I’ve always found the Seven’s hard. You know, 37, 47, etc. It’s when you’re no longer in the Early or Mid Somethings but the Late Somethings. So in a few months when I’m 67 it will no longer be possible to think of myself as not-yet-old but rather as actually old, since 67 is almost 70 and there’s no fooling anybody when you’re in your Seventies.
Thanks, all! I really appreciate the kind remarks and well wishes. Pluggers is such great fun to work on, and I especially love hearing from all the folks out there that identify with the Plugger lifestyle. As to my birthday, it’s a big one! But I don’t feel 60 … look it, perhaps, but that has it’s benefits, also … Love getting those Senior Discounts (often without even having to ask). I hope you all have a great day, and thanks for reading our little feature!
Who says you have to be “old” to be a plugger? I’m 41 (yes, a woman who will, at least for now, admit her actual age!) and I find myself identifying quite closely with a lot of the Pluggers I read here.
And yes, I always read the comics section in my local newspaper first too (just not in my robe and pj’s on my driveway)!
P.S.: Happy 60th Birthday, Gary! My newspaper stopped carrying Pluggers about a year ago so I was very happy to find it here. It’s one of the first things I look at when I get online every day.
After the funnies, I go to the editorials, to see which grain of salt to read the rest with. Everybody have a big piece of cake with ice cream & whipped cream & cookies in the sides & a cherry on top. The meat & veggies will have still gone bad when you get to them.
The only problem is, that after “a certain age” them darned birthdays come around about every three months. You won’t believe how they whiz by. Hope it was a good one, Gary. Pluggers is the first thing I look for evrery morning.
tomtweit about 14 years ago
I always do!
ejcapulet about 14 years ago
I do, too! And I’m not technically old.
Lyons Group, Inc. about 14 years ago
I’m 50 myself. That’s really not old.
ltownley2006 about 14 years ago
Just passed that “milestone” (or is it “millstone”) myself. Happy Birthday from one Plugger to another!
joannepowers Premium Member about 14 years ago
I don’t subscribe to a paper anymore, just comics.com, ucomics.com, and dailyink.com
J_Verschueren about 14 years ago
Happy B-day Gary!! -when people described themselves as “old”, my great aunt used to say: “you’ll change your mind about that in five years’ time”…
jackdohany about 14 years ago
Yeah, HB from a 72-yr-old who’s been loving Pluggers since he was a little kid! . …Well maybe not, but it sure seems that way.
jkoskov about 14 years ago
Happy Birthday Gary.
Better to be plugger than filler!
jkoskov about 14 years ago
Also, don’t say your old. Simply define your age as a “Speed Limit” with no limit!
pschearer Premium Member about 14 years ago
I’ve always found the Seven’s hard. You know, 37, 47, etc. It’s when you’re no longer in the Early or Mid Somethings but the Late Somethings. So in a few months when I’m 67 it will no longer be possible to think of myself as not-yet-old but rather as actually old, since 67 is almost 70 and there’s no fooling anybody when you’re in your Seventies.
Anyone got any spare Paxil? Wellbutrin? Anything?
David M Wallace Premium Member about 14 years ago
Happy Birthday!
Dave Thompson Premium Member about 14 years ago
60 isn’t old for a sequoia.
Pluggers is my favorite comic, and by far the one that I Forward/Share the most. Mahalo!
McGehee about 14 years ago
Happy birthday, Brookins!
conean about 14 years ago
Happy birthday, Young Man!
plgrguy Premium Member about 14 years ago
Thanks, all! I really appreciate the kind remarks and well wishes. Pluggers is such great fun to work on, and I especially love hearing from all the folks out there that identify with the Plugger lifestyle. As to my birthday, it’s a big one! But I don’t feel 60 … look it, perhaps, but that has it’s benefits, also … Love getting those Senior Discounts (often without even having to ask). I hope you all have a great day, and thanks for reading our little feature!
Gretchen's Mom about 14 years ago
Who says you have to be “old” to be a plugger? I’m 41 (yes, a woman who will, at least for now, admit her actual age!) and I find myself identifying quite closely with a lot of the Pluggers I read here.
And yes, I always read the comics section in my local newspaper first too (just not in my robe and pj’s on my driveway)!
P.S.: Happy 60th Birthday, Gary! My newspaper stopped carrying Pluggers about a year ago so I was very happy to find it here. It’s one of the first things I look at when I get online every day.
steelersneo about 14 years ago
The comics, the sports, use the rest to wrap fish, line bird cages, lay down for puppies, or throw it in the trash.
VancouverRaven about 14 years ago
Happy Birthday! Keep up the great work!
Plods with ...™ about 14 years ago
Thanks Gary! remember to eat desert first too!
Sillstaw about 14 years ago
“Pluggers are old.” We are officially reaching the bottom, people.
ChukLitl Premium Member about 14 years ago
After the funnies, I go to the editorials, to see which grain of salt to read the rest with. Everybody have a big piece of cake with ice cream & whipped cream & cookies in the sides & a cherry on top. The meat & veggies will have still gone bad when you get to them.
Happy b’day
Bany39 about 14 years ago
Yes the funnies first, than sports (takes 1minuet or less) and the rest of the paper
tedcoop about 14 years ago
I’m 40, and if I’ve learned one thing since the fall of the Nixon administration, it’s that 60 isn’t old for a human being (never mind a sequoia).
Or, as Julius “Groucho” Marx put it, “A man is only as old as the woman he feels.”
Saucy1121 Premium Member about 14 years ago
Happy Birthday!
Palyke about 14 years ago
Happy Birthday, but you’ll never catch up with me.
mrprongs about 14 years ago
Happy 60th, Gary!
ImaPlugger2 about 14 years ago
The only problem is, that after “a certain age” them darned birthdays come around about every three months. You won’t believe how they whiz by. Hope it was a good one, Gary. Pluggers is the first thing I look for evrery morning.