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    Septimus Hedgehog
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    (tear open envelope, pull out the card), and the winner is........me. Yup, me (buffoon/plonker/dispstick/wally/wazzock/numpty/...) I set up an Outlook calendar about two months ago to remind me of our wedding anniversary. Princess beetles off to work and gives me a peck on the cheek and says (affectionately, despite the ghastly error on my part) "Happy anniversary, my love, even if you forgot." Forgot, I didn't forget, but Outlook did. I switch on my PC and check the calendar and sure enough there's the entry and the reminder for the day before. Why didn't it remind me? I'd set the reminder for the day before on the day it should have reminded me on. I got the email reminder for The Day but for tomorrow! The shame of it all. :(( Stupid Outlook! Why didn't it have the sense to think, I'm sure he wants the reminder on the 9th, not the 10th. It's 2014, pooters are meant to be smart and reponsible for ruining running your life. :-D

    If there is one thing more dangerous than getting between a bear and her cubs it's getting between my wife and her chocolate.

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      (tear open envelope, pull out the card), and the winner is........me. Yup, me (buffoon/plonker/dispstick/wally/wazzock/numpty/...) I set up an Outlook calendar about two months ago to remind me of our wedding anniversary. Princess beetles off to work and gives me a peck on the cheek and says (affectionately, despite the ghastly error on my part) "Happy anniversary, my love, even if you forgot." Forgot, I didn't forget, but Outlook did. I switch on my PC and check the calendar and sure enough there's the entry and the reminder for the day before. Why didn't it remind me? I'd set the reminder for the day before on the day it should have reminded me on. I got the email reminder for The Day but for tomorrow! The shame of it all. :(( Stupid Outlook! Why didn't it have the sense to think, I'm sure he wants the reminder on the 9th, not the 10th. It's 2014, pooters are meant to be smart and reponsible for ruining running your life. :-D

      If there is one thing more dangerous than getting between a bear and her cubs it's getting between my wife and her chocolate.

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      OriginalGriff
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      :laugh: Ouch! That's one of the things I hated about one phone - it would sync with outlook, which was good, but when you said "remind me three days before this" to give you time to think - it would do just that. And would remind you at midnight 3 days earlier - which of course wakes you up, wakes Herself up, and then you forget immediately you get back to sleep... :doh:

      Never underestimate the power of stupid things in large numbers --- Serious Sam

      "I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
      "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt

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        :laugh: Ouch! That's one of the things I hated about one phone - it would sync with outlook, which was good, but when you said "remind me three days before this" to give you time to think - it would do just that. And would remind you at midnight 3 days earlier - which of course wakes you up, wakes Herself up, and then you forget immediately you get back to sleep... :doh:

        Never underestimate the power of stupid things in large numbers --- Serious Sam

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        It's the second time in 24 years I've forgotten. The first was about six years ago. I made a mental note to self to never do so again...gulp!

        If there is one thing more dangerous than getting between a bear and her cubs it's getting between my wife and her chocolate.

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          (tear open envelope, pull out the card), and the winner is........me. Yup, me (buffoon/plonker/dispstick/wally/wazzock/numpty/...) I set up an Outlook calendar about two months ago to remind me of our wedding anniversary. Princess beetles off to work and gives me a peck on the cheek and says (affectionately, despite the ghastly error on my part) "Happy anniversary, my love, even if you forgot." Forgot, I didn't forget, but Outlook did. I switch on my PC and check the calendar and sure enough there's the entry and the reminder for the day before. Why didn't it remind me? I'd set the reminder for the day before on the day it should have reminded me on. I got the email reminder for The Day but for tomorrow! The shame of it all. :(( Stupid Outlook! Why didn't it have the sense to think, I'm sure he wants the reminder on the 9th, not the 10th. It's 2014, pooters are meant to be smart and reponsible for ruining running your life. :-D

          If there is one thing more dangerous than getting between a bear and her cubs it's getting between my wife and her chocolate.

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          SoMad
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          Darn it, I never win anything. :^)

          Septimus Hedgehog wrote:

          I didn't forget, but Outlook did

          Good one. I can use that. :thumbsup::cool: Soren Madsen

          "When you don't know what you're doing it's best to do it quickly" - Jase #DuckDynasty

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            Darn it, I never win anything. :^)

            Septimus Hedgehog wrote:

            I didn't forget, but Outlook did

            Good one. I can use that. :thumbsup::cool: Soren Madsen

            "When you don't know what you're doing it's best to do it quickly" - Jase #DuckDynasty

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            Septimus Hedgehog
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            You're welcome. Glad to have been of help in preventing others from falling over the rocky precipice. :laugh:

            If there is one thing more dangerous than getting between a bear and her cubs it's getting between my wife and her chocolate.

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              (tear open envelope, pull out the card), and the winner is........me. Yup, me (buffoon/plonker/dispstick/wally/wazzock/numpty/...) I set up an Outlook calendar about two months ago to remind me of our wedding anniversary. Princess beetles off to work and gives me a peck on the cheek and says (affectionately, despite the ghastly error on my part) "Happy anniversary, my love, even if you forgot." Forgot, I didn't forget, but Outlook did. I switch on my PC and check the calendar and sure enough there's the entry and the reminder for the day before. Why didn't it remind me? I'd set the reminder for the day before on the day it should have reminded me on. I got the email reminder for The Day but for tomorrow! The shame of it all. :(( Stupid Outlook! Why didn't it have the sense to think, I'm sure he wants the reminder on the 9th, not the 10th. It's 2014, pooters are meant to be smart and reponsible for ruining running your life. :-D

              If there is one thing more dangerous than getting between a bear and her cubs it's getting between my wife and her chocolate.

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              The Day is not over ! :mad: AND SHE SHALL SEE WHAT YOU CAN DO TILL SHES BACK BRAVE MAN ! GET UP YOUR FEET AND DO THE BEST AND NOTHING BUT THE BEST TO SUPRISE HER ! Give them NOTHING! But take from them EVERYTHING! SPAAARTANNNS WHAT ARE YOU !? "HUA HUA HUA" sorry for the CAPS - but show her a little "i-have-not-forgotten-suprise" :-O

              "WAKE UP, NEO." "THE MATRIX HAS YOU..." "FOLLOW THE WHITE RABBIT".

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                (tear open envelope, pull out the card), and the winner is........me. Yup, me (buffoon/plonker/dispstick/wally/wazzock/numpty/...) I set up an Outlook calendar about two months ago to remind me of our wedding anniversary. Princess beetles off to work and gives me a peck on the cheek and says (affectionately, despite the ghastly error on my part) "Happy anniversary, my love, even if you forgot." Forgot, I didn't forget, but Outlook did. I switch on my PC and check the calendar and sure enough there's the entry and the reminder for the day before. Why didn't it remind me? I'd set the reminder for the day before on the day it should have reminded me on. I got the email reminder for The Day but for tomorrow! The shame of it all. :(( Stupid Outlook! Why didn't it have the sense to think, I'm sure he wants the reminder on the 9th, not the 10th. It's 2014, pooters are meant to be smart and reponsible for ruining running your life. :-D

                If there is one thing more dangerous than getting between a bear and her cubs it's getting between my wife and her chocolate.

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                Pete OHanlon
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                Well that's one thing I don't have to worry about. I'll never forget our wedding anniversary. If I did, it means I've also forgotten the birthday of my eldest daughter, oh and as it comes only four days after Mrs Yoda's birthday and the day after youngests birthday, I have nooooo excuse for forgetting.

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                  Well that's one thing I don't have to worry about. I'll never forget our wedding anniversary. If I did, it means I've also forgotten the birthday of my eldest daughter, oh and as it comes only four days after Mrs Yoda's birthday and the day after youngests birthday, I have nooooo excuse for forgetting.

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                  Septimus Hedgehog
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                  Pete O'Hanlon wrote:

                  have nooooo excuse for forgetting.

                  You obviously have an Outlook Calendar Cranial implant. In your case, so many reminders they are like the proverbial London omnibuses. :)

                  If there is one thing more dangerous than getting between a bear and her cubs it's getting between my wife and her chocolate.

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                    It's the second time in 24 years I've forgotten. The first was about six years ago. I made a mental note to self to never do so again...gulp!

                    If there is one thing more dangerous than getting between a bear and her cubs it's getting between my wife and her chocolate.

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                    Forgotten twice and still together for 24 years? She must be a species of a different kind :) , Anyway, Happy Anniversary to both of you :rose:

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                      It's the second time in 24 years I've forgotten. The first was about six years ago. I made a mental note to self to never do so again...gulp!

                      If there is one thing more dangerous than getting between a bear and her cubs it's getting between my wife and her chocolate.

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                      Well I guess Alzheimer's is setting in.

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                        Well that's one thing I don't have to worry about. I'll never forget our wedding anniversary. If I did, it means I've also forgotten the birthday of my eldest daughter, oh and as it comes only four days after Mrs Yoda's birthday and the day after youngests birthday, I have nooooo excuse for forgetting.

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                        That's a hard partying week. Also you get it all done in one fell swoop. Lucky.

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                          Well that's one thing I don't have to worry about. I'll never forget our wedding anniversary. If I did, it means I've also forgotten the birthday of my eldest daughter, oh and as it comes only four days after Mrs Yoda's birthday and the day after youngests birthday, I have nooooo excuse for forgetting.

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                          Pete O'Hanlon wrote:

                          Well that's one thing I don't have to worry about. I'll never forget our wedding anniversary.

                          I also don't have to worry. It is easy to remember Little Boy visiting Hiroshima :-\ Perhaps the greatest man-made catastrophe of the last century. Now for this century ... :-O

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                            Well I guess Alzheimer's is setting in.

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                            Septimus Hedgehog
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                            :thumbsup: That get's me off the hook for next year. What happens next year?

                            If there is one thing more dangerous than getting between a bear and her cubs it's getting between my wife and her chocolate.

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