HEY EVERYONE!!

[taxguy057]

Hey Guys and Gals!

For those who remember me from this past season and those new for this tax season, just wanted to say hello and i'm just getting out of my first all day session of tax class for cpe credits. Boy! we are going to have some fun this year! So much new stuff to cover and my head is already hurting! lol! Well hope all is good with everyone and looking forward to out in depth chats this season!

And to all of you that just recently had one...

PS Mine is January 1st!! (Hint! Hint!)

[OldJack]

>>PS Mine is January 1st!! (Hint! Hint!) <<

So... I just had a birthday and no one said happy happy!

[Catherine]

>>PS Mine is January 1st!! (Hint! Hint!) <<

So... I just had a birthday and no one said happy happy!

Well, OldJack, your birthday is NOT listed in your profile, so there is no way for us to know. Add in your birthday, and you'll get timely wishes, too!

Since we all did miss it, I hope you had a VERY

Catherine

[Margaret CPA in OH]

Yes, OldJack, a belated with many more to come! When was the happy day?

[bigdadder]

Sorry we missed you OLDJACK. Hope you had a great day and will be blessed with many more.

Bigdadder

[Lion EA]

Hope you had a very , OldJack. (Belated is what you get for not telling us.)

[Gail in Virginia]

We did not miss you on purpose, OldJack. A belated :bday:

[taxguy057]

>>PS Mine is January 1st!! (Hint! Hint!) <<

So... I just had a birthday and no one said happy happy!

Well HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY!!!!!!!! :lol:

[OldJack]

Well... I certainly did not expect so much happy happy. Thanks! I had not put my birthday in the profile as I am so old that I thought you might think I didn't know anything! :wacko:

[Margaret CPA in OH]

Well, you might be old but are not the only one. I believe from other threads (see Fender Skirts, for example) that there are quite a few of us over 60. So maybe we don't know everything or even much about some things but collectively we seem to know a lot. Now, that may not be tax stuff!

[Terry O]

Isn't 60 the new 40???

[Catherine]

Isn't 60 the new 40???

Does that mean I'm not even 40 yet?!?!

YES!! (Insert happy dance here) :spaz::lol:

[TAXBILLY]

Do you realize that the only time in our lives when we like to get old is when we're kids? If you're less than 10 years old, you're so excited

about aging that you think in fractions. "How old are you?" "I'm four and a half!"

You're never thirty-six and a half. You're four and a half, going on

five! That's the key. You get into your teens, now they can't hold you back. You jump to the next number, or even a few ahead. "How old are you?" "I'm gonna be 16!" You could be 13, but hey, you're gonna be 16!

And then the greatest day of your life . . . you become 21. Even the

words sound like a ceremony . . . YOU BECOME 21. . . YEAS!!!

But then you turn 30. Oooohh, what happened there? Makes you sound like bad milk. He TURNED, we had to throw him out. There's no fun now, you're just a sour-dumpling. What's wrong? What's changed?

You BECOME 21, you TURN 30, then you're PUSHING 40.

Whoa! Put on the brakes, it's all slipping away. Before you know it, you REACH 50 . . . and your dreams are gone.

But wait!!! You MAKE it to 60. You didn't think you would!

So you BECOME 21, TURN 30, PUSH 40, REACH 50 and MAKE it to 60.

You've built up so much speed that you HIT 70! After that it's a

day-by-day thing; you HIT Wednesday! You get into your 80s and every day is a complete cycle; you HIT lunch; you TURN 4:30; you REACH bedtime.

And it doesn't end there. Into the 90s, you start going backwards; "I was JUST 92." Then a strange thing happens. If you make it over 100, you become a little kid again. "I'm 100 and a half!"

May you all make it to a healthy 100 and a half!!

HOW TO STAY YOUNG

Throw out nonessential numbers. This includes age, weight and height. Let the doctor worry about them. That is why you pay him/her.

Keep only cheerful friends. The grouches pull you down.

Keep learning. Learn more about the computer, crafts, gardening, whatever. Never let the brain idle. " An idle mind is the devil's workshop." And the devil's name is Alzheimer's.

Enjoy the simple things.

Laugh often, long and loud. Laugh until you gasp for breath.

The tears happen. Endure, grieve, and move on. The only person who is with us our entire life, is ourselves.

Be ALIVE while you are alive.

Surround yourself with what you love, whether it's family, friends, pets, keepsakes, music, plants, hobbies, whatever. Your home is your refuge.

Cherish your health: If it is good, preserve it. If it is unstable,

improve it. If it is beyond what you can improve, get help.

Don't take guilt trips. Take a trip to the mall, to the next county, to a foreign country, but NOT to where the guilt is.

Tell the people you love that you love them, at every opportunity.

George Carlin

[Margaret CPA in OH]

Taxbilly, we all knew you were smart; now we know you are also wise. Thanks for this.

[Catherine]

My thanks as well, my friend!

[TAXBILLY]

Ah schucks, you ladies are too kind. :~)

taxbilly

[mcb39]

That was the best thing I have read in a long time. I can remember my mother saying, "You wait until you're 90 and see how well you do things. She made it to 91 and my dad to 92. I hope to beat them both by following taxbilly's recipe; which I am going to print and save. A perfect ending to a junky day. We had 10 inches of snow and elderly me had to be to work and open up at 7:00 AM. Thanks so much.

[taxguy057]

Do you realize that the only time in our lives when we like to get old is when we're kids? If you're less than 10 years old, you're so excited

about aging that you think in fractions. "How old are you?" "I'm four and a half!"

You're never thirty-six and a half. You're four and a half, going on

five! That's the key. You get into your teens, now they can't hold you back. You jump to the next number, or even a few ahead. "How old are you?" "I'm gonna be 16!" You could be 13, but hey, you're gonna be 16!

And then the greatest day of your life . . . you become 21. Even the

words sound like a ceremony . . . YOU BECOME 21. . . YEAS!!!

But then you turn 30. Oooohh, what happened there? Makes you sound like bad milk. He TURNED, we had to throw him out. There's no fun now, you're just a sour-dumpling. What's wrong? What's changed?

You BECOME 21, you TURN 30, then you're PUSHING 40.

Whoa! Put on the brakes, it's all slipping away. Before you know it, you REACH 50 . . . and your dreams are gone.

But wait!!! You MAKE it to 60. You didn't think you would!

So you BECOME 21, TURN 30, PUSH 40, REACH 50 and MAKE it to 60.

You've built up so much speed that you HIT 70! After that it's a

day-by-day thing; you HIT Wednesday! You get into your 80s and every day is a complete cycle; you HIT lunch; you TURN 4:30; you REACH bedtime.

And it doesn't end there. Into the 90s, you start going backwards; "I was JUST 92." Then a strange thing happens. If you make it over 100, you become a little kid again. "I'm 100 and a half!"

May you all make it to a healthy 100 and a half!!

HOW TO STAY YOUNG

Throw out nonessential numbers. This includes age, weight and height. Let the doctor worry about them. That is why you pay him/her.

Keep only cheerful friends. The grouches pull you down.

Keep learning. Learn more about the computer, crafts, gardening, whatever. Never let the brain idle. " An idle mind is the devil's workshop." And the devil's name is Alzheimer's.

Enjoy the simple things.

Laugh often, long and loud. Laugh until you gasp for breath.

The tears happen. Endure, grieve, and move on. The only person who is with us our entire life, is ourselves.

Be ALIVE while you are alive.

Surround yourself with what you love, whether it's family, friends, pets, keepsakes, music, plants, hobbies, whatever. Your home is your refuge.

Cherish your health: If it is good, preserve it. If it is unstable,

improve it. If it is beyond what you can improve, get help.

Don't take guilt trips. Take a trip to the mall, to the next county, to a foreign country, but NOT to where the guilt is.

Tell the people you love that you love them, at every opportunity.

George Carlin

Taxbilly I truly enjoyed that!!! I'm 38yrs 11mos 10days old. Guess thats the mechanics behind "pushing" 40!!! LOL

[GeneInAlabama]

I LIKE being old! I hope to get to be a whole lot older.

[joanmcq]

This year was sooo good, I don't mind turning 50 next year. Life just keeps getting better & better.

[Eric]

Isn't 60 the new 40???

And 20's the new 10.

[mcb39]

Yesterday at work, we had a 13 year old patient trying to act like 23. All you could feel was sorry for her. Product of a broken home; mom in the midst of a second divorce; obviously searching for security. I count my blessings. This is really not pertinent to this awesome thread, but just one of those things that haunts you.

[taxguy057]

Yesterday at work, we had a 13 year old patient trying to act like 23. All you could feel was sorry for her. Product of a broken home; mom in the midst of a second divorce; obviously searching for security. I count my blessings. This is really not pertinent to this awesome thread, but just one of those things that haunts you.

If u dont mind my asking, where do you work? Hosp or psych? seems strange how children today want to be sooo much older than what they are and what's worse is they get away with it more than we should ever let them... :(

[mcb39]

If u dont mind my asking, where do you work? Hosp or psych? seems strange how children today want to be sooo much older than what they are and what's worse is they get away with it more than we should ever let them...

Dental Office.

[taxguy057]

Dental Office.

:D