you know you've finally made it as a knucklehead when you get your own birthday thread!
Thank you all for the kind wishes, had a great day with my wife and kids, although work was an inconvienance.... My wife got me a card which sums up my age "Not old enough for the bowling green, but too old for ecstacy" - Rab C Nesbit.
Off to give my HH AL a blast, it's my new go to guitar, think I'm addicted to all rosewood necks!
Thank you all - you're crazy people, which is why I feel at home here.