having a little fun last night

[ThomasT]

Hey guys,

Since I decided that we are going to use MSN messenger we a little chat session last night with me pauline grant garyk ray and sherry and can I say THAT WAS A BLAST!!!! I heard some of the funniest things ever there and we were all talking to each other having a good time I dont even remember if there was elements involved, I know something along the lines of cameras where there but we just had a grand ol' time!! If you didnt see my post in the forums I suggest ya check it out!

Thanks guys for making it fun!

Thomas

[Kathy]

Hi Thomas ..

That sounds like lots of fun. Where did you post the time for the chat? I missed it. :oops:

I have MSN Messenger, but am wondering how you get the email addresses in order to add people to your contact list ? I am sure that no one wants to post that information here on the forum for all the world to see.

Kathy

[GaryK]

Hi Kathy

Last night was sort of an impromptu trail run. :)
Thomas, Ray and I were all on trying to find a work around for the MSN webchat feature not being available to Mac users, and we sort of fell into messenger.
Then Sherry,Grant and Pauline came along, and Thomas added them.
I think he was pmed by them, or he pmed them, in the forums with email addys.

[Grant]

He PMed me .... I think that is what they call it.

While I always have MSN open 7/24 but I am not resilient enough to be personally on 7/24 so it was a lucky break.

Grant

[GaryK]

Grant

I thought you were zombie hunting today?

[Carbone]

Thanks to you Thomas for organizing this :-)

It sure was nice to speak with all those celebrities (Grant, Pauline, Gary, Sherry and Thomas, the man himself!) :lol: :lol: :lol:

It also gave us the chance to test Messenger for Mac with multiple connections (guests) and it worked just fine.

Ray

[Pauline]

Well I for one wanted to kick Thomas in the butt! He PM'd me saying Sherry didn't want to be the only 'girl' and I was about to head off to bed! Didn't make it to bed until after midnight and my head was whirling from trying to keep up with the speed reading. :lol: I had a lot of fun though, so thanks Thomas!!

One thing I did learn (that I can actually remember from the whirlwind of conversation), Ray, Grant and I are all Capricorns!! No wonder we're so great. :twisted:

Gary, the zombie walk isn't until 2. I hope Grant has someone to hold his umbrella for him while he takes his pictures!!

I considered putting my msn on here, but I don't want a pile of people getting it. Kathy the best thing to do is PM Thomas to set you up. That way it's kept private. For the most part I will probably have MSN turned off. When I used to have YAHOO messenger I found I didn't get much done when people kept popping up and interupting my work! :lol:

[GaryK]

Pauline

Did you check the link for the walk? Really cool makeup ideas.

It's not raining down here right now..maybe Grant will get lucky.

Went to a "pumpkin patch" with my sis yesterday. Took some photos of her daughter for her scrapbook... forgot the stupid memeory card in my reader. :oops: Had a spare in my bag so I had to redo lots of them.. funny how the spontenaity is gone the second time around :lol: :lol:
We had to go twice cuz of the rain though..on and off.

[Pauline]

Okay, Gary, that was gross! My 16 year old is thrilled though. "hey you can do that to me and Johnny!". Great! Actually I do, do face painting, but haven't done any of this gory stuff. Once in Nobleton the ambulance people had a booth set up and one woman was making fake injuries. It was facinating watching her. She used chicken bones as the bones sticking out of a persons hand and the blood looked pretty real. I can't seem to get into the swing of things for Halloween and my sister in law is having a party next weekend.

[Kathy]

Thanks for the info guys. I will PM Thomas.

Pauline ...... I am like you when it comes to Messenger. I only sign on when I want to chat to someone ....... it does seem to irritate some of my contacts .... but I would never get my stuff finished if I left it on all the time :)

Kathy

[Pauline]

And I found that my one friend would be doing it when she was bored at work. Well I wasn't bored. I was busy working and I would even feel guilty that she was being paid to work and was busy on messanger!! It can be way to distracting.

[Wendy]

Ray ...

OK then ... please will you tak me though what I need to do ??


Wendy

[Carbone]

You must have read my mind because that's exactly what I've been doing :-)

I will make a PDF available shortly. Probably by the end of the day.

Ray

[Pauline]

A good idea Ray. I wouldn't know where to begin to help her, since I couldn't even figure out how to add people unless a message popped up!!

[Wendy]

Hi Ray ...

Thank you ... I don't even have Messenger and have no idea on how to go about getting it etc ..

You are a little star :)


Wendy

[MikeH]

I have MSN Messenger... how do we sign up to the fun?

Mike

[GaryK]

Mike

Just pm Thomas with your messemger login name/email address thingy and he will have to add you to his list. Then, next week when he has the chat, he has to invite you to the room :)

[MikeH]

Gary,

Thanks... I'll do it now... :)

Mike

[GaryK]

I think he said last night, there is a limit to the number of people in the room.
Don't now how many names he has already, probably half a dozen or so.

[MikeH]

Gary,

Depending when you do it I may not be around anyway due to the time difference...

Mike

[Carbone]

Ok, I've created the getting started guide I promised :

http://homepage.mac.com/carbmac/Microsoft_Messenger_Guide.pdf

Let me know if there's something not correct in the guide.

It's intended for Mac users, but for Windows users curious about the Mac version, the guide I made is a PDF so that everyone can open it :-)

Ray

[Carbone]

Gary, the limit is 39 persons.

Ray

[GaryK]

Mike

I think it was close to midnight for you guys. I'll have to find the other post, cuz now I'm wondering :lol: :lol:

[Carbone]

It's 7 to 9, Eastern Time (which is -4 GMT)

Ray

[MikeH]

Ray,

Thanks... we adjust our clocks by one hour next weekend, which should really confuse things...

Mike

[Carbone]

Mike,

Not really... first, get there :
http://wwp.greenwichmeantime.com/

Look closely in the center of the page...

http://homepage.mac.com/carbmac/Safari004.jpg

Then, keep in mind that the chat will take place from 7 to 9 E.T, and that we (I'm in Eastern Time) are 4 hours behind GMT (GMT -4). So, the chat will take place at 15 to 17 hundred hours, GMT. With this page, make the necessary adjustments :-D

Ray

[jazzfisher]

It was great fun!!!! But I'm not usually around on Sat nights---so I hope I can play some other times too.

[MikeH]

Then, keep in mind that the chat will take place from 7 to 9 E.T, and that we (I'm in Eastern Time) are 4 hours behind GMT (GMT -4). So, the chat will take place at 15 to 17 hundred hours, GMT.

Ray,

OK now I'm confused... if the chat is 7pm to 9pm E.T which is 4 hours behind GMT, then the chat GMT time is 11pm to 1am... At present we are in summer time which is GMT+1, but next weekend we go back to GMT.

Mike

[Carbone]

Mike,

Chat GMT time is 3 to 5 PM. 7 to 9 local, at GMT -4 is...
7 - 4 = 3
9 - 4 = 5

Times PM.

3 to 5 PM, GMT (or 15 hundred to 17 hundred, GMT still).

I think you current local time is 21 hundred, you're 5 hours ahead of my local time. This puts the chat from midnight to 2 AM, local British Time.

Ray

[Carbone]

Ok, I get the confusing part, it's my fault.

Chat in GMT time is 7 PM + 4 (not minus, as I wrongfully estimated), because I am behind.

So, chat time in GMT is :

Start : 11 PM
End : 1 AM

Ray

[Carbone]

And I'm not touching this subject again :-D

Ray

[jazzfisher]

Ray, we are giving you a "time-out"!!!!

[Carbone]

LOL !!! :lol: :lol: :lol:

Now, I'm shutting up :)

Ray

[Pauline]

my msn was set up with my actual e-mail address and I'm wondering now if I should have set up a hotmail one instead? I guess as long as it's only people that I put on my list I shouldn't end up with problems right?

I don't want to end up with lots of junk mail.

[MikeH]

Pauline,

My MSN address is my email address also... as you said it's only people that you add to your list, so if any spam comes it's probably from Gary...

Mike

[jazzfisher]

Gary & his chicken :lol: :lol: :lol:

[Pauline]

:lol: :lol: Thanks Mike!!! I'll keep an eye on him. He's close enough that if I had to I could pay him a visit and kick his butt if he tried anything funny. :lol: :lol:

I'm not afraid of chickens!!!

[Carbone]

And Pauline, if it came from me, it would be in French... hahaha !

Ray

[Pauline]

:lol: :lol: merci beucoup Ray (hey I think I spelled that wrong)

[Grant]

Back from my shoot .... it lasted less than an hour and I got about 40 images ... here are a few.

http://www.cavesofice.org/~grant/POD/index.html

Maybe not suitable for very young kids but then again maybe they would get a blast from it.

Grant

[MikeH]

Grant,

These are great... I take it that everyone there was actually taking part in the Zombie Walk and not just out for their regular Sunday stroll... :lol:

Mike

[jazzfisher]

Grant,
Cool!!!

[Carbone]

Pauline, you got that just right !!

Grant, some zombies have had a death more pleasant than others, it would seem. How was the after life ? ;-)

Ray

[Grant]

Mike

My face is scary enough so I didn't have to dress up.

Grant

[Wendy]

Grant ...

The photographs are way scary !! :)


Wendy

[Wendy]

OK Ray ...

Well I'm a total novice at this but I'm just going to read the PDF ... will be asking questions later :) :)


Wendy

[jazzfisher]

Wendy, The boys kept me online all night long & I couldn't start on my mask!!!

[Pauline]

Thanks Grant. That was fun. Must be a strange site if you don't know what's doing on! It rained all day here and I just spent it with my pse friends. :lol:

[Pauline]

Sherry, should I have dragged you out of the room when I left??? :lol:

[jazzfisher]

Pauline, That's pretty scary too!!!

[jazzfisher]

Yeah, at around 10pm my time, I was hungry cause I hadn't eaten yet so we all left!!!

[Wendy]

Sherry ...

No excuses ... is that Mask done yet :)


Wendy

[jazzfisher]

Wendy, Haven't started , have to send photos in to a charity that wants to use an jazz artist photo for their invite. And 2 menu projects for wine bar. Then the mask. Also had unexpected request for photos for 2 different artist for the Smooth Jazz Magazine yesterdday--so I'm way behind. Besides those boys wouldn't let go last night!!!!! Waah Waah! :lol:

[GaryK]

Wendy

We told Sherry that she should be working on her mask.. and not chatting with us..but she would have none of that. :)


Grant

Great shots. How many people were zombieing it?

[jazzfisher]

Wendy,
Who are you going to believe me or Gary??? 8)
Besides I also had to do my animal photo for assignment #7.

[Grant]

Gary

There were about 100 Zombies it was a small but enthusiastic group. I suspect most are of the Goth persuasion and this gives them and excuse to blow off steam. The interesting thing is that it is now well know and many cars were trapper in the mob and the slapped the cars and moaned "Brains ... we want Brains and we what them now" This was all to the delight of children in the cars and to the angst of the parents. When I was asked for my brains I said too late I am a photographer and therefore have blow all my brains on camera equipment.

Grant

[Wendy]

Sherry ...

It sounds an awful lot like excuses to me ... now where can I find a cross faced smilie :)

Gary ....

Have you done your mask yet!!

......

Well I have just spent the last ten miniues installing this messinger whatsit ... seems to be working OK. I think !! I hope ...

Wendy

[Wendy]

Grant ...

Oh I do like you comment on Brains ... really made me laugh !! :)

Wendy

[GaryK]

Grant

100?? thats not bad..maybe I'll head down next year. Hmmm..now what side of the camera???



Wendy

Sent mine in already :)

I have a somewhat busy week ahead.

I didn't want to wait until the last minute, unlike some people :wink:

[Wendy]

Gary ...

Even thought I finished mine a few days ago I haven't sent it in yet ... I really must do it tomorrow :)

Wendy

[lindajay]

I sent mine in today. I'm afraid I'm not good at this "creation" stuff, but I gave it my best try and sent it on its way this afternoon. I didn't want to be left out of the party! :lol:

--Linda

[CarolLHB]

Well, after hemming and hawing...should I shouldn't I...I finally did a mask-the third attempt was the charm. I decided that whatever-with all the encouragement we get in here I had to give it a go! It went off today! :D

Thanks for all the support, wouldn't have even thought about doing this a while back :wink: ...

[Wendy]

Hi ...

I had tried making a mask before so it was quite a fun experience ... now just waiting for the party and to see what everyone did !!


Wendy

[virgo1]

I haven't started mine. I don't know where to begin. Other stuff on my mind is interfering with my creative consentration. I have to see a rheumatologist in 2 weeks (first time) and I'm not happy about it. :x

Eva :wink:

[Wendy]

Eva ...

Just you stop worring about the visit ... sometimes they can really help :)


Wendy

[virgo1]

Wendy...

Thank you the reassurance. I do wonder what a rheumatologist can do for pinched nerves in my back. :roll:

Eva :wink:

[Wendy]

Eva ...

Ummm ... well that is different. Do let us know how you go on :) Back pain can be the very devil !!


Wendy