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pax
Can we put our birthday in the profile without the year?
Dave Baker
It appears that the software requires full disclosure ... the only values in the drop-down list are specific years.

Just use 1904. Age = wisdom rolleyes.gif
pmacduff
Really Pax - fudge the year...who would know??????????
pax
not the point!
Katherine
Why don't we just add our social security numbers, too? Just kidding, of course. I would advise everyone to follow the suggestion of using 1904 (or some other obscure number). It is not a good idea to publicize too much information on the internet -- which is available to everyone. And many professionals already have too much out there....
Dave Baker
Is the whole birthday thang kinda hokey? Maybe I should yank it.
pax
Kinda. Mildly interesting only if it is commonly used.
oriecat
QUOTE (Dave Baker @ Apr 2 2003, 01:47 PM)
Is the whole birthday thang kinda hokey? Maybe I should yank it.

I would agree that it doesn't really fit with the culture of this message board, which from what I have seen is very professional. I visit another message board, where it is mainly for fun and people get to know each other well, so there are often big "Happy Birthday!" threads based upon the birthday info that shows on the board, but I personally don't really see that happening here, so then what's the point of having the b-days, IMHO.

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