2009.01.23 13:00 - Happiness is a Warm Mambo

Yes, erm, I guess this was my session (Solo)...we talked a bit, and then really tore up the rug at the end.  Comments are mine.

I arrive at the Playgoda to find Adams R. and Wol already in discusion...

Adams Rubble: Hello Solobill :)
Wol Euler: good evening Mister Laville.
Solobill Laville: hello, mi' ladies :)
Adams Rubble: We have Wol so she can't go sidewise now :)
Adams Rubble: hehe
Wol Euler: eek! I'm trapped.
Solobill Laville: Check mate
Wol Euler sighs and falls off the board
Solobill Laville: Better? Do you need a new cushion?
Wol Euler: no, it's fine thanks :)
Adams Rubble: Wol jumped a seat just as I sat down :)
Solobill Laville: Ahhhh
Adams Rubble: I had to follow her down
Wol Euler: I was being purist about these shoes' invi-prims earlier, wanted to get a different sitting pose
Solobill Laville: Kinda like musical cushions...
Wol Euler: *invisi-prims
Wol Euler: men don't have to worry about that. So unfair.
Solobill Laville: True, true...
Solobill Laville: (In fact, I don't even know what you are talking about :))
Wol Euler: ha!
Wol Euler: I suspected as much!
Wol Euler: ok, just a mo
Adams Rubble is not going to go there
Wol Euler: well, I cannot leave a fellow avatar thirsting for knowledge!

Tarmel joins us.

Adams Rubble: Hello tarmel :)
Wol Euler: (brace yourself, Adams, I'm going to do it again)
Wol Euler: so, cam around my heels a bit, you'll see an ovoid of invisibility around the spikes
Solobill Laville: OK
Solobill Laville: Hiya, Tarmel :)
Tarmel Udimo: hi folks
Solobill Laville: yes, I see 'em
Wol Euler: from the right (wrong) angle they make my thighs disappear!
Wol Euler: ack!
Wol Euler: hello tarmel!
Solobill Laville: Why are they there at all?
Wol Euler: to render the spiky heel bit.
Tarmel Udimo: waves at everyone
Adams Rubble waves back
Wol Euler: without them, you would see that my heel actually goes right down to the ground
Wol Euler: high heels in SL only pretend to raise your heel off the ground
Solobill Laville: ah
Wol Euler: that's how my feet look without them
Solobill Laville: gotcha
Tarmel Udimo: no hat today solo?
Solobill Laville: not today...a bit warmer here in SL today, Tarmel :)
Tarmel Udimo: yes I must start changing my appearance soon
Wol Euler: the offer to take you shopping still stands :)
Tarmel Udimo: thanks look forwad to it when bank balance is actually balance - btw i notice that I have -$4 linden but not sure how I spent that as I haven't bought anything
Solobill Laville: SL identity theft?

I spotted Tarmel the $4L...So did either Adams or Wol...or both.

Solobill Laville: There, can't have you in the red...
Adams Rubble: :)
Wol Euler grins
Tarmel Udimo: that's very very sweet of you both I am touched and humbled and now close to tears.....
Wol Euler: awwww :)
Tarmel Udimo: well since I tend to end up buying gifts looks like you'll both be at the top of the list
Wol Euler chuckles.
Solobill Laville: Any topics?

Samuel joins, who is starting to be a 13:00 regular; then Fefonz as well.

Adams Rubble: Hello Samuel :)
Samuel Okelly: hello every1 :)
Wol Euler: hello fefonz, samuel
Tarmel Udimo: btw why would I have lost $, don't want it to happen again..
Wol Euler: oh, if you are serious we should look at that.
Wol Euler: let's go to IM
Fefonz Quan: hello all :)
Solobill Laville: Hiya, Fefonz, Sam
Tarmel Udimo: hey fefonz and samuel
Tarmel Udimo: ok
Adams Rubble: Hello fefonz :)
Solobill Laville: Nice, still balanced...

I was commenting on the Fung Shui of the sitting choices of the group, we were 5 in a row, and Sam centered and straight across the fountain, kinda forming the handle of the avatar umbrella, if viewed from above.

Adams Rubble: Do you ever buy free things Tarmel?
Wol Euler: there are a lot of groups for freebie hunters in SL
Adams Rubble: Sometimes the things that say free aren;t actually free but cost $1 or so
Tarmel Udimo: ok
Tarmel Udimo: my problem is I need someone to drag me shopping which wol has kindly offered to ;-)
Wol Euler: all welcome :)
Solobill Laville: I'd go too, but the problem is the lack of changing rooms... ;)
Wol Euler: but you run the risk of (a) spending money and (b) looking like me afterwards
Tarmel Udimo: grins
Wol Euler raises an eyebrow
Samuel Okelly: :)
Tarmel Udimo: well we couldn't have that.....
Wol Euler: we would close our eyes.
Tarmel Udimo: smiles
Solobill Laville: For propriety's sake!
Tarmel Udimo: yes naked av's ain't attractive...
Wol Euler: propriety is theft, as baikunin said.
Adams Rubble: :)
Adams Rubble: I am afraid I must depart. Bye everyone :)
Solobill Laville: Bye adams
Samuel Okelly: tc adama
Wol Euler: ah, bye adams. enjoy the weekend
Fefonz Quan: bye adams
Tarmel Udimo: bye

I try to get us onto PaB topic.

Solobill Laville: Did anyone enjoy their coffee or tea today?
Wol Euler grins.
Wol Euler: actually, yes, my second cup (around 11:45) was quite delightful
Fefonz Quan: yes, nice chai now :)
Tarmel Udimo: I am about to dash off and make some coffee, already had hot lemon and honey another morning favourite
Wol Euler is having her evening tea.
Solobill Laville smiles
Wol Euler: how were your caffeinated beverages today, Solo?
Solobill Laville: Delightful, and I listened to The White Album disk 1 as I had my first cup o' java
Wol Euler: ah!
Wol Euler: what a combined treat.
Solobill Laville: Happiness is a warm cup ;)
Fefonz Quan: ah, one of the good ones :)
Wol Euler chuckles
Fefonz Quan: lol
Tarmel Udimo: yes a great one...
Wol Euler: wb samuel
Samuel Okelly: thanks wol
Wol Euler: it's such a pity that Apple Records is still angry at Apple Computers and won't let Beatles music be sold on iTunes
Solobill Laville: That is it; peel the rest away, and allow yourself to be present and appreciate
Fefonz Quan: whatabout a good old CD?
Solobill Laville: (thought I heard they worked that out a couple of weeks ago, Wol, no?)
Wol Euler: oh! that's new to me. I will check at once.
Solobill Laville: I think they need approval now from the estates of each of the Beatles for Itunes to work

As is apt to happen is SL in terms of weird coincidences, just then a new visitor appears brandishing a rather fericious looking automatic rifle-like weapon.

Fefonz Quan: who ordered a warm gun ?
Tarmel Udimo: is that a gun?
Fefonz Quan: i thought so
Wol Euler: the target range is behind you, Anonymous
Solobill Laville: Hi, Anonymous, a peace warning to you
Solobill Laville: :)
Anonymous: jaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaafeos

Our visitor flew off towards the welcome area...

Tarmel Udimo: I feel very uncomfortable about that
Solobill Laville nods
Solobill Laville: I have a quick trigger finger as well, Tarmel ;)
Wol Euler: the "eject and ban" button?
Solobill Laville: yupper :)
Wol Euler: I always keep mine handy :)
Tarmel Udimo: did you just use it?
Solobill Laville: no
Tarmel Udimo: ahh maybe words worked - this time....
Solobill Laville: :)
Wol Euler: five months old, though, he should really have known better
Fefonz Quan: well, you intimidated him with peace!
Wol Euler: he was probably hunting newbies at the welcome area.
Fefonz Quan: spooky
Solobill Laville: This is a diplomacy first American
Wol Euler: :)
Tarmel Udimo: why on earth would someone want to duplicate that in SL outside of the game area
Wol Euler: 42.
Tarmel Udimo: ?
Wol Euler: ah, tarmel tarmel tarmel :)
Wol Euler: you haven't read the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy?
Tarmel Udimo: seen the movie :-) does this ban me from the wol friendship corner?
Solobill Laville: wb Sam
Wol Euler laughs.
Wol Euler: no, of course not.
Samuel Okelly: thanks sol :) it looks like im having probs tonight :(
Tarmel Udimo: must make that coffee before kira discussion group starts be right back
Solobill Laville: k

I noticed some new options on the "right click" while on an av, so I tested one on Wol.

You have offered a calling card to Wol Euler
Your calling card was accepted.
Solobill Laville: What is that Give Card option, WOl?
Solobill Laville: and "Freeze"?
Wol Euler: it is superfluous if you are friends with the person you give it to, because they already have your card
Solobill Laville: Ah, it is contact info w/out "Friend" status
Wol Euler: it gives you a link to my profile, which you can use to IM me and see when I am online
Wol Euler: it's a halfway stage between stranger and SL-friend, in my opinion too seldom used
Solobill Laville: Good point
Solobill Laville: go ahead and "freeze" me
Wol Euler has frozen you for 30 seconds.  You cannot move or interact with the world.
Wol Euler: you are frozen.
Wol Euler: speak to us, bill
Wol Euler giggles.
Your freeze expired, go about your business.
Wol Euler: Gods forbid that this weapon should fall into the wrong hands.
Solobill Laville: Wowza
Wol Euler: ah, it wears off.
Solobill Laville: Yes, and now I'm quite euphoric
Solobill Laville: hehe
Wol Euler: I guess the idea is to give the landowner a chance to return objects and record the miscreant's identity.
Solobill Laville: yes, or for us to explaing what we are doing before
Solobill Laville: GI Joe attempts to blow us to smithereens
Wol Euler: iiiiiiiinteresting.
Wol Euler: tarmel and I have both noticed L$ withdrawals from our accounts, paid to the Playasbeing group.
Solobill Laville: ??
Wol Euler: in my case only $1, I infer that Tarmel's was higher.
Solobill Laville: I know that Gen set up a donation box recently...
Wol Euler: Looking at the group info, we have a negative balance, the individual share is -1 dollars.
Tarmel Udimo: still making coffee byb - milk boiling
Wol Euler: that is probably what it was.
Solobill Laville: (But if she is embezzling she should go for bigger returns...) :))
Wol Euler: heheheeh, yes.

We sit quietly while Tarmel makes her latte in RL...

Solobill Laville breathes deeply
Solobill Laville: A day for quiet reflection and contemplation
Wol Euler nods silently
Samuel Okelly: :)
Solobill Laville thinks...or he could freeze Wol and throw snowballs at her...
Wol Euler raises an eyebrow. You would dare?
Solobill Laville: Don't tempt me
Wol Euler gave you Maracas (party in your pants!) ..type manbo! local chat.
Wol Euler: wear the normal ones, not the "tiny" set

And so it begins...about 10 minutes of maraca-shakin' dancin', thanks to Wol.

Wol Euler: manbo!
Solobill Laville: aaaaiiiii!
Wol Euler: stop
Fefonz Quan: manbo!
Samuel Okelly: :)
Tarmel Udimo: I am back you go wol and solo
Wol Euler: it's not particularly challenging musically :)
Wol Euler: but it makes a change from the onigokko
Solobill Laville: Indeed!
Solobill Laville: wb Tarmel
Tarmel Udimo: coffee hummmmmmmmmmmmm
Wol Euler grins
Tarmel Udimo: purrfect
Solobill Laville: stop
Solobill Laville: Fefonz did you them?
Solobill Laville: *get
Solobill Laville: action!
Solobill Laville: stop
Fefonz Quan: got, but didn't managed to activate...
Wol Euler: oh!
Wol Euler: how odd.
Wol Euler: you should only have had to wear them
Solobill Laville: you need to wear them, yes
Tarmel Udimo accepted your inventory offer.
Tarmel Udimo: ty
Fefonz Quan: all of them?

We had a very brief sighting of a newbie, who quickly vanished...

Wol Euler: Anonymous2 came and went while we were manboing, I fear he is disappointed in us.
Solobill Laville: Newbie deterrent for sure
Wol Euler: no, not the tiny set.
Samuel Okelly accepted your inventory offer.
Wol Euler: they are for tiny avs
Tarmel Udimo: now as to my: (But if she is embezzling she should go for bigger returns...) ;-)
Samuel Okelly: thanks for the maracas but i am afraid if i use them i will crash ;-)
Solobill Laville nods at Sam
Wol Euler: Anonymous2 is more interested in Being than in Play, I guess.
Tarmel Udimo: it was taken out 3 times... I swear on my coffee
Wol Euler: an earnest oath indeed.
Tarmel Udimo: does this mean it should not have been?
Solobill Laville: I swear on my maracas!!!
Fefonz Quan: well, what makes the dance then?
Wol Euler: wear the maracas, fefonz.
Wol Euler: the pair that are NOT labelled "tiny"
Fefonz Quan accepted your inventory offer.
Solobill Laville: ah, there you go
Solobill Laville: in the folder wear the two that are not marked "tiny"
Fefonz Quan: are they under clothing?
Wol Euler: no, it'll be a loose folder on its own
Solobill Laville: Or you can look under "recent items"
Wol Euler: yes, true, that will be fastest
Tarmel Udimo: I'm ready
Wol Euler: now somebody has to type:
Wol Euler: manbo!
Solobill Laville: Mambo!
Wol Euler: *n
Solobill Laville: mambo!
Fefonz Quan: manok thenm :)
Wol Euler: with an N
Solobill Laville: lol
Wol Euler: manbo!
Samuel Okelly: iam definately "the odd one" out lol
Wol Euler: the not-odd one out, perhaps
Tarmel Udimo: give it a try sam

Sam joins in! 

Samuel Okelly: thanks wol :)
Tarmel Udimo: not sure why wol and i are sinking - too much mambo
Wol Euler: you are still sitting, tarmel
Wol Euler: there!
Solobill Laville: manbo!
Samuel Okelly: mambo!
Wol Euler: stop
Wol Euler: manbo!
Solobill Laville: aaai aai aai
Fefonz Quan: ho ho ho :)'
Samuel Okelly: lol
Wol Euler: they go out of sync if more than one person says it
Tarmel Udimo: the Pab Dance group presents the awesome 5
Wol Euler cheers and shakes
Fefonz Quan: well, snapshot taken :)
Solobill Laville: oh, yes
Wol Euler: we need a conga line!

So we indeed make a conga line around the fountain...

Wol Euler laughs
Samuel Okelly: LOL
Solobill Laville: hehe
Tarmel Udimo: hehehehe
Samuel Okelly: one of the better parties i have been to on SL lol
Tarmel Udimo: ohhh fefonz
Wol Euler: heheheh
Solobill Laville: In the water!!
Fefonz Quan: splash splash
Solobill Laville: Wooo hooooo!
Samuel Okelly: ((-:  APPLAUSE!!!!   :-)) 
Tarmel Udimo: simple but catchy tune
Wol Euler: yepyep
Fefonz Quan: tatata tatam tatatataatam
Samuel Okelly: ((-:  GO MAMOBO!!!!   :-)) 
Tarmel Udimo: in fact quite addictive
Solobill Laville: ha ha

Interestingly, "Real-Second Life" interrupts...

Tarmel Udimo: oh oh I am supposed to be moderating at kira
Solobill Laville: stop
Tarmel Udimo: better go
Wol Euler: awwww
Solobill Laville: uh oh, better let Tarmel go
Wol Euler: bye tarmel, enjoy the weekend
Solobill Laville: Wear your maracas though
Tarmel Udimo: see you later unless you're coming... I will
Fefonz Quan: well, that was phenomenal :)
Samuel Okelly: have a good weekend every1 :)
Wol Euler laughs
Wol Euler: bye sam, enjoy the weekend
Fefonz Quan: have a good weekend sam
Samuel Okelly: heerio for folks :)
Solobill Laville: Yes, I must be off folks, thanks!!
Samuel Okelly: cheerio
Wol Euler: bye solo, take care.
Wol Euler: nice to see you again
Solobill Laville: Have a great weekend all!
Fefonz Quan: nice to see you
Wol Euler: bye fefonz, take care
Fefonz Quan: bye Wol, thanks for the dance lesson
Solobill Laville: There will be many pics on this chat log!!
Wol Euler: my pleasure!

  Wouldn't it be great if RL meetings went like this every so often?