To everyone,
Thank you for your wishes.
Chris, at least it made Joe deliver on the emoticons.
Wayne, some things you would like to forget, but it seems birthdays will never be one of them.
Graeme, missing it by "...quite some distance..." can probably be blamed on the tyranny of distance still experienced by us colonials. Let's face it, on the actual day, my birthday was nearly over before you guys even knew about it.
Cheers
Andrew