Well, spent a really quiet birthday this year, the kids didn’t really feel like going out, so we had a pizza night instead at home.
Eldest son travelled up from Sydney, the other son and family , only live 20 doors down the road.
Nice to have a family get together.

Happy Birthday Rikki. You are a bright spot on this forum.
Ed

Happy Birthday Rikki - hope your day was filled with joy

Happy Birthday Rikki!
Lucky you were able to spend time with family....

Plus one to Ed’s comment!! Happy Birthday Rikki!!

Happy Birthday Rikki!

Oh, Ed is right, we do so appreciate you.
You seem to have family set up very nicely. I miss it.

Happy birthday, glad you’re here, John C.

Happy Birthday, Young Lady,

Gary

Rikki, Happy Birthday ...I hope you keep getting older, but never get old ...

Happy Birthday, Rikki. Yamaha and Korg hopes you live forever .

chas

Hi ,
thank you everyone.
Getting harder each year, to try and pass myself of as 21+
( plus stands for quite a few decades on top of that) haha.

Donny, you never cease to amaze with those utube clips of yours, so funny and thoughtful of you to find it. Nice to see you back.

Congratulations Ricky,

Today is my turn to have a birthday..
Due to Corona, no parties allowed..

So we keep it small
I think i will play myself some birthday songs later on..


By the way, i stopped counting 2 years ago when i went 50

Hi Bachus, so what date ie 14 or 15th is yours. Hard to work out with the huge time difference between our countries.

Happy Birthday to you too.

I stopped counting well before that. Nearly old enough to be your mother. Haha

Have a lovely day.

Happy Birthday old(not age) friend.

Bernie

Happy Birthday Rikki

A little late but a Happy birthday Rikki and Bachus.

Happy Birthday Rikki! Happy Birthday Bachus!

Two "Happy Days" to two great SZ members! Also wishing you both (albeit belated) many more wonderful Bdays in the future!

Yes, Happy Birthdays, Rikky and Bachus ! It's always great to see you here!

Add my birthday wishes to all us March babies! Whoo Hoo!

Happy Bday Dave! Enjoy the fun of becoming even more "wiser"! In all the good ways!

I'll let you know when the "wiser" kicks in! lol

Better late than never...
+1 to all the birthday wishes!

Looks like everyone is getting older during March, including both my adult children.

15th is mine..

Strangest birthday ever..
With just today the whole country locking down..
They closest all bar and restaurants this afternoon

happy birthday to all of you.

BEWARE! The Ides of March!

Bachus and Rikki, a gentleman and a lady.
Both of you have earned these titles.

I wish you both a year of joy and contentment, of music and smiles.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY
John C.

I missed Bachus and Dave ... Happy Birthday guys ...

Happy Birthdays all. I've been tied up with an emergency situation, but it seems to be resolved.
Sorry I'm late to the PARTY!

Don, hope you and yours are well ...

Thanks everyone,

Next I’ve got to pick everyone’s brains on my birthday present, haven’t ordered it yet, finally getting some new monitors and a sub woofer.
I ‘ll do it on a seperate post in the morning.


Thank you again everyone.

P.s
Bachus, mine was actually on the 14 Th

Rikki - for home use, this would be AMAZING. You don't need really large, or powerful tops when you're using a sub. I use the 8" version in my studio, but without the sub.
Check it out:

https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/...or-t8-subwoofer

Hi Dave,
Thank you. I’ll check and see if they’re a possibility for me. Need to check what brands my dealer has access to, Also what’s available with the crazy stuff going on at the moment.

Don’t want to wait till next birthday . Haha

Brought out some old photos from 15 years ago. The kids were so young and it seems like it was yesterday. 15 years from now....never mind, too depressing.

Hi Zuki,
you’re sounding very down.
Just look after yourself.
I like the old saying

This Too Shall Pass.

Just need to find a way of navigating our way thru it.

Take Care

Thank you Rikki. You are very special. I have to quit whining now. Last thing I need to do is bring people down.

yes, zuki, I think we're all feeling a bit of that ...
I started to watch the evening news, went from channel to channel and then turned it off ...
And you REALLY WANT to see 15 yrs from now ...
We have a great granddaughter living with us right now and she will be 1 year old one week before I turn 79 ... I'm looking forward to living long enough that she will very much remember me ... but as the song says "Don't Blink" ...

Great advice Rikki, this too SHALL pass ...

Hi Tony,
it will pass.

I try and listen to radio stations and watch tv shows that aren’t 100% negative.
The ones that give one a bit of hope that they can do something .
Prefer to listen to the experts and what they’re telling us to do , rather than politicised armchair critics who think they know better.

This thing could take weeks, months , who knows, main thing is to try and get thru it, without everyday being a misery worrying about what’s next.

Wasted nearly a whole year ( in self pity ) worrying about whether I’d get full use back of my right hand , after I snapped my wrist. A year I will never get back, and all for nothing, it passed, and I’m fine, and I’m back.

Goodness , gracious, I’ve turned from the glass half empty type gal, into glass half full.

Do pessimists actually change their spots and turn into optimists? Just maybe.

Zuki, let me share some of my wisdom. I wake in the morning with this: “Boy, am I lucky, I’m 88 years old and I can still walk around, play music, and I feel pretty good”. Now, let me see who is hurting out there, maybe I can help them.

The magic of helping someone is, that when you concentrate on someone else you forget about YOU. And then you won’t write any stupid letters. (Big Smile)

Zuki, I can say that because I care, John C.

Jim, Our SZ friend John C has lots of wisdom, he is a special gift to this forum like many others who visit here. I won’t list them out of fear that I may leave out someone who deserves the credit..........besides my memory is not that good!