To celebrate, I think I'll go drive in the rain for five or six hours...
Seriously, it looks like it's going to be raining like a cow peeing on a flat rock from Knoxville to at least the Ohio river. And the Bimmer is a 12-year-old convertible that never saw the inside of a garage from 2001 to 2008, so I'm bracing for a bit of Chinese water torture.
Road trip in a thunderstorm... you know how to party! Happy birthday, Tam!
ReplyDeleteHappy B'day! BTW, think of the car payments your not making. :)
ReplyDeleteHappy birthday, and be safe my friend.
ReplyDeleteRoll safe, roll sound. (It's just what I say when someone's on a journey.)
ReplyDeleteHappy birthday, Tam.
ReplyDeleteHippy-pippy-pappy Birthday, as my role model would say.
ReplyDeleteBest wishes.
Best wishes, and be safe.
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And many moooooore!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Anon
Happy birthday! Hope you have a safe trip.
ReplyDeleteBest wishes for you birthday; hope there are many more in the future.
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday, Kiddo...
ReplyDeleteAll The Best,
Frank W. James
Happy Birthday Tam
ReplyDeleteA memorable day, to be sure. Sandwiched in between JMB yesterday, and Robbie Burns tomorrow, I'd call that a threefer.
ReplyDeleteThe real claim to fame?
Peter (Bayou Renaissance Man) informs us that today is also the anniversary of the invention of the beer can.
Now how symbolic is that?
Happy B'Day!
Many happies today, Tam! Have a real blowout--and if blogging is light (nonexistent?) for the next couple of days while you recover we, your ardent followers, will understand...
ReplyDeletecap'n chumbucket
Happy Birthday!
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday. Stay dry and safe.
ReplyDeletePouring in So. KY
Gerry
Happy birthday.
ReplyDeleteHappy birthday!
ReplyDeleteHappy birthday Tam, although a road trip driving in a leaky Bimmer during a downpour isn't exactly my idea of a celebration.
ReplyDeleteHave a safe drive and celebrate when you get in!
Gmac
Best birthday wishes from the PRK.
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday Tam--safe travels, especially over Jellico!
ReplyDeleteHappy birthday, and as we used to say back home in Alabama, keep it between the ditches.
ReplyDeleteHappy birthday!
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday, Tam! :D
ReplyDeleteanother year closer to the grave.
ReplyDeleteHappy birthday! Don't pay any attention to T-Bolt ...
ReplyDelete;-)
Happy birthday, and may you have many more!
ReplyDelete-=[ Grant ]=-
Happy Birthday, Tam.
ReplyDeleteStay dry ;-)
Happy Birthday Tam!
ReplyDeleteI drove Triumph TR 4's daily years ago. I was able to keep good tops on them since they were removable and cheap, but I know about leaks coming from everywhere else!
I had to drive in to work during one of the Atlanta "Snowjams" in 1983, and you'd be surprised how much slush would come through a few pin holes ( really, you could barely see them), and push up a floor mat enough for it to land in your lap!
It's really silly to need to wear your rain gear inside a roadster with the top up....
The worst part was getting to the mall, finding it locked up and having to drive back in that mess with very wet pants for nothing. At least I was on salary.
Happy Birthday!
ReplyDeleteDrive safe, and take comfort in the fact that it would be much worse on a bicycle :)
Happy birthday!
ReplyDeleteHappy birthday Tam and good luck with the drive.
ReplyDeleteT...Happy Birthday and many more...keep the wheel's on the ground and the open side up...BTW Shoe goo works great on old rag tops that leak...look's kind of strange but it work's. ;-)
ReplyDeleteJoe S. in TN
Happy Birthday! Best of luck on the road.
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday Tam. Here's a little present that I'm sure you'll enjoy if you haven't seen it already. Go to you tube and search for the song; "I like guns". It was put together by an Aussie and I'm sure it will be on your own personal hit parade with a bullet.
ReplyDeleteHappy birthday. Stay dry.
ReplyDeleteCaptcha word: cation... either it needs a va, or it's saying you should be cautious. Either way is good.
Happy Birthday, Tam. I wish for you to have fun with your friends and family, enjoy shooting in a cosier climate, and celebrate with those who love you. May your journey be calm and relaxing, your favorite music be playing, and may the wind be at your back!
ReplyDeleteHappy B-day, Tam, from another of your loyal readers. If you think the car's roof will leak bad enuf, bring along some soap!
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday to a beautiful lady!! May your bemmer not get you so wet!
ReplyDeleteWalt
Happy birthday, darlin'. :)
ReplyDeleteAfter you dry off, Roberta will likely appreciate your schlepping all the mail to a less public corner of the cottage.
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Let me know sometime if "and many more" is as good a read as it looks to be.
Happy Birthday Tam... May Health and Happiness be yours
ReplyDeleteHappy birthday,Tam.
ReplyDeleteMay your travels be safe.
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday Tam! Stay dry!
ReplyDeleteHappy Birfday again, Tam.
ReplyDeleteHappy birthday, Tam!
ReplyDeleteI'll be simple and just say Happy Birthday Tam, and may it be a great day!
ReplyDeleteHippo birdie two ewe!
ReplyDeleteDrive safe and enjoy the day, Tam!
ReplyDeleteHave a wonderful and happy birthday!
ReplyDeleteHave a happy birthday and safe travels!
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday Tam!!!!
ReplyDeleteYour birthday tribute is on my blog.
ReplyDeleteMany happy returns!
Happy B'day Tam, or as we say in the Great White North :
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Drive safe now, y'hear?
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday lass!
Happy Birthday, youngster. Sounds like a perfect opportunity to get another 5-screw. Keep up the good work.
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YeOldFurt
Happy Birthday Tam!
ReplyDeleteTam,
ReplyDeletefrom one Aquarius to another (does anyone still pay attention to that stuff?), happy b-day and best wishes and many guns for the future.
wv: femal... oh yeah
Happy Birthday, O Mistress of Snark!
ReplyDeleteLike I said, better not older.
ReplyDeleteHappy birthday.
Jim
Happy Birthday, and safe home.
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday, Tam!
ReplyDeleteMaybe if you crank up the fan when you have the heat on, you can create a positive pressure zone to keep out the water. Or you could try the SR-71 method, and drive so fast that the air friction heats up the body panels, making them expand and seal the gaps.
Happy Birthday Tam.
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday!
ReplyDeleteHope you had a safe trip!
Many happy returns, Tam!
ReplyDeleteHappy birthday!
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday Tam!
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday, Ms. Tam.
ReplyDeleteHippo Birdy Two Ewe! ;)
ReplyDeleteHappy B-day
ReplyDeleteHBTY kiddo. "Singin' in the rain."
ReplyDeleteWell Tam Darling, what did you not get for your Birthday that you wanted?
ReplyDeleteKeeping in mind the $20 limit for close but casual acquaintances...
I still have 20 lighter flints for your Zippo.
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Hippy Birfday! Hope you had a great *mumble*second!
ReplyDeleteThink of it as the 13th anniversary of your 29th birthday. Happy B-day from a loyal reader.
ReplyDeleteHappy birthday, and many returns.
ReplyDeleteHope your birthday is a good one and ya have many more GunGal. Yours is my favorite gun blog. Quite often I learn something new, or old, from you. Thanks for sharing. God Bless America.
ReplyDeleteHave a happy 39th, Tam. My wife has been celebrating hers for 23 years now.
ReplyDeleteHappy birthday, Tam!
ReplyDeleteP.S. I used to drive a Triumph TR3 in the rain with the top down and the tonneau cover up. I stayed dry as long as I kept moving. Cops probably frown on that nowadays.
Happy birthday, enjoy reading your blog every day.
ReplyDeleteHappy birthday, lady! Looking forward to the story. :)
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday from Oxford MS.
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday, Tam.
ReplyDeleteHappy B-Day Tam! Hopefully you're home by now...
ReplyDeleteHappy Brithday! Put the top down, turn the heater on, crank up the radio and just drive fast!
ReplyDeleteBirfday wishes here: http://thecluemeter.blogspot.com/2010/01/happy-birthday-tam.html
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Happy Birthday, Tam. I had rain for most of the day as I drove over the Malahat on Vancouver Island. (I have wonderful mind pictures of mist, trees, ridges, inlets, etc. and what passes for mountains on the south part of the Island.)
ReplyDeleteRegards.
Happy birthday, Tam!
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//Dollar short
Happy Birthday from Texas, li;' filly!
ReplyDeleteYeehaw!
A Texan
Happy Birthday! Best Wishes!
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday, young woman.
ReplyDeleteI can relate. Jenni and I had a leaky BMW convertible for some time. Once she got to about a third of a million miles (quite literally more than that), we found that it was a more fiscally responsible decision to donate the car to AmVets and claim it on our taxes than to sell it outright. Strange. I kind of miss that car... Happy birthday anyway!
ReplyDeleteHope you had a wonderful birthday, despite the rain.
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday (belated)!
ReplyDeleteSpent Sunday playin' hookey away from the web, so Best Wishes A Day Late. Cheers!
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday!
ReplyDeleteI can only comment that you look a lot younger in your pictures that one of your co-bloggers says your age is.
You share the same birthday as Billll , although you're much younger and better looking than he is.
ReplyDeleteHe spent part of the weekend with his new evil black rifle, a Leader Dynamics T2 Mk 5.
From Billll: "Several of the other guns there were tacticool to the max so the Leader looked like a Honda at a Low-Rider show. It shot just as well, though."
gotta...
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ReplyDeleteAnd a happy birthday to you, too.
ReplyDeleteSeems we also share a predilection for driving convertibles in the rain.
My Triumph would stay dry with the top down if you kept it above 55. Of course when your exit came up and it still hadn't stopped raining....