From: bruce#fanboy.net@127.0.0.1   
      
   In article ,   
    solarfox@DON'TMESSWITHtexas.net wrote:   
      
   > On Sun, 06 Aug 2006 12:08:34 GMT, Christopher Noyes   
   >  didst expound thusly:   
   >   
   > >It says clearly below and on eBay that the auctions end Aug 10th 2006.   
   > >An auction can run for different amounts of time (I've done them up to 10   
   > >days and as short as 3 days).  So I don't see why you state these ended 3   
   > >months ago.   
      
   Especially when the only ambiguity was in the subject line.  Had he   
   bothered to look at the very message he didn't even bother to trim the   
   quotes of, it clearly said "Ends: Aug-10" everywhere.  Open mouth,   
   insert foot.  Or he was trying to make a _very_ lame joke.  Hey, Barry,   
   don't give up your day job!   
      
   > 	I think he just looked at the message title and, being Australian, read   
   > the "8/5/06" date as "May 8th" instead of "August 5th".  For some reason,   
   > they insist on writing their dates bass-ackwards on that side of the pond.   
   > :D   
      
   ...rather than YYYY-MM-DD (ISO date format) like the sane parts of the   
   world.   
      
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