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JohnDG Guru Join Date: May 2006 Location: Reading, Berkshire, UK. Going under cover. Posts: 9684 Good Answers: 468	My 14th Birthday 02/28/2008 7:50 PM
	So today is my 14^th birthday. In four years, I'll be the same age as Small. She is at primary school, & I'm over the hill. A) How old am I? B) How old is Small? Given about 12.5 thousand CR4 members, age range (say) 16 - 80, I reckon there must be over 100 other members out there sharing my day (not necessarily my age). I have a Jamaican friend, 4 years older than me to the day, who has insisted (for the last 16 years) that he will take me to Kingston for a big birthday rave. Would be nice if he got it together for 2012 - reckon I'll need a couple of weeks respite from the Olympics hype/debacle by then. My second name is David; any other year, I'd've been born on St. David's Day. Most years I manage to spend the entire duration of my birthday (a bit before, and a bit after, and all the time in between) drinking. This is one of those 1-in-4 more challenging years - I really have to work at it! Many Happy Returns, all other Leapers, John. __________________ "Love justice, you who rule the world" - Dante Alighieri
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lucky86 Active Contributor Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 14	#1 Re: My 14th Birthday 02/28/2008 8:15 PM
	Firstly, happy bday John!! A) 14 x 4 = 56 B) 15 - 4 = 11? (quite hard... :S)
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Sparkstation Guru Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Christchurch, (The Garden City), South Island, New Zealand Posts: 4395 Good Answers: 230	#2 Re: My 14th Birthday 02/28/2008 8:28 PM
	Hello JohnDG 29th February 1952 should be when you first "saw the light of day". A person born on February 29 may be called a "leapling". In common years they usually celebrate their birthdays on 28 February or 1 March. For those who are puzzled, or cannot remember, look for the explanation and ruleset here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leap_year Please add the requisite number of candles to your cake. Kind Regards.... __________________ "The number of inventions increases faster than the need for them at the time" - SparkY
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StandardsGuy Guru Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: North America, Earth Posts: 4528 Good Answers: 106	#3 In reply to #2 Re: My 14th Birthday 02/28/2008 10:27 PM
	Pass the cake, please. __________________ “I would rather have questions that can't be answered than answers that can't be questioned.” - Richard Feynman
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Sparkstation Guru Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Christchurch, (The Garden City), South Island, New Zealand Posts: 4395 Good Answers: 230	#4 In reply to #3 Re: My 14th Birthday 02/29/2008 1:36 AM
	Hello StandardsGuy If it is also your birthday on 29th February, I shall order another from the CR4 Bakery, and place it here for you. Kind Regards.... __________________ "The number of inventions increases faster than the need for them at the time" - SparkY
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StandardsGuy Guru Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: North America, Earth Posts: 4528 Good Answers: 106	#13 In reply to #4 Re: My 14th Birthday 02/29/2008 10:03 AM
	No, it isn't, but you are tempting me with that luscious cake! By the way, happy birthday John. Here is more for the party: At least John, unlike me, doesn't need to have a fire permit to light the candles on his birthday cake. S __________________ “I would rather have questions that can't be answered than answers that can't be questioned.” - Richard Feynman
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JohnDG Guru Join Date: May 2006 Location: Reading, Berkshire, UK. Going under cover. Posts: 9684 Good Answers: 468	#10 In reply to #2 Re: My 14th Birthday 02/29/2008 3:20 AM
	Hi, SparkY, thanks for the cake. Not sure what to do with these, though. Edit: They're not Cubist candles are they? __________________ "Love justice, you who rule the world" - Dante Alighieri
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indel Guru Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Sour Lake, TX 30°08'59.68"N 94°19'42.81"W Posts: 675 Good Answers: 13	#5 Re: My 14th Birthday 02/29/2008 2:10 AM
	Two possible situations: 1)You have published this puzzle on Feb 28, at 6:50PM. That means that you are 14 year old and, one can say, a presumptuous youngster. 2)You had in mind to publish it on Feb 29, the day you were born. In this case, if today (Feb 29, 2008) you celebrate your 14th birthday, you are born in 1948 and we can say that you are, approximately, 60 year old. Don't tell us that you have had a birthday in 2000! So, in 2012, when you will celebrate the 15th birthday and your daughter her normal 15th, she is, now, 11 years old. Something tells me that you miscalculated your birthdays, that you considered the 2000 a leap year and, in this case, this would be your 13th birthday and the age of your daughter would be 10. __________________ Bridge rule #1: Nobody is as good as he thinks about himself nor as dumb, as his partner thinks...
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JohnDG Guru Join Date: May 2006 Location: Reading, Berkshire, UK. Going under cover. Posts: 9684 Good Answers: 468	#6 In reply to #5 Re: My 14th Birthday 02/29/2008 2:52 AM
	Sorry for the puzzlement - 00:50 GMT on 29^th when I published. John. __________________ "Love justice, you who rule the world" - Dante Alighieri
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indel Guru Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Sour Lake, TX 30°08'59.68"N 94°19'42.81"W Posts: 675 Good Answers: 13	#8 In reply to #6 Re: My 14th Birthday 02/29/2008 3:05 AM
	Another reason to hate California It is possible that the server for this forum is somewhere in California, and it stamps their time, PST, which is 8 hours behind. How about your birth year? Was it 1948 or 1952? Good night, I am going to sleep now. Nick __________________ Bridge rule #1: Nobody is as good as he thinks about himself nor as dumb, as his partner thinks...
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JohnDG Guru Join Date: May 2006 Location: Reading, Berkshire, UK. Going under cover. Posts: 9684 Good Answers: 468	#9 In reply to #8 Re: My 14th Birthday 02/29/2008 3:16 AM
	It was indeed '52. 2000 was a leap year, being divisible by 400. CR4 calculates your local time & date. For instance, I'm replying to your post (stamped 8:05am on 29th) at 8:15 GMT ('my' time). Sleep well, John. __________________ "Love justice, you who rule the world" - Dante Alighieri
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indel Guru Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Sour Lake, TX 30°08'59.68"N 94°19'42.81"W Posts: 675 Good Answers: 13	#11 In reply to #9 Re: My 14th Birthday 02/29/2008 8:27 AM
	It was February of 2000, at a good university, in the lounge of Physics department, having lunch. Two Physics professors were discussing that this year there will not be a leap year, because of the double 0. I didn't know about that ruling and I was glad that I have learnt something new. Of coarse, I didn't notice the existence of February 29 in that year, but it was buried in my memory the discussion. As it happens, a few days ago I have stated this rule to my step son with, of coarse, a very doct, on three lower octaves, tone. When you have mentioned that birthday, I jumped the horse. Now this is my Canossa.... __________________ Bridge rule #1: Nobody is as good as he thinks about himself nor as dumb, as his partner thinks...
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Hendrik Guru Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Centurion, South Africa Posts: 3921 Good Answers: 97	#7 Re: My 14th Birthday 02/29/2008 2:58 AM
	Hi John - happy now and then day. Over the hill at 60 - No chance, but it is getting steeper especially with a teenage she (11 is manageable). You are officially allowed by CR4 to choose any other day (Except 1st April) __________________ Never do today what you can put of until tomorrow - Student motto
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Electroman Guru Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Dunstable, England Posts: 2821 Good Answers: 45	#12 Re: My 14th Birthday 02/29/2008 9:14 AM
	Happy Birthday John...... You are 6 weeks older than me, forgetting leap years and leap centuries!! John. __________________ A little knowledge is a dangerous thing - Googling is far worse!
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ozzb Guru Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Rosedale, Maryland USA Posts: 5197 Good Answers: 266	#14 Re: My 14th Birthday 02/29/2008 1:51 PM
	Happy Birthday John !!! __________________ Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving in a pretty, pristine body but rather to come sliding in sideways, all used up and exclaiming, "Wow, what a ride!"
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ba/ael Guru Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Sherwood Park, Alberta, Canada Posts: 1212 Good Answers: 74	#15 Re: My 14th Birthday 03/01/2008 1:08 AM
	Happy birthday, John. I envy you having one birthday for every four of mine. But I have started using the hexadecimal system to report my age. My current age is 4A. Will be 4B in May. It will be a while before I am 50. All the best on this special day. __________________ Bruce
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JohnDG Guru Join Date: May 2006 Location: Reading, Berkshire, UK. Going under cover. Posts: 9684 Good Answers: 468	#16 Re: My 14th Birthday 03/01/2008 6:19 AM
	Well, that's it for another 4 years. Thanks to all for making it a good day. I awoke at 6:30, and threw up. Got Small up, dressed & fed (well, she did most of it herself!) and got her to school. Came back & spent a while here, then went back to sleep 'til 2:15. Then 2 hrs with accountant (who isn't all bad - at least he's on my side even if it does cost me a couple of limbs). Managed to force down a couple of pints in the evening (that shows how bad I was!). Didn't eat all day. I had some nice cards, texts from people I'd forgotten, an answering machine rendering of "happy birthday" from an old folkie I haven't seen for years & a good chat on the phone with my brother in Devon. Together with the goings-on at CR4, managed a pretty good day out of what could've been a disaster. Thanks again, all. John. __________________ "Love justice, you who rule the world" - Dante Alighieri
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Electroman Guru Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Dunstable, England Posts: 2821 Good Answers: 45	#17 In reply to #16 Re: My 14th Birthday 03/01/2008 7:53 AM
	Only a couple of pints..... My Gawd... you must have been feeling bad.... Mind you if it was only a couple of pints of very strong real ale (7% or more) then two isn't bad going John __________________ A little knowledge is a dangerous thing - Googling is far worse!
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JohnDG Guru Join Date: May 2006 Location: Reading, Berkshire, UK. Going under cover. Posts: 9684 Good Answers: 468	#18 In reply to #17 Re: My 14th Birthday 03/01/2008 8:08 AM
	'Twas only boy's bitter - about 3.4% - I really was bad! __________________ "Love justice, you who rule the world" - Dante Alighieri
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