Sunday, December 21, 2014

LV

According to Wikipedia, fifty-five is the natural number following fifty-four and preceding fifty-six. It is also the atomic number of caesium, the tenth Fibonacci number, and the sum of the numbers 1 through 10. It is a square pyramidal number, a centered nonagonal number, and a semiprime number. Between 1974 and 1988, it was the maximum highway speed limit in the United States. It is a magnitude 7.9 barred spiral galaxy in the constellation Sculptor. It is the Autoroute de l'énergie in central Québec and an interstate highway between Chicago and New Orleans. It is the direct-dial calling code for the South American nation of Brazil.


Fifty-five is also my age for the next three hundred and sixty-five days.

31 comments:

  1. Hippo Birdy Walt...
    and many more!
    Your official birthday is therefore 21st June...
    the perfect day to party on.
    Enjoy your steak... and whatever goes with it...

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  2. Happy birthday Walt!
    I hope it's a good one!

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  3. Happy Birthday Walt - enjoy your special day !
    Carol & Mikee

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  4. Joyeux anniversaire à toi 😺 !!! Bises

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  5. Happy birthday! I now remember that we are pretty much the same age, although I have a few months on you.

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  6. Happy Birthday, Walt.
    Hope you have an enjoyable day and a delicious birthday meal.

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  7. Happy Birthday Walt. Like Betty I bet ya to it :-) I'm delighted to hear that 55 is such an interesting number...

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  8. Felicitations, Walt. You even beat Jesus to it - birthday, that is.
    55 is also the number of Joseph Haydn's Symphony nicknamed 'The Schoolmaster'. Just thought I'd throw that in for no reason at all other than extending the numerological significance. (I turn 69 next year. Now what can I think of with which to trumpet in that age, I wonder?)

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  9. I hope you have a wonderful day!

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  10. Many happy birdies to you from me too! Eeee, tha's nobbut a young lad. Pauline

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  11. Happy birthday from C&E. 55 is (it was for us, anyway) a really nice age. We hope you really enjoy your 55th year. Thanks for sharing it with us day to day.

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  12. I call it double nickels. Happy Birthday, Walt! From now on (the next six months really) we will be having longer days....let the celebration begin!

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  13. I mentioned your birthday on my dance party post...hope you have a good one, mister double nickels! and STILL good lookin'!

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  14. Happy Birthday, Walt! Enjoy your steak dinner and thanks for bringing back the longer days!

    BettyAnn, Jean-Luc and Colette

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  15. Don't expect too much sympathy from this LXV guy! (Where did those last X years go anyway?!) Have a great birthday !

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  16. Bon anniversaire,Walt. Just think, you're merely half way into your journey, give or take. Many more happy ones.

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  17. Joyeux anniversaire Walt :-)
    Un an de plus une bougie de plus sur la tarte

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  18. Happy Birthday, Walt (my almost exactly 6-months-younger pal!) ! I've been enjoying 55 for six months now, and it feels just fine :) You'll like it.

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  19. Happy birthday Walter. Enjoy your birthday dinner. You are probably eating as I type!

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  20. Happy birthday, Walt, which you share with a friend of mine who turned LXV today.

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  21. From the book 'One hundred and one different ways to say it is your birthday'. Many happy returns.

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  22. That's an exhausting way to tell us its your birthday. 55 is a good year. Enjoy each one.
    L and S

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  23. Many Happy Returns! May this next year be your best one yet!

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  24. Happy Birthday, Walt!
    Dean and Jean

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  25. It's a great age--and you wear it well! Happy Birthday from all of us!
    Ginny, Mitch, Gabe and Molly xoxo

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  26. I hope your day was amazing and your year ahead is even better. I also hope, somehow, somewhere, someway, we get to connect with you guys again soon.

    Sean
    www.idleeyesandadormy.com

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  27. Wow! Thanks, everyone! It's wonderful to hear from you all. The day was great, good food and fun, and made all the better by your warm greetings. :)

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  28. Happy - very belated- birthday! Hope you had a great day. The food certainly looked fantastic :-) A & N

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