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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 1 of 7 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 BIRTH ANNIVERSARIES #21815 03/09/01 04:38 PM A Anonymous Unregistered Anonymous Unregistered A I recently offered to compile a list of AWADers' birth anniversaries (i've forgotten which member it was that described it this way, but i was so impressed by its accuracy, as compared to "birthday" that i had to repeat it here) for purposes of posting the list on Max' idrive account. Since my query was within another thread, i suspect many of you may have missed it. If you'd like to be included and haven't already given me your information, send me a PM or just post it here. it'll also be interesting to see which of us share the same date; paulb and i had a discussion of the 'group of 30' principle, since our birthdays happen to fall just one day apart. Thanks ~b PS to jackie: You don't need to send yours, obviously. all of the best to you, on your special day *hug* Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: BIRTH ANNIVERSARIES #21816 03/10/01 03:18 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 315 Italy - Perugia is a town with... E emanuela enthusiast emanuela enthusiast E Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 315 Italy - Perugia is a town with... Do you know Anu's birthday? Emanuela Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: BIRTH ANNIVERSARIES #21817 03/11/01 01:49 AM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,788 Seattle, Washington, USA Father Steve Carpal Tunnel Father Steve Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,788 Seattle, Washington, USA Anu HAS no birthday ... because fictitious characters are not born, they are imagined. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: BIRTH ANNIVERSARIES #21818 03/11/01 01:59 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York Happy birthday, Douglas Adams... ...and thanks for all the fish Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: BIRTH ANNIVERSARIES #21819 03/11/01 05:41 PM A Anonymous Unregistered Anonymous Unregistered A Do you know Anu's birthday? Of course i do It's five days before mine Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: BIRTH ANNIVERSARIES #21820 03/13/01 07:05 PM A Anonymous Unregistered Anonymous Unregistered A I wasn't sure this would interest anyone, but my search proved it was a YART, which suggests that - at least at one point in time - some AWADers found this intriguing: As was discussed a while back, statistical evidence suggests that in any group of 23 or so people, two will share a birthday. I've thus far received 32 replies, and amazingly there are *three* sets of shared birthdays: Hyla/Shoshannah, Jackie/TEd (! can you believe we missed this one!?) and Scribbler/of troy. there is also a noticeable skew towards February-May birthdays (22 of 32, or 69%, which is amazing considering the expectation that any four month interval would likely produce one-third of the bdays). Also, there are no birthdays listed in January or June, and only one each in August, November and December. BTW, does anyone have a link for free downloadable software that will produce a distribution curve? i'm not very handy with excel, so i'm sure i'm missing something, but the chart i was able to produce by converting the dates to decimal form seemed woefully lacking. Keep the birthdays coming; it's great entertainment for me (and please, no 'get a life' suggestions ) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: BIRTH ANNIVERSARIES #21821 03/14/01 10:28 AM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 1,055 Berlin B belligerentyouth old hand belligerentyouth old hand B Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 1,055 Berlin Are you interested in astrology or birth star constellations and the like then Bridget? You're not going to tell us our (or AWAD's) future are you? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: BIRTH ANNIVERSARIES #21822 03/14/01 12:13 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,004 London, UK shanks old hand shanks old hand Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,004 London, UK Bridget The rate you have got is quite a bit higher than 'expectation'. The chances of two people in 23 sharing a birthday are just over 50%, far from a sure thing. Of course, for a sure thing you will need at least 367 people! A simple (but tedious?) was to do a distribution 'curve' on Excel would be to simply have 365/366 rows and put a one against them for each person on that day. You could have a separate sheet for these 'tally marks' and then a consolidation sheet that shows, respectively, daily, weekly, monthly and quarterly totals. Then create graphs/charts to your heart's content... cheer the sunshine warrior Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: BIRTH ANNIVERSARIES #21823 03/14/01 01:53 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass Happy Birthday, Kirby Puckett! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: BIRTH ANNIVERSARIES #21824 03/14/01 02:49 PM A Anonymous Unregistered Anonymous Unregistered A astrology or birth star constellations and the like In a word: No. and btw, my dear, you've been living up to your moniker lately, haven't you? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Page 1 of 7 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... 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