2008.09.27 13:00 - Andy Pandy's coming to play

The guardian for this meeting was Storm Nordwind. The comment is Storm's.

Sometimes these meetings are incorrigibly silly! They start silly. They end silly. And despite any efforts to guide the meeting along any other lines, they continue silly. Which is fine. Sometimes we all need unadulterated playtime. This was one such meeting. It was helping test the autologging prototype anyway. As a result there are no further comments or paragraphing; no point really. We simply all had fun. Except to say the following word about the title. It happened that in the middle of our playtime, a new avatar visited us by the name of andypandy Snoodle, and she joined in wholeheartedly. I happened to remember Andy Pandy was a character from a BBC TV children's programme, dating from 1950 onwards. The opening theme began with "Andy Pandy's coming to play, La la la la la la, Andy Pandy's here today, La la la la la." - hence the title.

Fael Illyar: Hi Storm :)
Storm Nordwind: Hi everyone
Fael Illyar: Hi Adams :)
Adams Rubble: Hello Fael, Storm, Wol and Gaya :)
Wol Euler: hello adams
Storm Nordwind is eating curry and will not type much at first!
Wol Euler: bon appetit!
Storm Nordwind: merci!
Adams Rubble is dressed to eat curry
Wol Euler looks closely at adams
Faenik: indeed?
Gaya Ethaniel: manbo!
Storm Nordwind: Fabulous dress Gaya
Gaya Ethaniel smiles. ty
Wol Euler: lol
Fael Illyar grins.
Adams Rubble: :)
Gaya Ethaniel giggles
Fael Illyar: stop
Wol Euler: well, damnit I shall get my paper airplanes out again in that case.
Fael Illyar smiles.
Wol Euler: heheheeh, ty
Fael Illyar gave you Maracas (party in your pants!) ..type manbo! local chat.
Adams Rubble: ty Fael
Gaya Ethaniel: brb
Wol Euler: ok
Adams Rubble: Hello Dakini :)
Wol Euler: ha, now suddenly Adelene's master is awake too.
Dakini Rhode: Hi all :)
Wol Euler: hello dakini
Fael Illyar: Hi Dakini :)
Dakini Rhode: hello hello :)))
Dakini Rhode: Storm you look like you're getting ready for a dive :)
Storm Nordwind is still eating curry ... mmmmmmm
Dakini Rhode: haha
Fael Illyar smiles.
Storm Nordwind: So this is the Saturday night silly session, yes?
Wol Euler: so far :-)
Storm Nordwind: cool
Dakini Rhode: hmmm may i take credit for that ?
Wol Euler: sure :-)
Adams Rubble: Seems no one is arguing :)
Storm Nordwind: People take credit for all sorts. I never stop'em! ;)
Dakini Rhode: my honor :)
Adams Rubble: :)
Storm Nordwind bites into his onion bhaji
Fael Illyar: silly sessions abound.
Dakini Rhode may begin drooling if Storm keeps that up
Wol Euler sniffs and licks her lips.
Storm Nordwind has a bar of chocolate waiting for dessert
Fael Illyar just ate but is still drooling here... interesting.
Fael Illyar: seems to be contagious.
Wol Euler: Dr. Pavlov, call your office.
Dakini Rhode: luckily i have my Ben & Jerry's to console me :)
Storm Nordwind: This must be PaD instead
Storm Nordwind: Play as Drooling
Wol Euler: lol
Dakini Rhode: haha I should have said "Ben & Jerry" to make it more interesting :)
Dakini Rhode: Pistachio Pistachio mmmmm
Serendipity Icecream Cone - French Mint Chocolate Chip: Mmm ... this icecream is delicious!
Storm Nordwind decides that mango kulfi would be better
Dakini Rhode: still no arguing....
Gaya Ethaniel: back
Fael Illyar: wb Gaya :)
Storm Nordwind: wb
Gaya Ethaniel: ty
Wol Euler: wwb gaya
Dakini Rhode: hi Gaya :)
Storm Nordwind: We're all salivating it seems
Dakini Rhode: ty Adams :)
Adams Rubble gave you Serendipity Icecream Cone - French Mint Chocolate Chip.
Storm Nordwind: So how is the logging project working Wol?
Serendipity Icecream Cone - French Mint Chocolate Chip: Mmm ... this icecream is delicious!
Wol Euler: testing right now :-)
Serendipity Icecream Cone - French Mint Chocolate Chip: Mmm ... this icecream is delicious!
Wol Euler: database is filling up, see how ti goes.
Storm Nordwind: memory probs a thing of the past?
Fael Illyar: 34 lines in the database.
Wol Euler shrugs. I'm not willing to be so categorical at this moment, sorry.
Storm Nordwind understands
Fael Illyar: Gaya's, Wol's and Storm's lines
Wol Euler: hopefully yes, but ask em again after a week :-)
Fael Illyar: so far
Wol Euler: dakini willl be next :-)
Serendipity Icecream Cone - French Mint Chocolate Chip: Mmm ... this icecream is delicious!
Serendipity Icecream Cone - French Mint Chocolate Chip: Mmm ... this icecream is delicious!
Dakini Rhode: Adams it seems we keep popping up to lick
Adams Rubble: Have to make sure we don;t drip
Storm Nordwind: it's only polite!
Dakini Rhode: hehe
Wol Euler: yep
Serendipity Icecream Cone - French Mint Chocolate Chip: Mmm ... this icecream is delicious!
Faenik is a hairy black ball with eyes and ears.
Storm Nordwind: /p;.,oimkujhygtreaZsxEFRT543xzEGXZP:?A[
Storm Nordwind: OOPS
Wol Euler: dripped?
Storm Nordwind: cleaning keys
Adams Rubble: ah
Adams Rubble: Thought it was magic
Adams Rubble: :)
Fael Illyar: Wol, did you add a timer in addition to the buffer filling up? as what causes a send? I just realized that a sim crash would end up with rather incomplete log.
Storm Nordwind: Where is Faenik's Icecream??
Wol Euler: "any sufficiently unlikely accident is indistinguishable from magic" :)
Storm Nordwind grins
Adams Rubble: Not sure it is accident when one finds themselves as a toad
Fael Illyar: doesn't sound like an accident, no :)
Storm Nordwind: I've never knowingly turned anyone into toad
Adams Rubble relaxes
Fael Illyar: Yes, I've never knowingly turned anyone to toad either :)
Adams Rubble: :)
Storm Nordwind: Wow Fael - you must be a fellow magician!
Gaya Ethaniel: (sorry was away for a bit)
Fael Illyar doesn't know about unknowingly though.
Wol Euler: wb
Wol Euler: true, you might have done it in your sleep.
Serendipity Icecream Cone - French Mint Chocolate Chip: Mmm ... this icecream is delicious!
Storm Nordwind: Dreams can be a precarious environment
Fael Illyar: oh yes :)
Fael Illyar: you might even talk to people in them :)
Storm Nordwind: But do they realise it?
Fael Illyar: I don't know :)
Storm Nordwind: I once successfully predicted the future in my dreams
Fael Illyar: just once?
Wol Euler: oooh
Storm Nordwind: Yup. I predicted I would wake up and I did. :)
Wol Euler: ah!
Storm Nordwind: At least I thought I did
Adams Rubble: :)
Storm Nordwind: Maybe you're still figments of my dreams
Dakini Rhode: oh and i usually dream i have gotten up when I haven't
Dakini Rhode: always inconvenient when i find i'm not ready for work when i thought i was :)
Fael Illyar grins.
Storm Nordwind sympathises
Wol Euler: heheheh
Gaya Ethaniel smiles
Fael Illyar: 80 lines in database now :)
Wol Euler: must be at least one each?
Fael Illyar: yes, something from everyone
Wol Euler: good :-)
Faenik: indeed?
Storm Nordwind: I have a suspicion that that's about as esoteric as we're going to get at this session
Storm Nordwind: Does Faenik get a line?
Wol Euler: alas, no
Wol Euler: which I find quite tragic.
Fael Illyar: nope, Faenik is being ignored
Gaya Ethaniel: esoteric <smile>
Faenik frowns
Adams Rubble: Mona Lisa?
Faenik giggles. that tickles.
Wol Euler: I suppose we coould rezz a supplimentary listener to listen to objects.
Faenik: ^^
Wol Euler: but it would be working pretty hard.
Wol Euler: have to try.
Fael Illyar: can you make it somehow only listen to objects?
Faenik: who's the geek again??
Storm Nordwind: Let's put it as "low priority" :)
Fael Illyar raises her hand.
Wol Euler: no, that's the catch. I would have to listen to everyhting and sort out the avatars.
Wol Euler nods at Faenik.
Fael Illyar: well, just check the talker's owner :)
Wol Euler: sure, easy.
Fael Illyar: if it's the same as talker, ignore :P
Fael Illyar: if not and in the list of talkers, record :)
Storm Nordwind thinks we don't need it for the first iteration at this project
Wol Euler: we'd have to make Faenik and honorary guardian...
Wol Euler admires Storm's determination :-)
Faenik: heheh
Fael Illyar: of course, there could be an exception list for objects to record.
Storm Nordwind: Most people who had seen my chatlogs know that I 'mute' Faenik and others similar
Fael Illyar: most people probably won't even notice.
Adams Rubble: who? what?
Wol Euler nods.
Gaya Ethaniel giggles
Adams Rubble: Hello Andypanda Snoodles
Wol Euler: come upstairs and join us :-)
Fael Illyar: Hello Andypandy
Adams Rubble: You OK Andypanda?
Gaya Ethaniel: _/!\_
andypandy Snoodle: Yes thanks for asking
andypandy Snoodle: are you meditating?
Adams Rubble: No we are discussing :)
Fael Illyar: no, having a conversation :)
Faenik: なるほど^^
Wol Euler: oh, a month old today. happy anniversary :-)
Adams Rubble: Hi Steve
Gaya Ethaniel: _/!\_
Fael Illyar: Hi Steve :)
Storm Nordwind: monaversary
Wol Euler: hello steve
stevenaia Michinaga: hello
Dakini Rhode: hey there steve :)
stevenaia Michinaga: hi Dakini, been a while
Storm Nordwind: ltns Steve
Dakini Rhode: lol interesting view i get :)
stevenaia Michinaga: what are all those numbers everywhere?
Wol Euler: Andy, the meetings are quite public, you are welcome to join us.
Adams Rubble: Steve you are standing on Dakini
andypandy Snoodle: thank you
Storm Nordwind: It's call Mathematics. A new science we've discovered
Wol Euler: it's the autologging, debugging numbers ofr me.
Wol Euler: *for me
stevenaia Michinaga: I'm rezzing
Fael Illyar: the numbers are from a test autorecording system.
Dakini Rhode: haha didn't feel it :->
Adams Rubble: You are brave Dakini
Dakini Rhode: rezzing on someone is always excused :->
Fael Illyar: hard to avoid :)
Gaya Ethaniel smiles
Wol Euler: Andy, we are having a silly session today :-) but in theory we discuss a particular meditation practice
andypandy Snoodle: OK, which practice is that?
Fael Illyar: Play as Being :)
Wol Euler: I'll give you a notecard, just a mo.
andypandy Snoodle: sounds good to me
Fael Illyar: the idea is to take a 9 second break every 15 minutes.
Fael Illyar: where you try to drop things you have and see what remains.
Adams Rubble: Steve the seat to the left of Dakini is empty
andypandy Snoodle: thanks for this information, it may be very useful to me
andypandy Snoodle: I'm glad I found you!
Storm Nordwind: Have you been looking for something like this?
andypandy Snoodle: I'm always looking for things like this!
Storm Nordwind: cool!
Wol Euler grins
Fael Illyar smiles.
Adams Rubble: :)
andypandy Snoodle: I will look at the website too
Storm Nordwind: You on UK time zone Andy?
andypandy Snoodle: Yes, how did you know?
Storm Nordwind guessed from the name!
andypandy Snoodle: OK
Wol Euler: We do record the discussion at these meetings, may we include you in the log?
andypandy Snoodle: yes please do
Wol Euler: ty
andypandy Snoodle: I'll try not to use any swear words!
Storm Nordwind: And it ends up on the website - unless you'd rather your name not be mentioned
andypandy Snoodle: I'm OK with being open and honest, I've got nothing to hide
Storm Nordwind admires Andy's attitude
andypandy Snoodle: thanks
andypandy Snoodle: I've had to face a few of my fears this past year
Storm Nordwind: Oh?
andypandy Snoodle: and release a lot of old emotions
andypandy Snoodle: still doing it
Wol Euler nods encouragingly.
Storm Nordwind: All sorts of meditation techniques can help. perhaps it will include this practice too
Gaya Ethaniel nods
Storm Nordwind: THere's always someone here to chat about it at 3am, 9am, 3pm and 9pm UK time
Adams Rubble wonders which one is now
andypandy Snoodle: I just checked out for a minute, I think I missed something sorry
Storm Nordwind: It's the 9pm
andypandy Snoodle: it's 9.45pm in UK
andypandy Snoodle: is anyone else here from UK?
Storm Nordwind: You can always see by clicking on Communicate
Storm Nordwind: and looking at the Local Chat tab
andypandy Snoodle: should I add you all as friends?
Storm Nordwind: There's no 'should' around here! :)
andypandy Snoodle: may I then?
Fael Illyar: no shoulds, yes :)
Faenik: why not?
Wol Euler: lol
Wol Euler: as you find appropriate, I'd say :-)
Wol Euler: some do, others don't.
Adams Rubble: Hmm. I don;t have a local chat tab on my communicate
Storm Nordwind: You may have disconnected it Adams
Adams Rubble: ah
Gaya Ethaniel: ty for your friendship andy
andypandy Snoodle: it's my pleasure I can assure you!
Gaya Ethaniel smiles
Wol Euler: click the button at the bottom left, does anything happen?
Adams Rubble: I have an older version, could that be it?
Storm Nordwind: No it works on the oldest runnable version
Dakini Rhode: somehow you seem to be chatting, Adams...
Adams Rubble: yes?
andypandy Snoodle: please could you let me have the times again, I missed them
Storm Nordwind: UK time = 3/9/3/9, am/pm
Storm Nordwind: 4 times a day
andypandy Snoodle: great, thanks
Wol Euler: for another few weeks, then it changes :-)
Adams Rubble: It dies?
Gaya Ethaniel nods
Adams Rubble: does
Storm Nordwind: and then it changes back
andypandy Snoodle: is anyone else from UK?
Wol Euler: isn't there a difference of a week 0r so?
Storm Nordwind: The US is now out of sync with Europe's DST
Wol Euler: Germany
Gaya Ethaniel: daylight saving...
Adams Rubble: ah yes
Dakini Rhode: yes we're still on daylight savings time in the US
Gaya Ethaniel is in UK
Adams Rubble: Yes
Dakini Rhode: for a few weeks more...
Storm Nordwind: We all used to change back at the end of October
andypandy Snoodle: where are you from Gaya?
Storm Nordwind: Now the US are experimenting with a later change back
Fael Illyar is from Finland.
Adams Rubble: Yes to save fuel
Storm Nordwind is in Scotland
Gaya Ethaniel: London andy
Adams Rubble is in New Jersey
Dakini Rhode is in Connecticut
stevenaia Michinaga: <--- Pennsylvania
Fael Illyar <-- Helsinki
andypandy Snoodle: I'll never remember all this but I think I can check profiles can't I
andypandy Snoodle: I'm fairly new to SL so bear with me
andypandy Snoodle: I'm in Wales, UK
Wol Euler: always read profiles :-)
Storm Nordwind: You can check profiles, though most people don't include that info
Adams Rubble: Wales the town or the big Wales?
Fael Illyar: most don't have RL location in profiles
Wol Euler: you can fidn lots of fascinating stuff.
Dakini Rhode needs to update her profile :)
Storm Nordwind: There's a town called Wales???
Adams Rubble: yes in Yorkshire
stevenaia Michinaga: re-editing my profile
Gaya Ethaniel opens Dakini's profile
Wol Euler: well, I never knew that.
Dakini Rhode: haha one day i'll finish that verse....
Storm Nordwind is from Yorkshire and doesn't recall... old age
Adams Rubble had ancestors from Wales, Yorkshire
Adams Rubble: It is near Sheffield
andypandy Snoodle: I'm between towns Cardiff and Bridgend, in South Wales
Adams Rubble: Old Yorkshire, who knows where bit is nnow
Storm Nordwind: Ah West Riding
Adams Rubble: yeah
Faenik: could be
Gaya Ethaniel smiles
Dakini Rhode: most of these town names are duplicated in the US, oddly
Storm Nordwind: Like Boston
andypandy Snoodle: does anyone like trampolines?
Dakini Rhode: Cardiff
Storm Nordwind wonders which county trampolines is in
Dakini Rhode: I lived near Cardiff for some time....
andypandy Snoodle: where exactly?
Wol Euler wonders howt htey taste.
Dakini Rhode: in California
Faenik is a hairy black ball with eyes and ears.
Fael Illyar: is it edible?
Storm Nordwind: lol Wol!
Gaya Ethaniel smiles
Adams Rubble: :)
Wol Euler: I found on a beach, actually, bounced me a few dozen metres up.
Fael Illyar: oh, sounds scary
Storm Nordwind: There are trampolines in Second Life
Fael Illyar: dangerous to eat
andypandy Snoodle: Yes I got one
Wol Euler: very
andypandy Snoodle: I love it
Dakini Rhode: i spent some time jumping on Beth's bed in SL
Adams Rubble: We could used a trampoline with the ice cream
andypandy Snoodle: I used to jump on my bed when I was a kid ... fell off and broke my collar bone!
Gaya Ethaniel: don't think ice cream and trampoline mix
Wol Euler: oh dear.
Adams Rubble: ouch
Storm Nordwind: Oh they do mix all too well
Dakini Rhode: ah andy that's why they always tell you not to jump on the bed :)
Adams Rubble: Wondered why they said that
andypandy Snoodle: Does anyone know who Andy Pandy is?
Storm Nordwind: Of course
Wol Euler: heh, and I thought they were worried about the springs.
Gaya Ethaniel nods
Dakini Rhode: not i...
Wol Euler: nope, sorry.
Storm Nordwind: Where's Teddy?
Adams Rubble: It sounds vahuely familiar
andypandy Snoodle: In UK it was a kids program years ago
Faenik: ah :)
Adams Rubble: vaguely
Storm Nordwind: You need to wear the outfit
Adams Rubble: Ah, then don;t know
andypandy Snoodle: there was Andy Pandy who was a little boy in a strange blue and white striped outfit and hat
andypandy Snoodle: a teddy bear
Wol Euler: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Pandy
andypandy Snoodle: and a dolly called Loopy Loo
andypandy Snoodle: and a song that went ...
andypandy Snoodle: "Andy Pandy's coming to play ... tra la la la la la"
andypandy Snoodle: get the picture?!!!!
Wol Euler: Put your right foot in
Put your right foot out
Shake it a little a little
And turn yourself about
Storm Nordwind: http://news.bbc.co.uk/olmedia/187000...1_pandy300.jpg
Gaya Ethaniel smiles
Wol Euler <3 wikipedia
andypandy Snoodle: no, that's the Okey Kokey
Dakini Rhode: i know that looby loo ditty
andypandy Snoodle: not sure about spelling
Dakini Rhode: as loop de doo
Dakini Rhode: oh yeah, its the hokey pokey song
andypandy Snoodle: crazy Brits eh?
Storm Nordwind: We are
Wol Euler chuckles
Gaya Ethaniel smiles
Dakini Rhode did plenty of hokey pokey'ing in grammar school
andypandy Snoodle: what about the Woodentops, remember those?
Gaya Ethaniel: bed time... enjoy your weekend everyone
Gaya Ethaniel: _/!\_
Fael Illyar waves Gaya good night, sleep well.
Adams Rubble: bye Gaya :)
Dakini Rhode: nite Gaya :)
andypandy Snoodle: night night, sleep tight
Storm Nordwind: Now you are showing your age Andy. So am I since I do
Wol Euler: bye gaya, sleep well.
Wol Euler: I do remember the Flowerpot Men
andypandy Snoodle: I'm 52
andypandy Snoodle: Flowerpot men - brilliant
Wol Euler: weeeeeeeeeeeeed
andypandy Snoodle: weeeeeeeeeeeeeed
Dakini Rhode: you fit right in with this crowd, andy
Adams Rubble: :)
andypandy Snoodle: oh good
Storm Nordwind: very much so
Dakini Rhode: i'm a bit older than you :)
andypandy Snoodle: how nice of you to say that, thank you
Storm Nordwind: As am I
andypandy Snoodle: old and wise?
andypandy Snoodle: or old and wrinkly!
Dakini Rhode: Dakini pokes Adams...
andypandy Snoodle: or both?
Storm Nordwind: The two seem independent!
Wol Euler is a youngster, jus turned 50.
Adams Rubble: :)
Adams Rubble puts. Yeah me too
Fael Illyar is only 27 ...
Adams Rubble: pouts
Storm Nordwind is just 38 days older than Pema
andypandy Snoodle: anyone like dogs?
Adams Rubble is the oldest of the bunch
Dakini Rhode: I'm catching up to you, Adams
Adams Rubble keeps going though
Storm Nordwind: Boiled or fried Andy?
Wol Euler hesitatd to say that.
andypandy Snoodle: still living, barking and stuff
Dakini Rhode: soy dogs only for me
Storm Nordwind remembers trips to the far-east
Wol Euler: I can do without the stuff, the rest is ok.
stevenaia Michinaga: brb dryer is calling
stevenaia Michinaga: afk
Storm Nordwind: The title of the chat log was going to be "General Silliness" but now it has to be "Andy Pandy's coming to play"
Wol Euler cheers
Dakini Rhode: good one :)
Fael Illyar likes dogs. Yes, living, barking, drooling ...
Adams Rubble: yes!
Storm Nordwind prefers skogkatts
Wol Euler googles
andypandy Snoodle: I'm going to get some supper, back soon, hope you'll still be here but if not I'll catch up with you another day
Dakini Rhode has a little Bengal curled up in her lap
Storm Nordwind: Good to see you Andy
Storm Nordwind: Sometimes we get serious here!
andypandy Snoodle: likewise
Wol Euler: bye andy, nice to meet you.
Dakini Rhode: nice to meet, andy
Adams Rubble: bye Andy :)
Fael Illyar: Bye Andy
Dakini Rhode: yes and actually talk about meditation practice
Storm Nordwind: But there's a reason we have the word "play" in the name
Wol Euler loves this: "The cat fancy in Norway got started as late as 1934, and not until 1938 did anyone think of the Skogkatt as a special breed. Then, suddenly, everybody had other priorities for a while."
Wol Euler: how droll.
Storm Nordwind: Skogkatts are typically twice the size of a normal British cat and three times the weight
Dakini Rhode: hmm why didn't they call them hog cats?
Adams Rubble: lol Dakini
Storm Nordwind: Out of politeness. When you're that big you command respect!
Dakini Rhode: :->
Fael Illyar: Well, it's about bed time for me. Good night everyone :)
Storm Nordwind: nite Fael
Dakini Rhode: nite Fael :)
Adams Rubble: night fael :)
Wol Euler: 'night fael, give us a quick uipdate on the DB fist?
Wol Euler: *first, please?
Fael Illyar: 407 lines
Wol Euler: cool
Wol Euler: ty
Storm Nordwind imagines the DB fist smashing through the ethers
Fael Illyar: 8 names in the log
Wol Euler: lol
Dakini Rhode: or crashing thru Storm
Wol Euler: ecxcellent.
Storm Nordwind huffs
Dakini Rhode: as DBs love to do
Wol Euler: willy ou be on tomorrow?
Fael Illyar: yes :)
Wol Euler: ok, let#s try to break it.
Wol Euler: sleep well.
Fael Illyar: Good night everyone :)
Dakini Rhode: o storm i left off my punctuation - crashing thru - comma - storm
Storm Nordwind relents
Wol Euler: lol
Dakini Rhode: what a diff a comma makes
Storm Nordwind: perhaps we should call a halt to the 13:00 meeting! There are other things I'd like to sort out locally before I turn in too
Adams Rubble: It has been fun
Wol Euler: sounds fair.
Dakini Rhode: sure thing and my dinner awaits me
Storm Nordwind: Got a moment Dakini?
stevenaia Michinaga: I must be off, see you soon
Wol Euler: thanks all, it's been a gas.
Adams Rubble is hungry
Dakini Rhode: yup
Dakini Rhode: haha back to drooling
Adams Rubble: bye all :)
Wol Euler: good night, sleep well.
Adams Rubble: good night Wol
Dakini Rhode: nite all :)
Storm Nordwind: k guys. Thanks for the ice cream and general mayhem!