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Happy Birthday to Ikarus1969
Posted: Wed Dec 29, 2010 12:09 am
by FvE
Hi Reinhart,
A very happy birthday to you :!:
I envy your age (that is: I'm just jealous)
Enjoy your day.
Fred
Re: Happy Birthday to Ikarus1969
Posted: Wed Dec 29, 2010 1:10 am
by countryroads
Hi Reinhart,
Happy Birthday!
I hope you do not get short changed with your birthday in between Christmas and New Years.
Enjoy your day.
Marty
Re: Happy Birthday to Ikarus1969
Posted: Wed Dec 29, 2010 7:19 am
by ikarus1969
Hi Fred and Marty!
As it is 7 a.m. for me it's very nice to read your birthday wishes so early!
Thank you both for your kind words!
Marty: can you please help me with "short changed"? Me, google-translate and online-translator don't know exactly what this means
Edit: now i know

As a child: yes. As a grown up: no (because i'm lucky enough to help myself in most cases)
Re: Happy Birthday to Ikarus1969
Posted: Wed Dec 29, 2010 9:51 am
by hermanz
Hi Reinhart
Happy birthday
Have a fine day
gr.
Herman

Re: Happy Birthday to Ikarus1969
Posted: Wed Dec 29, 2010 10:00 am
by ikarus1969
hermanz wrote:Hi Reinhart
Happy birthday
Have a fine day
gr.
Herman

Thank you! - I'll do my best: i'm at home, was at the grocery-store and bought some fine things to eat: yes it will be a fine day!
Re: Happy Birthday to Ikarus1969
Posted: Wed Dec 29, 2010 10:28 am
by Mallorca
Hey Reinhart,
also from me all the best greetings and wishes to your birthday :!:
Enjoy this special day.
Werner
P.S.: we all are happy to have you here in the forum

Re: Happy Birthday to Ikarus1969
Posted: Wed Dec 29, 2010 10:32 am
by ikarus1969
Mallorca wrote:Hey Reinhart,
also from me all the best greetings and wishes to your birthday :!:
Enjoy this special day.
Werner
P.S.: we all are happy to have you here in the forum

Thank you very much!
It's -7°Celcius here and i try not to go outside

Re: Happy Birthday to Ikarus1969
Posted: Wed Dec 29, 2010 6:33 pm
by FvE
ikarus1969 wrote:Marty: can you please help me with "short changed"? Me, google-translate and online-translator don't know exactly what this means

To be honoust I was also wondering about this phrase.
I still can't figure it out
Could you please explain Marty?
Thanks,
Fred
Re: Happy Birthday to Ikarus1969
Posted: Wed Dec 29, 2010 7:57 pm
by countryroads
Hi Fred,
Sorry about the use of "short changed". This is normally a phrase used with currency transactions. In the USA, if we give someone 5 dollars and should get back 2 dollars and instead we get back 1 dollar, we have been short changed.
This also applies to birthdays that are around Christmas. The person who is having the birthday either gets birthday presents or Christmas presents but not both. They have been short changed.
Hi Reinhart,
I hope your special day was a very good day.
Marty
Re: Happy Birthday to Ikarus1969
Posted: Wed Dec 29, 2010 8:09 pm
by Mallorca
Hi Fred,
this phrase means
"iemand een poot uitdraaien"
Please see here:
http://www.uitmuntend.de/woerterbuch/Ohr/
You know ... one half of me is Nederlands
Werner