I am delightedly surprised, as well as rewarded, by all of your kind wishes! Early on, my actual birth month was designated in error, then kind of fell by the wayside until @Hal Pollner came along! Thank you all! Frank
The forum software alerts everyone to the birthdays of our members, @Frank Sanoica. On the black bar at the top if the page, it says “forums” and “members”. If you click on members, it shows Notable Members on the left side, and on the right are new members, and above that will be displayed birthdays for that day. As long as you put in the correct birthdate, we have the alert at the right time. If you make up a birthdate (like Sheldon Scott), then it shows the wrong date. Sheldon just used “12345 “ , so his birthday shows up as 12/3/45, or maybe 1/23/45 ( I can’t remember which it is). There is no reason for all of the theatrics of starting threads to tell people that your birthday is coming up, as some (unnamed) people have done in the past. It shows everyone’s birthdays on the Member page each day, so it didn’t matter whether Hal mentioned your birthday or not, we would have wished you a Happy. Birthday, anyway, Frank !