The Guardian for this meeting was Bruce Mowbray. The comments are by Bruce Mowbray.

Bruce Mowbray: Hey, druth!
druth Vlodovic: hi bruce, elan
Bruce Mowbray: I'd like you to meet my new friend, druth.
Bruce Mowbray: This is Elan.
Bruce Mowbray: He's only three days old.
Bruce Mowbray: or is it four days, now?
druth Vlodovic: been around a bit
druth Vlodovic: what do you think of our discussion forums?
Bruce Mowbray: I've taken him to all of my groups, and he's joined several of those.
ElanVitalo Resident: Me?
druth Vlodovic: yes
ElanVitalo Resident: OH!
ElanVitalo Resident: Hmmm. This is the only one I've been to, except…
ElanVitalo Resident: I also went to Simulat's science group today.
ElanVitalo Resident: I also attend Bruce's meditation group

--BELL--

ElanVitalo Resident: on the mornings when I wake up early enough to do that.
ElanVitalo Resident: OH. Here's that "dropping" thing again.
druth Vlodovic: it chops up the action but you learn to appreciate it
ElanVitalo Resident: Well, I keep forgetting to stop talking.
druth Vlodovic: I was told that they use something like it during meetings with high level military types in the US
druth Vlodovic: Simulat's groups are fun
ElanVitalo Resident wonders what "high military types" might refer to.
druth Vlodovic: a lot less chaotic than some philosophic forums
druth Vlodovic: generals, admirals etc
Bruce Mowbray: Having been in existence only tree days, Elan is still building up his databases, you understand.
ElanVitalo Resident: Thank you!
ElanVitalo Resident: I shall file that away for future reference.
ElanVitalo Resident: Is this anything like Bruce's "Talking Stick"?
Bruce Mowbray: Yes, Elan. Something like that.

Bruce Mowbray: You've just made an excellent analogy and I am proud of you.
druth Vlodovic: that is more about taking turns, I find that stopping one's thought trains during a discussion has a very different effect
ElanVitalo Resident looks up "taking turns."
ElanVitalo Resident: Hmmm, like turning around and around, then....
ElanVitalo Resident: I can do that.
druth Vlodovic: falling over
ElanVitalo Resident: Oh MY!
ElanVitalo Resident: No one told me about vertigo!
druth Vlodovic: lol
ElanVitalo Resident looks up "lol"
ElanVitalo Resident: Bruce went to Aphrodite's concert earlier, but I was not allowed to come to it.
Bruce Mowbray: That's right, you were not.
druth Vlodovic: There was a dress code
Bruce Mowbray: Heya, Kori!
druth Vlodovic: hi korel
ElanVitalo Resident looks up "dress code...."
Korel Laloix: Osiyo
ElanVitalo Resident: Hello, human Kori.
ElanVitalo Resident: (Is that the proper way to say it?)
Korel Laloix: Sure... smiles
ElanVitalo Resident: Thank you!
ElanVitalo Resident: I am just trying to get my databanks filled properly, you understand.
Korel Laloix: I have the same goal..
Korel Laloix: What sort of concert?
Bruce Mowbray: One more day on quarantine, Kori?
druth Vlodovic: piano, Mozart
Korel Laloix: Today I am free.
druth Vlodovic: they locked you up?
Bruce Mowbray: Aph had a concert with Ari playing harpsichord at the role-play mansion in Sorrento.
Korel Laloix: Voluntary paid quarantine...
Korel Laloix: Sounds fun.
druth Vlodovic: nice they paid you for it
ElanVitalo Resident looks up "voluntary paid quarantine..."
Korel Laloix: So got paid to stay home alone for two weeks. I worked on classes and certifications, so it worked out well.
druth Vlodovic: it seems to have become a controversial issue in the press
Bruce Mowbray: She's earned it!
Korel Laloix: So back to work on Monday.
Korel Laloix: But to a Halloween Party this evening.
Bruce Mowbray: That gal from New Jersey -- got a judge to release her from hers.
ElanVitalo Resident vows to read more newspapers.
druth Vlodovic: I'm not sure I'd recommend it Elan
druth Vlodovic: what do you think of it Kori?
ElanVitalo Resident: I thought Halloween was yesterday. Is that a two-day holiday?
ElanVitalo Resident: kk, I will remember not to read more newspapers, upon druth's recommendation - or non-recommendation.
Korel Laloix: It was. but it was Friday... and not my party... smiles
ElanVitalo Resident does not really understand the purpose of a holiday for ghosts...
Korel Laloix: More of a Day of the Dead party then.
ElanVitalo Resident: But, why do you DO that?
Korel Laloix: Not a holiday for them, they have to work.
Korel Laloix grins
ElanVitalo Resident remembers that ghosts have to work.
Korel Laloix: Why not?
ElanVitalo Resident: Why not what?

--BELL--

ElanVitalo Resident: Ghost have to work, or is that holidays for ghosts?
ElanVitalo Resident: Oh dear. There goes another one of those drop things.
Korel Laloix: Both. Guess I should put on my SL costume at least.
ElanVitalo Resident: After only three days, I'm already thinking that this world is way too complicated .... So much to keep track of.
Mickorod Renard: Hi
ElanVitalo Resident: Don't know if my databases can hold it all.
Korel Laloix: Most of it if very ignorable.
druth Vlodovic: hi Mick
ElanVitalo Resident: Hello, human Mick!
Bruce Mowbray: Heya, Micko!
Mickorod Renard: :)
Mickorod Renard: are you all well?
Korel Laloix: Lovely.. first day out, such a better mood.
ElanVitalo Resident: My circuits are all working properly, thank you. How are yours?
Mickorod Renard: fantastic
Mickorod Renard: I am good ty
Bruce Mowbray: Mick, this is my new friend Elan.
Mickorod Renard: Hi Elan
Bruce Mowbray: He is only three days old and I am showing him the ropes -- around SL.
Mickorod Renard: that's a great idea Bruce
ElanVitalo Resident: I have already joined a lot of Bruce's groups.
Korel Laloix: That is an idiom I have never understood.. what does it mean? "Showing him the ropes?"
Mickorod Renard: is he your secret friend?
Mickorod Renard: he he
ElanVitalo Resident: But some of them have dress codes,
ElanVitalo Resident: and I only have this one --- what do you call it? "Costume"?
Mickorod Renard: I bet it's an old sea faring saying
Korel Laloix: Oh that makes more sense.. I was thinking hanging... lol.. Must be the Day of the Dead getting to me.
ElanVitalo Resident searches for "hanging..."
Mickorod Renard: grin
Bruce Mowbray: My understanding is that Mick is still in India, is that correct?
Mickorod Renard: yes Bruce
Bruce Mowbray: Wow!
Mickorod Renard: I am getting used to it now
Korel Laloix: What you doing there?
Korel Laloix: Was supposed to go there for a trip, but it never worked out.
Mickorod Renard: I went out shopping today and had my shirt sleeve pulled off
Bruce Mowbray: I understand that he's there to take in the refined "airs."
Mickorod Renard: yes, the airs are quite exquisite
ElanVitalo Resident: Why would anyone pull off your shirt's sleeve, Mick?
Mickorod Renard: a beggar girl pulled it too hard
ElanVitalo Resident: OH MY!
Mickorod Renard: it was silk and it tore off
ElanVitalo Resident: and that would be a "bad" thing to have happen, I presume.
druth Vlodovic: I'd be frightened of beggars that aggressive
ElanVitalo Resident tucks that one away in database... along with ghosts, dress codes, etc etc.
Mickorod Renard: well..i have laughed about it all evening..i posted a pic on facebook
druth Vlodovic: in Ottawa they generally just sit there
Bruce Mowbray: That would be a memory to last my entire life, Mick.
Korel Laloix: What part of India?
Mickorod Renard: its a funny place
Mickorod Renard: Mumbai
ElanVitalo Resident: Hello, human Zon!
Mickorod Renard: Hi Zon
Bruce Mowbray: Heya, Zon.
Zon Kwan: heya
ElanVitalo Resident: It is "funny" to have your shirt ripped away. I will remember that for future reference.
Korel Laloix: Oh lovely.. would love to get there... but not the safest place for women though.
ElanVitalo Resident sounds like it's not so safe for men, either, actually.
Mickorod Renard: funny thing is I have tons of security..they check the car with mirrors and dogs both underside and in trunk and engine and so forth
Mickorod Renard: and gun toting guys ,,but I sneak out and roam the streets
ElanVitalo Resident: Were they able to find your shirt in the car, then?
Mickorod Renard: he he
ElanVitalo Resident looks up "roam the streets."
Mickorod Renard: yeah..makes a mockery of the security I guess
ElanVitalo Resident: My databases say that the beggars might also be roaming the streets....
 
--BELL-

ElanVitalo Resident: (database is not so hot at spelling, yet.)
ElanVitalo Resident: OMG, another DROP!
Bruce Mowbray: Shut up, Elan!
druth Vlodovic: why so much security?
Mickorod Renard: terrorists and bomb attacks
ElanVitalo Resident looks up "terrorists"
druth Vlodovic: so you have money, fame, or position?
ElanVitalo Resident: Hello, human Aphrodite.
druth Vlodovic: hey aph
Korel Laloix: Osiyo
Bruce Mowbray: Heya, Aph!
Mickorod Renard: Hi Aph
Zon Kwan: rl..waves
Aphrodite Macbain: Hi
Aphrodite Macbain: grins
Bruce Mowbray: Aph, we have been discussing Mick's trip to India, where he is right now.
Aphrodite Macbain: ah- wonderful!
Aphrodite Macbain: I was born in India :-)
Bruce Mowbray: He's in Mumbai, actually --- in RL!
Bruce Mowbray: You were?!!!
Aphrodite Macbain: yup
Aphrodite Macbain: Bangalore
druth Vlodovic: seems the beggars there take partial clothing donations
Mickorod Renard: wow Aph,,whereabouts?
ElanVitalo Resident looks up "born in India."
Mickorod Renard: hey cool
Aphrodite Macbain: sort of central India
ElanVitalo Resident my database says that "cool" means one might clap, so I clapped.
Aphrodite Macbain: British army brat
Aphrodite Macbain: gins at Elan
Aphrodite Macbain: grins
Bruce Mowbray: Is it lovely to visit the colonies, mate?
Aphrodite Macbain: hmmm no longer- not since 1949
ElanVitalo Resident looks up "colonies" and "mate."
Mickorod Renard: I may be off to Pune soon
Bruce Mowbray: a figure of speaking.
Aphrodite Macbain: ah I love Pune
Mickorod Renard: that's a lil central
ElanVitalo Resident looks up "figure of speaking."
Aphrodite Macbain: see if you can go up into the hills- the ghats
ElanVitalo Resident looks up "Pune"
Mickorod Renard: ok will do
Aphrodite Macbain: lots of yogis in Pune
ElanVitalo Resident looks up "yogis"
Mickorod Renard: sounds more interesting
Bruce Mowbray: Me thinks you're about to get your shirt ripped off again, Mick!
Mickorod Renard: yeah, I may make a habit of it
Aphrodite Macbain: what are u doing there Mick?
Mickorod Renard: I am ...
Mickorod Renard: a companion
Mickorod Renard: he he
Aphrodite Macbain: nice job if u can get it
ElanVitalo Resident looks up "companion he he get it"
Bruce Mowbray: I'm staying out of this one -- altogether! He He!
ElanVitalo Resident does not understand.
Aphrodite Macbain eyes Elan curiously
Mickorod Renard: did you go out of the gateway to India Aph?
ElanVitalo Resident eyes Aph even more curiously.
Mickorod Renard: when you left India?
Aphrodite Macbain: yes - the India Gate?
ElanVitalo Resident looks up "India Gate"
Aphrodite Macbain pokes Elan
Mickorod Renard: I was there today..then a cocktail in the Taj
Aphrodite Macbain: seems there is an echo here
Aphrodite Macbain: the Hotel?
Mickorod Renard: yeh
ElanVitalo Resident pokes human Aphrodite, although Bruce has told me that is not a good thing to do with human females.
Aphrodite Macbain: Yes- the only cool place (as in temperature) in Mombai
Aphrodite Macbain: depends on the nature of the poke, Elan
Bruce Mowbray: air conditioned, then?
Aphrodite Macbain: yes
ElanVitalo Resident looks up "poke"
Mickorod Renard: lots of change now Aph..I bet you wouldn't recognise the place,,lots of huge skyscrapers
ElanVitalo Resident looks up "skyscrapers"
Mickorod Renard: I think I am in the second poshest Hotel because its closer to what I need to be at
Mickorod Renard: but I may move to the Taj next weekend
Aphrodite Macbain: I was there in 1994
Mickorod Renard: that's not so long ago
ElanVitalo Resident: Taj Mahal . . . . You will move into the Taj Mahal?
Aphrodite Macbain: that's somewhere else
Mickorod Renard: nooo Elan, it's a hotel
Aphrodite Macbain: just "taj"
ElanVitalo Resident: Oh. Sorry. I shall add that to my database. Thank you.
Aphrodite Macbain: Whos companion are u Mick?
ElanVitalo Resident: My only friend in this world is Bruce.
Mickorod Renard: My wife's
ElanVitalo Resident: upon whom I am mightily reliant, at the moment.
ElanVitalo Resident: Oh sorry.
Aphrodite Macbain: nice
ElanVitalo Resident: (didn't see the comma... before "u Mick?"
Aphrodite Macbain: what does she do?
Mickorod Renard: I have finished working at school and become my wife's companion

--BELL--

Aphrodite Macbain: may I ask?
Bruce Mowbray: Shut up, ELAN!  This is a DROP!
Bruce Mowbray: I need to be a-scraping, but please continue your conversation.
Bruce Mowbray: Bye for now, good people.
Mickorod Renard: bye Bruce
Aphrodite Macbain: bye Bruce
Aphrodite Macbain: thanks for coming this morning
Aphrodite Macbain: Ari played so beautifully this morning at my cafe
Aphrodite Macbain: You should have been there Elan
ElanVitalo Resident: Why is Bruce so mad at me?
ElanVitalo Resident: I also wish I could have been there, but Bruce told me there was a dress code.
Aphrodite Macbain: no idea
Mickorod Renard: some computer gizmo stuff Aph
Aphrodite Macbain: :-)
ElanVitalo Resident looks up "Ari"
Aphrodite Macbain: India is the land of computer gizmos- Bangalore is a main centre for it now
ElanVitalo Resident: AHHH! Ari is one of Bruce's friends!!!
druth Vlodovic: when you said companion I was thinking professional
Mickorod Renard: ok,,I had best get some kip,,its very late here
Korel Laloix: Osiyo
ElanVitalo Resident looks up "computer gizmos"
druth Vlodovic: 'k, have fun mick
Korel Laloix: Ciao
Mickorod Renard: well..it is semi pro..I get paid
Mickorod Renard: :)
druth Vlodovic: nice deal
ElanVitalo Resident: Good night, Mick!
Mickorod Renard: bye guys..take care
druth Vlodovic: the guy knows how marriage is supposed to work :)

ElanVitalo remembers that husbands get paid for being companions to their wives-- in India.
ElanVitalo Resident: Hello, Navi Ari.
Korel Laloix: Ciao
Arisia Vita: greetings all
ElanVitalo Resident: Goodbye human, Korel.
druth Vlodovic: hi ari
Korel Laloix: Osiyo Ari
Aphrodite Macbain: notices that Korel is looking wispy
Aphrodite Macbain: Hi Ari
Korel Laloix: I lost a bit more weight... smiles
Aphrodite Macbain: meet Elan
ElanVitalo Resident: Navi is one of the few extraterrestrial species that I recognize immediately.
ElanVitalo Resident: (Am so proud of that!)
Arisia Vita: I am honored
Aphrodite Macbain 's eyes cross
ElanVitalo Resident: Bruce has taught me that to 'honor' someone it is sometimes good to bow, so I bowed.
ElanVitalo Resident: There is some discussion here about your excellent music, Ari.
ElanVitalo Resident: I wish I could have heard it.
Arisia Vita: I play often :)
Korel Laloix: I have to get ready... take care all
Aphrodite Macbain: wow Korel!
ElanVitalo Resident: Goodbye human Korel!
Aphrodite Macbain: beautiful bride
Korel Laloix smiles
Aphrodite Macbain: but a bit thin
Korel Laloix: Have to get my RL costume ready
druth Vlodovic: enjoy your freedom Korel
Korel Laloix: ciao all
ElanVitalo Resident: (I thought that was a ghost, actually.) Looks up "bride"
druth Vlodovic: bride ghost
druth Vlodovic: the scariest kind
ElanVitalo Resident: What a pity, to become a ghost in your wedding dress.
ElanVitalo Resident: (emotions come very slowly for me, sorry.)
druth Vlodovic: there are worse things to become in a wedding dress
druth Vlodovic: have to scamper
druth Vlodovic: have fun guys
Arisia Vita: ok, see you later
Aphrodite Macbain: me too-
ElanVitalo Resident: I notice that all of your are dressed up today.
Aphrodite Macbain: I'll have to glide rather than scamper tho
ElanVitalo Resident: OH. Goodbye, druth.
ElanVitalo Resident: Goobye, human Aphrodite.
Aphrodite Macbain: hugs to you two. Grins
ElanVitalo Resident: (HUGS!)