RE: [PHP-DEV] Benedicte Bakken born

>>["Thies C. Arntzen" <thies@thieso.net>] >> On Sat, Sep 29, 2001 at 06:00:24AM +0200, Stig Sæther Bakken >> wrote: >> > Hi guys, >> > >> > I'm proud to announce that our second daughter, Benedicte, was born >> > tonight 2001-09-29 at 0300 MEST. Technical data: 3380 grams, 50 >> > centimeters, 4 days ahead of schedule. Mother and baby are in good >> > shape. >> >> congrats! >> > >> > (I'm taking 6 months leave to be with my family now.) >> >> you're kidding, aren't you? >> >> No I'm not kidding. >> >>In Norway you have to bleed taxes through your years and nose, but it >>does have some advantages, such as government-paid leave when you get >>a baby, or being flown to a _good_ hospital in Germany for some >>surgery ;-). Usually, most of the leave period is reserved for the >>mother, but under some circumstances the father can take all the >>leave. This time this included us. We can take leaves like that here in the US...it's called retirement! :) -Chris