{"id":49,"date":"2024-10-23T11:11:39","date_gmt":"2024-10-23T11:11:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scottysblog.com\/another-birthday-approacheth\/"},"modified":"2024-10-23T11:11:39","modified_gmt":"2024-10-23T11:11:39","slug":"another-birthday-approacheth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scottysblog.com\/home\/another-birthday-approacheth\/","title":{"rendered":"Another Birthday Approacheth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here we are, 1 week to go to the official Big Day and the celebrations have &#8211; of course &#8211; already started. Greta night out with my lovely AV5 gang, up in Borough area this time. 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Well done and big thanks to Janine for some excellent hunting and booking.<\/p>\n<p>&#0160;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"https:\/\/scottysblog.typepad.com\/.a\/6a0105359a4116970b02e860eef59d200d-pi\" style=\"float: left;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"1E0A1246-D58F-4AC0-B4C0-069755918DE3_1_105_c\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a0105359a4116970b02e860eef59d200d img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/scottysblog.typepad.com\/.a\/6a0105359a4116970b02e860eef59d200d-320wi\" style=\"margin: 0px 5px 5px 0px;\" title=\"1E0A1246-D58F-4AC0-B4C0-069755918DE3_1_105_c\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"https:\/\/scottysblog.typepad.com\/.a\/6a0105359a4116970b02e860eef59f200d-pi\" style=\"float: left;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"1E0A1246-D58F-4AC0-B4C0-069755918DE3_1_105_c\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a0105359a4116970b02e860eef59f200d img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/scottysblog.typepad.com\/.a\/6a0105359a4116970b02e860eef59f200d-320wi\" style=\"margin: 0px 5px 5px 0px;\" title=\"1E0A1246-D58F-4AC0-B4C0-069755918DE3_1_105_c\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#0160;<\/p>\n<p>&#0160;<\/p>\n<p>&#0160;<\/p>\n<p>&#0160;<\/p>\n<p>&#0160;<\/p>\n<p>&#0160;<\/p>\n<p>&#0160;<\/p>\n<p>&#0160;<\/p>\n<p>&#0160;<\/p>\n<p>&#0160;<\/p>\n<p>&#0160;<\/p>\n<p>&#0160;<\/p>\n<p>&#0160;<\/p>\n<p>&#0160;<\/p>\n<p>&#0160;<\/p>\n<p>&#0160;<\/p>\n<p>Not quite on the birthday theme but still really nice was a meet up last night with a bunch of old Catz friends. Some who I see often, like the two Helens, occasionally such as Lucy R and some that it was lovely to catch up with, such as Keith, Christina and Chris Lees. Amazing how having spent 3 years together we know each other and can still take the mickey etc, even when some hadn&#39;t seen each other in 34 years. 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