Happy 76th Birthday KaHanu - The Turtle

[IR2dum]

Well, I guess it took you a few extra days to gain the knowledge that "old age" bestows on us as Jaxon and I have all ready experienced. Happy Birthday, Turtle! Take it easy on your celebrations today...you're not as young as you used to be.  Note to SWMBO - be gentle with him today. He can't handle it like he did when he was younger. By the way, I'm giving you the same Birthday present I gave you last year.

On a more serious note, you really are "young at heart" and deserve all the accolades for getting to be another year older. I hope that you have a great Birthday with many more celebrations to come. Happy Birthday! See you soon.

[TMB]

Happy birthday Big Guy !!!!     Looking forward to seeing you in May and everyone

[HighOnSmoke]

Happy Birthday Turtle!

[old sarge]

Happy birthday Turtle and may you have many more.

[Ka Honu]

Thank you all. It was a great birthday and I learned stuff and enjoyed the day:

     1. I found out I'm still alive and that IR2dum speaks Hawaiian. I know this because his original post calls me "Ka Hanu" instead of "Ka Honu." In Hawaiian, Ka Honu is "the turtle" while Ka Hanu is "the breath" or "one who breathes." Appropriate for the day and good to know.

     2. I learned you aren't supposed to wear your birthday suit when you go out on your birthday. Don't ask how I found this out (but it seems counterintuitive).

     3. SWMBO made her famous brownies. Best birthday cake ever.

     4. I loafed about all day - pretty much like I do everyday but I didn't feel guilty like I do occasionally (and SWMBO didn't scold me even once for being lazy).

     5. We went out to dinner at what may be my favorite restaurant in Honolulu. Snails, pâté, lobster, duck, and crème brûlée. All excellent and enough leftovers for tomorrow.

     6. The Oilers won.

And that's all I know. Aloha all.

[Pam Gould]

Happy Happy Turtle.

[ACW3]

Happiest of birthdays, Paul!!  See you at the Bommarito Barbecue in a couple of months.

Art

[smokeasaurus]

Happy Birthday wishes from The Smoke and Wendy and Smoochy

[tlg4942]

Happy Birthday !

[Big Dawg]

Thank you all. It was a great birthday and I learned stuff and enjoyed the day:

     1. I found out I'm still alive and that IR2dum speaks Hawaiian. I know this because his original post calls me "Ka Hanu" instead of "Ka Honu." In Hawaiian, Ka Honu is "the turtle" while Ka Hanu is "the breath" or "one who breathes." Appropriate for the day and good to know.

So, just curious since google translate doesn't include Hawaiian . . . based on you age, you seem to be moving closer to "The Tortoise" as in Galápagos ! ! !

Is there an appreciable difference between the two in Hawaiian ?





BD

[Ka Honu]

So, just curious since google translate doesn't include Hawaiian . . . based on you age, you seem to be moving closer to "The Tortoise" as in Galápagos ! ! !

Is there an appreciable difference between the two in Hawaiian ?

BD

You're making me work here. Luckily a glass of whisky is at hand.

"Turtle" usually means all species of the order Testudines. "Tortoise" normally refers to the slow-moving terrestrial species of that order.

Honu are (specifically) green sea turtles. When healthy we generally have a similar lifespan to you kānaka (humans), roughly 80-100 years.

We have some tortoises in Hawaii but, except for in the zoo, not the big mothers from Galápagos (whose lifespan is normally about twice those of Honu and kānaka - up to about 200 years).

So I still have a few years before I slow down, dry out, and have to file for a species change to extend my life.

Thanks for asking.

[smokeasaurus]

Will The Turtle out live Keith Richards....................

[Ka Honu]

Will The Turtle out live Keith Richards....

As I understand it I already have. I'm pretty sure Keith Richards died about 50 years ago - they just forgot to tell him.

[GG-STL]

HAPPY BELATED BITHDAY
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