Thursday Night Birthday Cocktail Thread. No Friday Night Drinking Thread tomorrow.

[Aristus]

Enjoying a Mamie Taylor tonight. Canadian whiskey, lime juice, and ginger beer over ice in a highball glass. Yummy!

Tomorrow night, birthday dinner on the town. At a restaurant renowned for their bourbon cocktails.

Had a successful, highly gratifying job interview this week. I think it will lead to good things.

I love you all…

[elleng]

1. Sounds good, and congrats!

[LoisB]

2. Happy Birthday. Have a great day and a fabulous dinner.

[Aristus]

3. Thank you.

[Diamond_Dog]

4. Happy Birthday, Aristus!

[Aristus]

7. Thank you, Diamond Dog!

[leftieNanner]

5. Happy birthday 🎉🎂 Aristus!

And may I please have the name of the restaurant? I have a 35th anniversary coming up.

🥂

[Aristus]

8. The Lobster Shop!

🦞

[leftieNanner]

13. Thanks! Nt

[True Dough]

6. Cheers to Aristus!

On his 30th birthday!

[Aristus]

9. Thank you!

I don’t look a day over fifty-six.

[biophile]

10. Congratulations

On another spin around the sun! Have a great night, a wonderful weekend and a spectacular year!

[Aristus]

11. Thank you, biophile!

[Mme. Defarge]

12. Bon anniversaire!

Meanwhile, I CAN’T STAND THE SUSPENSE!!!

Hoping to see a good news post in the very near future.

[Aristus]

14. Merci beaucoups, chere Madame!

I was hoping you would stop by. You always say the sweetest things, and you say them in French.

[Hotler]

15. Canadian Club or Canadian Mist? I'm a fan of CC & ginger ale. nt

[Aristus]

16. Crown Royal.

My first foray into Canadian whiskey. The bottle is nearly empty. My next selection will be Canadian Club.

[Dear_Prudence]

21. Oct 18, 23 years!

Congratulations Aristus on your DU anniversary!

[Aristus]

23. Thank you, Dear.

This is great; I get to call you dear!

[3catwoman3]

17. Seeing as I like Moscow Mules, the Mamie Taylor sounds like...

...something else I might enjoy. Is there a story behind the name? There must be.

I so hope this interview leads to a great job. You deserve one, for sure. Fingers crossed.

And many happy returns!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (that's 56 exclamation points for 56 years, if that is the right number)

[Aristus]

24. Thank you, cat.

I wonder if that’s a world record for exclamation points.

I’ll look up to see how the Mamie Taylor got its name.

After I look for Between The Sheets and the Screaming Multiple Orgasm.

[3catwoman3]

29. Every year, I send our two sons a birthday text with the same number of exclamation points...

…as their age, along with assorted smilies/emojis representing their favorite things, and timed to arrive at the moment of their births. One of a few family traditions. Fortunately for them and for me, they were both morning babies, so no middle of the night texting - 9:34 and 11:08 Eastern Standard Time.

Seeing as you and I are members of the health care family of professions, I decided I’d include you in the family birthday exclamation point tradition.

[Aristus]

30. That was sweet, thank you.

For the record, I was a 9:17am baby. And October 17th, 1968 was a Thursday.

[3catwoman3]

33. Our younger son is an October baby, too - the 15th.

Both were born at Bethesda Naval hospital, courtesy of my husband's Air Force career.

As you would know from your time in the Army, health care is free to active duty military and their immediate family members. The only thing you pay for is the food if you are hospitalized, and back in 1990 and '92, that was $8 a day, so both pregnancies basically cost nothing even tho I had amniocentesis with the first one (I was 38), chorionic villi sampling with the second, (I was 41) and C-sections both times.

Military health care may not be perfect, but it's pretty damn good.

[mountain grammy]

18. Happy Birthday Aristus

and have a wonderful night on the town. Don't do anything I wouldn't do..haha..

[Aristus]

25. I'm fifty-six.

I’ll drive to the restaurant, have dinner at the restaurant, and drive home from the restaurant.

At my age, that’s a wild night out.

[mountain grammy]

28. And I'm 76.. if it's after dark I need someone to drive me

to and from.. my wild night out.

[Tree Lady]

19. Happy happy birthday Aristus!

[Aristus]

26. Thank you, Tree Lady!

[niyad]

20. And we love you back. All the best birthday wishes in the world, dear friend,

and may the coming year be filled with all the very best of everything for you!

We will, of course, expect a complete report on Saturday, with pics, if possible!

And vibes sent, fingers crossed, for your perfect job.

[Aristus]

27. Don't know if I can promise pics.

Ever since Photobucket started charging its users, I haven’t had an image host to post pics from.

But I can furnish a full report on the dishes served, and my wine selection. The restaurant has a superb cellar of top-end burgundies.

[debm55]

22. Happy Birthday Aristus. Hope you have a great time tonight.

[Aristus]

31. Thank you, deb!

[Marthe48]

32. Happy birthday!