Hello everyone!
A few days ago I commiserated celebrated my 39th Birthday and honestly, my mental state was a lot more positive than I remember when I turned 29. Is it really true that some things do improve with age? In your 40th year, you certainly start to hope so!
Currently, yo vivo en Mallorca, which is an island off the eastern coast of Spain. This time of year it's a bit chilly (anything sub 15c/60f is cold to me!) but during the spring and summer it's a lovely place to spend your time.
On a sunny winter's day though, you can still don your Steemit t-shirt and take some birthday selfies :)
Cheeky
Cheesy
Another bonus is that my mum lives here too, so unlike many recent years gone by, I was treated to my favourite snack for lunch.
CHEESE ON TOAST!
Cheesiness
Shitloads of salt, and cheese covering all the bread - that's the way to do your grilled cheese on toast!
Mother also has a dog named scruff, who acts like a cat, hates cats, and gets spoilt terribly. Yes, I'm jealous! But I still have room in my heart for some stroke-time.
Cheesiest
Right that's enough cheese and teeth for a little while!
In trying to think of a blog to cover my birthday in a way that wasn't just
'hi selfie, it's my birthday, up-vote me I deserve it!'
I put my #stewardsofgondor thinking cap on, and up popped a thought bubble...
Why not go see who joined and posted on your birthday this year?
An idea was born :D
After a little scripting I managed to present a list of about 15 posts, and from this found 3 to be worth of a birthday style welcome.
3000 characters sneaks me under the recommended Curie minimum ;)
All three posts received a reasonable up-vote (I'm a bit of a tight-arse with vote weight cause I like to share the love) and the messages below:
@andshegoes
@idzida
@octobre
Curation is time-consuming and sifting through the new stuff can be draining, I found this method fun and hope that these guys are encouraged by the welcome message and extra boost. It's a great time to be involved here, so lets try an make as many folks welcome as possible.
Has anyone else got an interesting or unusual approach to curating they would like to share?
You look like a happy man.
Congratulations.
Thank you @onealfa!
Life isn't so bad eh 😁
who can be sad with so cute dog! :D
I got one cute dog here too:
https://steemit.com/dtube/@onealfa/ty38q62q
So nice that you're happy and I hope you'll be next year when you reach 40 ;P
Gracias tio!
Happy belated birthday 🎉
Can't be bad to celebrate it with family and girlfriend and to top it off to be in Mallorca !
Just goes to show even the 1 before 40 isn't a complete nightmare!
Thanks man!
My pleasure:)
You got a 9.46% upvote from @postpromoter courtesy of @abh12345!
Happy belated birthday. We have not interacted but I crossed your path a couple times seeing your posts and comments. You do terrific work and are an asset to steemit.
Thank you for all your contributions here. The next year is going to be wonderful.
Enjoy your time in Spain...it looks marvelous.
Thank you @taskmaster445
Yes I dont believe we have, but I've seen you adding value to the Steem Blockchain also, and wish you an awesome 2018 too!
Thank you @abh12345 for the compliment. I am doing my best to add value to this blockchain and make it a much better place.
2018 will be fabulous for all of us steemians...I believe we will see $100 STEEM....that will put a smile on all our faces.
Belated happy birthday!! So glad that you are blessed and happy .. 😊 may you have more to come. See you around here on steemit! 😊
Thank you very much!
Have fun here in Steemit land 😁
Happy birthday señor!!!!!
I'm 39 too (Lucas)... and Steemitri will never die, haha, eventually he will be recycled...
Big hug
Lucas and Steemitri
Thank you Lucas and the invincible @Steemitri!
We follow one tag with the Filipino curation team...but recently, most are now having higher upvotes. What we might do is to select only those with the lowest rep. Still in planning stage.
Belated mate!
This sounds like a good plan to me. Sometimes (ok, a lot of the time!) the quite good posts get missed and only the very good get selected (for @curie etc), so it's good to support the people that have potential to improve too.
Thank you!
Fair for everyone...that's the aim.
@abh12345, it's me again, I just discovered that one of the newcomers you welcomed was my friend @idzida whom I introduced to Steemit in hope she'll want to become part of the community and will find this place rewarding! I'm am so thankful for your initiative! Good job! All the best? Klaudia :)
Well done you with the recruitment, and thanks for the birthday wishes! 😁
Greta way to celebrate your Birthday! And as a special bonus, you get more great wishes even 22 hours afterwards! Upvoted!
Thanks Johann!
I see you are a programmer. Perhaps you can find a way to submit a contribution or two to Utopian?
@abh12345
Happy birthday, though late, but better now than never. Hope you had a good one.
Thank you @greenrun, It was a very reasonable day 😊
Happy birthday man...After 01 year you'll old man ha ha ha... just kidding.
Nice kisses from your lovely wife. Stay blessed.
Aaaahahahahaha! YES!
Omg...... hahahaha.....
hahaha :D
happy birthday @abh12345
Haha! Thanks!
happy birthday,many many happy returns of the day,i wish you all the best
thanks for sharing
Thanks very much!
Many happy returns of the day Asher......
We want party for some steem or SBD......Lol.
Sounds good to me, thank you!
Feliz cumpleaños men, desde Colombia; muy buen post.
Muchas gracias!
I really like that method of finding a few new people to follow. What do you use to send off the sql request?
Happy Birthday for the other day, and I've noticed that as I've aged I've cared less about the actual birthday, or celebrating that I've made another lap of the sun. I have however enjoyed life and ignored the numbers. And I'm now 41, working towards 42 and it's all still good.
Would be better being in Mallorca though, regardless of the weather!
LinqPad 5 - its free. Check out https://steemit.com/steemit/@carlgnash/curate-like-a-boss-a-beginner-s-guide-to-querying-steemsql-by-a-complete-sql-beginner for details
Thanks very much for the birthday wishes, Island life is nice, i cannot complain :)
It's 1 degrees and snowing in Yorkshire right now, and for the last week we have had sub zero temperatures - so lucky you finding below 15 degrees Celsius cold! On the positive side gas prices are going through the roof - which doesn't bother me too much as my house is now entirely heated by Asics and with the recent upsurge in Bitcoin value the electricity they consume is still giving me a good ROI. Having the only house on the estate with no snow on the roof is causing me a little bit of untoward attention - but the authorities do enjoy looking at my fan cooled gizmos while wondering where the "crops" are hiding lol.
ha!
I had a feeling this attention would be related to folks suspecting these 'crops' were in attendance.
How many times have the police been round for a look? I don't want to worry you, but is there a way you can make it clear to potential thieves that there's no green upstairs?
good luck with the winter harvest :D
Happy Birthday :)!!!
Enjoy a nice day and be happy!!
I thought you got 100+ votes for a few selfies ha ha, but as I scrolled down I saw what you did. Belated happy birthday. It's my birthday next month. I'll have to come up with a clever way to mark it too.
I've seen 200 views and $200 for less than a few selfies before on here!
It made curation a little more interesting, and the posts that appeared weren't so bad. Good luck :)
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU @abh. Thanks for sharing.
Ohh that's just my colour too! thank you! :D
Welcome @abh
Belated happy b.day to you. Wish you all the best in life sir. Happiness, Contentment and love.
Thank you very much! :D
walang anuman (you are welcome)
:D
Happy Belated Birthday
Thank you! :D
Welcome
Happy Birthday. I wish you that all the good that you do is returned to you 10 times the size. Good luck to you and good.
Thank you very much!
Happy Birthday to you @abh12345.
We"ll wait your great providing job future. Steemit will be fantastic next year. Will see.
Thank you @kingsberry, good luck to you for the coming year also!
Happy belated birthday 🎉.
Thanks dear @abh12345 for sharing your happy moments.
Thank you very much, a pleasure :D
You are most welcome.
Upvoted! Happy Birthday! I recently celebrated a milestone birthday and as I get older, I realize that age truly is just a number!
Yes I am hoping so :D Thank you!
@abh12345 happy birthday!!! , wish you all the best in your life .. :-)
Thank you @adelepazani :D
1978 was the best year to be born :)
I'm not going to argue with that! :D
Belated happy, happy birthday @abh12345 ! 🎈🎉🎁🎂
Curate post of whales and this was suggested by a whale! I will try this.
Thank you leahlei!
p.s. I am not a whale :D
Happy birthday!
Looks like you had fun. I think that's a really awesome idea, both for you and the newbies. I'll try and remember it for my b-day next month.
Cheers!
Thank you very much @honeydue, I'm glad you think so. Happy early birthday!
Thanks! That is so very nice of you :D
Happy belated birthday Sir! Absolutely brilliant pics!
And that grilled cheese... You a lucky man!
Enjoy it my friend!
Upvoted
happy birth day bro
Thank you kindly :)
meep
Happy belated birthday! I've also noticed being happier these more recent birthdays going into 30s than like say 25. You definitely look like a happy man, and you made those new members happy I'm sure!
congrats! wish the best
Happy birthday to my dear friend
Thank you :)
Belated Happy Birthday Dear friend.
Best wishes.
Happy belated birthday! I am sure you had an amazing day..
Thank you very much!
congratulations
Thank you!
Happy birthday bro. Have a nice life with your family and friends . Sep. 29 is mine you can celebrate mine too :)
Many many happy birthday.thanks for sharing your happy moments:)
hey have a good birthday. i'm 44 and 45 in january. i think the older you get the more you let certain stuff go, let the drama fall away and start to actual live out the true you. so go with it, age is merely a number. live and be merry, have a great time in the sunshine! happy christmas and all that.
Thank you very much @teamhumble!
happy birthday,i wish you all the best
Happy Birthday @abh12345! May the blockchain bless you with loads of cheese toasts!
happy birthday to u, wish u long life and prosperity. it shows u had a lot of fun. keep it up
Hello Lucky man @abh12345, my first comment on your post. nice to see you amazing pictures. "Happy Birthday" to you friend and many many happy returns to you on this occasion. i hope you enjoyed this day much with "cheeky, cheesy, cheesiness and cheesiest". My best wishes for your future plans.
Well, happy birthday to you :) It was fun to read your post. Cheese! Klaudia
If you celebrate your 39th b-day than you need to go 2 more that you become 40 years old ;)
1st b-day you're 0 years old.
2nd b-day you're 1 year old, etc.
Happy B-day!
Thanks for the clarification Walter! :D
Many many Happy birthday :)