[seadzz]

To all MR members and those hardworking folks working in China building our DAP's,

A very happy Spring Festival (Chinese New Year)!

Considering this is the year of the rooster (male chicken) this is a very important year and means something special but I forgot what exactly it is.

In reality what it means to you non-chinese folks is the factories in China are shut down for 7-10 days with all the workers returning to their villages to be with their wife\hubbie kids or parents. Also means that 10-20% of these employees will not return to work in the iRiver factories since they have a year's worth of savings in their pocket and in China that goes a long way. It more importantly means new factory workers will be needed and must be trained to replace this people shortfall.

All this is normal and most mfg are geared for this seasonal problem. Just do consider this fact when you purchase players that were made during late Feb to early Mar of '05.

A little like buying a car that was mfg on a friday....not a good idea.

All kidding aside, have a joyus season my chinese friends!

sdz