on the new Electric Chair that I am perfecting!! :cool: :D :)

Have a GREAT 49th year and thank you for all of your help in the past and in the future!! :D

Dale T.

[Dave Ray]

Happy, Happy Birthday Jim. This is a very special one, thanks to two little girls in your home. Wish you many more. :) :)

[Jerry Olexa]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Jim. I know this one is particularly important as you have family has a few new members...Enjoy your day!

[Norman Hitt]

Well, due to the unexpected Pleasure of an Overnight drop in visit from an old friend passing through, I didn't get on here until AFTER your birthday was over, Sooooooo.............let me be the FIRST to wish you a VERY, VERY "BELATED" HAPPY BIRTHDAY, and a wish for MANY more. From the Pics, I'd say you had a Wonderful Day.

[John M. Cioffi]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY,Jim.

You certainly have a lot to be thankful for.
May this be your most Blessed one ever!:D :D :D
John

[scott spencer]

Indeed....Happy BD Mr. Becker! :)

[Tom Jones III]

Happy Birthday. Thanks for all your help on this forum.

[Alan Tolchinsky]

Happy B-Day Jim. I wish I could say I was 48 but then that would be a lie. :) And thanks for helping with all your informative replies. We all appreciate it very much. Alan in Md.

[Vaughn McMillan]

Just because I didn't want Alan to feel bad for posting belatedly, I thought I'd pass along yet even more birthday greetings. Glad to see you have a great day, Jim. Wishing you many more.

- Vaughn