Tom O'Brien

Robert, welcome to the chat line and a Happy Birthday to you.

I have been reading about your musical ventures and sounds you have been able to lead your life in a great and enjoyable way. Keep up your love and keep keeping on.

While in Ireland I'm sure you will enjoy your  brews and be sure on your special day you enjoy your cake and ice cream too.

Enjoy!

Tom O'Brien

Lucia and all.

I hope everyone has gotten the vaccinations and came through them in good shape.

All the California O'Briens are in different stashes of recovering from Covid. I started it off around January 31. I got my 1st vaccine then and tested positive. down, at home, for a week.  My wife got it around Feb 8 and was only down 3 days.  Our daughter was the worst with it, On the 16th of Feb. in the morning while getting her up in her lift for toileting she couldn't breath. We took her to the hospital, admitted her where she was tested positive for Covid. She was on Oxygen for two days then a 5 day treatment of Revesavour, where it is the treatment lessen the virus. All in all 8 days in.

After all that I'm still the only one with both vaccinations. My wife just got her first and we can now start to get our daughters vaccines. I guess the old saying "Only the good die young".

We have since found out, if you are tested and catch the Covid in the first 5 days, you can get to a hospital and get an appointment that will be 1.5 hours and get a 15 minute drip they have been using on cancer patients for 30 years that takes the covid out. Check with hospitals in your areas. They say it is being done nationally.

You don't want it, honest.

Oh, Happy St. Patty's to all and stay safe!!!!!!!!!

Lucia Lenhard (Johnson)

Wow, Tom! What a scary time for you and your family. I am so grateful that you had the resouces for treatment and that everyone is ok now. Your devotion to caring for your daughter is inspiring. All best energy and blessings your way. 

Interesting to hear about that treatment. There is always something new with this crazy thing. It will surely be a huge relief when every sniffle or sneeze isn’t cause for concern of a life threatening virus. Jeez oh man. 

Lucia Lenhard (Johnson)

Mike Young

Happy Birthdays to Pat Belanger and Joyce Falcon.  I hope that your day is full of those you love and that the coming year is the best it can be.  (Tom will say to start it with cake and his wisdom is unquestionable.)  Lucia, there's another Irish blessing that is similar but concludes with "And may ye be in Heaven a day before the Devil knows you're dead".  Tom so glad that you and your family came through the "Purgatory" of the virus.  I hope your life is back on the track you want to be on.  Rob, I had a neighbor who would respond that his "liquid therapy" was working.  40 proof may be a chemical solution, but it wouldn't work as any kind of solution for me.  Merry Unbirthday to everyone!!

Janet Flick (Stickel)

Tom,  I too am sorry to hear about your family's covid ordeal especially your daughter.  Thankful for the medicines and prayers that brought you all through.

Happy birthday to Joyce and Pat and all our March birthdays.

To follow up on St Patrick's Day, it is exciting to announce that we have officially scheduled the             

 Shrine Class of '63 annual Golf Outing

Hopefully the worst of covid will be behind us, so please put this date on your calendars. 

Join us for golf and/or the get together afterwards. 

Tom O'Brien

Belated Birthdays to Pat and Joyce. Hope your day was memorable and filled with loved ones.

Many more and I'm sure your cakes and ice cream was the best,

Mike Young

Tom O'Brien

Happy Birthday to Andrea, (Andi). 

Looks like your business is doing well, keep up the good work. Hope all is well with you, if you get a chance, drop a note, I'm sufre we are all interested to see how you are.

Enjoy your day and many more to come. Hope your cake and ice cream are delicious,

Tom O'Brien

Pat. another year gone and hope there will be many more to come.

Wishing you a great 2021 and nothing but the best for your family and the baby, (no not your wife).

You haven't let us know about the wonderful season in Maine. Bet the changes are spectacular.

Stay healthy, safe and awake.

Enjoy your cake and loads of ice cream.

Mike Young

Mike Young

Happy Easter, everyone!!!  Lent is over and we can get back to whatever we "gave up" (if aything).  Not biting the ears off the chocolate bunny first I believe is a venial sin.  Rob, do the Irish recognize April Fools' Day, or is that just America?

Mike Young

Phil, I trust that you're having an enjoyable birthday and that it's as happy as can be.  You ought to bring Paula and join us this August, if not for golf, then the socializing afterwards.- we'd like to see you.

Robert Radofski (Sullivan)

No Mike, I haven't heard an April Fool's prank in years. The Irish also don't have Memorial Day, Veterans Day, Labor Day or 4th of July, etc. Instead, they have these "Bank Holidays" that run throught the Spring and Summer. We just had one tacked on for Easter this last Monday, the Easter Bank Holiday Weekend. From now on, there will be Bank Holiday Mondays at the beginning of each month, so everything is closed and the general population is off work. I asked, but no one seems to know if they are a "bank of holidays", or if the banks just close so the bankers can spend all our money. 

Mike Young

The happiest of birthdays to the effervescent Rick Fournier.  It's not the least bit suprising that you'd have such a vivacious partner as Valerie.  Who else cpould keep up with either of you?  We hope to see the two of you this August for our reunion/golf outing.   Rob, 'tis sad that the Irish humor doesn't have an April Fool's Day as an opportunity of expression - any idea when the pubs may be opening?  I saw some "Words of Wisdom" - "The heavier you are the more difficult you are to kidnap so eat cake and stay safe".   Tom, they failed to credit you as the author.

Tom O'Brien

Rick F.

A Happy Birthday to you and hope your feeling well. Sounds like your grand daughter is doing well and hope she keeps it up. 

Stay safe and keep up the good work around the house . 

Enjoy this year and soon we will be back to normal. If all else fails keep eating cake and ice cream and life will be sweet.

Saints and be gora, those Irish better enjoy their cake. Without an April fools Day they need to sweeten their days.

Robert Radofski (Sullivan)

Mike,  Having no April Fool's Day doesn't hinder the Irish sense of humor a bit. They are endlessly joking, pranking, and "giving out" to each other, and tourists are fair game. The laughing only increases with each pint, the stories and fables more embelished. Total strangers approach me with rediculous jokes. Everything and everybody gets laughed at. I didn't realize until I got to Ireland how somber I was, and now I can't believe how often and how much I laugh at, especially myself.

Rick Fournier

Thank you for the birthday wishes.  Spent a wonderful day with Val in the car driving to Florida.  Visiting my brother in law then my sister Lynn then on to our daughter in South Carolina to welcome our newest granddaughter on April 28.  That makes number 9.  Joy abounds, God is good.

Mike Young

Happy Birthday Cheryl!!  We hope to see you and Bob (and that sweet putting stroke) this August at our Reunion/Golf outing.  Happy Birthday to you, too Jean Stariha, always so quiet with a shy smile.  Rob, thanks for the Vocabulary expansion.  Yoiks!!!  I'm glad that you recognize yourself as such a font for humor.  (Or is that "humour"?)  We are, ourselves probably the greatest source for humor (and we get the "inside" jokes, too!!).

Tom O'Brien

Jean and Cheryl,

The happiest of days for both of you. wishing the best and safest not just for today but everyday. stay safe, healthy and smart.

The smartest thing today is eat plenty of cake and ice cream.

Enjoy today and evryday.

Mike Young

Happy Birthday, Jim McGauley - may your day be a special as you are.  I always marvelled at you diligence, but even moreso at you unfailing kindness and compassion to all.  I hope that all is well for you and those you love, Jim. 

Tom O'Brien

Happy Birthday to President Jim.

May your day be happy and enjoyable. Enjoy everything and spend it with your loved ones.

Stay safe and best wishes for more to come.

Remember, even though it's not all that good for you, for one day a year be sure to get that cake and ice cream and splurge.

Mike Young

Happy Birthday, Dave.  I hope the snow melts before the day is done and that you are visited by Zoe and the rest of your clan.  Is Tylenol still your friend?  Have you extended your "circle of friends"?  Hope to see you and Barb this August at our Reunion/Golf outing.

Tom O'Brien

Happy Birthday Dave,

I still remember our visit and lunch with Barabara and yourself at Ruby's. Truly enjoyable.

I hope your day and upcoming year are the best ever. Enjoy and make sure the cake and ice cream flow freely.

Mike Young

Happy Birthday, Dick Brown, always so soft spoken and a heckuva catcher.  We hope to have you and Kathy enhance our Reunion/Golf outing this August.  The best to you both.  And a Merry Unbirthday to the rest of us.  Tom Hughes, it'll be a treat to see you too - I'll be glad to treat you to a beverage of your choice.