Heya all,

Notbob is back in the land of the living..and in chat.

Come chat with us..and hear his adventures...

Christine

On Fri, 28 Sep 2007 22:49:36 -0600, Christine Dabney
> wrote:

>Heya all,
>
>Notbob is back in the land of the living..and in chat.
>
>Come chat with us..and hear his adventures...
>
I was tired last night. Worked until 8, went out to dinner - then hit
the computer to catch up on email (I want a daily digest version of
the list, Lin!) and newsgroups and was practically falling asleep when
I came to this post - but moseyed over anyway. Turned out my router
had crapped out on me and recycling it wasn't a priority at the time.

So, welcome back to cyberland nb!

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In article >, sf wrote:

> On Fri, 28 Sep 2007 22:49:36 -0600, Christine Dabney
> > wrote:
>
> >Heya all,
> >
> >Notbob is back in the land of the living..and in chat.
> >
> >Come chat with us..and hear his adventures...
> >
> I was tired last night. Worked until 8, went out to dinner - then hit
> the computer to catch up on email (I want a daily digest version of
> the list, Lin!) and newsgroups and was practically falling asleep when
> I came to this post - but moseyed over anyway. Turned out my router
> had crapped out on me and recycling it wasn't a priority at the time.
>
> So, welcome back to cyberland nb!

I'll sometimes wander to chat at work if I have time... but I had a
problem with one of the Stratus Chemistry machines last night. At least
the service rep was able to help me repair it over the phone, but it
still took me a solid 4 hours to get the bloody thing working again.

And to add insult to injury, someone on day shift had crashed it's
computer and erased some of the memory, so I had to re-program the
quality control run from scratch.

A hell of a Friday night. ;-P

Welcome back nb!
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On Sat, 29 Sep 2007 16:35:08 GMT, Sqwertz >
wrote:

>On Sat, 29 Sep 2007 08:53:50 -0700, sf wrote:
>
>> I was tired last night. Worked until 8, went out to dinner - then hit
>> the computer to catch up on email (I want a daily digest version of
>> the list, Lin!) and newsgroups and was practically falling asleep when
>> I came to this post - but moseyed over anyway. Turned out my router
>> had crapped out on me and recycling it wasn't a priority at the time.
>
>Excuses, excuses.
>
So, when are you going to dive in? I don't remember seeing you there,
big fellah.
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On Sat, 29 Sep 2007 15:53:26 -0500, Sqwertz >
wrote:

>On Sat, 29 Sep 2007 12:35:54 -0700, sf wrote:

>> So, when are you going to dive in? I don't remember seeing you there,
>> big fellah.
>
>Last time I was there I was kicked off for walking away from the
>keyboard. Seems somebody got offended that she was the only one
>there that was available to talk.
>

That was me. I apologize for that. But I was frustrated that I kept
on saying hi to you, and you didn't reply. I probably didn't give
you enough time to get back to your desk. But then again, I didn't
know that you had stepped away...

Try it again sometime. Evening is probably best...more folks
there....

But...can you say hi or something when you come in?

Christine

On Sat, 29 Sep 2007 15:53:26 -0500, Sqwertz >
wrote:

>On Sat, 29 Sep 2007 12:35:54 -0700, sf wrote:
>
>> On Sat, 29 Sep 2007 16:35:08 GMT, Sqwertz >
>> wrote:
>>
>>>On Sat, 29 Sep 2007 08:53:50 -0700, sf wrote:
>>>
>>>> I was tired last night. Worked until 8, went out to dinner - then hit
>>>> the computer to catch up on email (I want a daily digest version of
>>>> the list, Lin!) and newsgroups and was practically falling asleep when
>>>> I came to this post - but moseyed over anyway. Turned out my router
>>>> had crapped out on me and recycling it wasn't a priority at the time.
>>>
>>>Excuses, excuses.
>>>
>> So, when are you going to dive in? I don't remember seeing you there,
>> big fellah.
>
>Last time I was there I was kicked off for walking away from the
>keyboard. Seems somebody got offended that she was the only one
>there that was available to talk.
>
That's not the entire story. You didn't attempt to make yourself
known.... you were just an anynomous lurker. If you're going to walk
away from the keyboard, at least sign in.
>
>Now I just stick to newsgroups, where I can type at my own pace
>without worrying about being censored for saying nothing at all.
>
Hey, it's a *chat* room. Chatting is part of the protocol. Once we
recognize your IP, we'll know it's you and not be creeped out. Ranger
often signs in and forgets he's there. We know it's him and that's
what he does. Eventually, he refocuses and chats.
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On Sat, 29 Sep 2007 17:34:01 -0500, Sqwertz >
wrote:

>On Sat, 29 Sep 2007 15:05:52 -0600, Christine Dabney wrote:

>> That was me.
>
>I was trying to remember who it was. Now I'm going to have to
>dog you for another 24 hours, and forget about it again :-)

I won't be there. I have to work tonight..for a 12 hour shift. But
you can bug everyone else. Maybe they will all be nice and let you
stay. LOL.

>It's not the reason I don't hang out in chat. I really just
>don't like being strapped to the keyboard for what's mostly small
>talk.

Oh, that's okay. Once we know you and the IP address, we probably
won't care. A bunch of us get busy and stay logged in, and
occasionally say something. I am often doing stuff in the kitchen,
and come back and forth to the computer. Same with sky, and same with
some other folks. It's mainly knowing that it is you. I don't think
we knew it was you at first, and as sf said, that was the problem.

>Since I use the browser/Java version, it takes a few seconds to
>boot up and connect, so I moved onto other things and forgot
>about it. I do that a lot with web page links - when I go to
>close my browser, I realize I forgot to look at a page (or
>several pages) I clicked on an hour ago.
>

Yeah, Tammy did that once or twice. But we recognized her IP address,
and we realized that was probably what happened to her. Ranger does
it too. Notbob also gets busy doing some other things...

So come say hi sometime and tell us that it is you. And if you need
to walk away and do other things, or get bored by the conversation, or
lack of it...we won't really care. I think the folks there will start
to recognize your IP...

Christine

In article >,
Sqwertz > wrote:

> On Sat, 29 Sep 2007 12:35:54 -0700, sf wrote:
>
> > On Sat, 29 Sep 2007 16:35:08 GMT, Sqwertz >
> > wrote:
> >
> >>On Sat, 29 Sep 2007 08:53:50 -0700, sf wrote:
> >>
> >>> I was tired last night. Worked until 8, went out to dinner - then hit
> >>> the computer to catch up on email (I want a daily digest version of
> >>> the list, Lin!) and newsgroups and was practically falling asleep when
> >>> I came to this post - but moseyed over anyway. Turned out my router
> >>> had crapped out on me and recycling it wasn't a priority at the time.
> >>
> >>Excuses, excuses.
> >>
> > So, when are you going to dive in? I don't remember seeing you there,
> > big fellah.
>
> Last time I was there I was kicked off for walking away from the
> keyboard. Seems somebody got offended that she was the only one
> there that was available to talk.
>
> Now I just stick to newsgroups, where I can type at my own pace
> without worrying about being censored for saying nothing at all.
>
> -sw

Just change your nick' like sf does.
Change it to "SW-Away". :-)

I rarely drop in to chat, but it can be fun.
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