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John Byrne
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Posted: 14 July 2025 at 7:51pm \| IP Logged \| 1	post reply

Today would be my father’s 105 birthday—if he hadn’t gone and died in 2011!

As I say every year, I simply cannot accept 1920 being more than 100 years ago!

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Matt Hawes
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Posted: 14 July 2025 at 8:07pm \| IP Logged \| 2	post reply

Happy "Heavenly" birthday to your father.

I also have trouble accepting that 1920 is more than a century ago. Though way before my time, being a silent comedy fan and such makes the period seems closer to me.

While in my teens, a century meant before cars, telephones, movies, etc. It meant cowboys and such. The 1920s doesn't have that "ancient history" feel to me.

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Posted: 14 July 2025 at 8:54pm \| IP Logged \| 3	post reply

One of my younger gal pals was born in 1988. Think of everything that had already happened by then, just in the 20th Century. Two world wars. Korea. Vietnam. The moon landing. Color TV. Cellphones. Jet aircraft.

STAR TREK and STAR WARS.

She has no problem with 1920 being 105 years ago.

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Posted: 14 July 2025 at 8:58pm \| IP Logged \| 4	post reply

Just looked it up, and the first commercial airline started in 1914. When Dad was born people (who were just PASSENGERS) had been flying for six years!

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Posted: 14 July 2025 at 10:27pm \| IP Logged \| 5	post reply

JB,

I kinda understand what you are going through.

Were he alive today, my dad would be 100 years old on this coming Thursday, July 16th.

Sad thing is that I only had 16 years with him. My dad passed away at the relatively young age of 56.

Side Note - My oldest child (daughter) was born in 1988.

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Posted: 15 July 2025 at 1:43am \| IP Logged \| 6	post reply

My old man died six weeks before his 90th birthday. Had he lived, he'd be turning 100 years old this year.

We were watching Deadwood one day when I commented to him that *his* father was a contemporary of the children on that show.

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Posted: 15 July 2025 at 10:21am \| IP Logged \| 7	post reply

A D'OH! moment! Started this thread yesterday, but Pater's birthday is actually the 15th.

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