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|    Chuck Pierson to August Abolins    |
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|    29 Sep 20 22:15:30    |
      MSGID: 2:221/6.0 5f7387d2       REPLY: 2:221/1.58@fidonet e8dfd80c       PID: SmapiNNTPd/Linux/IPv6 1.3 20200711       CHRS: CP866 2       TZUTC: 0300       TID: hpt/lnx 1.9.0-cur 2020-04-15       Hello, August Abolins - Martin Foster.       On 9/28/20 12:19 AM you wrote:               > Thanks for pointing that out. I recently paid closer attention to        > what my online banking system uses, invoices, and what the gov't        > prefers. Bank = dd/mm/yyyy. Statments = mm/dd/yyyy Gov't =        > yyyy/mm/dd              Strange. In the US, most people and places use mm/dd/yyyy. In the       military, we used dd/mm/yyyy. I got used to it, which helped me later.       I worked in the oil and gas industry for years, and had communicated       internationally a lot. Dates could have been confusing there.               > If anything, we are conditioned to keep guessing what our reality        > is. :( No wonder I am confused.        > --        > ../|ug --- OpenXP 5.0.46 * Origin: ----------Do Not Fold, Spindle or        > Mutilate.---------- (2:221/1.58)              --       Best regards!       Posted using Hotdoged on Android              ---         * Origin: nntp://news.fidonet.fi (2:221/6.0)       SEEN-BY: 1/123 90/1 120/340 123/131 154/10 203/0 221/0 1 6 360 226/30       SEEN-BY: 227/114 702 229/101 424 426 664 1016 240/2100 5138 5411 5832       SEEN-BY: 240/5853 249/206 317 400 280/464 5003 288/100 292/854 8125       SEEN-BY: 310/31 317/3 320/219 322/757 335/364 342/200 396/45 423/81       SEEN-BY: 423/120 712/848 770/1 2432/390 2452/250 2454/119 4500/1       PATH: 221/6 1 280/464 240/5832 229/426           |
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