2008.12.19 13:00 - PaB Greeters

Solobill was the guardian and the (limited as of now) comments are mine.  I had to leave about a third of the way in, and the rest of the session was primarily a welcoming session of newbies to SL...

I arrived and Scathach ssoon joined me.

Scathach Rhiadra: Hello Solobill
Solobill Laville: Hey, Scath
Solobill Laville: How are you?
Scathach Rhiadra: good, ty, and you?
Solobill Laville: Oh, fine, time of year...work...:)
Scathach Rhiadra: :)
Solobill Laville: You are a student, is that correct?
Scathach Rhiadra: yes, part-time, mature student
Adams Rubble is Online
Solobill Laville: hehe, me too, depends what "mature" means I guess...
Scathach Rhiadra: :))
Scathach Rhiadra: I'm actually studying the same course as Becka finesmith this year
Solobill Laville: Very cool
Solobill Laville: Did you meet there?
Solobill Laville: Hiya, Adams
Scathach Rhiadra: yes, we live in different countries, would never have met otherwise
Adams Rubble: Hello Scath and Bill :)
Scathach Rhiadra: Hello adams
Solobill Laville: ah, so an online course?
Scathach Rhiadra: online and distance
Solobill Laville: This is very interesting!
Solobill Laville: And she thought you may want to check this out?
Scathach Rhiadra: which, PaB?
Solobill Laville: Yes, or SL too I guess?
Scathach Rhiadra: no, the university has an island in Sl, thats where I met Becka
Solobill Laville: ah, ok
Scathach Rhiadra: and I met Pema at a zen session
Solobill Laville: very good
Solobill Laville: Adams, what do ya have fer us today?? ;)
Adams Rubble: :)
Solobill Laville: hehe
Adams Rubble: I dominated the talk at the 7 am session. I am content to listen :)
Solobill Laville: Well, if you just pick up where you left off
Solobill Laville: it will be a smooth transition for our dear readers
Solobill Laville: :)
Adams Rubble: Actually I am where I was, except further along the timeline :)
Adams Rubble: I have been dealing with an intrusive former self and received lots of advice this mrining
Adams Rubble: morning
Solobill Laville: ahhh
Adams Rubble: I am in the process of just watching
Adams Rubble: Corvi raised the question of "who" is talking about the former self
Adams Rubble: I don't have an answer to that yet
Adams Rubble: If I am not careful I may just keep typing and then you won't have a chance to talk :)
Scathach Rhiadra: :)
Adams Rubble: Hi Wol :)
Wol Euler: hello adams, scath, solo
Scathach Rhiadra: Hello Wol:)
Solobill Laville: Greetings, Wol
Solobill Laville: !
Wol Euler smiles and nods at Mr. Laville.
Wol Euler: nice jacket, adams! very suitable for the weather
Adams Rubble: it gets very cold at the zen retreat :)
Solobill Laville just ran in from shovelling snow...
Solobill Laville: Yes, isn't it amazing these SL micro-climates...
Wol Euler sighs wistfully. Snow!
Adams Rubble: We're getting rain and sleet now
Solobill Laville: We got anout 10" in the last 12 hours
Wol Euler: luxury!
Adams Rubble: wow Bill. Rain and sleet doesn't sound so bad
Solobill Laville: THen warmed it up and sent it Adams' way
Adams Rubble: that's OK BIll :)
Solobill Laville: The kids prefer the snow ;)
Adams Rubble: yes
Solobill Laville: Hard to make a sleet-man
Scathach Rhiadra: we hardly ever get snow:(
Adams Rubble: :)
Wol Euler: heheheh
Adams Rubble: It is easy....
Solobill Laville: [13:10] Adams Rubble: Corvi raised the question of "who" is talking about the former self
[13:11] Adams Rubble: I don't have an answer to that yet
Adams Rubble: just get someone to stand outside for an hour
Solobill Laville pokes Adams
Solobill Laville ...gently...
Solobill Laville: :)
Adams Rubble: :)
Solobill Laville: maybe when you do, you'll have to ask "who" is that?
Adams Rubble hopes not (no more selves, please!!)
Solobill Laville: Well, sometimes I can get into a mind-set where I can
Solobill Laville: sense that, with no getting all caught up in "things"
Solobill Laville: You can stand aside from yourself, so to speak
Adams Rubble: yes
Solobill Laville: And then that question becomes really quite relevant!!
Adams Rubble: yes
Adams Rubble: Steve made an interesting point that it is no use going over what is past
Adams Rubble: in response to my raising an issue of bringing former self up to date
Adams Rubble: ...better to try to move on
Wol Euler nods.
Wol Euler: generally good advice I think!
Solobill Laville: Hey, all, I may have to unfortunately leave early...Can someone carry on and send me the log???
Wol Euler: what, and abandon Storm to his fate?
Solobill Laville: I guess so.... :P
Adams Rubble: Yes, one of us will be here to the end, Bill
Solobill Laville: thx
Wol Euler nods. sure.
Solobill Laville: Hey, all, I may have to unfortunately leave early...Can someone carry on and send me the log???
Wol Euler: what, and abandon Storm to his fate?
Solobill Laville: I guess so.... :P
Adams Rubble: Yes, one of us will be here to the end, Bill
Solobill Laville: thx
Wol Euler nods. sure.

Here I quickly made my exit...sorry...

Wol Euler: well, that was a fast exit.
Adams Rubble didn't get the joke about Storm
Adams Rubble: yes fast exit :)
Wol Euler: um, isn't really one. At yesterday's 1pm session, Storm and ??? (quilty maybe) were having an involved discussion, which I suggested carrying over into today's session
Wol Euler: but given that storm hasn't showed up either, it's a moot point.
Adams Rubble: :)
Adams Rubble: Unless we play them
Wol Euler: heheheh
Wol Euler: to be honest, I'd have to look in my logs to see what the topic was, mind like a sieve at the moment.
Adams Rubble: :)
Scathach Rhiadra: :)
Wol Euler: very much not In The Moment, alas
Adams Rubble: we could just discuss cricket :)
Adams Rubble: hehe
Scathach Rhiadra: :)
Wol Euler: :)
Wol Euler: hello cikker, welcome to second life
Adams Rubble: Hello cikker
Scathach Rhiadra: Hi Cikker
cikker2009 Arriaga: hi wol
cikker2009 Arriaga: hi everethyng
Wol Euler chuckles. Greeting the whole universe is good.
Adams Rubble: yes

Wol Euler: don't take it personally, cikker, but I usually like to talk to people for ahwile first :)
cikker2009 Arriaga: yes
cikker2009 Arriaga: like
Wol Euler: I'm European, we take friendship a little more seriously than the Americans :)
Adams Rubble: hey!
Wol Euler: lol
Scathach Rhiadra: :)
cikker2009 Arriaga: im russian man
cikker2009 Arriaga: goodbye
Adams Rubble: bye
Wol Euler: bye cikker, enjoy second life.
Scathach Rhiadra: bye
Wol Euler: Is anyone else experiencing a kind of newbie fatigue?
Adams Rubble: Americans can make good friends
Adams Rubble: yes, me
Wol Euler: true!
Scathach Rhiadra: there seem to be many around here
Adams Rubble: It is a real drag on Sunday mornings...one after another
Wol Euler nods. There must be a way to deal with them that doesn't involve the group shutting down for ten minutes each time
Scathach Rhiadra: newbies, not americans:)
Wol Euler: heheheheheh
Adams Rubble: thanks Scath
Wol Euler: yes, scath, I should have been more speific.
Adams Rubble: We'll be better after January 20th, promise
Wol Euler raises an eyebrow curiously.
Scathach Rhiadra: ?
Adams Rubble: ?
Wol Euler: what hapens on Jan 20?
Adams Rubble: Barrack Hussein Obama
Wol Euler: ah!
Wol Euler: well, yes, you may be right!
Scathach Rhiadra: inaugeration day?
Adams Rubble: Just 31 more days opf dodging shoes
Adams Rubble: :)
Adams Rubble: wb cikker
cikker2009 Arriaga: hi
Scathach Rhiadra: hi again:)
Adams Rubble: Just noticed, yes Scath, Innauguration Day
Adams Rubble: There is an awfully big mess to be cleaned up

Wol Euler nods soberly.
Wol Euler: and a great willingness to help out.
Adams Rubble: Hi Steve :)
Wol Euler: I read that 300,000 people have applied for jobs in the new govt
Scathach Rhiadra: Hello steve
Wol Euler: hello steve
stevenaia Michinaga: hello
Adams Rubble: yes, they won;t all get them :)
Wol Euler: "something's happening and I want to be part of it"
Adams Rubble: yes
Wol Euler: I thnk it's a great sign, after a generation or more that thought Washington = wasteland
Wol Euler admires Steve's "Clockwork Orange" shirt
Adams Rubble: I don;t know it went that far but there is an excitement in the air
stevenaia Michinaga: :)
Adams Rubble: the wasteland, not Steve's shirt :)
Wol Euler: :)
Scathach Rhiadra: :)
Adams Rubble: Yes, nice shirt Steve :)
stevenaia Michinaga: thank you Adams
stevenaia Michinaga: I got it when I was young here
Adams Rubble: Do we ever get old here?
Wol Euler: not without great effort :)
Adams Rubble: :)
Adams Rubble: yes Wol
stevenaia Michinaga: here it's a choice :)
Adams Rubble: yes

Adams Rubble: How's the snow there Steve?
stevenaia Michinaga: freezing rain now, should be nice and shinny tonight
Adams Rubble: we've had a good bit of that
stevenaia Michinaga: it may have an impact on my Latka party tomarrow
Adams Rubble: What s a Latka Party?
stevenaia Michinaga: Latka's potatoe pancake, hannukka tradition
Scathach Rhiadra: sounds tasty:)
Adams Rubble: I hope the weather does not interfere
stevenaia Michinaga: if you like oil and potatoe
Adams Rubble: Hills and ice don;t mix too well
Wol Euler: mmhmm
stevenaia Michinaga: I'm going to head over to the Kira cafe, get a good seat...(at the bar, perhaps)

Adams Rubble: OK bye Steve :)
Wol Euler: see you later, steve
Scathach Rhiadra: bye steve
stevenaia Michinaga: nice meeting you Scathach
Scathach Rhiadra: and Adams Rubble:)
Adams Rubble: Hello draugr
MaleWoodElf fHair: Hello, Avatar!
Wol Euler: brb, teapot is calling
draugr Skute: HELLO
Scathach Rhiadra: hello:)
draugr Skute: how this work ?
Wol Euler: hi draugr
Adams Rubble: How does what work, draugr?
Wol Euler: there is a tutorial guide in the Help menu, draugr
Wol Euler: that will teach you the basics of getting around in SL
draugr Skute: oki thx
Wol Euler: if you get stuck, head to Help Island, you can find mentors there to give you advice with problems that may come up
draugr Skute: oki
Adams Rubble: wow wol, you are full on information :)
Wol Euler: :)
Wol Euler: my alt is a mentor...
Adams Rubble: ah
Adams Rubble: That is good of you to do
Wol Euler: hangs around on the HIs helping newborns :)
Adams Rubble: You are very good at it

draugr Skute: how do i get to that island
Wol Euler smiles. Thank you
Scathach Rhiadra: brb
Adams Rubble: I have to go, should I send the log to Bill?

Wol Euler: sure, I think we are done
Wol Euler: click on the button "map", draugr
Wol Euler: (not "minimap")
Adams Rubble: Hi Maxine
Wol Euler: it has a search field, next to the button marked "search"
Wol Euler: type "Help Island Public" in there then click the button