Post #164,483
7/14/04 8:01:42 PM
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Happy birthday, Tom Sinclair!
Not doing my job and almost missed it. :)
Alex
"If I seem unduly clear to you, you must have misunderstood what I said." -- Alan Greenspan, Federal Reserve chairman
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Post #164,495
7/14/04 10:43:55 PM
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The Horror!
We can't have the Prince of Darkness slacking off on the job! ;-)
Dittos on the Happy Birthday!
Cheers,
Scott.
(Whose father-in-law turned 87 yesterday.)
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Post #164,500
7/14/04 11:52:11 PM
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Thanks
Though I feel that after a certain age (I just turned 46), birthdays shouldn't be as big of a deal. My sole concession to the occasion was cutting my office hours short and going out to a nice restaurant with my wife.
Tom Sinclair
"While I'm still confused and uncertain, it's on a much higher plane, d'you
see, and at least I know I'm bewildered about the really fundamental and
important facts of the universe."
Treatle nodded. "I hadn't looked at it like that," he said, "But you're
absolutely right. He's really pushed back the boundaries of ignorance."
-- Discworld scientists at work
(Terry Pratchett, Equal Rites)
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Post #164,502
7/15/04 12:33:54 AM
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Ignore the occasion, enjoy the party :-)
To deny the indirect purchaser, who in this case is the ultimate purchaser, the right to seek relief from unlawful conduct, would essentially remove the word consumer from the Consumer Protection Act
- [link|http://www.techworld.com/opsys/news/index.cfm?NewsID=1246&Page=1&pagePos=20|Nebraska Supreme Court]
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Post #164,588
7/15/04 12:56:51 PM
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Actually I did pretty well
since I had gotten through my annual physical on the previous day with all systems go.
Slightly OT:
While in the midst of the most dreaded part of that annual (I'll spare details for those of you males under forty, so as not to spoil the surprise. You males forty or over, you know *exactly* which part I'm talking about.)
Anyway, we're (the [female] nurse practitioner and I) are right in the middle of this when the receptionist beeps her on the intercom, asking her to pick up a phone call.
While we're standing there, her finger firmly implanted in my body.
I felt like screaming, "SHE'S A LITTLE BUSY RIGHT NOW!!!!"
Tom Sinclair
"While I'm still confused and uncertain, it's on a much higher plane, d'you
see, and at least I know I'm bewildered about the really fundamental and
important facts of the universe."
Treatle nodded. "I hadn't looked at it like that," he said, "But you're
absolutely right. He's really pushed back the boundaries of ignorance."
-- Discworld scientists at work
(Terry Pratchett, Equal Rites)
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Post #164,591
7/15/04 1:09:14 PM
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I would have undocked and returned to my pants
-drl
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Post #164,593
7/15/04 1:23:10 PM
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Sadly, it's not just an over 40 thing any more. :P
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Post #164,503
7/15/04 1:02:22 AM
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Happy Birthday, Tom!
--
Steve
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Post #164,516
7/15/04 4:55:30 AM
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\ufffdFeliz Cumplea\ufffdos! - dinner at The Mended Drum?
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Post #164,528
7/15/04 7:27:17 AM
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Happy birthday you youngen
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Post #164,554
7/15/04 10:08:10 AM
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To Tom: Happy Bday! To a6l6e6x: Slacker!...;-)
jb4
shrub\ufffdbish (Am., from shrub + rubbish, after the derisive name for America's 43 president; 2003) n. 1. a form of nonsensical political doubletalk wherein the speaker attempts to defend the indefensible by lying, obfuscation, or otherwise misstating the facts; GIBBERISH. 2. any of a collection of utterances from America's putative 43rd president. cf. BULLSHIT
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Post #164,563
7/15/04 11:08:26 AM
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And add one more belated...
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Post #164,575
7/15/04 11:58:04 AM
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Old fart :)
I'll raise my tankard to you.
Peter
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