Happy birthday mdmead

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Happy birthday mdmead

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Well, a happy 46th goes out to our resident west-coast member and "man about the mountains" mdmead, have a good one Matt :cheers:
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Ha, happy birthday Matty! Hope you got a lot of gifts that are for the van!

I went to my sister in laws B-day party last night and she's a huge sports fan so i got to watch the Wings win Game 5 5-0.
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Hope you had a happy 46th Birthday my man. Hard for me to believe, I've got socks older than that. :muhaha:
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Hope you had a good one! :cheers:
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Happy birthday Matt!
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what they all said. hope you had a great day
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What Larry said...........and happy Bday. \:D/ Now that I think about it, I might have socks as old as Larry. :cheers:
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Sorry to be late on this, I hope you had a really great B-Day!!!
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Thanks everyone! Well, it wasn't a bad birthday, but it wasn't what I would choose for a birthday. I first had to do a whole bunch of chores and then I started to travel. Where am I now? Here are a a couple of clues...

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Hmmm :-k Mt Ranier and then Mt St Helens?
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I think Zam's got it. I'm going with Mt. St. Helens, too. \:D/
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Got the first one... I flew by Rainier on my way to Seattle to catch another plane. You guys are waaaaay off on the second though! :yawinkle:
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Are we in the right country/continent? There doesn't look to be enough snow on them hills to be further north in canada, are you on some mtn' island off the coast of B.C
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astrozam wrote:Are we in the right country/continent?
Right Country... wrong end.
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-74 Ford Bronco -->Far from perfect but mine!
-99 V-10 Ford Super Duty Super Cab 4x4 -->Stock with 285 Cooper ATs
-00 Ford Focus Wagon -->The Red Turd
-95 Ford 24' Class C Motorhome -->My big block sleeper
-07 Can-Am Outlander XT -->My yellow 4x4 quad for work & play
-04 Ski Doo REV Summit -->Still several chassis behind!


No new projects until the current ones are done!

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Re: Happy birthday mdmead

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The Appalachians?? if so I'm gonna say Georgia or the Carolinas perhaps Tennesee
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