hillyarder
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I'm 40 today. Is this where life begins? I hope so I need cheering up, it's all very depressing.
40 today
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ccscott49
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Happy birthday! So you're just a pup after all, I thought you had to be at least 45 to own a hillyard! But I'm sorry, can't cheer you up, it's all down hill from here! /forums/images/icons/wink.gif
Forbsie
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Can you let me know how you get on so that I know what to expect. /forums/images/icons/wink.gif
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tcm
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Being 40+ is great. They say life begins at 40, and quite correct, cos from about now loads of half-known relations die and leave loads of dosh for buying nice boats. Also, you can now trample over children in the supermarket and their mums say "get out of theway of that man!"
gunnarsilins
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I´m 47....
....but can still remember the days when I was a innocent 40 years old boy!
Congratulations!
....but can still remember the days when I was a innocent 40 years old boy!
Congratulations!
Twister_Ken
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Only another 10 years to go and you can take Saga holidays!
<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1>Edited by Twister_Ken on 19/11/2002 11:49 (server time).</FONT></P>
<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1>Edited by Twister_Ken on 19/11/2002 11:49 (server time).</FONT></P>
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Happy Birthday!
Know what you mean - I was depressed at 30 and 40 but try not to be - I make myself feel better by playing tennis and still managing to be competitive with younger players (although they don't see the toll it takes next day!).
Bet you still feel 19.
Geoff W
Know what you mean - I was depressed at 30 and 40 but try not to be - I make myself feel better by playing tennis and still managing to be competitive with younger players (although they don't see the toll it takes next day!).
Bet you still feel 19.
Geoff W
TheBoatman
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Well done and happy birthday
jimi
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Happy birthday, enjoy life while you still can!
Twister_Ken
Well-known member
Actually, tartan slippers, a collarless shirt and a pair of low-crutched grey flannels makes a very comfortable rig.
And it doesn't 'arf pull the birds down at the lunch club!
And it doesn't 'arf pull the birds down at the lunch club!
andy_wilson
New member
Reaching 40....
.... as I will on Friday, seems infinitely better than the alternative.
Andy Wilson
.... as I will on Friday, seems infinitely better than the alternative.
Andy Wilson
castaway
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I heard on Radio 4 that today's 30s are the same as yesterdays 20s, and todays 40 are yesterdays 30s... so you're actually only 30! ...it has to be true 'cause it was on R4.
I fact after the shock had passed I really prefered being older, seriously... Now at 48 Im starting to get worried about being 50... but of course Ill only really be 40!
Happy Birfday
Nick
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I fact after the shock had passed I really prefered being older, seriously... Now at 48 Im starting to get worried about being 50... but of course Ill only really be 40!
Happy Birfday
Nick
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billmacfarlane
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Depressing ? Shout your age from the rooftops . Be proud of it !!! Think of those years that have gone to make you what you are today . Think of all the experiences you've had . If you've not had any then get out and get them now cos by the time you're 50 you'll be REALLY depressed.
P.S. I was 50 this year. Your sense of perspective changes. Instead of thinking how depressing it will be at 60 you think you'll be grateful if you make it.
P.S. I was 50 this year. Your sense of perspective changes. Instead of thinking how depressing it will be at 60 you think you'll be grateful if you make it.
petery
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If the government has its way you'll be working until you're 70 so you are not even half-way through your working life.
You could start a business tomorrow and be a millionaire within ten years and then you could be like steve101 and buy a big GRP boat.
Now that's exciting isn't it?
Only joking - I moor 50yds from Hillyard's yard and am very jealous of the guy's who own them!
You could start a business tomorrow and be a millionaire within ten years and then you could be like steve101 and buy a big GRP boat.
Now that's exciting isn't it?
Only joking - I moor 50yds from Hillyard's yard and am very jealous of the guy's who own them!
hillyarder
New member
Thank You One and All
You know, I do feel better. And I'm not joking. Although I have had a nice drink.
Sincerely, thanks for the good wishes.
You know, I do feel better. And I'm not joking. Although I have had a nice drink.
Sincerely, thanks for the good wishes.
Jeremy_W
New member
You're a youngster - set a few targets for each couple of years. Whatever turns you on - visit the Azores by 43; YM by 45; transatlantic by 47; Fastnet before 50...
whatever excites or challenges you!
ENJOY
whatever excites or challenges you!
ENJOY
TheBoatman
New member
Nah, gotta disagree with that. Gordon will make sure that you will never get to be a milloinaire, if your self employed you dont stand a chance. He looks into your account and takes it all as tax whilst telling you that you are middle England and can easily afford to pay.
Gunfleet
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Wojer mean we pay too much tax? Take the case of an honest British artisan. You've paid 40% to the man with the advert in the top right hand corner on the lolly you earn (if you aren't paying 40% you are definitely not earning enough). You comission the artisanto fettle a wossname for your boat and pay 17.5 % VAT for the privilege. He pays 40% on the money he earns from you and his turnover isn't high enough to VAT register - significant number of plumbers, shipwrights and the like fall into this category. On some transactions where most of the money is paid for skill and little for the materials Gordon and the boys will be earning around 97.5% . Who says crime doesn't pay?
david_e
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Many happy returns. I feel like a 40 year old......now where is she?
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I'm going to refuse to be 40. I've been 35 for the three and a half years since I was 35 and when I can't get away with that any more I'm going to be young at heart. Then I'm going to be the subject of a medical paper on Perpetual Adolescence and the Preservative Effects of Alcohol and Amoral Behaviour. 
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