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    Re: new millenium bugs me —Frank Filz
   (...) Actually we count aniversaries of our birthday. You really only have one nbirthday, and it's not your "first" birthday... (25 years ago, 30-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
   
        Re: new millenium bugs me —Christopher Lannan
     (...) we're (...) A good clarification, Frank. I guess by "first one" up above I actually meant the day of your birth, which I guess in common parlance would called your "0th" birthday. I'm feeling feisty today. Chris (25 years ago, 30-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
   
        Re: new millenium bugs me —Larry Pieniazek
   This thread is a pedant's dream. Somebody pinch me. (...) not sure what an nbirthday is... I agree that most folks only have one birthday, and ALL folks only have one "actual" birthday. However, there exists a class of people that have more than one (...) (25 years ago, 30-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
   
        Re: new millenium bugs me —Selçuk Göre
    Larry Pieniazek <lar@voyager.net> wrote in message (...) Why?.. Selçuk (25 years ago, 1-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
   
        Re: new millenium bugs me —Frank Filz
     (...) So that the celebration of the aniversary of their birthday doesn't get lost in the shuffle surrounding the celebration of the aniversary of the nominal birthday of a certain individual who was born some 2000 years ago. A more pragmatic reason (...) (25 years ago, 1-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
    
         Re: new millenium bugs me —Christopher Lannan
     (...) Nope- I got a double whammy- I was born on Jan 6th, then my brother came along two years later on the 19th. So sometimes presents that were for both christmas and the birthday, sometimes b-day presents that were for both of us, and - slightly (...) (25 years ago, 1-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
    
         Re: new millenium bugs me —John Neal
      (...) I feel your pain every December 28th;-) -John (...) (25 years ago, 1-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
   
        Re: new millenium bugs me —Lindsay Frederick Braun
    (...) Thanks for the reminder that 70% of the world is non-Christian. Sometimes it's easy to forget. ;) Happy Ramadan coming up, Selçuk. best, Lindsay --- Lindsay Frederick Braun (Mr) Department of History Rutgers, the State University of New (...) (25 years ago, 3-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
   
        Re: new millenium bugs me —Selçuk Göre
    Mr L F Braun <braunli1@pilot.msu.edu> wrote in message news:3847779B.88F0A8...msu.edu... (...) Thanks,..:-) Actually, I'm not so much a Muslim, although I'm supposed to be so. I educated to be one, but beginning from the teenage times, it started (...) (25 years ago, 3-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
   
        Re: new millenium bugs me —Tamyra Teed
     "Selçuk " wrote: <snip> (...) Well I can explain this one somewhat for you, especially since my birthday is Dec 20th.. I still celebrate it, though sometimes I think I should move it to another month.. Some of the main reasons: You don't get a (...) (25 years ago, 3-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
   
        Re: new millenium bugs me —Selçuk Göre
    Mookie <Mookie1@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message > (...) Thanks for the well written explanation Tamy. I've also received the emailed version..:-) Regards, Selçuk (25 years ago, 6-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
 

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