{"id":3165,"date":"2010-10-18T10:11:00","date_gmt":"2010-10-18T10:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/test.simple-talk.com\/uncategorized\/11-ways-to-celebrate-a-birthday\/"},"modified":"2016-07-28T10:50:11","modified_gmt":"2016-07-28T10:50:11","slug":"11-ways-to-celebrate-a-birthday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.red-gate.com\/simple-talk\/blogs\/11-ways-to-celebrate-a-birthday\/","title":{"rendered":"11 ways to celebrate a birthday"},"content":{"rendered":"

Another year flies by and Red Gate reaches the grand old age of 11. Here’s what we got up to on our big day:<\/p>\n

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  1. At the crack of dawn we decorated the office. Cara on Reception was then wished a happy birthday by visitors to Red Gate towers for the rest of the day – a nice added bonus.\n

    \"11A.jpg\"<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  2. In the morning Chris our resident chef made us a cake. A huge one. Well, there are almost 200 of us these days.\n

    \"11B.jpg\"<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  3. At lunchtime we wracked our brains in the 1999 general knowledge quiz. Congratulations to Liam from the DBA team who won a bottle of Moet in a tense tie breaker challenge with Linda from Product Support. Who knew that the world record for hula hooping was only 83 hoops?\n

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  4. After lunch we sneaked rows of goodie bags into the SQL Servery (in more or less) alphabetical order.\n

    \"11D.jpg\"<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  5. Meanwhile, plans were being laid for our annual company photo by Dom, our awesome photographer<\/a> who bravely balanced his camera over the top of our balcony.\n

    \"11E.jpg\"<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  6. We lined up to spell out “Red Gate” in our office lobby. A bit of a tight squeeze but we pulled it off.\n

    \"11F.jpg\"<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  7. No Red Gate celebration is complete without a champagne toast, so it was over to Simon to say a few words.\n

    \"11G.jpg\"<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  8. Then we opened our goodie bags. Presents!\n

    \"11H.jpg\"<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  9. A personalised t-shirt for everyone in, you’ve guessed it, red.\n

    \"11I.jpg\"<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  10. Finally we polished off the cake and champagne.\n

    \"11J.jpg\"<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  11. Later that night Dom unveiled a surprise video of our photoshoot<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Another great day at Red Gate. Here’s to another great year!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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