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Happy Birthday Taylor

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Hi Taylor:

Happy Birthday, dear friend!

What a great treat it's been for me to know and work with you all these many years as we've built two financial forums and co-authored two books together, as well as starting the annual Bogleheads Conferences which will be celebrating its 13th reunion this October.

This Marine salutes his paratrooper friend and wishes you many, many more happy birthdays.

Best regards,

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Dear Taylor,
Have a wonderful day! Thank you for all your help. You are appreciated!!!
Very best wishes,
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Happy Birthday, Taylor! Hope it's a great one.
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Happy Birthday Taylor!! And thank you for all your contributions and guidance!
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Happy Birthday Taylor!
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Happy Birthday, Taylor, and what a nice tribute from Mel. We all are indebted to you both.
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I rarely post but am a long term reader of this forum. But occasions like this moves me to post. Wishing you a Happy Birthday and continued health and well being. Thank You for all you and some others do for making people like me become a Boglehead. Blessings, Gary
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Happy Birthday Taylor!

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Happy Birthday, Taylor! Hope you're having a great day! :sharebeer
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Happy Birthday Taylor! Everyone on this forum has benefited from your knowledge and experience.
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The best of birthdays Taylor! I have been blessed by your wisdom for more than a decade. Thank you!

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Happy Birthday Taylor!

I'm a 3-fund guy now, thanks to you. That's a huge financial gift you've given me. I wish I could return the favor in some way.
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Taylor,

I've learned a tremendous amount from you over the years. My favorite and most important bit of knowledge was also the most simple...The three fund portfolio!

Happy Birthday!

K. I. S.
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Happy birthday! Thanks for playing such a big part in making Bogleheads THE 'go-to' place for all things financial!
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Many happy returns of the day, Taylor! The Bogleheads' book and forum changed my life. I too have the 3-fund portfolio, thanks to you, and it is serving me well. May you live long! :beer
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Happy Birthday,Mr.Larimore.Not much I can add to the list of praises,I agree with every one of them! :happy
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Happy 89th Birthday, Taylor.
Thank you so very much for what you have contributed to my financial health, but most of all, thank you for your contributions in heroically fighting for our country in WWII.
May God continue to be with you and yours.
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Happy Birthday Taylor - and many more!
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Mel Lindauer wrote:Hi Taylor:

Happy Birthday, dear friend!

What a great treat it's been for me to know and work with you all these many years as we've built two financial forums and co-authored two books together, as well as starting the annual Bogleheads Conferences which will be celebrating its 13th reunion this October.

This Marine salutes his paratrooper friend and wishes you many, many more happy birthdays.

Best regards,

Mel
Mel:

Together, you and I have contributed 34,820 posts on this forum to join in Jack Bogle's crusade: "To give ordinary investors a fair shake." It's been a wonderful experience for me with thousands of caring on-line investor friends.

I also want to thank the thousands of Bogleheads who taught me much of what I know about mutual fund investing. Your friendship has brought real meaning to my life which (thankfully) is starting 89 years today.

Thank you and best wishes.
Taylor
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Happy Birthday, Taylor! :beer

Like the others, I don't have much more to say except Thank You for helping me with my very first post on this forum (help with my portfolio). You PM'd me to say who you were and that the advice given here could be trusted. So, I hung around and followed the member's advice. That was one of the best investing decisions I have ever made.
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Happy Birthday, Taylor!

I look forward to many, many more years of your sage investment advice and guidance.

My best wishes,
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May good health and great wealth be with the King of Bogleheads for many more years to come.

Even though I never met Taylor in person, his sage advice with tact and diplomacy has been so valuable on the forum.

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Taylor,

Happy birthday! You have been a great help to me and it has been greatly appreciated. Enjoy your day!
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LadyGeek wrote:Happy Birthday, Taylor! :beer

Like the others, I don't have much more to say except Thank You for helping me with my very first post on this forum (help with my portfolio). You PM'd me to say who you were and that the advice given here could be trusted. So, I hung around and followed the member's advice. That was one of the best investing decisions I have ever made.
LadyGeek:

Knowing just a part of what you do behind the scene as Forum & Wiki Administrator, tells me that my PM (Private Message) was "one of the best investing decisions I have ever made."

Best wishes.
Taylor
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Still sailing through life!

Congrats.

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Birthday Greetings to you Taylor,

Thanks for all you do for the Bogleheads, and hope you keep at it through many more birthdays to come!

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As late as I am in this day, Taylor, I hope you're having a superb birthday; and please accept my thanks for the mountainous help you've given (and are giving) to me and all Bogleheads.

Happiness to you and yours, Taylor,

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Congratulations, Taylor!
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Happy Birthday Taylor!!! Although we never met, I appreciate all the wisdom you have given so generously. There are a lot of bad things on the internet, but you my friend are one of the gems. Have a great day with your wonderful wife Pat.
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Happy birthday, Taylor - and may you have 100 more happy ones!

Your wisdom and insight into what being a Boglehead is all about benefit us all every day. Thank you and God bless.

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Happy Birthday Taylor, and thank you for all of the advice and help you have offered others on this forum.

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Congratulations Taylor. You are a major reason I now consider myself a tried and true indexer.

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Happy Birthday Taylor and congratulations! I'm pretty new here but have already gained much insight from the amount of time and effort you put to this forum. Also thanks for the Boglehead's Guide to Investment book! :sharebeer
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Congrats Taylor!!!!
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Happy birthday Mr Larimore! Hope you have many many more.
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Taylor,just adding my wish to you for a Happy Birthday.
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Happy Birthday, thank you for all of the helpful contributions.
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Happy birthday! God bless you and your family. And thank you for your service to our country.
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Happy Birthday, Taylor:

As fate would have it, I emailed the following sentence today to a friend who recently moved his investments to Vanguard and is a lurker on the forum:
Following the advice of Jack Bogle, Taylor and Mel has put you on the right track. Those guys are in it for the right reasons. Their mission is helping the small investor rather than stuffing their own pockets.
Have a great birthday and many more. Just knowing you is a privilege.
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Taylor,
Thank you for all the service you have performed - both at home and overseas.
Happy Birthday !
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Happy Birthday, Captain Taylor.

If you sail tomorrow may you have favorable winds and clear skies.

Our entire family thanks you for your posts and advice. We truly have benefited from your words of wisdom

Regards,

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Happy Birthday, Taylor. May your birthday be filled with wonderful surprises, may your cake be delicious, and may your returns on personal and financial investments be exponential.

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Happy Birthday Taylor!

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Happy Birthday Taylor,

Several years ago you gave me sage advice. For this, I am humbly grateful. My wish is that you have many more birthdays and the best of health.
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Dear Taylor,

Although you'd likely deny it, I say you are a great man. A week from today I retire, much sooner than otherwise would have been possible had it not been for your advice over the years. Happy Birthday.

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Happy Birthday, Taylor. I appreciate your insights (always worded with care and to the point) and your quotation collections.

Maybe one day I'll discover at least one of the roads to Dublin! :)

Regards,

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Happy Birthday, Taylor. Thanks for all you have done! You are indeed a gentleman and a scholar.
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