Happy Belated Birthday Afsaneh!

It's with extreme embarrassment that I realized that the GangsterBB did not take notice, on these Boards, of the birthday (on February 28) of one of our most respected members.

Afsaneh may very well be our only member in Iran. Her posts are always thoughtful, intelligent, and deserving of attention. A definite asset, and an enlightenment to the GBB, if I do say so. And a class act, too.

So, a Happy Belated Birthday to you, Afsaneh. Hope your day was enjoyable in every possible way!



Cheers!

Signor V.

I'm not sure if the Board's calendar is right in listing the 28th as afsaneh's birthday. Her Facebook account lists TODAY (March 1st) as the big day.

Regardless, Happy Birthday, afs, and may you be revisited by the day (whatever it is ) many times in good health.

Happy Birthday Afs!! I hope your day and year is a great one.






TIS

happy Birthday, afs. March 1 or Feb. 28, it doesn't matter because you deserve two birthdays.

Afs, it has been a privilege getting to know you on these boards. Hope your day is a wonderful, wonderful day! Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday..

Happy Birthday, you electrical engineer. Party until it Hertz.

<groan>

Happy Birthday ! And many more to come !

Oh, my, thank you SV! I'm more embarrassed that I see this three days later. I swear I took a look days before and didn't see this topic. Must be getting really old.

You are way too kind. It really means a lot to me that I know such great people as my GBB family over here and they feel the same way about me.

Thank you, thank you, thank you!

Thank you SC. Very kind of you.

Well, my date of birth is such a complicated issue, I'm quite happy with any of these dates.

See, we've our own calendar and our leap days come 20 days later, and they are not exactly at the same year as your calendar. So according to your calendar, I might have my birthday on Feb, 28 or 29 or more commonly on March 1st. This year it was on Feb. 29.

But the year I was born, it has been March 1st, and I realized this a few years back. Previously I thought it must've been Feb. 28. At any case, I'm happy to celebrate two or three days as my birthday. I'll give cakes to anyone who comes at any of these days, I promise.

Thank you TIS! So sweet of you!



Thanks Kly! I took the liberty of taking three days this year. I'm sure you could argue that for me in the court of calendars. Thank you so much for your sweet and kind wishes.



Oh, likewise SB! Thank you so much!



Thank you!



Thank you Frank! You'd think that being my field I'd heard this joke before, but noooo, it was original.

And thanks to Frosty, though it seems he is no longer with us. :|

I meant to post here, but had already hit you up on Facebook Happy Birthday again! xoxo

Thanks again JG! Hugs and kisses!

Not an EE person myself but I always found interesting why Mr. Ohm married Mrs. Ohm?
:.Because he couldn't resistor.

<groan again>

Good one!

Nothing for nothing, but kudos on the awesomeness of being born right around the leap year date! (I know you explained the calender differences, but it's so rare Id like to believe it's so)

Assuming that the 77 in your handle is your birth date, Id like to wish you a happy 9th birthday, and say your posts are remarkably intelligent and coherent for one so young!

...sorry I'll so show myself out. Happy belated birthday!

Thank you Mr Meatballs. Yes, I'm a punk from late 70s. You are way too kind.

If you are interested to know about our calendar, here you can get more info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iranian_calendars

The most important aspect of it is its accuracy regarding seasonal change. You can compare its accuracy against Gregorian calendar here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregorian_calendar#Calendar_seasonal_error
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iranian_calendars#Accuracy

Ours has +/- 0.5 days margin error, while Gregorian can have over a day margin error. The reason ours is so precise in this matter is that we celebrate the very exact time the spring begins as our New Year, no matter what hour, be it even in the middle of the night or early hours of the morning. And it sucks when we try to convert dates.

Feb 29? eh? What a most ingenious paradox! Happy birthday!

Nice snippet, thanks Lilo!

Sadly, 77 didn't have Feb. 29. Had I been born anywhere that had Gregorian calendar, I'd have been a regular March 1ster.