on-safari: test run - hey, it works!
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changed username to Guy B. Guy B.: Rich, is that you? on-safari: hello Guy, you are early on-safari: yes, I figured you would guess Guy B.: Well, despite working overtime due to an increased workload and I'm on the notebook whil watching the Cubs. Game is tied. on-safari: anyway, if the scrollog gets it off the screen, don't tell the others Guy B.: And I have dinner going in the oven on-safari: my, you are quite busy. My next tv view will be Sunday, the USGP on-safari: anyway I have the beta of Safari for XP downloaded and installed and am using it Guy B.: Next time I get to see them is this weekend.
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changed username to Pamela Guy B.: Hi Pam on-safari: I really find I don't want to make the time for baseball any more on-safari: hello Pam Pamela: Hi, Guys Pamela: Ron, is that you? on-safari: regret to say that every time I put in a new program with XP it starts introducing errors on-safari: Microsoft's error report receiving agency must be getting rather sick of me Pamela: Dad?
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changed username to QcGuy Pamela: should I ask? QcGuy: yellow. on-safari: see above Pamela: Hi Gui Pamela: oh QcGuy: howdy ma'am. Pamela: so, where are you on safari to? QcGuy: Safari, that's a Mac user! QcGuy: Ron! Pamela: nope, it's Dad QcGuy: Did he get a Mac??? QcGuy: Or is he using the Windows version that just came out? on-safari: apple just released a beta 3 Safari for Windows XP Pamela: I dunno, I just got here and am getting the details on-safari: so I am trying it out here - it has glitches QcGuy: Yeah, Mac OS X users have not been using it for ages now. We much prefere Firefox. Pamela: ah Pamela: Dad, how's Mom - did she take a nap? QcGuy: I didn't like Safari, too limited. Firefox on the hand rox! on-safari: well, Firefox is tricky for me on the desktop. It won't upgrade to 2.0.0.4 on-safari: yes, she slept all morning - we went shopping after lunch Pamela: good QcGuy: Yeah, that's the version I'm running on me Mac. Pamela: of course, she'll be up till 3:00 am, but . . . : ) on-safari: also did some snoozing this afternoon QcGuy: So does it look like we'll be having an Adamcon this year??? I have to take a few days off from work. Pamela: who knows, Gui - no word from Neil so far on-safari: well, we are supposed to, but I haven't seen much action on-safari: maybe the bunch of us ought to do our own bookings and just meet Pamela: that thought has crossed my mind : ) QcGuy: Hmmm, hope we get some news today, I really have to reserve my vacations. I need 4-5 days for the Adamcon. I have decided to bike to Ottawa from my house, so its an extra 3 or 4 days for me. Pamela: you're going to cycle from Montreal to Ottawa? QcGuy: Wife and daughter will be taking the train. Crazy father will take his bicycle. Pamela: good for you QcGuy: Yeah, there's a nice route that goes to Ottawa from Montreal, flat, no hills, etc.... ~221 KMs or so.
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changed username to james Pamela: Hi, James james: morning all james: on-safari.. is that ron? Pamela: nope, Dad QcGuy: G'day James. james: 'lo! james: oh, we lost someone Pamela: oops, we just lost him james: qcGuy? is that dan? Pamela: no, Guy Foster Pamela: Quebec Guy james: ah Pamela: as opposed to Chicago Guy
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changed username to on-safari james: so has a date been finalized for the con? Pamela: what did you do Dad? on-safari: yes, I just proved that hitting the wrong key will dump Safari, too Pamela: not yet James james: i briefly read some of the postings to the mailing list on-safari: welcome, james james: not yet? uhh... y'all realize it's the middle of june already right? james: hi rich james: how are you? Pamela: don't look at us, we know Pamela: we're waiting on Neil on-safari: we're convinced, james, but we're not sure the Wicks are james: convinced of what? Pamela: that it's the middle of June on-safari: the need for an Adamcon, and information pertaining thereto QcGuy: I really hope to get the info because frankly, if I don't get it soon, I can't make it, which would be unfortunate. on-safari: in fact, I would consider it disastrous, Guy Pamela: yes it would on-safari: among other reasons because I suspect you'd not be the only one QcGuy: Well, other people might be in the same situation too. james: a lack of organization has always been a pet peeve of mine james: when i do my trips to canada with my students they are super organized james: which is why they go so well QcGuy: Well, there's organization, and organization. I think the least is to settle on a date and give us prices, and then take it from there. That hasn't even been done yet., on-safari: well, Dale and Neil have put a number of conventions together, but there have been a lot of close scrapes QcGuy: Oh, it's not the first Adamcon that has been this late in being organized?
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changed username to Guy B. james: i spend no less than six months when i plan the trips. granted the scale is a bit different, but still.. you need a firm date at least
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on-safari confirmed ban on-safari: no, Guy had us pretty worried about Chicago, and Whitby was worse
Guy B. & Annie changed username to Guy B. Pamela: the sweet puppy Guy B.: My dog QcGuy: Ahhh, hi sweet puppy! Guy B.: But, I came through Pamela: Guy, are you planning to fly from Chicago to Ottawa? Pamela: with flying colours, Guy QcGuy: Whitby was pretty good, I decided 1 day beforehand to show up. on-safari: true, Guy, but not till a few of us had chewed our fingernails down to the elboz QcGuy: For Whitby I remember the info being available a good 2 months before the event... Pamela: yes, but in previous years, we Pamela: have had info as early as February on-safari: summer tourist season eight weeks is not a huge lead time Guy B.: I know. I had a few kinks to iron out. But, it went pretty well. Now we need to hear from Neil on-safari: in fact many working folks need to negotiate their holidays in February QcGuy: It's better than what we are getting here. Technically, the event is supposed to happen in 5-6 weeks, and no info yet. At least nothing official. on-safari: you are being heard loud and clear, Mr. Foster QcGuy: :) QcGuy: When are Neil's exams over? Pamela: he was supposed to be done June 1st QcGuy: Perhaps busy with other stuff. on-safari: we're al always busy with other stuff QcGuy: Some more than others. on-safari: true Pamela: well, suggestions?
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changed username to erin Pamela: Hi Rin, you made it on-safari: hello Rin erin: hi all Pamela: (that's Dad, by the way) erin: figured I'd stop by quickly
QcGuy left chat session erin: I guessed as much :-) Pamela: whoops, just lost Guy F. Pamela: (PRIVATE) I forgot to ask you, any further word from immigration? on-safari: oh dear, did he hit the wrong key or get bounced? erin: (PRIVATE) nothing so far Pamela: when I went to log in the first time, I got a fatal error and had to try again, so I've already been dusted once tonite Pamela: (PRIVATE) ; (( on-safari: this time when I got dumped, the error message suggested it was a fault in Java Pamela: he must have dumped himself or something, he usually says goodby first on-safari: oh, he'll be back, but I think the net is slow tonight Pamela: I was talking to Chris earlier - he said there was a virus going around affecting servers, which would explain our e-mail outage at work last week, so perhaps that's part of the problem
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left chat session Pamela: we live on it on-safari: oh, there are always viruses going around affecting servers, I doubt that's today's problem on-safari: who's the ISP for Marsh, Pam? Pamela: no idea on-safari: likely Bell or someone big and vulnerable on that scale Pamela: could be - Bell is one of our clients on-safari: so you're likely running through Sympatico, then on-safari: actually Bell is one of the few companies that actually own fibre-optic trunk lines on-safari: everybody else leases bandwidth from them on-safari: so when Bell goes down "everybody" goes down Pamela: Erin, what time is the wedding? erin: 1PM Pamela: where is Marie getting ready? erin: at her house Pamela: so are you supposed to be there at some ungodly hour? erin: nope...she'll be up early to go get her hair done but she said I can get there at 10:30 Pamela: are you going to get your hair done too? erin: she's asked that we all just straighten it Pamela: well that's relatively easy. Just had a thought - do you want my teeny clippis with the rhinestones in them for some sparkle? erin: thanks but no...Marie is particular about it Pamela: okay : ) Pamela: I understand particular : ) Pamela: and when does Rich arrive in Windsor? erin: tomorrow evening, likely before me...I gather he will come meet me at the train station on-safari: wedding is in Windsor, then? Pamela: that's nice : ) Are you likely to be hanging around the train station when I get off work at 5:15? erin: not likely - train leaves at 7 ish Pamela: : ( erin: yep wedding in Windsor Pamela: at the same chapel where Erin and Rich got married, Dad on-safari: OK - MRIE SAW IT AND LIKED IT, i GUESS on-safari: guess who got betrayed by the dreaded cpas lock on-safari: anyone who knows Safari tell me where the "Home" button is? Pamela: can't help you, Papa on-safari: well, you don't know Safari, Pam - it's an Apple program Pamela: sure I do - it's got four wheels, an eight cylinder engine . . . : ) on-safari: no, no, that's The Safari ; - ) Pamela: pardon me, my mistake : ) on-safari: which by the way lost its right side rarview mirror yesterday Pamela: how? on-safari: I went over a speed bump and the glass just dropped right off on-safari: 80 bucks to replace it Pamela: must have been some speed bump! Pamela: ouch on-safari: no, just one ofthe ones on Brookview, not like the one on Farnham that broke my front suspension Pamela: they're bad enough on-safari: yes, especially when your ambulance drives over them carrying you with a broken back Pamela: geez, couldn't they have found you a better way out than down Brookview? on-safari: well, by the time you can direct them to the alternatives, it's too late on-safari: btw, where has Roin got to? Pamela: he's out with the camera club this week, I believe Pamela: oh, you mean Erin? on-safari: no, I meant Rin Pamela: she dropped off a couple of minutes ago on-safari: I noticed the absence, didn't see a goodbye Pamela: we lost Guy F that way too on-safari: I saw that, wonder what caused it - both get bounced? Pamela: who knows. Anyway if nothing's going on, I'm thinking I might bail too on-safari: notice that the Slopsemas haven't turned up, nor have Daniel or Fred Pamela: must be a busy night for everyone on-safari: I sup[pose - be interesting if Neil and/or Dale showed up just after everyone else bailed Pamela: are you going to hang around? on-safari: not if the rest leave - I have lots to do as my day was very disrupted on-safari: didn't even got out to shop till after lunch on-safari: your mother was sleeping and the nurse was very late Pamela: Okay. We're at the trailer this weekend but I'll try and call you tomorrow evening on-safari: OK - I'll be watching the USGP but have no other plans Pamela: okay. Night, Daddy. Pamela: Gnite Guy on-safari: night,now Pamela: (PRIVATE) Hugs to you Pamela: Gnite, James Pamela: kerpoof
Pamela left chat session on-safari: so, james, you plan to hang in or quit too? Guy B.: Not many of us on tonight on-safari: no, we know where Ron is, but not the Slopsemas on-safari: nor Daniel, nor Fred, nor various of the less-regulars james: sorry, got sidetracked with work james: take care
james left chat session on-safari: I gsther the schools are getting a little more solid now, james? Guy B.: Well, Rich. I think we should call it the night. on-safari: looks like it, Guy. See you next week Guy B.: Ok, then. Bye Guy B.: Poof on-safari: Bye for now
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changed username to Dr. D. Dr. D.: Hello?
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