Thanks for the birthday wishes. Had a nice shrimp lunch, a few relatives over, drank beer. It was nice. I threw a party a few weeks back for my birthday. I took everyone out to Gulliver's, the restaurant that we usually go to in November, and introduced a few people to their pan pizza. Everyone enjoyed themselves.
The best gift was finally fixing my Bally All Star turret bowler. I had two problems that have been plaguing me for years. One was fixed by adding another ball, the other with a ball peen hammer rolling over some metal. I always heard the expression "use a bigger hammer" to fix something, but I never thought that situation would ever come true.
It's great to get through a game and even multiple games without any failures.