Nicholas Dykes, a very distinguished author and recent member of OL is having his 66th birthday today.

Happy birthday, Nick!

May you live to be 1,000.

Michael & Kat

Nick, You and Alfred Hitchcock share the same natal day. Live Long!

Given the infirmities of the flesh, that might not be such a good idea.

Ba'al Chatzaf

Nick, a belated welcome, and a belated Happy Birthday!

May you live to be 666!

REB

Nick; I have already said I want you to have a long life but if you look at my blog I think there are some problems with a life as long as Roger and Michael suggest.

Many thanks to all of you for your wishes. As you can perhaps imagine though, yesterday was rather a busy day, so I didn't get around to saying thank you earlier, for which, shamefaced apologies!

I have a wonderful wife who is a splendid cook so we had a lovely meal preceded by Canard Duchesne champagne, accompanied by a delicious Bordeaux, and rounded off with a sweet pudding wine called Montbazillac. I confess to a slight greyness about the eyelids today!

1000 years? Spare me! 100 would be good. Though I must say, I kind of fancy 666, the number of the beast -- Old Nick!

Again, many thanks, and sorry to be so slow responding. Nick

Nick,

Even sorrier to be slower responding...

A belated happy birthday!

Robert Campbell

Thanks Robert. And thanks to you and the team for JARS. One of the best things to happen since 1957.

I never did make it to SC. Got as far as Gettysburg coming south. History backwards. Maybe, hopefully, some day, I'll get further. Nick