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Email:
ian_c.balmer@virgin.net
Name: Ian Balmer Age: 3 |
| Where are
you from? Manchester, UK |
| Where do
you know Paul from? I'm his cousin ! |
| Please
enter your Birthday wishes.... Happy 40th Paul !!!!!!
Sorry it's a bit late(very late with the 10 hours time
diff.). Hope you had a great day ... Aussies know how to
celebrate, so I'm sure you did. I'm not that far behind you
remember, you'll have to let me know how it feels. That stag
night of yours still sticks in my, and Steves, memory ...
pizza frisbees and a lack of clothing on certain individuals
still brings a smile ! Mum, Dad and Stephen send their
congratulations the Internet’s still a bit beyond them I'm
afraid !). All the best, Ian, Karen, Shauna, Harry &
Roddy Yes my own clan has grown since we last met face to
face) |
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Date:
January 21, 2001
Email: craig.millar@cub.com.au
Name: Craig Millar Age: 33 |
| Where are
you from? Melbourne |
| Where do
you know Paul from? Foster's |
| Please
enter your Birthday wishes.... Congratulations to a
superb fellow. There are too many tales to tell in just a
short time. - Bedis restaurant & the cricket stories -
Taking the manager's details at 20 Meyers Pl and telling him
you will sort him out after he called you for 'no more
drinks after this one for you'. (Think he thought you were
standing and swaying on your knees.) - Getting the nads
kicked in by a nipper in the Auskick when he didn't like
your umpiring decision. - Just plain getting grubbyand manky.
See you Saturday. Have a big 40th!! And don't mature too
soon! |
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Date:
January 21, 2001
Email:
Name: Martin, Elizabeth, Rhiannon and William Age:
?
|
| Where are
you from? Pompie |
| Where do
you know Paul from? Adolescence |
| Please
enter your Birthday wishes.... Chambers Good 'eye
****head. Happy Birthday me old mate. Here are a few of your
well used sayings that still make me laugh. From Mr Graham
Collis 'totally unsatisfactory boy' 'overload'and 'large
corporation'. For those birds in your life FUD TUD and SHED.
While wearing your best slacks and swinging your *ick at
everything and missing by a mile. And finally your
categorisation of jiggettes, jigs, jugs, juggetts and
juggernauts. I still resent the fact that I never beat you
at tennis. But we are saving our pennies hard and would love
to come over to Oz next spring. And then I'll have one last
crack at your title. So get down the gym big boy. Crookie
and James Bernard also want to challenge you to the 100
metres. Take care love Martin, Elizabeth, Rhiannon and
William |
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Date:
January 21, 2001
Email: robylido@robylido.worldonline.co.uk
Name: coral Age: 99 |
| Where are
you from? England |
| Where do
you know Paul from? frogshole farm pub |
| Please
enter your Birthday wishes.... cheers paul - looking
forward to our next game of tennis - have a great day -
enjoy yourself by the pool with a cold fosters - love the
photos!!! |
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Date:
January 21, 2001
Email: a.brooks2@dtn.ntl.com
Name: Alan Brooks Age: 40(ish) |
| Where are
you from? 19 Fox Way, Buckingham Bucks. MK18 7EH |
| Where do
you know Paul from? Need I say ? |
| Please
enter your Birthday wishes.... Paul We never think we
are going to reach these grand old ages that everyone
celebrates but as you have just found out it comes to us all
eventually! I'm sure you'll celebrate in true Australian
style which I doubt is any different from the British way.
Have a wonderful time and I hope you will be able to
remember it!!! Best Wishes mate Alan PS Give my regards to
Claire and the boys. |
|
Date:
January 21, 2001
Email: STEPHEN_HARPER@LINEONE.NET
Name: Mescal, Steve, Dominic & Lydia Harper Age:
various |
| Where are
you from? Crawley West Sussex |
| Where do
you know Paul from? can't remember - think it was one of
his and Claire's parties |
| Please
enter your Birthday wishes.... So having read some of
the other greetings it looks like we are sending our very
best wishes to a 'top bloke with a waistline of 40 inches'!
Rather a nice pair of undies you are sporting on the front
page - too small to be your own!? Hope you have a great day
on the tooheys, fosters, castlemaine etc.Hope that we can
get out to see you and the rest of the family some time.
Best wishes ...The Harpers |
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Date:
January 21, 2001
Email: mickeyb@ntlworld.com
Name: Mike and Samantha Brooks Age: 14, 12 |
| Where are
you from? Milton Keynes, UK |
| Where do
you know Paul from? He's our Uncle |
| Please
enter your Birthday wishes.... Dear Uncle Paul, Well we
certainly have a great deal to live up to as we grow up in
the shadow of your reputation. Still saving our pocket money
for the single ticket over to see you and use your new pool!
Hope you have a lovely birthday and look forward to seeing
you again before long. Love Mike and Samantha |
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Date:
January 21, 2001
Email: potkins@tesco.net
Name: Martin Potkins Age: 40 |
| Where are
you from? Norfolk UK |
| Where do
you know Paul from? Ernst & Young UK |
| Please
enter your Birthday wishes.... Paul, all the very best
on having managed to achieve the Big 4 0! Despite all the
damage, mostly irrepairable, to your major organs (largely
through self-inflicted alcohol abuse), you have survived!!!
"Chambers stories" from the various Rugby Tours
and courses still abound here, I even met someone on a
remote golf course in Scotland recently who swears he knows
you (something about Top Hats and cornflakes....) Have a
good one mate, hope to see you when I am over following the
Lions in a few months. All the best from the me, Ruth and
the boys!! |
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Date:
January 21, 2001
Email: cchambers@olmc.vic.edu.au
Name: Claire Chambers Age: ? |
| Where are
you from? Born in England, living in Australia |
| Where do
you know Paul from? I am his wife! |
| Please
enter your Birthday wishes.... Dear Paul Well, having
read all the other messages, I am lost for words! (And I
can't even say that this is not the man I married!) I am
sure that turning 40 will not dampen your love of life and
having a good time. Here's to the next 40 years.. All my
love Claire xxxx PS. Re the photo: hope this was your only
attempt at cross dressing! |
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Date:
January 21, 2001
Email: credstone@bun.com
Name: Chris "Lawsuit" Redstone Age:
<<<40 |
| Where are
you from? Crawley Police station |
| Where do
you know Paul from? The Next cell |
| Please
enter your Birthday wishes.... Paul, do you remember the
time the bread basket was on the floor and you suggested we
throw our car keys in it. Before things got out of hand you
had collapsed into a drunken stupor (after been told off for
snapping someones bra straps!!!) I could have pulled that
one if you had remained compus mentus. As you know I have
many more photos your debauchery. So therefore either send
me loads of lucre or a plane ticket to aussie so we can
carry on where we left off in dear old blighty. Your mate
and ENGLAND rugby fan Chris. |
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Date:
January 21, 2001
Email: credstone@currantbun.com
Name: Gay & Chris Redstone Age:
<40 |
| Where
are you from? Crawley, Sussex |
| Where
do you know Paul from? Meet him under a bar
trying to stop a vodka bottle spinning |
| Please
enter your Birthday wishes.... Dear Paul Happy
40th birthday here's to many more. Hope your party
on Saturday goes well, all you need is music a group
of friends and a bottle of absolut vodka and who
knows what it might deteriorate into!! Have a good
one. Love Gay, Chris, Lauren and Sasha. |
|
Date:
January 21, 2001
Email: hanleyms@one.net.au
Name: Michael, Sue and Oliver Age:
40,35 & 1 |
| Where
are you from? Ireland, England & Australia,
now living in Sydney |
| Where
do you know Paul from? He's our
brother-in-law/uncle |
| Please
enter your Birthday wishes.... Dear Paul, Well
well, the big day has arrived at last. Michael has
only just gone through the 40 mark himself and is
still looking great (!)...You were looking terrific
at Christmas when we saw you, the fitness campaign
is obviously working well. Have a break on your
Birthday and Saturday night, though, and get the
beers down. Michael is so sorry he won't be able to
join you, especially after the hilarious time we had
at your party on Christmas Day. Michael says, did
you ever get down to Tasmania... Hope you have a
great day, even though you're working. Cheers to my
favourite brother-in-law in Australia (and I do have
another...)See you soon, Love Michael, Sue and
Oliver xxx |
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Date:
January 21, 2001
Email: chris@longroof.com.uk
Name: Chris and Barbara Age: x+x=140
yr |
| Where
are you from? Kent, England |
| Where
do you know Paul from? We are his
parents-in-law! |
| Please
enter your Birthday wishes.... Many happy
returns for your 40th, Paul. You are our favourite
Anglo-Australian son-in-law. Time has flown since
1985 when we first met you. Chris liked your
interest in rugby and Barbara liked your taste in
music, even though you decided to call Barbara
"Babs" (!). Visiting you gives us a good
excuse to come downunder when, in the UK, all the
snow is on the ground. Have a good day on the 22nd
and a lovely party at the weekend. Lots of love
Chris and Barbara x |
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Date:
January 21, 2001
Email: cchambers@olmc.vic.edu.au
Name: David and Dominic Chambers Age:
8/10 |
| Where
are you from? Born in England, living in
Australia |
| Where
do you know Paul from? He is our Daddy! |
| Please
enter your Birthday wishes.... TO DADDY ON HIS
FORTIETH We love our Daddy though he's forty Even if
he's rather naughty Even if his tummy's fat (Dad
says he's slim but we know that He tries to hold his
tummy in To make out he is nice and thin!) Daddy
teaches lots of sports Looks really cool in Nike
shorts Cricket, swimming, even Boules Basketball and
Aussie Rules Daddy was his school's sports star
Champion of them all by far Now he's forty, what can
we say?!! He starts a new keep fit plan today. Daddy
is a clever cook Doesn't have to use a book Lots of
chillies, peppers, spice Poppadoms and pilau rice.
It's not too bad, we sort of think So long as we
have lots to drink. Great at barbeques galore Nobody
could wish for more Turning the meat, beer in hand
Happy man in Aussie land! Daddy takes us lots of
places To parks and playgrounds; to the races. He
took us to the Pokemon movie Yes, our Dad is really
groovy. So Dad, thank you for everything you've done
Love David and Dominic your loving sons. xxxxxxxxxx |
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Date:
January 20, 2001
Email: soner@tinyonline.co.uk
Name: Soner Sari Age: 42 |
| Where
are you from? Reigate, Surrey, UK |
| Where
do you know Paul from? Chris Redstone's
brother-in-law |
| Please
enter your Birthday wishes.... Congratulation
and well done. Wait til you get to 50, then 40
doesn't feel so bad. |
|
Date:
January 20, 2001
Email: rose@ozwebip.com.au
Name: Henry and Diana Rose Age: 40+a
few |
| Where
are you from? Morayfield, Qld. Australia |
| Where
do you know Paul from? We met Paul while he was
working in Melbourne in 1987 - 89 |
| Please
enter your Birthday wishes.... Welcome to the
Club! Henry and I have been members of the club for
a little while now but it doesn't seem to be quite
as exclusive any more - everyone seems to be
catching up! Dear Paul - We wish you a very happy
birthday and we hope you get to celebrate in
style!!! As we know you can do when there is
something to celebrate. It is not as bad as people
make it out to be and there are lots of benefits -
just give me a moment to think of some.........
Henry Diana Kate and Peter |
|
Date:
January 20, 2001
Email: pberry@dovebid.com
Name: Peter Berry Age: 40 |
| Where
are you from? Australia I think !!! |
| Where
do you know Paul from? the pub |
| Please
enter your Birthday wishes.... Happy birthday
you old fart. Hopefully on the party night there
will be plently of young things playing in the pool
and look after us older gentlemen. Any way have a
good one from all the Berry family |
|
Date:
January 20, 2001
Email: sue.allen@bigpond.com
Name: Sue & Tony Age: 40 |
| Where
are you from? UK, now livingin Australia |
| Where
do you know Paul from? First trip to Australia |
| Please
enter your Birthday wishes.... To Paul All the
best for a great birthday - its lovely that you
managed to return to Australia prior to 40!! Let's
hope you get to swim in the pool on this big day.
Here is to the next 40+ years! Lots of Love Sue,
Tony, Jenna & Ciara |
|
Date:
January 20, 2001
Email: dont have one
Name: Leonie Berry Age: 40 |
| Where
are you from? Melbourne |
| Where
do you know Paul from? David and Oliver are
friends |
| Please
enter your Birthday wishes.... Paul Chambers the
man who is always looking for the topless woman in a
g-string. Always good for a laugh and ready to have
a beer or wine or two. |
Date:
January 20, 2001
Email: don't have one
Name: lucy berry Age: 12 |
| Where
are you from? Melbourne |
| Where
do you know Paul from? from his kids at school |
| Please
enter your Birthday wishes.... dear Paul happy
birthday to you. it was great knowing you while you
where under 40 years old. but now you are a old boy.
you have been great fun to be with. hope you are
like that every other day of the year after been 40.
best wishes for the day love from Lucy Berry p.s:
thanks for the great game with the cork |
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Date:
January 19, 2001
Email: jhalsall@emirates.net.ae
Name: Geordie Age: 38 |
| Where
are you from? Uk/UAE |
| Where
do you know Paul from? School etc |
| Please
enter your Birthday wishes.... Paul
Another one of your personalities has come
to mind - it's funny how it's appropriate
that you've ended up in Australia (apologies
to you Antipodian friends) The Criminal This
of course goes back to your early days as an
Arsonist in Buckingham. - The High Street
needed remodelling anyway. Did you ever sort
out the guy who 'grassed' you up? From small
beginnings you became more adventurous in
your lawbreaking progressing onto daring
acts of defiance during daylight hours. The
Police raid on the Loughborough University
Rugby coach to recover stolen items -
Loughbourough Rugby Club was subsequently
banned from drinking in Lanchester
Polytechnic's bar. Remember the episode in
Edingburgh when you were arrested for
urinating in public? It was the Ernst and
Whinney rugby tour and you only just made it
to the international. Why did you leave the
UK so quickly? Happy birthday Geordie |
|
Date:
January 19, 2001
Email: jhalsall@emirates.net.ae
Name: John Halsall -
"Geordie" Age: |
| Where
are you from? UK - living in the United
Arab Emirates |
| Where
do you know Paul from? School, The New
Inn, The Sea Around Us, The Castle etc |
| Please
enter your Birthday wishes.... Paul
Continued from the previous message.....
There are many more tales I could reveal to
your friends across the world, but they
probably have had first-hand experience.
Reading some of the messages from your
colleagues at Fosters, nothing changes -
you're only a few years older. It's great to
be able to call you a mate. Have a fantastic
day on the 22 nd , and we look forward to
seeing you in Melbourne on 24 th Best wishes
on your 40th birthday Your long time friend
Geordie |
|
Date:
January 19, 2001
Email: jhalsall@emirates.net.ae
Name: John halsall -
"Geordie" Age: |
| Where
are you from? UK -living in the United
Arab Emirates |
| Where
do you know Paul from? School, The Three
Cups, White Hart, The Whale, The Barrel, The
Grand Junction, The Mitre etc |
| Please
enter your Birthday wishes.... Paul So
many stories I could tell - only a few can
be published in the public domain. Here's
just a few demonstrating your many
personalities Stories about the times you
led me astray in London whilst you were
training at Ernst and Whinney. Introducing
me to Davy's Old Wallop in a bar under
London Bridge. . The Party Animal I remember
that evening sampling Moonraker in a Ferkin
pub at The Elephant and Castle for the E+W
rugby club's Christmas bash. Bill Murray (?)
ruining a group of nurse's christmas drink
by diving across their table. They were
reportedly in tears. Later that night in a
curry house (again!), the restaurant owner
apologised to us all because of the scene a
couple caused when they refused to pay the
bill - apparently we ruined their evening as
well. The Charmer The night in the Mitre pub
when you and our old mate Hector 'pulled' a
couple of girls from under the noses of some
locals. A fight started, our friends from
the rugby club stepped in and you, Hector +
2 girls left while the melee continued.
Never did finish what you started! The Poet
One of your favourite phrases when you fell
in love was "hoodwinked by cupids
bow" Many evenings trawling the pubs in
Buckingham trying to chat-up girls, throwing
them lines from Romeo and Juliet - and
failing miserably, must have been the
Hawaiian shirts - God knows how you managed
to hoodwink Claire? These nights were
normally finished off with you mooning to
one of our female school friends. Yes Paul
did drink before he was 18! The diplomat
Your time at University was of course full
of events - remember your pal Stewart (?)
from Elvin Richards hall of residence. The
night in the hall bar (there's a theme
coming out of these stories) he confessed he
was emotionally attached to you. Ever the
diplomat you stood up and said - " Lets
face it Stewart. You're a *******
queer" - just as the |
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Date:
January 19, 2001
Email: ian.mills@cub.com.au
Name: Ian Mills Age: 36 |
| Where
are you from? Melbourne |
| Where
do you know Paul from? Fosters |
| Please
enter your Birthday wishes.... Dear
Paul, I was once told that if you didn't
have any nice to say then don't say anything
at all. So, Happy 40th Birthday. I can't
belive that you are only 40, you look a lot
older than 40, but you act like you are 20,
so it must balance itself. |
|
Date:
January 19, 2001
Email: stunnell@bigpond.com
Name: Edward Stunnell Age: 34 |
| Where
are you from? Greendale |
| Where
do you know Paul from? Foster's |
| Please
enter your Birthday wishes.... My
personal favourite Memory of Paul is the
first time we went out to the Waiters
Restaurant. The drink was flowing pretty
steady and so were the old movies lines from
films such as Casablanca. Happy Birthday
Paul. |
|
Date:
January 18, 2001
Email: matthew.westwood@cub.com.au
Name: Matt Westwood Age: 28 |
| Where
are you from? Melbourne Australia |
| Where
do you know Paul from? Working at
Fosters |
| Please
enter your Birthday wishes.... My God,
40 years old. Is this the same bloke who was
leading me astray last silly season when I
first started at Fosters? The stamina and
eagerness of an 22 year old Rugby player at
the beers. But over the last year as the big
40 has approached I must say I've noticed he
has calmed down and started moving into the
elder statesman phase of his life......pffffffffhah!
Paul, you're absolutely top bloke, all the
very best for your 40th. May there be
another 50 or 60 from where that came from.
MATT WESTWOOD |
|
Date:
January 18, 2001
Email: philippa@aninnue.ndo.co.uk
Name: Philippa Wall (alias "Phyliis")
Age: 25 |
| Where
are you from? Coggeshall |
| Where
do you know Paul from? He is my
favourite English brother-in-law |
| Please
enter your Birthday wishes.... Dearest
Paul, I had no idea you are 40!! No way!
Your laid back Aussie lifestyle must keep
you looking young - or those videos that
Claire sends over are airbrushed! I have
always envied Claire in having a husband who
has one of those rare qualities sort after
by so many women; in fact I have never met a
man who does it so well, if at all. You are
certainly the best partner I ever had to
jive with! Have a great day. I really wish I
could be with you and give you a big
birthday hug. Lots of love from Philippa,
Steve, Alex, Stephanie and Jonathan xxxxx |
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Date:
January 18, 2001
Email:
Name: Big Nan Age: 93 |
| Where
are you from? Buckingham, England |
| Where
do you know Paul from? He's my grandson |
| Please
enter your Birthday wishes.... Paul I
can't believe i'm still here to wish my
favourite grandson A Happy 40th Birthday!!
Hope you have a lovely day and I'll be
thinking of you... love always BIG NAN xxxx |
|
Date:
January 18, 2001
Email: janiet@ntlworld.com
Name: Jane Turland (Lil' Sis) Age:
21 |
| Where
are you from? UK |
| Where
do you know Paul from? He was in the
house when they brought me home and never
left........ |
| Please
enter your Birthday wishes.... Paul have
you noticed that we get on really well these
days.....now that you're living in Australia
and i'm in England!!!How I miss those days
of being chased round the kitchen with the
bread knife for turning the Test match off
the tele!!! No, seriously Bro. we really
miss you,you seemed to have mellowed-is that
the Australian lifestyle or just old age?!!
Bob's saving hard in the penny jar and we'll
probably send Michael over first-if you
could just hang onto him until we get over
there in our retirement? Have a Great
birthday Paul, sorry we can't be there to
celebrate with you, lots of love Jane and
Bob xxxxxx |
|
Date:
January 17, 2001
Email: roncounte@talk21.com
Name: Ron Counte Age: 42 |
| Where
are you from? Market Harborough, UK |
| Where
do you know Paul from? Ernst and Whinney
in the early 1980's |
| Please
enter your Birthday wishes.... Hey Paul,
Now that you are 40 I guess you may be older
and wiser than the Paul I knew. Do you
remeber that time when we were enjoying a
vindaloo in the Ealing Tandoori, and to
prove how macho we were we told the waiter
it wasn't hot enough? He responded by
offering us a 'free' desert of 'Chinese
Bannana's', evil looking green objects which
we eagerly devoured. It turned out that they
were giant green chillies! It nearly blew
our heads off. Then there was the famous all
night party at my landlady's house which
almost lead to me being thrown out due to
the damage inflicted on the property. A
crazy night of curry booze and dancing.
Afterwards Penny Jones described dancing
with you as the nearest thing to unarmed
combat she had seen. Of course if you wern't
such a great guy I would reveal several
embarrasing episodes. But I won't (Unless
you fail to send £50 by return) Now that
you are a settled family man I guess you no
longer have use for your classic chat up
line..."Do You Want It Then?",
still widely regarded as a one of more
succint and direct approaches, albeit not
overwealmingly successful. Perhaps this is
something you can pass on to the younger
generation. Have a great birthday Paul, life
really does begin at 40! I hope that we can
get together some time soon, Very Best
wishes, Your comrade always, Ron. |
|
Email:
jigsaw@mk-uk.fsnet.co.uk
Name: Mum and John Denton Age:
???? |
| Where
are you from? Milton Keynes England |
| Where
do you know Paul from? My little boy! |
| Please
enter your Birthday wishes.... Hi
darling boy 40 years ago you gave me hell.
But were you worth it! Have a lovely day
Paul. I love you so much and am really proud
of you. Wish we were all there to help
celebrate. Lots of love Mum and John
XXXXXXXX |
|
Date:
January 16, 2001
Email: illuminating40@aol.com
Name: Diane Brooks Age: 41 |
| Where
are you from? Sudbury, Suffolk |
| Where
do you know Paul from? |
| Please
enter your Birthday wishes.... Best
Wishes, Enjoy Your Special Day, Diane,
Kevin, and Claire |
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