Thursday, January 23, 2025

64 Times

Still rockin'
 Today is the day I cross the line for the 64th time. It's a number that I never thought I'd see attached to my name. 

I remember a rider back from the days when I was first doing bicycle work. He's a reader of this blog, so, John, if you read this, you might remember this story.

John used to take his lunch at the shop. He'd pull up a five gallon bucket, sit down, and have his meal. He'd chat us up for a bit and then take off back to work  

The shop guys revered John. He was a really good rider, and he was around sixty or so at this point in his life. I can remember thinking, "I sure hope I'm still riding strong at sixty!" 

Well, here I am. I'm probably no where near as "strong" as John was at my age, but hey! I'm doing okay. Better than I figured I would be. And I still am planning on doing this thing for a while. No reasons not to. 

Thanks for reading!

16 comments:

Kramer said...

Happy Birthday, have an awesome day!

Phillip Cowan said...

Good on ya sir! Hope you're still going strong at 90.

Capncavedan said...

Happy Birthday, GT!

Exhausted_Auk said...

Happy Birthday, Mark!

MG said...

You make 64 look awesome… Happy Birthday, Brother!!

S Sprague said...

Happy Birthday young man! Wishing you all the best!

GarryO said...

Happy Birthday!

GarryO said...

Happy Birthday!

Travis said...

Happy Birthday! 🥳

Tyler Loewens said...

Happy Birthday! I always assumed you were in your early 50's for what its worth.

Guitar Ted said...

@Tyler Loewens - As they say, "You can fool some of the people some of the time..." Thank you for the birthday shout-out!

Eric said...

Happy Birthday! I've enjoyed your podcast and reviews for years. Keep up the excellent work.

Pedro said...

Happy Birthday Mr. Guitar Ted! Enjoy the day!

teamdarb said...

Happy birthday and applesauce (not gonna correct that typo). Bravo Bravo to you sir.

Tomcat said...

Happy belated Birthday, GT!

Ari said...

Happy Birthday and hope to celebrate with you soon!!!