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RunningDeer
23rd February 2022, 00:42
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IIRC: It's tradition for Mara and you to spend the day in the mountains. Enjoy! Chocolate for Bill and bones for Mara.http://paula.avalonlibrary.net/smilies/wave-hi.gif
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Happy birthday to you.
Happy birthday to you.
Happy BIR-th-day DEAR…Bill Ryan phoenix rising Ernie Nemeth, terransage, Silent Wind, Brightstar, ]earthorganica Ghost of Hunter, Thompson, binka, KeelahSelai & Daduja...
Happy birthday to you.
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Gemma13
23rd February 2022, 01:13
You're aware of thousands you have helped with your platform Bill, and the deep appreciation they share. But you don't get to witness all the moments, trillions, where we silently, or with a friend, feel love and gratitude for having landed in your space. Thank you.
May all those radiant moments coalesce today and rain down to whack you on your head for your Birthday. :heart::raining::heart:
Lunesoleil
23rd February 2022, 01:23
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Joyeux anniversaire Bill , un Poissons
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Mare
23rd February 2022, 01:31
Happy birthday Bill!! ✨🎁✨ xx
TargeT
23rd February 2022, 01:33
Happy older day all!
Mike
23rd February 2022, 01:36
Happy birthday Bill! Hope you and Mara have an excellent day in the mountains. Thanks for everything, and many happy returns:handshake:
justntime2learn
23rd February 2022, 01:38
Happy Birthday to Bill, Ernie, Brightstar, earthorganica and Ghost of Hunter Thompson :heart:
Wow, it happened on 2/22/22!
Wishing you all the best.
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RunningDeer
23rd February 2022, 02:05
Wow, it happened on 2/22/22!
In some places, it's the February 23rd and that's their birthday.http://paula.avalonlibrary.net/smilies/laugh-big-smile-teeth.gif
justntime2learn
23rd February 2022, 02:08
Wow, it happened on 2/22/22!
In some places, it's the February 23rd and that's their birthday.http://paula.avalonlibrary.net/smilies/laugh-big-smile-teeth.gif
Ha, I thought about that and then looked up the day and time in Ecuador and saw that it was almost 9:00 p.m. today, lol
So, everyone's birthday is the 23rd?
Ah, I just realized that your time zone is 3 hours ahead of me, lol. I get it, I'm just a little slow sometimes.
Patient
23rd February 2022, 02:28
Wow, it happened on 2/22/22!
In some places, it's the February 23rd and that's their birthday.http://paula.avalonlibrary.net/smilies/laugh-big-smile-teeth.gif
Ha, I thought about that and then looked up the day and time in Ecuador and saw that it was almost 9:00 p.m. today, lol
So, everyone's birthday is the 23rd?
Ah, I just realized that your time zone is 3 hours ahead of me, lol. I get it, I'm just a little slow sometimes.
Apparently 3 hours slow. :) lol
Happy birthday Bill!!
JJRikiorikio
23rd February 2022, 02:33
happy b day Bill
heretogrow
23rd February 2022, 02:34
Happy Birthday, Bill!🥳 You deserve a great one!
palehorse
23rd February 2022, 02:39
happy anniversary Bill and everyone, you are all in a illuminated path, I wish all the best always. :clapping::cake:
Inversion
23rd February 2022, 02:50
Happy Birthday Bill!
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onawah
23rd February 2022, 02:53
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Happy Birthday Bill! Thanks for helping to keep the vision alive.:flower:
Harmony
23rd February 2022, 02:58
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A Happy Birthday wish for Bill and all our members who celebrate their birthday today:cake::flower:.
It's been a long year, but it only seems like yesterday that it was your birthday Bill!!
May your special day be filled with Joy for you and sweet Mara out in the beauty of Mother Nature:llama:And on behalf of all our readers the very best wishes to you Bill.:heart:
avid
23rd February 2022, 02:58
Have a great birthday Bill, thanks for keeping us all going :bearhug::happy dog:
pyrangello
23rd February 2022, 03:20
Happy birthday sir , your one stand up gentlemen who if you were the captain of a ship going thru pirate infested waters i`d be one of your crew. Thanks for all you do.
Bluegreen
23rd February 2022, 03:23
Happy Birthday Bill & Ernie :happy:
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gini
23rd February 2022, 03:24
happy birthday Bill :sun:
Sadieblue
23rd February 2022, 03:50
Happy Birthday Bill and many more to come. You are so appreciated.
thepainterdoug
23rd February 2022, 04:22
Happy birthday bill ! On a powerful numerical day!!
My son got married today on 2/ 22/ 2022 at 2.22pm
something is shakin!
Mike Gorman
23rd February 2022, 04:56
All the very best that our universe can provide to you Bill, you are loved and cherished by your project Avalon community, Cheers to you - I am proud to consider you my friend.
Richter
23rd February 2022, 05:33
!!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY BILL !!!
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leavesoftrees
23rd February 2022, 05:43
Happy birthday Bill!! same date as my sister who only made it to 30
Eva2
23rd February 2022, 08:09
Happy Birthday Bill - wishing you and Mara a happy celebration in the mountains to start off an amazing birthday year.
Metaphor
23rd February 2022, 08:12
Happy birthday! Wishing you the best life has to offer!
Ben
23rd February 2022, 08:41
Happy birthday Bill, have a joyous day.
SpookyMulder
23rd February 2022, 08:52
Another day in the sun and closer to the truth.
Happy Birthday Bill YES!
Agape
23rd February 2022, 09:28
Happy Birthday Bill 💫🙏🕊🕊🕊🍵
In my greater mind I’ve been celebrating another transition to Aquarius , last couple days. 17.2. was my grandmas birthday and she was a true example of honest, selfless and hard working Aquarian . I’ve moved back in time since and changed homes ( after 2.5 years) closer to nature and out of the noise.
Just a smaller village and shop has only pots and salt and sugar like 30 years ago and people are more sentient .
In either case, just if you see Bill Ryan ..
Happy Days ahead
🙏😅🙏🌟
gs_powered
23rd February 2022, 09:54
Happy Birthday good man! Have a great one!
Ankle Biter
23rd February 2022, 10:01
I keep getting the feeling that I've slipped into an alternate time line which is seemingly a result of classified happenings at the LHC. However, in that time line and this one you Bill are an alright bloke. In any reality I am sure this is the case so Happy birthday to you through the entirety of the Multiverse. Enjoy mate.
wondering
23rd February 2022, 10:34
Happiest of Birthdays, Bill. May you see wonderful things in this coming year. Diane
Sunny-side-up
23rd February 2022, 11:25
Sorry Bill I'm a day late.
Hope you had, are having a HAPPY BIRTHDAY
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Mountains are amazing and so are you Bill.
(If you and Mara spend the day in the mountains, don't forget your camera :happythumbsup:)
Bill Ryan
23rd February 2022, 11:38
Hey, a really big thank you to everyone. :heart::heart::heart:
you Bill are an alright bloke. From an Aussie, that's the highest possible compliment :P
wishing you and Mara a happy celebration in the mountains to start off an amazing birthday year.Yes, we're heading for the hills, a birthday tradition. I'll post a few photos later. :Party:
:happy dog:
I'd like this to be "an amazing year" for all of us. We do rather need that! We're starting from quite a low base, so it might be easy to improve on that from here on out. Despite some apparent omens, I really do think this will be a much better year than last.
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DNA
23rd February 2022, 12:35
Happy Birthday Bill
You truly are one of the most intelligent people I've ever been exposed to, I consider it a privilege and a blessing to have access to you and this place you've created.
Thank you. :bowing:
pueblo
23rd February 2022, 12:35
Happy Birthday Bill! and a big heartfelt Thank You and by extension (by way of what you have created here), a big heartfelt thank you to the whole Avalon community. :heart:
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Hermoor
23rd February 2022, 12:42
Happy birthday Bill.
Many thanks for making Avalon such a great place for learning and sharing.
Olam
23rd February 2022, 15:08
All the best for you Bill.
I'm a fellow pisces and would love to just sit and hold space with you someday !
Thanks for all of your devoted intentions that create.....
ExomatrixTV
23rd February 2022, 16:22
Happy Birthday Bill :cake: ... Have a wonderful day today and tomorrow and many more :sun:
You can watch video in 1080p quality (changing settings!).
cheers,
John
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Bald
23rd February 2022, 16:33
Hey, a really big thank you to everyone. :heart::heart::heart:
you Bill are an alright bloke. From an Aussie, that's the highest possible compliment :P
wishing you and Mara a happy celebration in the mountains to start off an amazing birthday year.Yes, we're heading for the hills, a birthday tradition. I'll post a few photos later. :Party:
:happy dog:
I'd like this to be "an amazing year" for all of us. We do rather need that! We're starting from quite a low base, so it might be easy to improve on that from here on out. Despite some apparent omens, I really do think this will be a much better year than last.
:grouphug:
Happy Birthday Bill! and also to all the other members who's big day it is tooooo!
There, my second post in 10 ish years, well worth breaking my silence! You are indeed a good person, as are the rest of the Avalon community, and one i look forward to checking on each and every day when i return from work. This has definitely helped keep a part of my sanity intact over the last couple of years. Keep it coming all, stay safe. Xxx
wondering
23rd February 2022, 16:44
Bald, these are heady times...dare we hope you will be back sooner rather than later? 😁
Ba-ba-Ra
23rd February 2022, 16:50
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU, BILL
From someone who is way a head of you (in age that is) I can tell you it only gets better from here. Enjoy the rest of your life, you deserve it.
Ernie Nemeth
23rd February 2022, 16:52
Happy Birthday, Bill!
Hope the weather is good for the annual birthday hike and cake with Mara... :cake:
Mark (Star Mariner)
23rd February 2022, 17:08
Have a very Happy Birthday Bill, and a fantastic hike in the mountains!
:cake::beer::cake:
meat suit
23rd February 2022, 17:29
Happy Birthday Bill, have a great day :-)
Heart to heart
23rd February 2022, 17:35
Happy Birthday Dear Bill
Age is only a matter of mind and if you don’t mind it doesn’t matter.
It is a strange thing thing but the older one gets one becomes the conscious witness to all that appears to be going on and less and less of a partaker.
And with the realisation that we are IN the world but no longer OF it life becomes so blessed in many ways.
Definitely not ready for the Rainbow Bridge, we have still so much more to share and today I share my heart with you❤️
jaybee
23rd February 2022, 17:44
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:Music::heart::dog:... Happy Birthday to you, Bill... :dog::heart::Music:
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Spiral
23rd February 2022, 17:46
Happy birthday Bill :cake: :beer:
Thanks for keeping it rolling for another year !
:cheers:
melissanederland
23rd February 2022, 17:50
Happy Birthday Bill, thank you!
Tyy1907
23rd February 2022, 17:59
Happy Birthday Sir.
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Bald
23rd February 2022, 18:13
Bald, these are heady times...dare we hope you will be back sooner rather than later? 😁
Hi Wondering,
I do get here most days, but don't post. There are a number of reasons/excuses why, and certainly mostly lame! I don't think at this point I would have the time to engage with what i feel regarding the many different opinions on the numerous threads i come across, although i can and do appreciate all the hard work and dedication from all the regular posters. That in its self sometimes makes me think/feel how lame i can be! When reading your question, i thought "I cant be lame again and ignore it, you have to reply, it would be rude not to!" So that's mainly why i don't really get involved in any kind of dialogue as it were, Oh, and my typing is dog slow, its taken 15 mins to write this! Lmao
Franny
23rd February 2022, 18:14
Big happy birthday and happy hike wishes.
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Watching from Cyprus
23rd February 2022, 18:38
May you Dear Bill, have a wonderful day.
You are amazing, a role model to us all.
Love and hugs
Peter
Mari
23rd February 2022, 18:50
🎂 Best Wishes, Bill...and a great big Thank You for all that you do!
wondering
23rd February 2022, 18:58
Bald, I PM'd you so as to not derail the thread. (my bad) Thanks for getting back. Diane
jaybee
23rd February 2022, 19:10
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I've just sent Bill a birthday present - a 10 USD donation for the forum - (hint hint - nooooooooo pressure lol...)
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Stephanie
23rd February 2022, 19:22
Happy of happiest birthdays, dearest Bill!
Starlight blessings and loving joy, for you and dearest Mara.
A million thank you’s for everything you do.
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janette
23rd February 2022, 19:27
Many happy returns Bill 💖 have an epic day doing what you do best ..wish I could give you a real hug but an imaginary one will have to do 😉😘xx
Anna70
23rd February 2022, 19:45
:flower: :Party: :cake: Wishing you a VERY happy birthday, Bill! Hope you and Mara are having a great time!!! :dog: :flower:
indiana
23rd February 2022, 19:47
Happy remembrance on this the date of your emergence, Bill! And a sincere thank you for all that you do! And for all who keep this fabulous and amazing place going! It has helped me in so many way. Thank you
Johan (Keyholder)
23rd February 2022, 19:59
Happy Birthday Bill, from Belgium!:Music::coffee::cake:
All is one
23rd February 2022, 20:22
Happy Birthday Bill,
thanks for all the efforts you've already done and are still doing for the awakening of humanity.
Hope you are able to feel the magic of all these positive changes, you've started around the world,
in your own life as well, definitively on you birthday;).
I wish you all the best in the adventure of life:cake:.
Sirus
23rd February 2022, 20:51
All the best mate 👍 🎂🎊🥳
Matthew
23rd February 2022, 21:03
Belated congratulations for your achievement of attracting a truther community the size of a small village. Also happy birthday :)
Open Minded Dude
23rd February 2022, 21:41
Happy Birthday! Have a great day, Bill. :cake:
Great to have you on this planet together with all of us right now incarnated during this decisive time on Earth and for Humanity. So important.
aoibhghaire
23rd February 2022, 22:28
Here is a wish for your birthday Bill.
May you receive whatever you ask for, may you find whatever you seek.
Happy birthday (lá breithe sona) Bill.
BoR
23rd February 2022, 22:51
I am still in time. Happy birthday Bill! I hope you have / had a wonderful day today!
Adi
23rd February 2022, 23:26
A very Happy Birthday to you Bill, from this side of the planet. I hope this year brings you fantastic experiences.
Adi.
Strat
23rd February 2022, 23:46
Happy birthday captain!
Denise/Dizi
23rd February 2022, 23:52
Here's to another trip around the sun my friend! Happy Birthday!
O Donna
24th February 2022, 00:49
Happy Birthday Bill, wishing the best.
Incarnation multiplied = How many candles?
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truthseek
24th February 2022, 01:01
Happy Birthday Bill!
Thank you so much for the magnitude selfless inspiration you have given to all. Here is wishing you another good year filled with love, happiness and abundance!
:cake:
Mashika
24th February 2022, 09:59
I want pictures of you out there and a Llama picture as well, if possible
I demand it! I'll invade your house otherwise. I have tanks!
Careful Sr, i don't wash dishes at all, or sweep floors, careful... :P
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Forever
24th February 2022, 10:01
:highfive:Hope you have a splendid day old chap! Thanks for all you do here for us and on Earth!
Tam
24th February 2022, 10:58
Happy belated birthday, Bill. Warm hug to you.
Bill Ryan
24th February 2022, 13:12
I want pictures of you out there and a Llama picture as well, if possible
I demand it! I'll invade your house otherwise. I have tanks!
Careful Sr, i don't wash dishes at all, or sweep floors, careful... :P
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pw/AM-JKLWrAnNRL_7JzgUCT3WiuRpsJ-i6Ug4mWemy2hI0AtOO1GRdMO5Pe-LBWfpViUhI03b2PYFA6IKyk9xo9n0qmP_oLfuTMFbWlwszeoroFv5FShk-_ka_KoQDHkd2gHL46MFqjOTcMvBuRakH30WVnxZo=w1001-h871-no?authuser=0Wow, you have the biggest heart I've ever seen! :bigsmile:
No washing dishes or sweeping floors — but knowing how to bake Borodinsky Bread (бородинский хлеб) is mandated, or all negotiations are off :P
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Borodinskii_bread.jpg/250px-Borodinskii_bread.jpg
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@Everyone, thank you all so very much for all your extremely kind messages. But do please remember that it's all of you who make the community what it is... the mods and I merely kind of hold the space.
And thanks again to you all, had a great traditional birthday hike yesterday. (I even got a sunburned nose, which is pretty unusual). I forgot to take a big bone for Mara, so I had to act fast to stop her from eating my little chocolate cake. :)
And no llamas! But here's a photo of one I took a little while back. (I take no credit: I swear it was posing for the camera)
https://projectavalon.net/Portrait_of_a_llama_sm.jpg
And lastly, here's yours truly, still crazy after all these years (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5Eoax6I-O4). (You did ask :P )
https://projectavalon.net/Bill_on_Avilahuayco.jpg
Mashika
24th February 2022, 13:17
I want pictures of you out there and a Llama picture as well, if possible
I demand it! I'll invade your house otherwise. I have tanks!
Careful Sr, i don't wash dishes at all, or sweep floors, careful... :P
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pw/AM-JKLWrAnNRL_7JzgUCT3WiuRpsJ-i6Ug4mWemy2hI0AtOO1GRdMO5Pe-LBWfpViUhI03b2PYFA6IKyk9xo9n0qmP_oLfuTMFbWlwszeoroFv5FShk-_ka_KoQDHkd2gHL46MFqjOTcMvBuRakH30WVnxZo=w1001-h871-no?authuser=0Wow, you have the biggest heart I've ever seen! :bigsmile:
No washing dishes or sweeping floors — but knowing how to bake Borodinsky Bread (бородинский хлеб) is mandated, or all negotiations are off :P
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Borodinskii_bread.jpg/250px-Borodinskii_bread.jpg
~~~
@Everyone, thank you all so very much for all your extremely kind messages. But do please remember that it's all of you who make the community what it is... the mods and I merely kind of hold the space.
And thanks again to you all, had a great traditional birthday hike yesterday. (I even got a sunburned nose, which is pretty unusual). I forgot to take a big bone for Mara, so I had to act fast to stop her from eating my little chocolate cake. :)
And no llamas! But here's a photo of one I took a little while back. (I take no credit: I swear it was posing for the camera)
https://projectavalon.net/Portrait_of_a_llama_sm.jpg
And lastly, here's yours truly, still crazy after all these years (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5Eoax6I-O4). (You did ask :P )
https://projectavalon.net/Bill_on_Avilahuayco.jpg
I'm in trouble! lmao But i'm glad you had a great day ! :heart:
That mountain picture looks awesome, i remember one similar around here some time ago :) Will have to look it up
Thanks for being you :heart:
Le Chat
24th February 2022, 13:28
Bill, try and keep your vertical hold free from dust, and you'll still be up those mountains this time next year.... :waving:
muxfolder
24th February 2022, 13:30
Happy birthday. :beer:
holcaul
24th February 2022, 17:04
Belated happy birthday, dear friend!
I can’t even begin to express how important your voice has been for me since 2006.
Let me share a quote with you…
”There are certain queer times and occasions in this strange mixed affair we call life when a man takes this whole universe for a vast practical joke, though the wit thereof he but dimly discerns, and more than suspects that the joke is at nobody's expense but his own. However, nothing dispirits, and nothing seems worth while disputing. He bolts down all events, all creeds, and beliefs, and persuasions, all hard things visible and invisible, never mind how knobby; as an ostrich of potent digestion gobbles down bullets and gun flints. And as for small difficulties and worryings, prospects of sudden disaster, peril of life and limb; all these, and death itself, seem to him only sly, good-natured hits, and jolly punches in the side bestowed by the unseen and unaccountable old joker.”
― Herman Melville, “Moby Dick”
1212is24
24th February 2022, 17:29
Happy Birthday, Legend! :muscle:
jitu
24th February 2022, 17:53
Belated happy birthday Bill. Wish you a long and healthy life. :coffee::cake:
Mark
24th February 2022, 23:36
Hope your day was awesome, Bill! Nice and chill, and you saw something unusual on your amblings about! May your next trip around the sun be the most amazing yet!
betoobig
25th February 2022, 21:56
happy new turn around the sun and so much love
gnostic9
25th February 2022, 23:53
A very Happy Belated Birthday! Bill Ryan. May your telemeres elongation continue unperturbed.
Love peace and joy to you and Mara!
angelfire
26th February 2022, 00:14
Happy Birthday, Bill! (Better late than........)
xidaijena
28th February 2022, 09:22
I want pictures of you out there and a Llama picture as well, if possible
I demand it! I'll invade your house otherwise. I have tanks!
Careful Sr, i don't wash dishes at all, or sweep floors, careful... :P
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pw/AM-JKLWrAnNRL_7JzgUCT3WiuRpsJ-i6Ug4mWemy2hI0AtOO1GRdMO5Pe-LBWfpViUhI03b2PYFA6IKyk9xo9n0qmP_oLfuTMFbWlwszeoroFv5FShk-_ka_KoQDHkd2gHL46MFqjOTcMvBuRakH30WVnxZo=w1001-h871-no?authuser=0Wow, you have the biggest heart I've ever seen! :bigsmile:
No washing dishes or sweeping floors — but knowing how to bake Borodinsky Bread (бородинский хлеб) is mandated, or all negotiations are off :P
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Borodinskii_bread.jpg/250px-Borodinskii_bread.jpg
~~~
@Everyone, thank you all so very much for all your extremely kind messages. But do please remember that it's all of you who make the community what it is... the mods and I merely kind of hold the space.
And thanks again to you all, had a great traditional birthday hike yesterday. (I even got a sunburned nose, which is pretty unusual). I forgot to take a big bone for Mara, so I had to act fast to stop her from eating my little chocolate cake. :)
And no llamas! But here's a photo of one I took a little while back. (I take no credit: I swear it was posing for the camera)
https://projectavalon.net/Portrait_of_a_llama_sm.jpg
And lastly, here's yours truly, still crazy after all these years (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5Eoax6I-O4). (You did ask :P )
https://projectavalon.net/Bill_on_Avilahuayco.jpg
Nice pictures. Sorry to give you birthday wishes late. I am very happy and blessed to know you and all kind souls here.
Have a nice day.:highfive:
Innocent Warrior
28th February 2022, 12:27
Happy birthday, crazy man! :heart:
Thanks for this space, I love it.
cannawizard
28th February 2022, 15:35
happy belated birthday Bill~
thank you for creating a space for people worldwide to share ideas and express themselves~
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