Anniversary
This probably should have been posted under the thread "What do you cigar lovin' fools look like?" but, since it's an important landmark in my life, I sorta wanted it to stand apart.
My child bride and I celebrated our 50th wedding anniversary last week. Our two sons hosted a very nice party for us and invited a lot of friends and close family. Here are a few photos:
Pretty self explanatory, this is the front of the invitation
Taken in our son Mike's back yard
Taken on a part of my patio. Getting ready to enjoy a big, shaggy-footed Gurkha Salomon to celebrate our anniversary
A better shot of the Gurkha along with a snifter of Booker's. Aahh! Life is good.
Okay, I've bored you enough. Thanks for your patience.
Good health and long ashes to all the BOTL's out there.
Marty
My child bride and I celebrated our 50th wedding anniversary last week. Our two sons hosted a very nice party for us and invited a lot of friends and close family. Here are a few photos:
Pretty self explanatory, this is the front of the invitation
Taken in our son Mike's back yard
Taken on a part of my patio. Getting ready to enjoy a big, shaggy-footed Gurkha Salomon to celebrate our anniversary
A better shot of the Gurkha along with a snifter of Booker's. Aahh! Life is good.
Okay, I've bored you enough. Thanks for your patience.
Good health and long ashes to all the BOTL's out there.
Marty
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Marty
By the way, how old are you? Is there hope I'm not the oldest one here? I"ll be 64 Christmas Eve this year.
Well, you're definitely not the oldest one here. I'll be 74 in November. But between my ears I'm only 39. I think if my grey matter ever catches up with my chronological age it'll be time to cash my chips in.
Marty
And why, you ask, am I smoking cigars after having heart surgery? Well, I don't inhalke 'em and that improves my odds immensely.
Marty
Marty
I've mentioned on a previous thread somewhere along the way that I came across a study printed in the Oxford Journal of Medicine that shows the increased risk of heart disease to male cigar smokers based on how many cigars they smoke per day compared to men who have never smoked.
The categories of smokers were grouped like: 1 to 2 cigars/day, 3 to 4 cigars/day, etc. on upward. Since I fall into the lowest category (actually I average only about 1 every other day) it said that male smokers in that group had a 1.2% greater risk of heart disease than men who never smoked. And, to me, 1.2% is very minimal and certainly an acceptable risk IMO. I don't remember whether the report specified inhaling or non-inhaling but, to my way of thinking, if the smoke doesn't make it to your lungs, what can it hurt?
And, since most of the nicotine goes away during the curing process, it seems to me that inhaling is a waste of time - assuming one inhales in order to get the nicotine.
Marty
That's incredible! Congrats to you and your bride.
My wife and I will have 24 years next groundhog day.
An interesting anniversary, for me at least; next November 3rd. I will have been married for half my life! If my math is correct and I don't fuss too much about leap years, that is
Happy anniversary and many more to come. A good woman makes it all worthwhile.
Marty
The wife and I will be having the big 2 year on Oct. 10th.
I love seeing 50 year anniversarys or anything over 5 these days. Gives me hope!