I am reasonably convinced that your birthday this coming week shall be a happy one...

Don't be fooled by the popular folklore that at 50 you are supposed to PLAN what type of rocking chair you should be buying for your retirement...

That cliche is a left over from the end of the 18th and the begining of the 19th centuries...

Today, 50 is like being 25 years old physically, and the world should be your oyster once you have been liberated from the drugery of day to day living as EDIG COMES THROUGH...

In the little time I have made your acquintence on this board you have demonstrated (1)a keen mind, (2) an appriciation for "Life" for what is IS; a compendium of success and failures, (3)and the courage of expressing your convictions no matter what the rest of the world thinks, and the desire to be helpful to your PACK no matter what its composition...

Those, my young friend, are the attributes of a "successul LIFE"...

Enjoy the next 50 years which begin next week...

Gil...