Talking of the price of Scottish Independence, shouldn't that be "Belated Happy Birthday" since from what I understand of the event, Gareth's birthday took place on the expected date and it was your exhortations to felicitious undertakings that were late, not vice versa?
I wish to make it clear that my vaguely complimentary remark about your relative youth should in no way be construed as adulation. It was nothing more than pathetic envy.