Happy Birthday Krist 

The pickguard looks great, Rain!

All you have to do is stay out of the bathrooms!    Happy Birthday, Krist.

And on this day...  As the OBVIOUS flies right over my head...  
 
HAPPY BIRTHDAY KRIST! 
 

 
(And here I already had TWO of these made up!  You'll probably get a reply of the other one next year.  )

Thanks, fellows. :)
 
By the way, as I expected, the pickguard isn't just an aesthetic thing. You can probably imagine that my fingertips had to brush against that finish a lot in order to make such a whole in the finish, Therefore, at times, the skin got irritated a bit and it wasn't all too comfy. I'd notice the difference the minute I picked a Les Paul - the smooth surface of the pickguard gave my fingers a break.
 
 

At 42, I could still leap small buildings with a running start.
Now, I'm perfectly content to just walk around them.
Happy Birthday, my displaced Canadian friend.

Happiest of happy days Krist.

Thanks again guys!
 
Bob - We're still working hard on making this displaced Canadian a permanent proud US citizen. ;)
 
As for the rest, other than the notoriously bad joints which obviously haven't started improving with age, I can't complain because I'm in the best shape of my life, having traded my rock and roll habits for more healthy ones.  

I guess not until I turn 80 will I feel as old as I did in my late 20s. :P

42 eh...do you ever have those dreams where you're 20 again and for the first five idyllic seconds upon waking you're still in your 20's...then it dawns on you, "no wait, I'm in my 30's"....and then a second later the full horror: "OMG I'm in my FORTIES!!"
 
Obviously there's a few more steps involved for the older among us 
 
Anyway Happy Birthday and here's something totally random and Elvis related: 
 

 
 

A bit late, but Happy Birthday Krist!