2018.12.17 07:00 - It’s a Wonderful Life!

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

Comfort clothing

Eden Haiku: Good morning PaB Listener Master!
Eden Haiku: Riddle is logging in, phew... I was afraid I scared him away with my bad mood of last Monday :)
Eden Haiku: Good morning Riddle!
Riddle Sideways: Hi Eden
Eden Haiku: Brave soul :)
Riddle Sideways: sorry late
Eden Haiku: No problem at all...
Riddle Sideways: computer updates
Eden Haiku: Ah!
Riddle Sideways: they are very sleepy today
Eden Haiku: Those updates...
Riddle Sideways: SL and FS updates
Eden Haiku: smiles
Riddle Sideways: and virus checker updates and and and
Eden Haiku: I'm so grateful you are here despite my dark mood of last week.
Eden Haiku: feeling cheerful today:)
Riddle Sideways: wha? that ok
Riddle Sideways: Great
Eden Haiku: Reading this book about "collapsing" I learnt cheerfullness is an important resilient ressource for the future :)
Riddle Sideways: ah
Eden Haiku: So my natural mood is back :)
Riddle Sideways: however, it was the book that was getting you down
Eden Haiku: Maybe yes...:) I don't remember what started it really...
Riddle Sideways: last year, Eliza was talking about a book genre that was optimistic futures
Riddle Sideways: a new ...-punk
Riddle Sideways: maybe Greenpunk[she tweeted it: Solarpunk: a very interesting concept!]
Eden Haiku: Ah no, it was an article in a local newspaper and the declaration of an environmentalist saying it was already too late.
Eden Haiku: Greenpunk, humm... will look it up, thanks.
Riddle Sideways: not sure that was the name
Riddle Sideways: that is a beautiful warm coat for today
Eden Haiku: Did you see this 15 years old Swedish girl declaration at the COP24? She was amazingly direct!
Riddle Sideways: no seen that
Eden Haiku: Yes, the weather is chilly and grey :)
Eden Haiku: So the coat is comfort clothing :)

--BELL--

Adams makes a Christmas tree appear!

Eden Haiku: Here is the YouTube link for later. Don't risk crashing. I used to have this issue too and I know how upsetting it is: Greta Thunberg at the COP24: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFkQSGyeCWg
Eden Haiku: She chastises us for being unable for protecting her future, but she's very calm and composed.
Riddle Sideways: thanks, was looking for it
Riddle Sideways: and alarmed by some links
Eden Haiku: So, how are you doing these days Riddle?
Riddle Sideways: that stated it is not available in this country
Riddle Sideways: Howdee Adams
Adams Rubble: Good morning Riddle and Eden :)
Adams Rubble: It took me a whole half hour to get here
Riddle Sideways: the all bundled up to keep warm Adams
Eden Haiku: Good morning Ms Adams :)
Riddle Sideways: took almost that long too
Eden Haiku: How so Adams?
Eden Haiku: ah, the updates...
Adams Rubble: Could not log in to my region
Riddle Sideways: had to do updates also
Adams Rubble: I have an important announcement that may affect Riddle
Adams Rubble: I will here on Thursday :)
Riddle Sideways: /listening
Eden Haiku: listening
Riddle Sideways: ta da
Eden Haiku: drumbeat
Eden Haiku: Oh, great Adams.
Riddle Sideways: looks at calendar, notes that it is on the correct month
Adams Rubble: :)
Riddle Sideways: what changed?
Adams Rubble: December 20
Adams Rubble: no trip
Adams Rubble: cancelled
Riddle Sideways: oooo
Eden Haiku: Day trimming day for me alas...
Adams Rubble hands eden some hedge clippers
Eden Haiku: Thanks :)
Eden Haiku: Trimming as in decorating?
Riddle Sideways: those words that several meanings thing again
Adams Rubble: :)
Eden Haiku: Just checked in dictionnary: right, the two meanings :)))
Eden Haiku: Adams was making a pun :))
Riddle Sideways: ah, a tree [Adams operated her magic and a trimmed tree appeared at the fountain!]
Eden Haiku: What a beautiful fir tree Adams!!!
Riddle Sideways: trimmed nicely
Eden Haiku: Yes! Always amazed at the tidiness of your inventory Adams :)
Riddle Sideways: was shopping here yesterday and saw the first AniMesh Santa
Adams Rubble: :)
Riddle Sideways: dancing and walking
Eden Haiku: How long did it take you to recover from the virus the toddler brought home?
Riddle Sideways: in SL viewer
Riddle Sideways: standing still in FS
Adams Rubble: a few days Eden. A little slower than the toddler did
Riddle Sideways: /listens to Adams
Riddle Sideways: tis the season to have colds
Adams Rubble: The toddler is so full of love
Eden Haiku: Are you using both viewers at the same time Riddle?
Adams Rubble heard that
Adams Rubble: :)
Riddle Sideways: no, but switch back and forth
Eden Haiku: How old is the little one? They do beam love a lot these young creatures :)
Adams Rubble: 1.5
Riddle Sideways: whichever has not crashed this hour
Riddle Sideways: ah, the best age to Not take on an airplane trip

A whole lot of love 

Eden Haiku: Wonderful! One of the youngest ones in my family is one and a half too. I can't wait to see her again at New Year!

--BELL-

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Adams Rubble: :)
Riddle Sideways: they have to walk up and down the aisle
Riddle Sideways: and they touch every knee as the pass
Eden Haiku: I love all 9 of them, the older ones of 7 and 6 who can now READ and the toddlers in between and the babies :)
Adams Rubble: my rl person is a bad age to take on an airplane trip (all the time)
Adams Rubble: wow 9 of them
Riddle Sideways: Yes! am too
Eden Haiku: My brothers had 2 children each who had 2 children each and one couple 3 :)
Riddle Sideways: 9 is a whole lot of love
Eden Haiku: It is a whole lot of love :)
Adams Rubble still figuring--so two brothers?
Riddle Sideways: hahahaha, yes was doing the maths also
Eden Haiku: Two brothers, Oldest one had a son and a daughter,
Eden Haiku: Son has 2 toddlers: a 4 yo old daughter and a 1.5 boy.
Adams Rubble: :)
Eden Haiku: His daughter has an 6yo boy, a 3 yo daughter and a 1»5 girl.
Eden Haiku: Second brother has two daughters.
Adams Rubble: An airplane was traveling at 35,000 feet up and had 9 toddlers. How many pilots were there?
Eden Haiku: Oldest has 7 yo girl and 3 yo boy.
Adams Rubble: :)
Riddle Sideways: ㋡
Adams Rubble counts six so far
Riddle Sideways: 7
Adams Rubble: ohhh, yes
Eden Haiku: Youngest has two daughters: almost 5 yo and almost 1 yo girl. Their mom is the pilot :)
Adams Rubble: hehe
Adams Rubble: do they all speak French?
Eden Haiku: She will be back to work in February, I wonder how she and her companion will deal with the toddlers. She often flies from Toronto and they live near Montreal.[Saw her yesterday and she told me she will now be based in Montreal, what a relief!]
Riddle Sideways: at 1.5 they have their own language
Adams Rubble: oh yes
Adams Rubble: wow about the commute
Riddle Sideways: And Eden is the GREAT aunt
Eden Haiku: The ones from Montreal area speak French, the ones from Toronto and Ottawa area speak English. But the 4 year old girl who goes by my mother Eden Haiku: Yes, the commute is rather exacting, Fingers crossed so there isn't a huge snowstorm the day of our party!
Eden Haiku: Yes, blushing: I'm a very young looking great aunt:) Nice red Christmas sweater Riddle :)
Riddle Sideways: did not have time to put it on before session

--BELL--

Riddle Sideways: was getting cold looking at y'alls cloths
Eden Haiku: And a red nose!
Riddle Sideways: So much to give thanks for

A call from outer space

Adams Rubble: sorry ohone call. reading
Adams Rubble: phone
Eden Haiku: ohone call hehe, that's a call from the outer space?
Riddle Sideways: yes
Riddle Sideways: or Other space
Eden Haiku: Your guardian angel had some message for you Adams?
Adams Rubble: so unusual that it is not a scammer calling--a real person this time
Eden Haiku: A real person on the phone is rare occurence nowadays :)
Riddle Sideways: oooooo, not had a real caller in the last hundred
Adams Rubble: yes
Eden Haiku: Some phone companies are not offering landlines anymore did you hear?Riddle Sideways: hmmm, no have not heard that
Adams Rubble: I'll give up my landline when they pry it from my cold dead hands
Riddle Sideways: still have landline so that when power outage there is still phone
Riddle Sideways: ha, yes Adams
Riddle Sideways: and that rotary dialer
Eden Haiku: Our landline comes with a bunch: Internet and Tv so if I disconnect it, it would be more expensive, I think. Also, when outage, it’s useful and to talk with my almost 92 years old mother-in-law.
Adams Rubble: hehe, still have one but it is now disconnected
Adams Rubble: yes have the three
Adams Rubble: rarely watch TV though
Eden Haiku: We still have some excellent local tv shows here, so I watch a few.
Riddle Sideways: still calling it 'watch TV' but it is a Netflix or Amazon or ... service
Adams Rubble watches my computer :)
Eden Haiku: Very few French programs on Netflix unfortunately.
Adams Rubble: ohhh
Eden Haiku: I watch in English but my companion isn't fluent.. He reads poetry all the time, doesn't like TV...
Riddle Sideways: good
Adams Rubble: :)
Eden Haiku: Bought him an anthology of Argentinian poetry for Christmas.
Riddle Sideways: we are watching a lot lately, for some reason.
Adams Rubble: he reads Spanish then
Eden Haiku: Darkening of the light Riddle, maybe.
Adams Rubble: can watch Fix News to see what the president will say next
Riddle Sideways: almost time to swing back to not watching
Riddle Sideways: hahahaha, Fix news
Adams Rubble: Fox
Adams Rubble: whoops typo
Riddle Sideways: fuzzball loves typos
Riddle Sideways: good typo tho
Eden Haiku: Yes, he does read Spanish. His maternal grandfather was born in London but as many French-Canadians my companion resisted learning English and became fluent in Spanish instead :)
Riddle Sideways: darn you be so quick with inventory

It’s a Wonderful Life

Riddle Sideways: Hello Adael
Eden Haiku: Hello Adael :)
Eden Haiku: Typos are a delicacy :)
Eden Haiku: A delicatessen of delicacies?
Riddle Sideways: planning on re-using Fix News several times now
Adams Rubble: lots of people all over the world not like the British
Eden Haiku: Fix News is the contrary of Fake News?
Eden Haiku: Fuzzball has the biggest blue-green eyes :)
Adams Rubble: did anyone see the Saturday Night Live parody of Its a Wonderful Life this weekend?
Adams Rubble: It made everything seem normal again for a few minutes
Eden Haiku: No, must be very funny?
Riddle Sideways: not yet. usually Tuesday night we watch recordings
Eden Haiku: Oh, must watch!
Adams Rubble: Yes, called Trump Life
Eden Haiku: hehe
Adams Rubble: He wishes he'd never been president
Riddle Sideways: of course

--BELL--

Riddle Sideways: hard to believe him saving anybody jumping off a bridge
Adams Rubble: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdQl7SxOHek
Eden Haiku: Tks, was trying to find it :)
Adams Rubble: Spoiler Alert: he did not save anyone
Riddle Sideways: that link should be available in my country
Riddle Sideways: many of the COP24 Climate change ones protesting us are not available :(
Riddle Sideways: did watch a movie named "Snowdon" this weekend
Eden Haiku: Didn't work for me either. The only thing I get is robot voices describing the SNL sketch about Trump Life...
Riddle Sideways: wonder if NSA Bob is ok with lower case us
Adams Rubble: ohhh, so sorry you can not see it
Eden Haiku: I guess I have to take detours. Maybe on Twitter, I can find a working link. Would love to see that sketch :)
Adams Rubble: everything gets back to normal in the skit
Eden Haiku: Science-fiction wonderful life :)
Riddle Sideways: noted yesterday, many shops have media/radio playing that "is not available in your country"
Eden Haiku: And these endless talks about free trade...
Riddle Sideways: Freedom nows costs a pretty penny

A sad Christmas story

Adams Rubble: whoops I just kicked the cat under the desk
Riddle Sideways: ow
Adams Rubble: must make amends
Eden Haiku: Watching Trump life it on Twitter now :)
Riddle Sideways: face cat had just let us know there was a crow in the driveway
Adams Rubble: :) Eden
Riddle Sideways: hmmmm, vids on Twitter ? in 128 chars
Adams Rubble: Eden will be gone for about 8 minutes
Adams Rubble: minutes
Eden Haiku: Ah no, back already, it was jut the opening scene for 1min36
Adams Rubble: shhh
Adams Rubble: ohhh :(
Riddle Sideways: ha, Adael
Eden Haiku: Sure will find the whole thing somewhere :)
Eden Haiku: Your cats reminded me of yesterday cat
Adams Rubble hates borders
Eden Haiku: As I was walking into the park
Eden Haiku: A toddler who was with his mom told be about a kitty badly hurt
Eden Haiku: His speech wasn’t so clear so his Mom asked me if I had seen the cat by the sidewalk

--BELL--

Eden Haiku: I hadn't so I walked back and found a black & white cat lying by the side of the street, very ill and trembling
Eden Haiku: we were soon a little group with him, calling veterinarians and services to take care of the poor thing
Eden Haiku: People brought towels to warm the cat and a young couple took their car to bring him to the veterinary.
Eden Haiku: I don't know what happened after that...
Eden Haiku: It was so very sad. I'm sure he's someone cat...
Adams Rubble: hope it is going to be OK
Riddle Sideways: hope the toddler tells you the cat is ok, next time you meet
Eden Haiku: An older woman thought he was dying. There was no blood.. So I don't think he was hit by a car.
Eden Haiku: Gave my email to the young couple who took the cat to the veterinarian but didn't hear from them yet...[Heard from them later: it was an aging dying cat. He got an anti-pain shot and was then euthanized at the veterinarian...]
Eden Haiku: Oh yes, Adael, you are a cat. I was forgetting that :))
Eden Haiku: Sorry for my sad Christmas story....
Adams Rubble: 5/ np
Adams Rubble: cold for a kitten to be out on the streets
Adams Rubble: Thank you for being here this morning
Eden Haiku: Thank you Adams, have a great week!
Adams Rubble: I hope you both have a wonderful day
Adams Rubble: the cats do not stay arround long when the toddler comes
Eden Haiku: I'm sure they don't!
Eden Haiku: Oh, Riddle You crashed?
Adams Rubble: that's a lovely coat Eden
Adams Rubble: wb Riddle
Eden Haiku: Thank you Adams.You are very elegant yourself :)
Riddle Sideways: back. made it most of session
Adams Rubble: yes, good that things settled down for us
Eden Haiku: Just in time for us to wish you a great day Riddle :)
Adams Rubble: now if I can make it home safely. Where's my pilot?
Riddle Sideways: thank you All and let's go have the great days
Eden Haiku: Adael is for sure :)
Adams Rubble: yes great day Riddle
Eden Haiku: Will do Riddle :)