Do not uninstall your DVD device driver in Windows while you are in the 
process of burning a DVD.  It makes Windows ... sad. Or should I say, blue?

-- 
   Darren New / San Diego, CA, USA (PST)
     "That's pretty. Where's that?"
          "It's the Age of Channelwood."
     "We should go there on vacation some time."

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Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:
> Do not uninstall your DVD device driver in Windows while you are in the
> process of burning a DVD.  It makes Windows ... sad. Or should I say, blue?

you know, I enjoy bashing Windows as much as the next guy, but this was really
awful...

Why in hell would anyone do that anyway?!

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Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:
> Do not uninstall your DVD device driver in Windows while you are in the 
> process of burning a DVD.

  Why would anyone even want to do that? (In fact, why would anyone want
to uninstall the DVD device driver at all, regardless of the situation?)

-- 
                                                          - Warp

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Darren New wrote:
> Do not uninstall your DVD device driver in Windows while you are in the 
> process of burning a DVD.  It makes Windows ... sad. Or should I say, blue?

What kind of DVD drive requires a specific device driver?

-- 
http://blog.orphi.me.uk/
http://www.zazzle.com/MathematicalOrchid*

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Darren New wrote:
> Do not uninstall your DVD device driver in Windows while you are in the 
> process of burning a DVD.  It makes Windows ... sad. Or should I say, blue?

I imagine the DVD you were burning doesn't come off too well either.

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Darren New wrote:
> Do not uninstall your DVD device driver in Windows while you are in the 
> process of burning a DVD.  It makes Windows ... sad. Or should I say, blue?
> 

Inquiring minds want to know ...

Then again, I did manage to blue screen WinXP yesterday purely by 
accident. Create enough .NET controls with a size of 
(Int.MaxValue,Int.MaxValue) and it'll eventually blue screen somewhere 
in the video driver.

Please don't ask how I managed this. Suffice it to say, I had a gross 
misunderstanding of the documentation for the GetPreferredSize function.

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"Darren New" <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote

> Do not uninstall your DVD device driver in Windows while you are in the
> process of burning a DVD.  It makes Windows ... sad. Or should I say,
blue?

Tomorrow: Do not cut the branch you are sitting on...

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"Darren New" <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote in message 
news:47e1e892$1@news.povray.org...
> Do not uninstall your DVD device driver in Windows while you are in the 
> process of burning a DVD.  It makes Windows ... sad. Or should I say, 
> blue?
>
> -- 
>   Darren New / San Diego, CA, USA (PST)
Come clean, Darren. Exactly why did you do that?

John
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"Doctor John" <doc### [at] gmailcom> wrote in message 
news:47e287c3$1@news.povray.org...
> "Darren New" <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote in message 
> news:47e1e892$1@news.povray.org...
>> Do not uninstall your DVD device driver in Windows while you are in the 
>> process of burning a DVD.  It makes Windows ... sad. Or should I say, 
>> blue?
>>
>> -- 
>>   Darren New / San Diego, CA, USA (PST)
> Come clean, Darren. Exactly why did you do that?

  I had the impression that a user did that, and that Darren was fixing it? 
<shrug>

     ~Steve~


>
> John
> -- 
> This is not a sig block
>

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"somebody" <x### [at] ycom> wrote in message news:47e27bd1$1@news.povray.org...
> "Darren New" <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote
>
>> Do not uninstall your DVD device driver in Windows while you are in the
>> process of burning a DVD.  It makes Windows ... sad. Or should I say,
> blue?
>
> Tomorrow: Do not cut the branch you are sitting on...

      Yes, don't.  ;)

    And also, don't stand under the branch you're cutting springs to mind 
too.

      ~Steve~

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St. wrote:
> "Doctor John" <doc### [at] gmailcom> wrote in message 
> news:47e287c3$1@news.povray.org...
>> "Darren New" <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote in message 
>> news:47e1e892$1@news.povray.org...
>>> Do not uninstall your DVD device driver in Windows while you are in the 
>>> process of burning a DVD.  It makes Windows ... sad. Or should I say, 
>>> blue?
>>>
>>> -- 
>>>   Darren New / San Diego, CA, USA (PST)
>> Come clean, Darren. Exactly why did you do that?
> 
>   I had the impression that a user did that, and that Darren was fixing it? 
> <shrug>
> 

Mea culpa. Read it wrong prob cos I'm exhausted and looking forward to 7
days away from *ork

John

-- 
I will be brief but not nearly so brief as Salvador Dali, who gave the
world's shortest speech. He said, "I will be so brief I am already
finished," then he sat down.

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nemesis wrote:
> Why in hell would anyone do that anyway?!

I was burning a DVD, and it wouldn't go above 1x even tho it's a 4x 
drive. I thought maybe I'd screwed something up and it had wound up as a 
PIO interface rather than DMA or something.  So I did the usual Windows 
fix for it, which is uninstall and reinstall the driver.

I *expected* to either be told "Can't do that - driver in use" or to 
have it uninstall when I closed the burner or when I next rebooted. But 
it yanked the driver out from under immediately and BSOD'ed a "not 
implemented interrupt" BSOD.

Amusing, to say the least.

-- 
   Darren New / San Diego, CA, USA (PST)
     "That's pretty. Where's that?"
          "It's the Age of Channelwood."
     "We should go there on vacation some time."

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St. wrote:
>     And also, don't stand under the branch you're cutting springs to mind 

Welcome to Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump!

-- 
   Darren New / San Diego, CA, USA (PST)
     "That's pretty. Where's that?"
          "It's the Age of Channelwood."
     "We should go there on vacation some time."

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On Fri, 21 Mar 2008 10:14:01 -0700, Darren New wrote:

> I *expected* to either be told "Can't do that - driver in use"

One might argue that a BSOD is a way of saying that to you. ;-)

Jim

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On Thu, 20 Mar 2008 19:27:34 +0000, St. wrote:

> "somebody" <x### [at] ycom> wrote in message news:47e27bd1$1@news.povray.org...
>> "Darren New" <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote
>>
>>> Do not uninstall your DVD device driver in Windows while you are in
>>> the process of burning a DVD.  It makes Windows ... sad. Or should I
>>> say,
>> blue?
>>
>> Tomorrow: Do not cut the branch you are sitting on...
> 
>       Yes, don't.  ;)
> 
>     And also, don't stand under the branch you're cutting springs to
>     mind
> too.
> 
>       ~Steve~

Was talking to a friend of mine the other day who was installing a fan in 
her bathroom.  She learned the hard way that standing underneath it while 
installing it was a bad idea (it slipped and hit her in the head).

The fan was not damaged in the fall.

Jim

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On 25 Mar 2008 17:30:14 -0500, Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom>
wrote:

>
>Was talking to a friend of mine the other day who was installing a fan in 
>her bathroom.  She learned the hard way that standing underneath it while 
>installing it was a bad idea (it slipped and hit her in the head).

But if you can hold the fan in place with your head, it is as good as
another pair of hands. :-)
-- 

Regards
     Stephen

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On Tue, 25 Mar 2008 22:49:29 +0000, Stephen wrote:

> On 25 Mar 2008 17:30:14 -0500, Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:
> 
> 
>>Was talking to a friend of mine the other day who was installing a fan
>>in her bathroom.  She learned the hard way that standing underneath it
>>while installing it was a bad idea (it slipped and hit her in the head).
> 
> But if you can hold the fan in place with your head, it is as good as
> another pair of hands. :-)

Only as long as it doesn't require manipulation. ;-)

Jim

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On 25 Mar 2008 18:01:53 -0500, Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom>
wrote:

>> But if you can hold the fan in place with your head, it is as good as
>> another pair of hands. :-)
>
>Only as long as it doesn't require manipulation. ;-)

No! It is something I've often done. By taking the weight on your head
and using your neck to rotate it. You can manipulate an object quite
easily. It is sometimes advisable to wear a hard hat. :)
I hate working with my hands above my head, it is so tiring. 
-- 

Regards
     Stephen

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On Tue, 25 Mar 2008 23:40:10 +0000, Stephen wrote:

> On 25 Mar 2008 18:01:53 -0500, Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:
> 
>>> But if you can hold the fan in place with your head, it is as good as
>>> another pair of hands. :-)
>>
>>Only as long as it doesn't require manipulation. ;-)
> 
> No! It is something I've often done. By taking the weight on your head
> and using your neck to rotate it. You can manipulate an object quite
> easily. It is sometimes advisable to wear a hard hat. :) I hate working
> with my hands above my head, it is so tiring.

I remember doing something like this with sheetrock as we were putting a 
new ceiling up in our living room.  But the amount of shifting required 
while we secured it was quite minimal.  I'd not be good with something 
smaller on my head, I think.... :-)

Jim

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On 25 Mar 2008 18:43:58 -0500, Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom>
wrote:

>
>I remember doing something like this with sheetrock as we were putting a 
>new ceiling up in our living room.  But the amount of shifting required 
>while we secured it was quite minimal.  I'd not be good with something 
>smaller on my head, I think.... :-)

It was ceiling tiles (industrial) I was thinking about. I am used to
working on my own so adapting comes quite easily. One foot on the
table to stop it rocking, left pinkie on the pcb to steady my hand,
soldering iron in left hand and right hand to hold solder and solder
sucker. Bottom lip extended to blow the flux away from my face. I look
a picture :)
All in the past now but memories live forever (sometimes :) 
-- 

Regards
     Stephen

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On Wed, 26 Mar 2008 09:24:23 +0000, Stephen wrote:

> On 25 Mar 2008 18:43:58 -0500, Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:
> 
> 
>>I remember doing something like this with sheetrock as we were putting a
>>new ceiling up in our living room.  But the amount of shifting required
>>while we secured it was quite minimal.  I'd not be good with something
>>smaller on my head, I think.... :-)
> 
> It was ceiling tiles (industrial) I was thinking about. I am used to
> working on my own so adapting comes quite easily. One foot on the table
> to stop it rocking, left pinkie on the pcb to steady my hand, soldering
> iron in left hand and right hand to hold solder and solder sucker.
> Bottom lip extended to blow the flux away from my face. I look a picture
> :)

And the picture is....? ;-)

> All in the past now but memories live forever (sometimes :)

Yeah, sometimes.  I can't remember the last one. :-)

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On 26 Mar 2008 08:59:34 -0500, Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom>
wrote:

>
>And the picture is....? ;-)
>
Not worh looking at :)

>> All in the past now but memories live forever (sometimes :)
>
>Yeah, sometimes.  I can't remember the last one. :-)

Long term memories OK? Can't remember what happened yesterday? You
know what that sounds like?

Old Age, my friend :)
-- 

Regards
     Stephen

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On Wed, 26 Mar 2008 14:45:20 +0000, Stephen wrote:

> On 26 Mar 2008 08:59:34 -0500, Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:
> 
> 
>>And the picture is....? ;-)
>>
> Not worh looking at :)
> 
>>> All in the past now but memories live forever (sometimes :)
>>
>>Yeah, sometimes.  I can't remember the last one. :-)
> 
> Long term memories OK? Can't remember what happened yesterday? You know
> what that sounds like?

What were we talking about again? ;-)

> Old Age, my friend :)

Aieee!  I'm only nearly 38! ;-)

Jim

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"Jim Henderson" <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote in message 
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> On Wed, 26 Mar 2008 14:45:20 +0000, Stephen wrote:
>
>> On 26 Mar 2008 08:59:34 -0500, Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>And the picture is....? ;-)
>>>
>> Not worh looking at :)
>>
>>>> All in the past now but memories live forever (sometimes :)
>>>
>>>Yeah, sometimes.  I can't remember the last one. :-)
>>
>> Long term memories OK? Can't remember what happened yesterday? You know
>> what that sounds like?
>
> What were we talking about again? ;-)
>
>> Old Age, my friend :)
>
> Aieee!  I'm only nearly 38! ;-)
>
Me too.

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On 26 Mar 2008 09:46:35 -0500, Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom>
wrote:

>
>What were we talking about again? ;-)
>
>> Old Age, my friend :)
>
>Aieee!  I'm only nearly 38! ;-)

I'm not surprised your memory is going if you are 38! That is
5.23022617 × 10^44 if google serves me well :)
-- 

Regards
     Stephen

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On Wed, 26 Mar 2008 14:58:27 +0000, Stephen wrote:

> On 26 Mar 2008 09:46:35 -0500, Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:
> 
> 
>>What were we talking about again? ;-)
>>
>>> Old Age, my friend :)
>>
>>Aieee!  I'm only nearly 38! ;-)
> 
> I'm not surprised your memory is going if you are 38! That is 5.23022617
> × 10^44 if google serves me well :)

Ouch, now I feel old. ;-)

Jim

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On Wed, 26 Mar 2008 16:48:35 +0200, Nekar Xenos wrote:

>> Aieee!  I'm only nearly 38! ;-)
>>
> Me too.

How near is near?  For me it's September...

Jim

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On 26 Mar 2008 11:42:33 -0500, Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom>
wrote:


>> I'm not surprised your memory is going if you are 38! That is 5.23022617
>> × 10^44 if google serves me well :)
>
>Ouch, now I feel old. ;-)
>
>
Remember! You are only as old as the, person you are attracted to,
feels.
Nah! That doesn't work in PC :(
-- 

Regards
     Stephen

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On Wed, 26 Mar 2008 16:50:53 +0000, Stephen wrote:

> On 26 Mar 2008 11:42:33 -0500, Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:
> 
> 
>>> I'm not surprised your memory is going if you are 38! That is
>>> 5.23022617 × 10^44 if google serves me well :)
>>
>>Ouch, now I feel old. ;-)
>>
>>
> Remember! You are only as old as the, person you are attracted to,
> feels.
> Nah! That doesn't work in PC :(

Shall I tell my wife you said that? ;-)

Jim

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On 26 Mar 2008 12:39:40 -0500, Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom>
wrote:

>
>Shall I tell my wife you said that? ;-)

Try it and see :)
Mine gives me a clip round the ear, every time :)
-- 

Regards
     Stephen

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On Wed, 26 Mar 2008 17:45:01 +0000, Stephen wrote:

> On 26 Mar 2008 12:39:40 -0500, Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:
> 
> 
>>Shall I tell my wife you said that? ;-)
> 
> Try it and see :)
> Mine gives me a clip round the ear, every time :)

Well, mine would have to travel to do that to you, and she doesn't like 
airplanes that much. ;-)

Jim

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On 26 Mar 2008 12:59:42 -0500, Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom>
wrote:

>
>Well, mine would have to travel to do that to you, and she doesn't like 
>airplanes that much. ;-)

Where are you now?
-- 

Regards
     Stephen

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On Wed, 26 Mar 2008 18:39:34 +0000, Stephen wrote:

> On 26 Mar 2008 12:59:42 -0500, Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:
> 
> 
>>Well, mine would have to travel to do that to you, and she doesn't like
>>airplanes that much. ;-)
> 
> Where are you now?

Not on an airplane. :-)

(Salt Lake City)

Jim

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On 26 Mar 2008 15:06:38 -0500, Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom>
wrote:

>
>Not on an airplane. :-)

Soon though, some companies are allowing cell phones.

>(Salt Lake City)

Have fun ;)
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Regards
     Stephen

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Stephen escribió:
> Soon though, some companies are allowing cell phones.

Ugh.

Soon coming to an airplane near you, people shouting at their cellphones 
while you try to sleep during the flight.

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On Wed, 26 Mar 2008 21:15:01 +0000, Stephen wrote:

> On 26 Mar 2008 15:06:38 -0500, Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:
> 
> 
>>Not on an airplane. :-)
> 
> Soon though, some companies are allowing cell phones.

Yes, I've heard of that - but not during takeoff or landing (which 
actually is somewhat sensible).

>>(Salt Lake City)
> 
> Have fun ;)

Well, I don't ski, but I do live here. :-)

Jim

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On Wed, 26 Mar 2008 18:19:46 -0300, Nicolas Alvarez wrote:

> Stephen escribió:
>> Soon though, some companies are allowing cell phones.
> 
> Ugh.
> 
> Soon coming to an airplane near you, people shouting at their cellphones
> while you try to sleep during the flight.

There is that....

Jim

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On Wed, 26 Mar 2008 18:19:46 -0300, Nicolas Alvarez
<nic### [at] gmailisthebestcom> wrote:

>Stephen escribió:
>> Soon though, some companies are allowing cell phones.
>
>Ugh.
>
>Soon coming to an airplane near you, people shouting at their cellphones 
>while you try to sleep during the flight.

It doesn't bare thinking about.
-- 

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     Stephen

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On 26 Mar 2008 16:25:27 -0500, Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom>
wrote:

>On Wed, 26 Mar 2008 21:15:01 +0000, Stephen wrote:
>

>Well, I don't ski, but I do live here. :-)
>

That is a non sequitur if I ever heard one :)
-- 

Regards
     Stephen

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On Wed, 26 Mar 2008 22:16:14 +0000, Stephen wrote:

> On 26 Mar 2008 16:25:27 -0500, Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:
> 
>>On Wed, 26 Mar 2008 21:15:01 +0000, Stephen wrote:
>>
>>
>>Well, I don't ski, but I do live here. :-)
>>
>>
> That is a non sequitur if I ever heard one :)

My goal is to make the day surreal for at least one piano.

Jim

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"Stephen" <mcavoysAT@aolDOTcom> wrote in message 
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> On 26 Mar 2008 12:39:40 -0500, Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom>
> wrote:
>
>>
>>Shall I tell my wife you said that? ;-)
>
> Try it and see :)
> Mine gives me a clip round the ear, every time :)

     Heh...  :)

      ~Steve~



> -- 
>
> Regards
>     Stephen

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"Jim Henderson" <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote in message 
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> On Wed, 26 Mar 2008 16:48:35 +0200, Nekar Xenos wrote:
>
>>> Aieee!  I'm only nearly 38! ;-)
>>>
>> Me too.
>
> How near is near?  For me it's September...
>
For me it's end of August...

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On Thu, 27 Mar 2008 14:52:58 +0200, Nekar Xenos wrote:

> "Jim Henderson" <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote in message
> news:47ea7d0e$1@news.povray.org...
>> On Wed, 26 Mar 2008 16:48:35 +0200, Nekar Xenos wrote:
>>
>>>> Aieee!  I'm only nearly 38! ;-)
>>>>
>>> Me too.
>>
>> How near is near?  For me it's September...
>>
> For me it's end of August...

So just a couple weeks' difference. :-)

Jim

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"Jim Henderson" <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote in message 
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> On Thu, 27 Mar 2008 14:52:58 +0200, Nekar Xenos wrote:
>
>> "Jim Henderson" <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote in message
>> news:47ea7d0e$1@news.povray.org...
>>> On Wed, 26 Mar 2008 16:48:35 +0200, Nekar Xenos wrote:
>>>
>>>>> Aieee!  I'm only nearly 38! ;-)
>>>>>
>>>> Me too.
>>>
>>> How near is near?  For me it's September...
>>>
>> For me it's end of August...
>
> So just a couple weeks' difference. :-)
>

Heh-heh. I know at least 5 other people whose birthdays are with 2 days of 
mine :o)


-- 
-Nekar Xenos-

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On Thu, 27 Mar 2008 17:33:26 +0200, Nekar Xenos wrote:

> Heh-heh. I know at least 5 other people whose birthdays are with 2 days
> of mine :o)

Heh, my older brother, my dad, and my stepson are the 3rd, 4th, and 6th 
of September.  I'm the 10th.  I had a boss whose daughter was the 9th.

Busy month for birthdays, September.....

Jim

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Jim Henderson wrote:
> On Thu, 27 Mar 2008 17:33:26 +0200, Nekar Xenos wrote:
> 
>> Heh-heh. I know at least 5 other people whose birthdays are with 2 days
>> of mine :o)
> 
> Heh, my older brother, my dad, and my stepson are the 3rd, 4th, and 6th 
> of September.  I'm the 10th.  I had a boss whose daughter was the 9th.
> 

You do celebrate the birthdays of your boss's children?

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On Thu, 27 Mar 2008 21:23:56 +0100, andrel wrote:

> Jim Henderson wrote:
>> On Thu, 27 Mar 2008 17:33:26 +0200, Nekar Xenos wrote:
>> 
>>> Heh-heh. I know at least 5 other people whose birthdays are with 2
>>> days of mine :o)
>> 
>> Heh, my older brother, my dad, and my stepson are the 3rd, 4th, and 6th
>> of September.  I'm the 10th.  I had a boss whose daughter was the 9th.
>> 
>> 
> You do celebrate the birthdays of your boss's children?

Well, the boss at that time was a friend of mine - is, for that matter, 
but haven't talked to him in a couple of years.  But when he told me 
that, I did wish her a happy birthday (by proxy). :-)

Jim

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"Jim Henderson" <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote in message 
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> On Thu, 27 Mar 2008 17:33:26 +0200, Nekar Xenos wrote:
>
>> Heh-heh. I know at least 5 other people whose birthdays are with 2 days
>> of mine :o)
>
> Heh, my older brother, my dad, and my stepson are the 3rd, 4th, and 6th
> of September.  I'm the 10th.  I had a boss whose daughter was the 9th.
>
> Busy month for birthdays, September.....
>
And I thought it was just a southern hemisphere thing...

-- 
-Nekar Xenos-

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Nekar Xenos wrote:
> 
> Heh-heh. I know at least 5 other people whose birthdays are with 2 days of 
> mine :o)
> 

When I was at classes 6-9, there was exactly 3 weeks (21 days) between 
the birthdays of oldest and youngest. We were all born on the same year 
and 21 days after I got 13 years old, Timo got 14 years old :p.

-- 
Eero "Aero" Ahonen
    http://www.zbxt.net
       aer### [at] removethiszbxtnetinvalid

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Eero Ahonen escribió:
> and 21 days after I got 13 years old, Timo got 14 years old :p.

You'll never catch up at that rate ;)

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