MO>>I just introduced a guy [now a former windows 98SE user] who
MO>>recently celebrated the 49th anniversary of his 29th birthday -

 HG> Sorry chaps. This is as much OT as the above text was about
 HG> but what exactly does this 49th anniversary of his 29th
 HG> birthday mean.

one day, he turned 29... a year later was the first anniversary of his 29th
birthday... coincidentally, this coincided with his 30th birthday...

does that help? ;)

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