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Post by millring on Aug 15, 2014 6:47:12 GMT -5
Ladies and gentlemen, big news! One of our most beloved entertainers, and close personal friend of mine, is having a birthday. Bill Hammond is having a birthday - from uh - getting another year older. I don't know his age, but I guess he is probably in his early sixties; it's kind of hard to judge a guy's face especially when he's wearing big lips and a light bulb for a nose. But he has his whole life in front of him, except for the sixty some odd years he already lived. Charming, really, how Bill always posts a poem at the bottom of each corrected submission. It is called "The Credo of the Editor," and I'd like to offer it now in his honor - "A little clip, a little bite, hey stupid, why don't you learn to write?" That's what it's all about, folks, that's what he stands for, that's what gives his life meaning. Bill likes to make people laugh. You know what I'd like to think? I'd like to think that somewhere, up there tonight, in honor of his birthday, a choir of angels is sitting on whoopee cushions. |
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Post by John B on Aug 15, 2014 6:48:12 GMT -5
Happy birthday, editur!
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Post by Deleted on Aug 15, 2014 6:54:19 GMT -5
Nice pic! Happy Birthday, Bill.
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Post by drlj on Aug 15, 2014 7:03:19 GMT -5
Happy Birthday. Enjoy the best cake you can afford.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 15, 2014 7:13:52 GMT -5
Happie Burfday Bill.
I gotta take a rain check on your birthday drink until next week.
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Post by dickt on Aug 15, 2014 7:33:04 GMT -5
Have a good one. Remember the AARP knows your birthday too and they are out there just waiting until a few months before your 65th
Be afraid!
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Post by Marshall on Aug 15, 2014 7:34:02 GMT -5
Happie Burfday Bill. I gotta take a rain check on your birthday drink until next week. Me too, . . . , until next month. |
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Post by Tamarack on Aug 15, 2014 7:35:05 GMT -5
Happy Birthday Bill!!!
Hope this fine day involves wining and dining. Did you get new frets for your birthday?
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Post by kenlarsson on Aug 15, 2014 7:46:18 GMT -5
Happy Birthday!  |
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Post by drlj on Aug 15, 2014 7:52:59 GMT -5
Wow. Boys have changed.
How old is old Bill, anyway? 65? 72? 75?
I have seen his picture so I am guessing mid-70's at least. Unless he has lived a really hard life. He is a newspaper man, so it could be that.
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Post by t-bob on Aug 15, 2014 7:57:55 GMT -5
HappyBirthday, BillyBob!
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Post by Deleted on Aug 15, 2014 8:10:29 GMT -5
 HAPPY BIRTHDAY, BILL !!!! (Yes, I know I'm shouting. I did it on purpose because of that old-age hearing thing...) |
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Post by billhammond on Aug 15, 2014 8:18:05 GMT -5
Thanks, John, for making my head bigger than Ted's -- whooda thunkit??
Glorious day here and I plan to spend it along the Mississippi. Babz and I are gonna head down to Cannon Falls, then shoot east through Bluff Country to Wabasha and a visit to the National Eagle Center, then to Winona and the much ballyhooed Marine Art Museum (plus the Lakeview Drive-Inn eatery), then over to the Wisconsin side and Hwy. 35 back north, with dinner reservations at the Chef Shack in Bay City. All in one sentence!
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Post by TKennedy on Aug 15, 2014 8:21:13 GMT -5
Pretty ambitious day for an old man. Better get a 10PM reservation in the ER at Regions.
Have a great one my friend!
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Post by mnhermit on Aug 15, 2014 8:38:36 GMT -5
That sounds like way too much fun for a man of your advanced days, you should probably split it into at last two  HAPPY BDAY MR. BILL!!! |
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Post by dradtke on Aug 15, 2014 8:41:20 GMT -5
Happy brithday, Bill!
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Post by billhammond on Aug 15, 2014 8:42:00 GMT -5
I have some questions about aging:
When am I required to buy a Buick? Is it before or after I get those wrap-around sunglasses and high-waisted pants?
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Post by dradtke on Aug 15, 2014 8:43:56 GMT -5
I have some questions about aging: When am I required to buy a Buick? Is it before or after I get those wrap-around sunglasses and high-waisted pants? Buicks come with the white belt and shoes. |
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Post by Cosmic Wonder on Aug 15, 2014 8:47:58 GMT -5
Have a good one. Remember the AARP knows your birthday too and they are out there just waiting until a few months before your 65th Be afraid! AARP does not wait until you are 65. Happy birthday Mr. Bill. The Maritime museum sounds cool. Mike |
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Post by drlj on Aug 15, 2014 8:50:01 GMT -5
I have some questions about aging: When am I required to buy a Buick? Is it before or after I get those wrap-around sunglasses and high-waisted pants? Don't knocked high-waisted pants. You can get so much more in the long pockets. I have a couple sets of the sunglasses I can send to you. Chicks dig them. Best time to buy the Buick is November. You will get a good deal on a 2014. Walgreens has Metamucel on sale so you may want to get that now. |
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