, bill posted the birthday file:


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 |                  X       X    XX    c  X                         
 |>                 X       XX   XX   X<X XX X X                    
 |?             X   X  X    XX  XXXX  XXXXXX XXXX            D  <   
 |>      X   @X XX XX XXXXXXXX XXXEX  XXXXXX XXXX            <  C g<
 |>      XX> SX XX XX XSXXXXXXXXXXXX <XXX<XXXXX@X<  g <<   <g<DgFFC<
 |+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+
1930      1940      1950      1960      1970      1980      1990      
n=129, n(readers)=99, avg yr(readers) = 1960.5
    X a reader of alt.buddha.short.fat.guy
    @ a reader who has a parent or child who is also a reader
    > parent of a reader (coded as P in list)
    < child of a reader (coded as C in list)
    S spouse of a reader
    g grandchild of a reader
    E ex-girl/boyfriend of a reader
    c cookie monster who is a reader (coded as T in list)
    C cat of a reader (coded as G in list)
    D dog of a reader
    F ferret of a reader
    ? beyond category/uncertain
      (1930 = 1930 or earlier)

who's who:

00/00/88g Toma Bretsch (cat of Katie B.)
01/13/61  Glen W. Stine 
          coffee!! coffee!! maybe a doughnut, coffee!! coffee!!
01/14/62  Thomas Richardson 
          I'm 32, but everyone tells me I only look 31
01/16/70  Bill K.   
          OK, well, I'm 24ish.
01/19/61  Alf       
          I'll start:  I'm 33.
01/20/69C Bonnie Huff (P: The Huffs)
01/20/89C Jeff (P: Alf)
01/23/70  Joe Formoso
01/26/95C Catherine Coulter (P: Steven Coulter)
01/26/95C Cecilia Coulter (P: Steven Coulter)
01/30/45  Jonna Kincaid   
          I am 49 and a regular reader for several months.
02/13/55  Bill Harrar   
          Theoretically old enough to know better :-)
02/15/58  Renee Berg 
          To all my friends and enemies...
02/15/76  Mike Campbell   
          and I expect a birthday card from everyone of you
02/15/80g Putt (cat of John Huff)
02/17/42  C Griffin         
          For the Statician, I am 52.
02/18/14P Nelson Huff (C: John Huff)
02/24/37  John Huff
02/25/70  Austin George Loomis  
          I'm still 24, going to be 25 on the 25 of Feb.  HTH.
02/25/72  Greg Cymbala
02/28/61  Jacob Hamm
03/06/70  Venerable Jim   
          Missed this one... guess I'll try and catch up... I'm 24.
03/07/73  Eric "Skippy" Hope 
          Is there a God for the atheists?
03/09/18P Beatrice E. Atwood (C: Bill Atwood)
03/17/91g Fudge (cat of Alf)
03/17/94G Harlee <lastname?> (GP: J&M Huff)
03/17/94g Puff (cat of Alf)
03/24/77C Rebekah Griffin (C: M&C Griffin)
04/02/56  dar westlake 
          sometimes a glimpse, never a glimmer
04/04/61  Ernst Berg
04/06/48  Jamie Yeager 
          a Rat Aries
04/07/50  Jim Crust    
          it was Good Friday that year.
04/22/63  Sari Ellen Stiles  
          actual: older than dirt...(most likely)
04/23/60  Bob Mulroy   
          I'm 33 too, bobonobobo is 978.
04/27/87C Joleen (P: Sari Ellen Stiles)
04/29/44  Stavros   
          I am fifty but a healthy fifty.
05/01/52  Katie B.          
          ...worked hard for it, earned it, deserve it.
05/02/67  Andreas (Andy) Krieger
          Lang, lang ist es her... (Once upon a long ago...)
05/05/54  Ben Tremblay      
          I look 45 and feel like I'm 55 I _must_ be 40!
05/16/51S Maureen Griffin (W: C Griffin)
05/19/16? Bobonobobo (b. 1016)
05/20/56  Jeffrey Weimer 
          I'm probably too analytical.. but I very much like the spirit
05/21/41S Marilyn Huff
05/26/62E Kim      
          Ex-girlfriend of Alf
05/27/92F Elric (Ferret of Sari Ellen Stiles)
06/01/93F Pixxel Mustela (Ferret of Pamela Greene) 
          proud to be an official sponsor of Ferret Central 
          <http://www.ceas.rochester.edu:8080/ee/users/rhode/index.html>
06/09/47  John Morton  
          47 in June.
06/09/65C Charles Huff (P: J&M Huff)
06/13/60  Mark (BUDDHATEK)  
          I'm 34 married, short, fat, and very white and uptight.
06/15/56  Andrew Boniface    
          I am 37 or 1/18 the number of the beast.
06/16/68  Johan van Zanten
          Currently experiencing my first (hopefully not mid-) life crisis.
06/25/92G Kara <lastname?>(GP: M&J Huff)
07/01/67  Nick          
          Count me as 26... Nick the occasional poster man
07/02/83C Chris (P: Alf)
07/07/63  "ShortHare" - Susan
07/20/68  Dave Taylor
07/31/62  Paul Kilzer    
          I'll be 32 years old this July.
08/10/53  Mike Nelson
          Why am I doing this?
08/12/75@ Robert R. Schneck (Offspring) 
          Heh.  I *am* 19.
08/28/42  Bill Atwood
09/01/69  Nikolaus Haus  
          Damn, I hate this.
09/03/50  David Petraitis 
          (in this life at least)
09/08/66  Mike Renning  
          I'm 27, which means very little to me.
09/10/66  Rosey
09/22/71  Matociquala-Little Bear    
          I share a birthday with Bilbo and Frodo...
10/06/70  James K Walkswithwind
10/07/48  __Willy        
          in Stuttgart.  another army brat
10/10/15P Raymond E. Atwood (C: Bill Atwood)
10/28/54  Dennis McClain-Furmanski   
          Oh, look! I blinded *myself* with science!
10/28/67  Maura Kearns
          Tina looked lonely
11/02/67C Eric Huff (P: M&J Huff)
11/04/82C Brian(P: Bill Atwood)
11/17/90D Bronson (Dog of C Griffin) 
11/19/57  Pete Watters      
          Vintage 1957, the year the Baby Boom peaked.
11/20/39P Richard C. Schneck (C: Robert C. Schneck) 
          <Uh...he's the listener.>
11/21/60  Steven Coulter  
          OK.  You can add me.  I'm 34.
11/22/68  Scott Pugh   
          "Not just another welfare bunny."
11/26/51  Christine Hughes   
          I'm older than I look ;)
11/27/92C Charlotte Coulter (P: Steven Coulter)
12/01/89C Sean Mulroy (C: Bob Mulroy)
12/05/41@ Martha E. ("Mom") Schneck (C: R. Schneck) 
          Robert was born...I was there.
12/11/89D Cupcake (of Brian(P: Bill Atwood))
12/13/69  Pamela Greene
12/14/67T Tina Hulbe      
          okay, it might only be experience, not wisdom
12/18/48  Timothy J. Schutte  
          Mom and Dad's little Xmas Present

folks from the older times when age, not date of birth, was being
collected.  year of birth was imputed from age.  if you are in this
list, please email updated info to wra@panix.com so i can update info.

99/99/37  Guy Y. Richardson 
          Beat you all. 57 last birthday. Old fart.
99/99/38  Jim Rhodes      
          will be 56 next month.
99/99/44  John Douglas 
          I'll be 50 in June. I received my Vajrayana ordination in 1972.
99/99/44  dennyzen        
          I don't think it, but I look it.
99/99/45  Tim Poston    
          I'm 49.
99/99/47  Terry Alford  
          whose age in years - basically a "once" in a lifetime privilege
99/99/48  Daniel Karnes   
          48 today. And quite a day it's been, too.
99/99/48  Lee Rudolph     
          46 tomorrow.  Up the mean!
99/99/51  Jim McNelly  
          43, going on eternal
99/99/52  Tad Davis
99/99/53  Will Wiley    
          been meditating since 14 and have never recovered (or want to)
99/99/55  Ted Fitzgerald   
          On the cusp and about to fall over! 29 for 10 years now
99/99/56  Keith Cox   
          All things become new in every instant. All things are timeless.
99/99/56  Kirk Vestal   
          I am 38, and have been Buddhist all of those years.
99/99/57  David Coffey    
          I am...hmm...pulling out ID to check...37.
99/99/57  Guy Isabel      
          I'm 37.
99/99/57  Preston Gardner   
          Well, I'm a sort-of Buddhist and a sort-of Christian
99/99/59  Dave Anderson 
          I have to keep remembering to divide by seven for human years.
99/99/59  Stuart Tanner 
          I'm thirty-five and have been a buddhist for two thousand years
99/99/61  Adam Yao        
          I shall become a Buddha.
99/99/61  John Carter  
          I am an 33 yr old gnu South African, applied mathematician..
99/99/62  Lusty Wench     
          6Ok, I'll bring it down a bit.  I'm 32.
99/99/62  d w prosser    
          I'm basically here for the El Dupree stories.
99/99/63  Luke C. Bairan  
          I'm 32, but everyone tells me I look suspicious.
99/99/66  Kelly D. Ardis  
          I am 28.
99/99/66  Roland (SummerCat) 
          Age is important only if you're a bottle of wine.
99/99/68  Kevin H        
          For what it's worth, I'll be 26 in 5 weeks.
99/99/70  Brian Gallagher 
          Do lurkers count?   I'm 24.
99/99/70  John Trammell   
          I'll be 24.
99/99/70  Raimondas   
          "You ask me what is love. I ask you what is love. This is love!"
99/99/71  Christopher Grant  
          Sometimes i have trouble remembering this body's age.
99/99/71  Ely Wall        
          I'm 23 and I think I have to get a ferret.
99/99/71  John (NekoCat) 
          Coming to the surface from lurking in the depths...
99/99/73  Jubal (Mike)    
          I'm planning on having more fun every day of my life.
99/99/73  Neil B.   
          As of today, a month shy of 21.
99/99/73  eric middlecamp 
          ... I'm 21.1
99/99/74  Kristen         
          I am 20.
99/99/74  Peter           
          Ah, but I am 20 also.
99/99/74  Polak Michael   
          Oh, I feel like Old Age Pensioner, scanning alt.buddha...
99/99/75  Case (Ryan)     
          19 in ten days, and totally unenlightened.
99/99/75  Jessica M.   
          Wrong! I'm 19 as well.
99/99/75  John Hopson  
          Confession time.  I'm 19.
99/99/76  Aaron           
          ...I'm 18 years old, for the statistical thing.
99/99/76  Adam Christian  
          8-teen.and.counting.