Had No Idea Someone Could Be This Old
Circa 1945 with Mom and Dad
We Had Dinner At Preveza
Preveza was ready for us
Did You Know? - The most common birth date is October 5 and the least common is May 22 in U.S.A.
Paul McCartney's Birth Certificate was auctioned in March 1997, for US $84,146. It is believed to be the world's most expensive Birth Certificate.
Although you might celebrate your birthday every year, your actual birthday only occurs once every 7 years! Not counting the leap years, the date you were born on moves each year to the following day of the week. This means your annual celebration is actually for your birth date - not your birthday - and in truth your birth day i.e. the actual day you were born on occurs only every 7 years!
The gang's all here
Brian, Jan, Kyle and Irene
Brian and Paul
- We both got the red shirt memo
Just us
"OK, I will show my tooth!"
Sue visits everyone
James and Bunnaford joined us
Fiona and Lisa are now through with finals
Carri gets ready for the annual walk
Luisa is not too sure about this...
...and brought to you directly from the UK.... Brian and Jan
Greg explains the specials
Luisa and Mitch
Rocki, Bullwinkle (Wayne) and Linda
James pulls out the big camera
Pita bread for the saganaki
Did You Know? - Pita or pitta is a soft, slightly leavened flatbread baked from wheat flour. It is used in many Mediterranean, Balkan and Middle Eastern cuisines and resembles other slightly leavened flatbreads such as Iranian nan-e barbari, South Asian flatbreads and Central Asian naan, and pizza crust.
The saganaki arrives
Did You Know? - The word saganaki is a diminutive of sagani, a frying pan with two handles, which comes from the Turkish word sahan 'copper dish', itself borrowed from Arabic .
Booze goes on
Whooosh!
She is singing... "Baby it's cold outside"
All eyes on the flames
More booze plus lemon
The fire alarm was disarmed
Ossifer... She did it"
Four Saganakis disappeared
Ahhhhh
Robin, Bob and Nick
Robin with Mom and Dad
Greg says grace for the table
Here come da food
Michele and Mom
Brian.. Also known as "The Slasher"
"I'm letting the boss do the work"
"Got one"
The birthday cake... Complete with song
Paul dances with the hat
Paul attempts to blow out the candle
The flame came back on
One more time
It won't go out
Paul calls in reinforcements
Did You Know? - Trick candles are a novelty candle often used at children's birthday parties. These candles relight themselves, using a fuse similar to those in dynamite sticks, the principle being that by igniting magnesium inserted into the wick of the candle, the paraffin vapour given off when a candle is blown out can be set alight, and through this, the candle can reignite.
Despite being a principle shared with dynamite, these fuses are, however, much less dangerous, and are easily extinguished with water.
Trick candles are banned in Canada.
Theo is having a ball with the trick candle
Did You Know? - Golden Birthday happens only once in a person's lifetime. It happens when the person's age and the date of the day they were born is the same.
More people celebrate their birthdays in August than in any other month. The two other months in which birthday rates are high is July and September.
Close to two billion Birthday Cards are sent each year in the U.S. alone, accounting for nearly 58 percent of all cards sent.
Saddling up to go on the Naples walk
Neal walked in to pick up an order.. Nice surprise
Bye for now
