Obviously I'm overdramatizing the importance of this, but it does have some potential to mess things up a bit.
Marc
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Obviously I'm overdramatizing the importance of this, but it does have some potential to mess things up a bit.
Marc
You do realize what day it is, don't you?
he he he 
If it's any consolation that you got caught out so early, you got me 
Thanks to Deirdre I won't be making a fool of myself telling people about this new rule!
Thanks to Deirdre I won't be making a fool of myself telling people about this new rule!
You got me as well. I have to admit that I didn't realize what was going on until just now.
Hee hee. I saw your post last night but decided to say nothing. I am really on the lookout for stuff like this and I love April Fools Day. An article in my ham radio magazine QST almost got me this year. I got 2/3's through this long technical article before starting to smell something fishy and realized I was being taken for a ride. It got me real good.
Google usually / invariably pulls some stunt every year. My favorite one was this one:
http://www.google.com/tisp/
It's a product they still offer.
Google usually / invariably pulls some stunt every year. My favorite one was this one:
http://www.google.com/tisp/
It's a product they still offer.
Lee Valley Tools always has one. This year's isn't NEARLY as funny as the one they did a few years ago. For that one, the disclaimers alone were worth the price of admission:
(Their biggest planemaking competitor, Lie Nielsen is known for their bronze planes.)
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Disclaimer - Not for use in proximity to large masses of ferritic steels. Do not wear when operating power machinery, particularly (but not limited to) hand-held grinders, drills, weed-whackers, and chainsaws. Ineffective for use with bronze tools (the bronze age is over). Not for use as a human suspension device. We cannot ship by air. Use prohibited within 50m of navigational devices. Keep off migratory bird paths. Keep away from pacemakers, credit cards, active forges, and MLEV tracks. Do not enter VHS rental premises. Limit one per household - do not approach other belt users. Does not improve blood flow, automobile mileage, or the taste of food.
(Their biggest planemaking competitor, Lie Nielsen is known for their bronze planes.)
QST's traditional AF article wasn't as good this year IMO. Too much implied "wink-wink", "nudge-nudge"...never seemed real...but I'm always expecting it too. I saw the Gmail thing about 2am and for about a half second believed it, then realized the date had changed over.
Hey Marc, here's another cool new Google feature for you:
http://www.google.com.au/intl/en/gday/index.html
http://www.google.com.au/intl/en/gday/index.html
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