Happy Birthday

[cheltenhamlion]

You Old Bastard!

[dave shelley]

I know, I know, funny, I'm still twenty-two in my head.  It's the rest of me that isn't.

Sometimes I wake up in the mornings stiff everywhere apart from where I want to be stiff!

*sorry ladies no wish to offend*

[Top Cat]

Happy birthday Dave. Wishing you a long happy and healthy retirement. 

[danlanza]

Happy birthday Dave. Wishing you a long happy and healthy retirement.

Same here

[richardhubbard]

Dave enjoy your retirement and happy birthday

[dcdavecollett]

Congratulations, Dave.

Don't make the mistake of blaming yourself for the shortcomings of our economic system!

[dave shelley]

Thanks friends for all your kind words and comments.  I really enjoy this site and have received a lot of pleasure from it during the darker times.  There is great, well balanced debate on here most of the time; which is informative and interesting.

I have never lost my belief that there is goodness in people and, I hope I never will.  This site just supports that belief, you are nice people.

[eastie]

Thanks friends for all your kind words and comments.  I really enjoy this site and have received a lot of pleasure from it during the darker times.  There is great, well balanced debate on here most of the time; which is informative and interesting.

I have never lost my belief that there is goodness in people and, I hope I never will.  This site just supports that belief, you are nice people.

Nice words dave , and I echo them , this is a damn good site with some very nice , caring and helpful people on board - its a pleasure to be a member of this community.

[Ron Manager]

God Dave you are older than me......just!  No such thing as retirement get out there and do whatever you want while your body holds out.

[dave shelley]

I suppose this should be on the Smile thread but, I've just spent the past forty-eight hours helping my daughter and son-in-law move house.  I've humped boxes, crates, furniture and anything else you can mention into a van and then driving it twenty-five miles through Dublin traffic.  I did this three times yesterday and yes, we should have got a bigger van!  I'm delighted to say that I held up better than the pair of them.  I am so thankful that as I've reached this age I'm still able to do this.  I still ride my bike too.

[Hopadop]

I've been trying to think of a Scylla and Charybdis pun, but I can't and it wouldn't have been very funny.

So I'll content myself by being another to wish Dave a very happy and well deserved retirement, assuming you ever get chance to get your feet up.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

Happy birthday, Paul McGrath.

[eastie]

Yes the great man is 54 today - lets hope we give him 3 points tonight .

[Chico Hamilton III]

Happy birthday, Paul McGrath.

And Kevin Richardson

[Deano's Mullet]

Obviously McGrath is God but by heck I loved Rico. My favourite Villa skipper in my supporting lifetime.