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Wesley Verhoeve's avatar

Looking good tho!

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Neil Milton's avatar

Hah! Thanks, man. I'm choosing to see those crow's feet that are starting to gather around the eyes as distinguished. Hope all is well!

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Rachel Jeffrey's avatar

Tomorrow is my 40th birthday! HBD 🎉

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Neil Milton's avatar

Happy birthday to you too! 🎉

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perfectlight's avatar

happy birthday, man!

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Neil Milton's avatar

Cheers, man! A good morning so far. :)

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Lynn Fraser's avatar

Happy Birthday Neil!

I'm brushing myself down having fallen off the sofa, lol. I did not expect to come across my name in your piece. Thank you for sharing it - very kind of you 🙏

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Neil Milton's avatar

Thanks Lynn. ❤️🫡

Hah! Very happy to share your excellent article. I learned some stuff! Hope you didn't earn yourself any bruises coming off that couch. ;)

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Lynn Fraser's avatar

No lasting damage, lol

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Zachary Ayotte's avatar

Happy birthday, Neil!

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Neil Milton's avatar

Thanks, man. It's been a good morning so far. :)

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PappasBland's avatar

I identify with your ageing concerns Neil, you're about 6 weeks older than me! Feeling and looking younger than our years has to be celebrated I think. Enjoy your birthday tomorrow.

-Tom

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Neil Milton's avatar

Celebrated and grasped with both hands! Enjoy your 45th in 6 weeks, man. So far, I can say it's not much worse than 44 ;)

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Stella Kalaw's avatar

Happy Birthday, Neil! Wishing you joy, good health and of course many more creative and positive energies to fuel you. Thank you for sharing my post about walking at the edge of the pier to your readers. I appreciate it very much.

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Neil Milton's avatar

You're very welcome, Stella. I really enjoyed the post and the photos. Thanks for your birthday wishes! :)

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Bill Sawalich's avatar

Great post. Happy birthday! I turned 42, and then 45, just last year. And somehow now I'm 49 which strikes me as an age at which I should stop thinking of myself as "fresh out of college." It's going much too fast.

You've compiled some great links here. The Magic Money Tree project is outstanding work. I'd seen Dina Litovsky's piece and it just struck me as how different it is from my experience, and it's horrifying to consider hers. I don't know how we got here.

Looking forward to perusing the other things you've shared.

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Neil Milton's avatar

Thanks very much, Bill. Much appreciated. Yeah, this ageing thing bursts through the sound barrier around 40, and then it starts blasting through the Machs the longer we travel.

I'm glad you're enjoying the links - I'm always a little unsure of whether my choices will connect with others so it's great to hear when they do. Cheers, man. ❤️🫡

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Juliette's avatar

Glad to have found you!

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Jon-Marc Seimon's avatar

A couple of things. First—loving your writing! Second—loving the "what's been happening" and "dispatches" sections.

Third—Gerda Taro WAS Robert Capa! At least for a while. The photographers Endre Friedmann and Gerta Porohylle, early in their careers, decided to hide their Jewish names behind a single identity, "Robert Capa"—they also thought it might be more attractive to the American market. Pretty soon, though, Friedmann too RC, and Gerta took GT, and so they remained.

I recently found out that Capa is buried a scant fifteen minutes from my house, in the hills north of NYC. I haven't made a pilgrimage yet, but will be sure to report on it when I do.

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Ella D's avatar

Happy birthday! 🎉 🎉 🎂

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