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Announcements  September 24, 2013

Happy Birthday, Jeff!

Today is Jeff’s birthday, and everyone here at ESL Podcast would like to wish him a very happy 29th birthday, again.

Since none of us here can sing very well, especially Lucy, we’ll let this special guest do the singing for us.

Please join us –as some of you have already — in wishing Jeff a very happy birthday, with many more to come!

Reader comments (34)

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bobaSeptember 25, 2013 at 4:03 am

Have a great day!

ParvizSeptember 25, 2013 at 4:35 am

Happy Birthday Jeff,
You are great.
I hope I shall continue congratulating your 29th birthday more 100000 times.
Sincere yours,
Parviz

Alireza ShiriSeptember 25, 2013 at 6:25 am

Happy Birthday, Jeff. Thank you for all the things you did for us.

MehrdadSeptember 25, 2013 at 7:38 am

I Love you Jeff, happy birthday. 🙂

ZbyszekSeptember 25, 2013 at 8:31 am

Happy Birthday Jeff !
No one does for us as much as you and your team.
I wish you everything the best, good health, happiness and let your dreams come true.
Just know you are very important person for so many people around the world.

DanSeptember 25, 2013 at 9:11 am

Je-eFF! Je-eff! Je-eff!

President of the US!!

MohamadSeptember 25, 2013 at 10:45 am

this is first time that i see your website .really what a good time!!!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU DR.JEFF 😀

danieleSeptember 25, 2013 at 12:59 pm

Happy birthday! I wish you all the best!

Anderson GuimarãesSeptember 25, 2013 at 1:52 pm

Hi Jeff, I love your work. Thank you very much for help a lot of people learn english. Happy birthday 🙂

VeronicaSeptember 25, 2013 at 3:26 pm

Happy birthday sensei?You are the best?

luiza OliveiraSeptember 25, 2013 at 5:50 pm

Jeff, Happy Birthday! Thank you for help us to learn English!

GiangSeptember 25, 2013 at 7:40 pm

Happy Birthday To You !!!

On Behalf of more than 7 billion people in the world, I Wish you all the best.

Thanks so much for your English.

YaoPinganSeptember 25, 2013 at 9:29 pm

Happy Birthday Jeff !
Thank you very much.

MaxSeptember 25, 2013 at 10:53 pm

Happy birthday. Thanks for your cast.

MarioSeptember 25, 2013 at 11:26 pm

I’m in late! Sorry Jeff! But I’m wishing you a very happy birthday!!!

saraSeptember 25, 2013 at 11:41 pm

With all my love.happy birthday jeff.
wish u all my best.

Aécio Flávio PerimSeptember 26, 2013 at 4:52 am

I’d like to know how old he is! Anybody knows? Tell me please.
Aecio from the country that is located down the equator and there is no sin down the equator. Great!

OzairSeptember 26, 2013 at 5:23 am

happy birthday jeff !
wish u all the best me best friend 😉 😀

BenSeptember 26, 2013 at 6:49 am

Happy Birthday,Jeff——My best English teacher I’ve ever met.
Every post you has writen is so worth reading.
This is the greatest English learning web I’ve ever met.
Every time I read the post in this web,I feel really happy and enjoy the reading very much.
The English circumstance supplied to us here bring me much of happiness.
I have a great time chating with friends from other countries as well through this web site.
Thanks a lot to Jeff for bring these things to me.

motamakenSeptember 26, 2013 at 8:02 am

Teacher dear Jeff i used one of your members . Happy birthday DR JEFF,
i listen to your voice everyday that feel me happy specifically when I commute.
I hope you live a long, happy years.

Badr
Saudi Arabia

Olga ForeroSeptember 26, 2013 at 8:17 am

Estimado Dr. Jeff,

Un abrazo grande desde la costa caribe colombiana, un feliz cumpleaños!!!!! Espero tengas un año muy feliz.
Te agradezco tu dedicación y generosidad en cada podcast, los disfruto mucho. Cada madrugada escucho un nuevo capítulo y aprendo cada día.
Como se que sabes español decidí escribir este mensaje en mi lengua nativa. FELIZ CUMPLEAÑOS!!!

Happy birthday dear professor!!

all the best,
Olga
Colombia

Myo ko koSeptember 26, 2013 at 8:28 am

Hey Aecio

You really don’t know Jeff’s age?
Ok, I’ll tell you now and etch it in your brain and ever and never forget!!
He is much much younger than Emiliano and Betty and
a bit younger than Dan and
at the same age as Peter and
a little bit older than me.

How about? I guess you get it! 😉 😛

NasserSeptember 26, 2013 at 11:07 am

Hi Dear teacher
Happy birthday dr jeff
i’ve found your web site recently. it’s amazing. its wonderful and very very helpful. nowadays, almost all time i’m listening your voices and due to dr lucy’s transcriptions, i am improving my english in a pleasant process.
please upload some academic podcast. I’m preparing myself for Toefl exam.
thank you the best and the most unforgettable teacher.
with the best wishes

Aécio Flávio PerimSeptember 26, 2013 at 2:38 pm

Everyone is worried about Jeff’s age. Jeff’s age is a secret. Keep this secret deep in your soul, dear Jeff. It doesn’t matter whether you are young or old, important is that you are alive and healthy with us. Do you know my age? It is 72! Can you believe that? Spite of my age, I feel very active and with enough strength to keep on making things, specially challenges. So you can be calm and happy. The rest of our classmates may feel lucky for having Jeff as teacher, and a good one.
Aecio, from the wonderful land below the equator, where there is no sin. Did you know that God was born in Brazil?

Sylvain LabrosseSeptember 26, 2013 at 5:42 pm

It’s never too late to sing ‘HAPPY BIRTHDAY’ to someone we really appreciate. I know Jeff, you live in Los Angeles and me and my girlfriend are far away in Montreal (QC, Canada), but for us you really take part of the family. The only problem is that you don’t know us. I know it’s sounds a little strange. :/ I often say to Diane (my girlfriend) that you and I have taken a coffee together. I think I know more the USA than my own country. I’ve been a loyal member for some months but I have already listened to e-ve-ry number of your ‘podcast’ and ‘English Café’. It’s incredible! Thank you a lot dear Jeff (and also Lucy – I like you too, you know!).

N.B. I have an idea to help you to more appreciate cats. Just need to do this below:

BEER ROASTED CAT
1 cat cut into roast
1 can of Campbell’s Cream of Mushroom soup
1 cube of beef bouillon
1 clove of garlic
1 Fine Irish Stout, a lot like a popular dark Irish Beer

Ok it’s a joke, but this recipe really exists. Anyway we are now vegetarian (for somes months) and we’ve never eaten cats before.

With best regards

Sylvain

Sylvain LabrosseSeptember 26, 2013 at 5:49 pm

I’m still and will remain a loyal member… for ever! 😉

George LouisSeptember 26, 2013 at 6:23 pm

Well, I’m a little late but here I am. I want to wish you a happy birthday teacher Jeff, a lot of health, a lot of cake (hmmmmm) , a lot of fun and happiness!!!!!!!!!!!!
(The cat really represents you, I know how you ‘looooove’ cats). haha 🙂

Best Wishes Jeff!!!!!!

emilianoSeptember 26, 2013 at 11:15 pm

English Café no 75…………….Page no 4…..The Sounds of Silence

Jeff said:

“The son is very much about sadness, it´s very much about being alone and being in the dark, and that´s how
he felt Americans felt after the death of John F. Kennedy. I¨m a little too youn to remember tha, I was alive, but just barely,
I was only about two month old when that happened. I was born on September 24th, 1963, so it was just about
two months after I was born”.
——

Thanks Jeff.

Take the guide, English Café no. 75 (page nº 4 ) and read about the Sounds of Silence, a song of Paul Simon, over there Jeff conessed
his age, just the day, the month and the year he was born.

September 24th 1963 two months before Kennedy was assesinated in Dallas. (Texas). Jeff didn´t remember, but I did
perfectly well.

Sorry Jeff, you told us.

emiliano

MostafaSeptember 27, 2013 at 12:49 am

Dear Jeff,
Happy birthday.
I hope you to be happy and healthy for ever.
I am from Iran and I have been learning English of you and I hope to be a good English teacher.
Thanks again, Mostafa

BpeunthaiSeptember 27, 2013 at 2:30 am

Happy birthday, wish you all the best.

joséSeptember 27, 2013 at 9:31 am

Dear Jeff,
I wish you a Happy Birthday from the beau…tiful Zaragoza Spain
José.

JosefSeptember 27, 2013 at 9:51 am

Dear Jeff,
Happy Birthday to you!
I love your Podcast. Thanks.
Josef from Germany

MarySeptember 27, 2013 at 10:06 am

Happy birthday!
Best wishes

RobertoSeptember 28, 2013 at 2:12 pm

Let me wish you happy B-day and thank you for being a great teacher. Greetings from Colombia

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