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24/10/2012 10:03 pm
Let's have another long and two shorts of the whistle today to mark the birthday of Louisville steamboater Phillip Johnson. From the time I first met Phil, about five years ago, I knew he had that look in his eye and was "hooked on steamboats"! It is gratifying to an "oldtimer" like yours truly to see a "youngster" (well, he's YOUNG to me!) so enthusiastic, enthralled and actively involved with steamboats and river history.
Thanks Phillip, for all you to do on the DQ and BELLE -- and for your able and much appreciated assistance at the Howard Steamboat Museum!
Happy Birthday and Keep Rolling on the River!
24/10/2012 10:07 pm
Happy Birthday, Phillip! I hope that you have many more. Also I hope there are more steamboat trips and ocean crossings in you and your family's future.
25/10/2012 12:56 am
A New Orleans harbor salute to you, Phillip! May you have many more wonderful years of steamboatin' ahead of you!
25/10/2012 1:13 pm
Phil: A BIG blow of the whistle and ring of the bell...HAPPY BIRTHDAY from Gunpowder Road! Cap'n Walnut.
25/10/2012 1:21 pm
Thanks so much gang. I had an awesome steamboatin birthday, spent most of the day on the Rafter CLYDE with some fine steamboatmen, we even took a short trip up the Ohio out of Aurora, IN. After that I came home to a wonderful home-cooked birthday dinner, it just couldn't have gotten any better.
25/10/2012 3:52 pm
Happy Day!
Phillip,
Belated greetings for your birthday!
Wesley