The Guardian for this meeting was Agatha Macbeth. The comments are by Agatha Macbeth.

Agatha Macbeth: Did I just see Bert appear?

Maybe it was an illusion ;-)

Santoshima Resident: 's current display-name is "San".
Agatha Macbeth: Hello San
Santoshima Resident: hi Agatha ~ happy mom's day
Agatha Macbeth: Thanks :)
Agatha Macbeth: We had ours two months ago :p
Santoshima Resident: how're you?
Agatha Macbeth: I'm okay, weather has been lousy
Santoshima Resident: oh, lousy being what?
Agatha Macbeth: Being weather :P
Santoshima Resident: hmm. sun and blue sky here.
Agatha Macbeth: Nice
Agatha Macbeth: Makes a change from snow eh
Santoshima Resident: no snow here
--BELL--1330
Santoshima Resident: only a little back in Dec/jan
Santoshima Resident: it's mild
Bruce Mowbray: 's current display-name is "Bruce".
Agatha Macbeth: Good
Agatha Macbeth: I think Cat's vicinity had a fair amount
Santoshima Resident: good day Bruce
Agatha Macbeth: Hello Brucie :)
Bruce Mowbray: GOOD DAY! San and aggers!
Agatha Macbeth: And Blubbie
Santoshima Resident: yes, eastern canada, abundant snow this year
Bruce Mowbray: Blubbie waves three fins!
Santoshima Resident: salutations, Bubbie
Bruce Mowbray: :))
Bruce Mowbray: away from keyboard for just a sec.....
Agatha Macbeth: Is the Pacific coast milder usually?
Santoshima Resident: milder than ottawa, yes
Agatha Macbeth nods
Santoshima Resident: rainforest
Agatha Macbeth: Now I think of it, I seem to remember Wol saying that too
Bruce Mowbray: Yes, the whole west coast is milder than the interior -- of the states, as well.
Bruce Mowbray: In fact, my friend in Alaska was having balmy weather when it was below freezing in Ohio.
Agatha Macbeth: Interesting subject climate
Bruce Mowbray: I'm warming up to it, gradually.
Bruce Mowbray: (Did I just pull an aggerism?
Bruce Mowbray: )

Poof!

Bruce Mowbray: oh dear.
Santoshima Resident: oh dear .... i fear the weather just wasn't an interesting enough topic
Santoshima Resident: alas
Santoshima Resident: oh, hi Aggers
Bruce Mowbray: WB!
Bruce Mowbray: Do you want your seat back?
Agatha Macbeth: Damn, crashed taking a pic
Bruce Mowbray: awwww.
Agatha Macbeth: TY
Bruce Mowbray: I use SnagIt for all my photos --
Santoshima Resident: happens
Santoshima Resident: this sl is very laggy these days
Bruce Mowbray: not the inworld camera.
Bruce Mowbray: works a lot better.
Bruce Mowbray: I can give you a copy of that application if you want it.
Santoshima Resident: snagit?
Agatha Macbeth: What's snagit?
Bruce Mowbray: Yes, a great screen save program.
Bruce Mowbray: You can edit the photo with words, arrows, etc.
Agatha Macbeth: Hm

(San keeps standing up)

Bruce Mowbray: (Getting restless, San?)
Agatha Macbeth: Never heard of that
Bruce Mowbray: I will find it for you.
Bruce Mowbray: http://www.techsmith.com/snagit.html...FYtAMgodIzwAIw
Agatha Macbeth: It can be temperamental sometimes
Bruce Mowbray: I can give you a free copy, if you want it.
Santoshima Resident: always restless, bruce
Bruce Mowbray: !!
Agatha Macbeth: That would be nice TY
Agatha Macbeth: Could see what it does
Bruce Mowbray: I will find it at hermitdog.com and send you both the link.
Agatha Macbeth: Yay
Bruce Mowbray: (It is an older version, but I've used it for years and LOVE it.)
Agatha Macbeth: You old hermit dog you :)
Santoshima Resident: super
Bruce Mowbray: ha ha!
Bruce Mowbray dies from laughing....
Agatha Macbeth: Yay, you got back this time
Agatha Macbeth: Not lost under the fountain
Bruce Mowbray: [begs pardon while his typist looks for SnagIt link.....]
Agatha Macbeth: Maybe Blub has it
Agatha Macbeth: And there was I thinking SL was running unusually smooth for a Sunday
Bruce Mowbray: http://www.hermitdog.com/SnagIt_9.0.2.zip
Santoshima Resident: (text is über laggy today ... several seconds)
Agatha Macbeth: Thanks Bruce
Agatha Macbeth: Will check it out
Santoshima Resident: pc or mac?
Bruce Mowbray: You will need to un-zip that file. The serial numbers are there -- Choose any of them. This is an older version, but it works GREAT.
Bruce Mowbray: PC.
Agatha Macbeth: Yay
Bruce Mowbray: It is for PC.
Agatha Macbeth: Do Macs use zip files?
Santoshima Resident: yup
Agatha Macbeth: Ah
Bruce Mowbray: don't know, San.
Bruce Mowbray: Maybe.
Agatha Macbeth: Didn't know
Agatha Macbeth: I know Linux uses tar or something
Agatha Macbeth: Having AO trouble San?
Santoshima Resident: no
Bruce Mowbray: RAR.
Agatha Macbeth: Bless you
Santoshima Resident: just the usual
Bruce Mowbray: :)
Agatha Macbeth: Sitting in SL is often a pain
Bruce Mowbray: Consider it a Mother's Day gift!
Agatha Macbeth: Aww thanks

Bruce spies a big pink cloud in the distance which I can't see

Bruce Mowbray: Do I see an atomic explosion behind us.... or what?!
--BELL--1345
Santoshima Resident: perhaps, the balloon?
Bruce Mowbray: (nods, quietly....)
Bruce Mowbray: Nope, not the balloon.
Santoshima Resident: some graphic anomaly
Santoshima Resident: pay it no mind
Agatha Macbeth: Explosion Bruce?
Bruce Mowbray: kk, I just made a Snagit photo and will give you both copies of it as soon as I upload it.
Santoshima Resident: ok
Agatha Macbeth: Hm, I see nothing unusual
Santoshima Resident: waiting
Agatha Macbeth: Unless someone is fooling around with particles
Bruce Mowbray: There you are.
Agatha Macbeth: TY
Bruce Mowbray: yw.
Santoshima Resident: oh i see, a large pink cloud on the horizon
Agatha Macbeth: Oh I don't see that at all
Santoshima Resident: not in view on my screen
Bruce Mowbray: Yes, that's the one!
Santoshima Resident: personal halucination
Agatha Macbeth: Probably something going on at Hanja
Santoshima Resident: a science experiment gone awry, perhaps
Bruce Mowbray: Hmmmm. Maybe a cook-out.
Agatha Macbeth: My DD isn't usually up very high
Santoshima Resident: nor mine
Bruce Mowbray: How was that for a quickie demo of SnagIt, though?
Agatha Macbeth: Well round here no real need for it to be
Agatha Macbeth: Works Brucie
Bruce Mowbray: ;-)
Agatha Macbeth: And no crashes
Bruce Mowbray: And you can make OOOODLES of edits, too.
Bruce Mowbray: arrows, words, and the like.
Bruce Mowbray: no crashes!
Agatha Macbeth: I don't seem to edit my oodles very often
Bruce Mowbray: ;-)
Santoshima Resident: please excuse me ... must return to tiling job
Santoshima Resident: nice to see you both
Agatha Macbeth: OK San, tile well
Santoshima Resident: cheerio
Bruce Mowbray: I'm assuming and hoping that Berti's sessions will be held as usual. (??)
Bruce Mowbray: in a few minutes.
Agatha Macbeth: Yep, he sent out the notices
Bruce Mowbray: Bye for now, San!
Bruce Mowbray: kk, TY!
Bruce Mowbray: My typist will be in Chicago for five days - starting tomorrow.
Agatha Macbeth: Say hi to Al Capone for me
Bruce Mowbray: I've been telling him that he needs a break. . . .
Agatha Macbeth: Yeh
Bruce Mowbray: and he says, "A BREAK!!?? FROM WHAT!!??"
Agatha Macbeth: Can't be a hermit all the time
Bruce Mowbray: That's what I tell him, too.
Agatha Macbeth: Is it raining? :p

                 
Bruce Mowbray: He has actually eaten in one of Al Capone's favorite restaurants.
Agatha Macbeth: Oh my
Bruce Mowbray: It will be raining off and on this week, somewhere, yes.
Bruce Mowbray: It's a German sausage joint.
Agatha Macbeth: Thought you were just checking
Bruce Mowbray: They make a big deal of the gangs.
Agatha Macbeth: Oh not Italian then?
Bruce Mowbray: Capone was Sicilian, I think, but his favorite restaurant now sells sausages, Go figure.
Bruce Mowbray: Easy come, easy go.
Agatha Macbeth: I like sausages
Agatha Macbeth: Very nice with mustard
Bruce Mowbray: Look out for the machine gun bullets in your sausage, they warn.
Bruce Mowbray: :)
Bruce Mowbray: NOW we can laugh.
Agatha Macbeth: I'd spit em out
Bruce Mowbray: ha ha.
Bruce Mowbray: I'd catch 'em in my teeth.
Agatha Macbeth: Wonder if there was a Guardian Meeting today?
Bruce Mowbray: Hey, good fella. I'm off to Berti's.
Bruce Mowbray: Let me know if you need help with SnagIt.
Agatha Macbeth: Yes it's that time
Bruce Mowbray: and HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!
Agatha Macbeth: OK my dear, Ty again
Agatha Macbeth: Indeed!
Agatha Macbeth: Yay for mothers everywhere