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Posted by Osi Osgood (Member # 424) on January 07, 2016, 12:44 PM:
So, I'm either at the half-way point, or ...
if I have a limited life-span, I'm a lot closer to the end than I'd like to think! (EEEK!)
Oh well, I'll enjoy my traditional meal of a whole Dungeness crab (with hot butter), and pull out some of my favorite films, of course!
Posted by Dominique De Bast (Member # 3798) on January 07, 2016, 01:21 PM:
Happy Birthday, Ossi !
Posted by Steve Klare (Member # 12) on January 07, 2016, 01:25 PM:
Fifty is a situational kind of birthday:
If you are generally content with the way your life has shaped up, it's actually pretty nice!
Mine was, I hope yours is too, Osi!
[ January 07, 2016, 03:40 PM: Message edited by: Steve Klare ]
Posted by Panayotis A. Carayannis (Member # 1220) on January 07, 2016, 01:58 PM:
Happy Birthday!
Posted by Andrew Woodcock (Member # 3260) on January 07, 2016, 02:01 PM:
Same here Osi! All the Best.
Don't forget, you're only as old as you feel, so in my case I reckon I must be 80 next! ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
Posted by Janice Glesser (Member # 2758) on January 07, 2016, 02:12 PM:
Happy Birthday Osi! 50 is a great age...and on your way to senior discounts ![[Smile]](smile.gif)
Posted by Steven J Kirk (Member # 1135) on January 07, 2016, 03:36 PM:
Here is your 50th birthday present, Osi:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Ge4_stUpqs
( Maybe you have seen it already but for Star Wars fans it is great. )
Posted by Joe Caruso (Member # 11) on January 07, 2016, 03:38 PM:
Think of it as...a step, bringing you backwards into the glow of the past, namely; films...Think of it as...accomplishment, all the time and labor to get where you had to be...Think of it always as...Happiness with family and friends, of which you have many - Cheers, Shorty - Save some of that butter for the popcorn
Posted by Graham Ritchie (Member # 559) on January 07, 2016, 06:47 PM:
Ones life, is a bit like a single frame of film, but running through a projector at 24 frames per second.
Happy birthday Osi and many more of them enjoy.
Posted by Jonathan Trevithick (Member # 3066) on January 07, 2016, 08:52 PM:
Happy Birthday, Osi!
Posted by Paul Suchy (Member # 80) on January 08, 2016, 06:05 AM:
Welcome to the half a hundred club, Osi!
Posted by Osi Osgood (Member # 424) on January 08, 2016, 12:18 PM:
Great link to that video and thank you for all the well wishes.
I was disappointed yesterday, however, my crab had been in the freezer too long (freezer burn ...yuck!), and my lamp blew out on my CHINON 9500!! (GRRR!)
Besides that ... a great day!
Posted by Terry Sills (Member # 3309) on January 08, 2016, 12:46 PM:
Yes Happy Birthday Ossi but don't worry about age 50. I venture there are a good few members that would be very happy to be 50 - me included!
Posted by Andrew Woodcock (Member # 3260) on January 08, 2016, 02:00 PM:
You've had your turn once Terry! ![[Wink]](wink.gif)
Posted by Pasquale DAlessio (Member # 2052) on January 08, 2016, 07:35 PM:
Happy Birthday Osi!
Posted by James N. Savage 3 (Member # 83) on January 08, 2016, 09:17 PM:
May you have a blessed and happy birthday sir!
James.
Posted by Douglas Warren (Member # 1047) on January 09, 2016, 08:02 AM:
Happy Birthday Osi! I turned 54 last month so look at it this way:you're aging like a fine wine.At least that works for me
Posted by Tom Photiou (Member # 130) on January 09, 2016, 09:14 AM:
And getting older is a privilege denied to many less fortunate people.
Happy birthday young man
Posted by Lee Mannering (Member # 728) on January 10, 2016, 05:59 AM:
The very best to you Osi. Its just a number my friend ![[Cool]](cool.gif)
Posted by Bill Brandenstein (Member # 892) on January 10, 2016, 08:38 AM:
Osi, happy half-way, friend. May you enjoy many more great years of good health and good family. And don't ever stop working out!
Posted by Osi Osgood (Member # 424) on January 12, 2016, 01:33 PM:
Halfway friend?
You're a full friend in my book! I have no half friends!
Good to hear from ya Bill (and everybody else, of course)
Posted by Steven J Kirk (Member # 1135) on January 13, 2016, 10:38 PM:
Osi, if only you were a collector of European PAL standard Betamax tapes!
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Obscure-Betamax-Video-PRE-CERT-Video-LIFE-AND-TIMES-OF-GRIZZLY-ADAMS-EVC-/221990444575?&_trksid=p2056016.l4276
Posted by Osi Osgood (Member # 424) on January 15, 2016, 11:53 AM:
That does drive my curiosity though, as Betamax always had better picture quality then the best VHS (well, that is, the early VHS, later VHS near the end of it's run was actually pretty good), but that is something I wish I could bid on.
Posted by Jim Schrader (Member # 9) on January 15, 2016, 08:30 PM:
Is beta and vhs tape the same size ?
Posted by Brian Fretwell (Member # 4302) on January 16, 2016, 05:45 AM:
Both half inch wide tape but in a different size cassette also different head drum size and linear tape speed.
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