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Gorgeous.

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Happy Birthday Josh. My heart skipped a beat with the first photo when I saw the "I Dream of Jeannie" bottle. Your lamp is beautiful too and I'm glad you had such a memorable and sweet day.

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What a perfect birthday, Josh. Being 20 years older than you, I have 20 more years of that same thrill and wonder of watching Dorothy leave dreary black and while Kansas for technicolor Oz each Fall. Congratulations on reaching another “milestone” in your life. Happiest of birthdays, Josh.

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Congrats to you, and to Holly for your birthday event. We didn’t have color TV, either… didn’t have one at all until I was in 6th gr. Used to go to a neighbor’s for Oz.. and I remember Jeannie well… Happy Birthday 🎂

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Happy Birthday, Mr. Slocum. Glad you grace this fine earth. (even when it is not so fine)

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plus it is kind of cool that you collect, use and enjoy these special lamps that light the evening. and it is fitting since you are shining the path to sanity by shining a spotlight on the insanity.

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Well I learned something new! Thank you. And happy birthday.

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Happy birthday!

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Happy 50 Josh . Your friends are so thoughtful, the largest present of all.

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It really warms my heart to hear the occasional comment from you and Holly about your friendship. I suppose a certain amount of my reaction is vicarious.

Your comment about TVs brought back memories. My father hated TV with a passion. So he would never buy one. But he was not willing to turn down the generosity of his friends who gave us their old TVs the moment they started showing signs of malfunction. So we sporadically watched TV for a few weeks at a time before the TVs would completely die.

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hApPy BiRtHdAy!! 🎉🎶🎁🎈🎂

And I LOVE your lamp and Genie bottle. I was obsessed with the inside of her bottle when I was a kid. Dreamy!

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Happy birthday, Mr. Slocum! I pray you have many, many more -- all as lovely as this one seemed to be! If I were there, I'd make you a big batch of pipchicks :p

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Happy birthday!

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Happy happpy birthday, Josh!

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Happy belated birthday! Lovely, lovely stuff and such a sweet slice of your life. ❤️

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Happy Birthday! Sounds like a wonderful day!

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Happy birthday, Josh. I'm so glad you had a wonderful day of celebration with your friends, who knew just what you wanted and got it for you. Life is good🤗

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