2018.02.05 07:00 - Gotcha!

The Guardian for this meeting was Eden Haiku. The comments are by Eden Haiku.

A bit of confusion in the beginning

Riddle Sideways: hello, was waiting for Your choice of seat
Riddle Sideways: ㋡
Riddle Sideways: very nice coat, is that new?
Riddle Sideways: yes! hear you[coudnt’t type so I went into voice chat to tell Riddle I was going to log off and be rigjht back in]
Riddle Sideways: sound was down

--BELL--

Riddle Sideways: no, mic on this computer
Riddle Sideways: good practice for you to speak English, but the log would suffer
Riddle Sideways: Welcome Adams
Adams Rubble: Hello Riddle :)
Riddle Sideways: Eden will be right back, at that seat
Riddle Sideways: is ok, but would land on ya
Riddle Sideways: Hey, how about your Eagles yesterday
Adams Rubble: I must have read last weeks log wrong
Riddle Sideways: beat the mighty Patriots
Adams Rubble: yes, how bout them Iggles :)
Riddle Sideways: ㋡
Adams Rubble: Hello eden :)
Riddle Sideways: welcome back
Eden Haiku: Hi Riddle and Adams!
Adams Rubble: I must have read last weeks log wrong and apologize for my email
Riddle Sideways: ok, what is going on?
Riddle Sideways: Adams' email said ...
Adams Rubble is embarrassed
Adams Rubble is glad to see Eden :)
Riddle Sideways: and Eden was on voice, a little hard to hear, maybe something about switching laptop?
Eden Haiku: Sorry for earlier Riddle, I couldn't type at all. Strange feeling, like in a dream...
Riddle Sideways: ah! yes that early morning dreaming or not feelings
Eden Haiku: No, I had opened the laptop before connecting the mouse and had to restart the computer so it worked properly :)
Eden Haiku: You are talking about an email you sent Adams?
Adams Rubble: those tricky mice
Eden Haiku: Tricky tricky mice...
Adams Rubble: I thought I read you were not coming so I volunteered to host in your place but I am glad to see you eden :)
Riddle Sideways: and Riddle is so easily confused this morning
Eden Haiku: Ah! no problem Adams. I gave an early notice: I will indeed miss 2 sessions: on February 26 and March 5.
Eden Haiku: Feel free to host then if you feel like it :)
Adams Rubble: ahhh, so much for my close reading skills

Before solving the issue of reality

Riddle Sideways: before we get back into solving the issue of reality, there is a small thing to discuss
Eden Haiku: Yes?
Riddle Sideways: Gatcha (sp?)
Eden Haiku: ?
Adams Rubble: gotcha?
Riddle Sideways: seem to have avoided those little machines for years
Riddle Sideways: they look like slot machines
Riddle Sideways: and have 8-12 things in them for sale
Riddle Sideways: 1 or 2 good item that you might want
Riddle Sideways: and a bunch of worthless items
Riddle Sideways: well, don't understand them
Eden Haiku: I'm having a hard time following you Riddle. Talking about the cartoon characters?
Eden Haiku: Oh! games!
Riddle Sideways: confused typist is trying ...
Riddle Sideways:SL sellers
Eden Haiku: Ah, in-world problems...I see.
Adams Rubble is confused. Must get out more
Eden Haiku: So your inventory is filled with unwanted items?
Riddle Sideways: ha, is the problem Adams, was getting out more and found items wanted that were only in those vending machines

--BELL--

Riddle Sideways: would not have been a problem if had have stayed home
Eden Haiku: You were stranded somewhere?
Riddle Sideways: ok, drops topic
Adams Rubble: awww
Eden Haiku: No, please, continue :)
Eden Haiku: Thanks for your earlier compliment about the new coat Riddle. Bought it on online marketplace. And thanks Adams for suggesting this much easier way to shop! Still haven't try the Gatcha machines though :)
Riddle Sideways: whispers, that both of you seem to not know these things, so would not be able to explain
Adams Rubble is naive and ignorant
Eden Haiku: Ah, saw many links on SL search...
Riddle Sideways: no no no you are not
Eden Haiku: What do you buy in these machines Riddle, clothes, artefacts?
Riddle Sideways: in this specific case itwas going to be buying a rubber swimmy pool
Riddle Sideways: looked cute for summer
Eden Haiku: Oh!
Riddle Sideways: ㋡
Eden Haiku: Ah, that's nice :)
Riddle Sideways: could not find one on the web marketplace
Eden Haiku:So the gacha machines have things like that?
Riddle Sideways: but, was in one of those gotcha machines
Riddle Sideways: so, you put L$10-25 in andget a rubber duckie. not the wading pool
Adams Rubble: ohhhh
Eden Haiku: Not the same...
Riddle Sideways: you put another set of Lindens in and don't get the pool
Eden Haiku: OH!
Riddle Sideways: ok, easy to give up and go away
Adams Rubble: ouch

No understanding comes from walking away

Riddle Sideways: however, no understanding comes from walking away
Eden Haiku: True:)
Riddle Sideways: found a group "Gimme Gacha"
Eden Haiku: Ah ah!
Riddle Sideways: that has an even funnier game going on
Eden Haiku: listening
Riddle Sideways: they buy junk on the way to the prize and advert in the group for sale or trade
Riddle Sideways: so, almost understanding
Riddle Sideways: then tooooo much trafic in that group
Eden Haiku: arrgh
Riddle Sideways: end of story = no wading pool (yet!)
Riddle Sideways: but, it is not summer yet either
Riddle Sideways: sorry to take up your time
Eden Haiku: maybe you could float the duckie in the fountain?
Riddle Sideways: back to solving reality
Adams Rubble: :)
Eden Haiku: Not at all Riddle, I love to hear about SL :)
Eden Haiku: Enjoying Adams hat and coat, beautiful and elegant!
Adams Rubble: good day to be wearing the green
Eden Haiku: With the feathers of the hat moving in the breeze!
Riddle Sideways: See, Adams knows all about changing cloths and looking sharp
Adams Rubble does not own a rubber duckie
Riddle Sideways: might have been the first person met in SL that could look real

--BELL--

A good day to be wearing the green

Eden Haiku: Why is it a good day to wear green Adams?
Adams Rubble: my native city won the super bowl last night Eden
Eden Haiku: The Phillies were in blue no?
Adams Rubble: Phillies wear red
Eden Haiku: Yes, congratulations!
Adams Rubble: Eagles wear green
Eden Haiku: Oh, the Eagles! Yes.... Just took a peek...
Riddle Sideways: peek?
Adams Rubble: we call them Iggles where I come from :)
Eden Haiku: To the Super Bowl :)
Riddle Sideways: will spend some time today reviewing the reviews of the adverts during superbowl
Riddle Sideways: many websites rate them
Eden Haiku: So you were born in the fraternal city :) How sweet!
Riddle Sideways: the party was too noisy to hear the commericials
Eden Haiku: Ah yes, you went to this friend's house to party and watch the match?
Riddle Sideways: there were so many babies used in ads
Eden Haiku: Years go by so fast...
Eden Haiku: babies ?
Riddle Sideways: and Why did "Tide" laundry detergent do so much advertising
Eden Haiku: To have more youngsters feed on Tide Pods?
Adams Rubble giggles
Riddle Sideways: had not really heard of the Tide Pod feeding issue until yesterday
Adams Rubble can't understand the youth of today
Eden Haiku: Neither can I :(
Adams Rubble: back when i was young people used to smoke banana peels like normal people
Riddle Sideways:yep, this world is going to h-ll in a hand basket. again
Eden Haiku: giggles

A panic attack

Eden Haiku: Had a panic attack yesterday.
Adams Rubble: :(
Riddle Sideways: ha, yes Ithaca was sold out of bananas for a few months
Riddle Sideways: /listens
Eden Haiku: After walking for 3 hours on a nearby island by myself in a snowstorm, I decided to take a cab to come back home.
Eden Haiku: waited and waited and no cab.
Eden Haiku: Was rather far from home and didn't feel like walking back with the cold blizzard blowing in my face.
Riddle Sideways: no Uber or Lyft app where you can watch the little car icon approaching?
Eden Haiku: But I managed to calm down, updated an **********Applause!!********** about city buses and could catch one at the corner 5 minutes later.
Eden Haiku: **********Applause!!**********
Eden Haiku: That was an application, sorry :)
Riddle Sideways: giggles
Adams Rubble: :)
Riddle Sideways:at auto-correct
Eden Haiku: End of panic, end of story :)
Adams Rubble: glad you could find a bus
Eden Haiku: Never thought of Uber. Never used Uber yet.
Eden Haiku: I realized this morning that all this non-violent communication work is paying off.
Riddle Sideways: Great!
Eden Haiku: I was able to connect to the panic I felt.
Adams Rubbledoes not have cell phone with apps so these things are like science fiction to me
Eden Haiku: Oh no Adams? Still resisting cell phone, good for you! And then to the need I had: to be safe back home, in the warmth.
Riddle Sideways: "Magic" is just sci fi technology you just don't understand Yet
Eden Haiku: Taking a cab was only a strategy to fill that need.
Eden Haiku: So then the idea of the bus came up :)
Eden Haiku: Next time, Uber will come up too. I have to set up with credit card though I think?

--BELL--

Riddle Sideways: yes. and set that you are a good person of value worth getting a ride
Adams Rubble: :)
Eden Haiku: I'm still a bit afraid of Uber because drivers might have criminal records don't they?
Riddle Sideways: you can scan the driver's profile and she can scan your's
Eden Haiku: And also, cab drivers are losing so much money...But they don't work in snowstorms, not a very good service...

Serial and cereal murderers

Riddle Sideways: evaluate if you are not a serial murderer
Eden Haiku: I'm not, I swear:)
Riddle Sideways: ya, that is what they all say
Eden Haiku: hehe
Adams Rubble: :)
Riddle Sideways: well Uber and Lyft were good ideas in the beginning
Adams Rubble murders a bowl of cereal every morning
Eden Haiku: I think I will use Uber from now on :)
Eden Haiku: Good for your health Adams :)
Riddle Sideways: one of the companies (forget which) has gotten a bad rep lately
Riddle Sideways: am murdering a banana at the moment
Eden Haiku: Murdered my grapefruit already :)
Eden Haiku: Did you hear about this Toronto serial killer. A gardener, he buried his victims in his clients's flower beds...
Riddle Sideways: nope. missed that story
Eden Haiku: An horrible story on the news these days.
Adams Rubble: very scary

Back to the Super Bowl

Eden Haiku: How did you like Timberlike performance at mid-time?
Adams Rubble had sound off at halftime
Eden Haiku: Just caught a few minutes: his outfit was quite horrible :)
Riddle Sideways: once again, it seemed everybody else in the room knew the songs he was doing
Eden Haiku: Hard to feel up to date all the time isn'it?
Riddle Sideways: $3,000 camo salvation army pants
Adams Rubble was strange and just watched the super bowl for the football
Riddle Sideways: yes
Eden Haiku: You are an elegant lady who likes American football, how weird Adams :)
Riddle Sideways: he kept walking and dancing and jumping all over the stadium
Eden Haiku: Yep! A good dancer!
Riddle Sideways: take your word for that being good dancing
Eden Haiku: giggles
Riddle Sideways: lots of posing
Riddle Sideways: at the end posing (and singing and dancing) for a selfie with a fan that looked bored
Eden Haiku: Ah yes, saw that :)
Riddle Sideways: picked the wrong person to highlight
Eden Haiku: :)
Eden Haiku: The guy must have been there for the football.
Riddle Sideways: :))
Adams Rubble: :)
Eden Haiku: Were the Eagles already winning at halftime?
Adams Rubble:lots of Iggles fans there last night
Riddle Sideways: yes
Eden Haiku: maybe he was a Patriots fan :)
Adams Rubble: they were winning then but lost the lead and had to come back
Eden Haiku: And they did!
Adams Rubble: Patriots a formidable opponent
Riddle Sideways: it was expected that the Pats would be behind and make a come back
Adams Rubble: yes
Adams Rubble: they do that so they have more to brag about :)
Riddle Sideways: and their come back did not completely work

--BELL--

Riddle Sideways: they got close

Adams Rubble: did you guys see the SNL clip with Boston and Philadelphia?
Eden Haiku: no
Riddle Sideways: no. am 2 weeks behind on SNL
Eden Haiku: Funny?
Adams Rubble: https://youtu.be/fcziw7helVg
Riddle Sideways: oh Goodie another tab for today
Adams Rubble: :)
Adams Rubble: this one a funny one
Eden Haiku: Thanks Adams :)
Riddle Sideways: thanks, funny
Adams Rubble: they have the most rocks in the soil
Riddle Sideways: Poor Tom Brady. the quarterback that can throw, but not catch a pass on that trick play
Eden Haiku: video blocked here, but I will look for alt link :)
Adams Rubble: ohhh, so sorry Eden
Eden Haiku: Np. don't worry :)
Riddle Sideways: Canada is a civalized country
Eden Haiku: Is it?
Eden Haiku: I have my doubts about that :)
Riddle Sideways: they don't allow stupid comedy about American Foostball into their country
Adams Rubble must go and finish trashing the house
Adams Rubble giggles
Eden Haiku: Discovered lately that many ministers have invested in the cannabis industry. No wonder the Government wants to pass the law to free the trade ...
Riddle Sideways: well, until there is a french language version beside it
Eden Haiku: Trash the house Adams?Happy trashing and a good day!
Adams Rubble: well eden, your Prime Minister is better than our president
Eden Haiku: And congrats for winning the trophy!
Riddle Sideways: oooo Happy Trashing Day
Adams Rubble: :)
Adams Rubble: have a very good day each of you :)
Riddle Sideways: and Recycling must go out
Adams Rubble: bye for now
Eden Haiku: Ah, Mondays :)
Eden Haiku: Thank you both :)
Riddle Sideways: oh look! we wasted another hour
Eden Haiku: have a great Monday Riddle!
Riddle Sideways: and reality is solved
Riddle Sideways: so much of yesterday still needs to get done still
Eden Haiku:No waste Riddle. I now know about Gacha machines and I'm convinced about Uber :)
Riddle Sideways: maybe
Eden Haiku: And I'm happy for Adams and her Eagles winning and giggling at seeing her trashing the house with her secret lover :)
Riddle Sideways: giggles
Riddle Sideways: thank you for the fun
Eden Haiku: Thanks to you dear friend :)