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  • T The pompey

    So do I and chose the day and month at random, then get confused when I get birthday related messages on random dates. On the upside I can dine for free at least once a month on my 'birthday' at different restaurants.

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    OriginalGriff
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    I generally pick Jan 1st - partly because it's Herself's birthday so easy to remember, partly because I don't have to scroll at all! :laugh:

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    • Mike HankeyM Mike Hankey

      I'm working on a site now and this is a must have.

      Everyone has a photographic memory; some just don't have film. Steven Wright

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      Replace the scroll bar with "Left" and "Right" buttons that don't autorepeat. :-D

      Sent from my Amstrad PC 1640 Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay... AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!

      "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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      • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

        Replace the scroll bar with "Left" and "Right" buttons that don't autorepeat. :-D

        Sent from my Amstrad PC 1640 Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay... AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!

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        Mike Hankey
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        Now why didn't I think of that? Oh wait I don't work for uSoft.

        Everyone has a photographic memory; some just don't have film. Steven Wright

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        • J Johnny J

          Gotta use that on the next web site I design: Clickety[^] :laugh:

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          There are actually way worse solutions than that one :) Programmers imagine the most ridiculous ways to enter a phone number into a form — Quartz[^]

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          • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

            I generally pick Jan 1st - partly because it's Herself's birthday so easy to remember, partly because I don't have to scroll at all! :laugh:

            Sent from my Amstrad PC 1640 Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay... AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!

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            Rage
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            OriginalGriff wrote:

            it's Herself's birthday

            Oh, same here.

            Do not escape reality : improve reality !

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              There are actually way worse solutions than that one :) Programmers imagine the most ridiculous ways to enter a phone number into a form — Quartz[^]

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              Gary Wheeler
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              Hmm. No, I'm serious: hmm. Have the user hum, sample the microphone sound input, divvy the frequency range from 80 to 3,400 Hz into 1010-1 intervals, and voila! Easy-peasy. Best of all, this approach doesn't use any screen real estate.

              Software Zen: delete this;

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                OriginalGriff wrote:

                it's Herself's birthday

                Oh, same here.

                Do not escape reality : improve reality !

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                It's a PITA, isn't it? You have to be imaginative for Xmas presents, and then again a week later ... :sigh:

                Sent from my Amstrad PC 1640 Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay... AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!

                "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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                • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

                  It's a PITA, isn't it? You have to be imaginative for Xmas presents, and then again a week later ... :sigh:

                  Sent from my Amstrad PC 1640 Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay... AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!

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                  OriginalGriff wrote:

                  It's a PITA, isn't it? You have to be imaginative for Xmas presents, and then again a week later ... :sigh:

                  The looxury! You get a week, I have a day. Missus's birthday on Boxing Day.

                  Michael Martin Australia "I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible." - Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004

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                  • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

                    It's a PITA, isn't it? You have to be imaginative for Xmas presents, and then again a week later ... :sigh:

                    Sent from my Amstrad PC 1640 Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay... AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!

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                    Train them early, forget for the first 5 years in a row and they start doing all the work for you. I have not bought a present (nor received one) in decades, she buys the presents for the kids and threatens me with the job if I dare complain. We are however going out to a restaurant of her choice tonight though, at her prompting.

                    Never underestimate the power of human stupidity RAH

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                      OriginalGriff wrote:

                      It's a PITA, isn't it? You have to be imaginative for Xmas presents, and then again a week later ... :sigh:

                      The looxury! You get a week, I have a day. Missus's birthday on Boxing Day.

                      Michael Martin Australia "I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible." - Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004

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                      Has Anyone Seen Mike Hunt wrote:

                      Missus's birthday on Boxing Day.

                      So? That's easy - just get her new gloves... :laugh:

                      Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
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                      The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
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                      Mark Twain

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                        OriginalGriff wrote:

                        It's a PITA, isn't it? You have to be imaginative for Xmas presents, and then again a week later ... :sigh:

                        The looxury! You get a week, I have a day. Missus's birthday on Boxing Day.

                        Michael Martin Australia "I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible." - Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004

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                        OriginalGriff
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                        Ouch! It should be illegal not to use contraception during March and April: think of the kids! :laugh:

                        Sent from my Amstrad PC 1640 Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay... AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!

                        "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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                          Train them early, forget for the first 5 years in a row and they start doing all the work for you. I have not bought a present (nor received one) in decades, she buys the presents for the kids and threatens me with the job if I dare complain. We are however going out to a restaurant of her choice tonight though, at her prompting.

                          Never underestimate the power of human stupidity RAH

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                          xiecsuk
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                          I'm with you on this. She just buys her own present. I'm fed up with the number of times presents bought in the past seem to have disappeared on day 3.

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                          • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

                            Ouch! It should be illegal not to use contraception during March and April: think of the kids! :laugh:

                            Sent from my Amstrad PC 1640 Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay... AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!

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                            OriginalGriff wrote:

                            Ouch! It should be illegal not to use contraception during March and April: think of the kids! :laugh:

                            Piece this one together for no idea on how to plan. Her Mother is the 21-12 and her Dad is 27-12 so they go and put her right in the middle. Bloody Wogs can't do basic maths.

                            Michael Martin Australia "I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible." - Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004

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                              There are actually way worse solutions than that one :) Programmers imagine the most ridiculous ways to enter a phone number into a form — Quartz[^]

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                              I was going to suggest this[^], but then I realised I was doing it wrong and corrected to this[^] If you recognise this number, you're probably as old as me. :-(

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                              • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

                                It's a PITA, isn't it? You have to be imaginative for Xmas presents, and then again a week later ... :sigh:

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                                milo xml
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                                I'm glad you don't just do the "Here's your Christmas AND Birthday present!" like I used to get. :laugh: On the plus side, everyone has a good time on my birthday, New Years Eve.

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                                  Hmm. No, I'm serious: hmm. Have the user hum, sample the microphone sound input, divvy the frequency range from 80 to 3,400 Hz into 1010-1 intervals, and voila! Easy-peasy. Best of all, this approach doesn't use any screen real estate.

                                  Software Zen: delete this;

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                                  B Alex Robinson
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                                  Oh, man. Where's the "like" button?

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