The Guardian for this meeting was Eliza Madrigal. The comments are by Eliza Madrigal.
It should be noted that today is the last 'single digit date' (9-9-9) most of us will see, though I didn't think to bring that up in this simple session where Yakuzza, Arch, Solo (for a moment there), and I talked a little about our colds, the economy, mosquitos, age, and onigokko. :)
Yakuzza Lethecus: hey eliza
Eliza Madrigal: Hi Yakuzza
Eliza Madrigal: I had to turn my camera around to see you :) Glad you typed :)
Yakuzza Lethecus: i always use a free radar
Eliza Madrigal: I have a radar, but it disconnects my AO
Yakuzza Lethecus: ao ?
Eliza Madrigal: animation override... so that I walk rather than kind of hop
Eliza Madrigal: haha
Yakuzza Lethecus: hey arch
Eliza Madrigal: Hello Arch
Eliza Madrigal: Thanks, Ya :)
Yakuzza Lethecus: i´ts a free radar arch
Yakuzza Lethecus: something like that is usefull to see who is around
Yakuzza Lethecus: or not in the field of view right now
Eliza Madrigal: :) Useful if guardianing and facing one way, certainly
Eliza Madrigal: So how are you both?
Yakuzza Lethecus: still have a cold :(
Eliza Madrigal: Oh, me too!! What are you taking for it?
Eliza Madrigal: For me it seems to come with the school year, and when I was working in the school I lived off of vitamin c packets
Archmage Atlantis: Thanks Yak
Eliza Madrigal: The best thing is napping though
Yakuzza Lethecus: hmm, can´t find a world for ,,schleimlöser"
Yakuzza Lethecus: otherwise i drink much and noise spray
Yakuzza Lethecus: it´s just annoying
Eliza Madrigal: losenges?
Yakuzza Lethecus: i don´t feel very sick exept my head is closed :P
Eliza Madrigal: yes it is annoying :)
Eliza Madrigal: I've been noticing how such a little thing, like not breathing clearly, affects the overall patience level with other things, too...
Archmage Atlantis: I don't know if the cold sounds better than 30 - 40 mosquito bites or not
Eliza Madrigal: we have so many factors which make up our experiences
Eliza Madrigal: Wow Arch...that's a lot
Archmage Atlantis: That was yesterday
--BELL--
Yakuzza Lethecus: window open for too long while lights on ?
Archmage Atlantis: No, I use a walker or a cane and I ventured out to prune a shrub without them
Archmage Atlantis: Fell and was captive till the EMTs arrived
Eliza Madrigal: Yikes, Arch, that's terrible!
Archmage Atlantis: SW Fl right by the Everglades isn't a smart place to do that
Eliza Madrigal: No it isn't... though I'm not sure there are conventient places to fall and be captive
Eliza Madrigal: :)
Yakuzza Lethecus: hello pedro
Eliza Madrigal: but yes Florida mosquitoes are vicious
Eliza Madrigal: Hello pedro :)
Eliza Madrigal: Welcome to Play as Being. Have you ever been here before?
Eliza Madrigal: We record our conversations. Do you mind being included?
Archmage Atlantis: Yep, luckily I have Life Alert, never exepected to be thee "allen and I can't get up" commercial *laughs*
Archmage Atlantis: Hiya Pedro
Eliza Madrigal: Good to have safeties and backups in place :)
pedro Shoteka: hey
pedro Shoteka: archmage
Archmage Atlantis: Yak, that is the Mouton, if I remember
Yakuzza Lethecus: no
Archmage Atlantis: A long time since I could afford that
Yakuzza Lethecus: paul got the mouton 45
Yakuzza Lethecus: i just have green tea :)
Archmage Atlantis: Ah, how virtuous
Archmage Atlantis: Dannke
Archmage Atlantis: Danke
Yakuzza Lethecus: bitte sehr
Yakuzza Lethecus: but this one is already a bit colder then mine
Yakuzza Lethecus: more appropriate for florida weather :)
Eliza Madrigal: So considerate Ya :)
Yakuzza Lethecus: most of the people say yak by the way :)
Archmage Atlantis: Actually I'm drinking iced orange pekoe now
Yakuzza Lethecus: it doesn´t matter to me
Archmage Atlantis: brb
Eliza Madrigal: I know... Does it bother you?
Eliza Madrigal: For me it is a little friendlier sounding... not sure why
Yakuzza Lethecus: no, it don´t :)
Eliza Madrigal: Where does the name Yakuzza come from?
Yakuzza Lethecus: hehe, yak is an animal :)
Eliza Madrigal: yes :)
Yakuzza Lethecus: oh, bad movies :)
Eliza Madrigal grins
Yakuzza Lethecus: i have that nickname for ages
Yakuzza Lethecus: japanese mafia is called yakuza
Eliza Madrigal: wow... that's an interesting bit of trivia
Eliza Madrigal: Eliza comes from my middle name being 'Beth'... always felt I was missing the Eliza ... hah
Yakuzza Lethecus: hehe
Yakuzza Lethecus: the golden age of britain
Yakuzza Lethecus: elizabeth
Eliza Madrigal: Yes :)
Archmage Atlantis: My goodness, the topic moved
Eliza Madrigal: We're just chatting Arch, no deep topic :)
Archmage Atlantis: Just some one serving court papers to a prior resident
Archmage Atlantis: Wonderful economic times we live in
Eliza Madrigal: Certainly shiftings going on
Yakuzza Lethecus: the problem is that i have no clue if things were better at any time in the past
Eliza Madrigal: :) they were better in some ways worse in others... I'd guess :)
Eliza Madrigal: I try not to look at the paperwork too often... I think people who watch their investments every day must have a very difficult time
Archmage Atlantis: The way I see it is yes "tihngs were better, in the US anyway, economically" ...but people they just don't change a lot
Eliza Madrigal: Arch, but a lot of that was illusion... the prosperity
Eliza Madrigal: In Florida especially... biggering biggering biggering...
"Biggering" is an expression that comes from "The Lorax". :)
--BELL--
Archmage Atlantis: Oh, this has been coming since the banking system was deregulated and oversight of financial institutions was abandoned
Archmage Atlantis: The lessons of the great depression were forgotten
Archmage Atlantis: And the concept of fiscal responsibility was abandoned
Eliza Madrigal: Well, my thing is... I'd like to see our communities become less wasteful...
Eliza Madrigal: and less judgemental ... maybe so many having faced difficultiesYakuzza Lethecus: very interesting for me is for example the asset-liability mismatch in the states right now
Archmage Atlantis: Even if the US became a totally green environment, the deforestation of the Amazon and the industrial of China are having bigger environmental effects
Yakuzza Lethecus: and the dollar became so cheap
Archmage Atlantis: The US was imitating Germany before the 2 World Wars
Archmage Atlantis: Still are
Eliza Madrigal: I like to stay closer to home than that... I'll fully admit that I tried to make the most of the housing market... bought a foreclosed house to fix up... saw the value rise exponentially... intending to sell...
Eliza Madrigal: then circumstances delayed the sale and ... ack. :)
Yakuzza Lethecus: hmm, take over the world as an idea to solve internal problems ? :)
Archmage Atlantis: Well, that is the way the "free market" works
Eliza Madrigal: hehe Yakuzza
Eliza Madrigal: I don't regret doing it... was a fun adventure...
Eliza Madrigal: didn't work out quite as I'd hoped but the house is nice and the kids are happy here so...
Eliza Madrigal: who can complain :)
Archmage Atlantis: Then you have the right attitude Eliza
Archmage Atlantis: Right is a bad choice
Archmage Atlantis: Implies judgement
Archmage Atlantis: The word I mean
Eliza Madrigal: yes... maybe...
Archmage Atlantis: Healthy attitude perhaps is better
Eliza Madrigal: I've actually enjoyed that people are talking more openly about financial things... comparing and helping one another
Eliza Madrigal: which doesn't mean I don't want my job back!! :D
Eliza Madrigal: haha
Archmage Atlantis: I wouldn't expect a 3rd great awakening, but I do believe suffering has a purpose
Eliza Madrigal: We can learn from everything... but it is our choice
Archmage Atlantis: We'll be a better society, less greedy, more accepting
Archmage Atlantis: hopefully
Yakuzza Lethecus: by the way, how old are you arch ?
Archmage Atlantis: 58
Archmage Atlantis: Seen a few ups and downs
Eliza Madrigal: You, Yakuzza?
Yakuzza Lethecus: 27
Yakuzza Lethecus: eliza, ur already obove the 40 ?
Eliza Madrigal is newly 39
Archmage Atlantis: Well, Eliza, fair is fair
Eliza Madrigal: hehe
Archmage Atlantis: Ah, good way to ask Yak
Yakuzza Lethecus: hihi :)
Eliza Madrigal: Someone told me I confused them very much....
Eliza Madrigal: couldn't figure out my age
Eliza Madrigal: Great compliment :)
Eliza Madrigal: Now I can't play that way any longer
Eliza Madrigal: hahhha
Yakuzza Lethecus: i didn´t realize that paul is already 77
Yakuzza Lethecus: he had is voice on when i first saw him around here
Eliza Madrigal: Did he figure out his wine glass?
Eliza Madrigal giggles
Yakuzza Lethecus: hehe, pila gave him the bottle of wine this week or last week :)
Eliza Madrigal: What's he celebrating?
Archmage Atlantis: Looked like he had it figured out pretty well yesterday or the the day before
Yakuzza Lethecus: hehe, i dunno :)
Eliza Madrigal: :)
Yakuzza Lethecus: arch do you wear that onigokko thingie ?
--BELL--
Eliza Madrigal: Hi Bill! :D
Solobill Laville: :)
Archmage Atlantis: If I would to guess the statistical curve, I would guess at at peak at 27 in SL, with another around late 30s
Yakuzza Lethecus: hey bill
Archmage Atlantis: onigokko thingie?
Solobill Laville: Hi Yak, Eliza, Arch (wasn't sure if you were keeping quiet or not) :)
Eliza Madrigal: Just stepped on the silence to say Hi :)
Eliza Madrigal: Good to see you. All well?
Solobill Laville: It was worth it then! THanks!
Solobill Laville: Yes, thanks
Archmage Atlantis: I'll have to look at it later Yak, but I already love the Radar
Yakuzza Lethecus: arch, when you wear it just type onigokko without anything in the chat
Yakuzza Lethecus: ok
Archmage Atlantis: Hi, SoloBill
Eliza Madrigal: Most that I've met in SL are older...but I'm sure that has to do with where I tend to hang out :)
Archmage Atlantis: What is the function of the onigokko?
Yakuzza Lethecus: just type onigokko :)
Solobill Laville: Ha! perhaps Eliza ;)
Eliza Madrigal: :)
Archmage Atlantis: Ok, hope I'm still here after
Archmage Atlantis: onigokko
Solobill Laville: Onigokko is a litlle tail you wear that allows you to do a crazy fun dance
Eliza Madrigal: hahaha
Yakuzza Lethecus: you can stop that with ,,stop"
Eliza Madrigal: good tea...
Eliza Madrigal: stop
Archmage Atlantis: stop
Archmage Atlantis: Got it
Yakuzza Lethecus: wol gave that to me when i became guardian :)
Eliza Madrigal: :) yes I saw you registered at the wiki Yakuzza... great
Yakuzza Lethecus: it´s kinda tradition to wear it, at least i understood it in that way :)
Eliza Madrigal: yes... never know when you might need to
Eliza Madrigal: onigokko
Eliza Madrigal: stop
Eliza Madrigal: :)
Archmage Atlantis: Moon uses that sometimes......I just thought it was a mild form of physical loss of control
Eliza Madrigal: hahah..interesting phrasing
Archmage Atlantis: *smile*
Archmage Atlantis: Grew up in a PC world
Archmage Atlantis: Although it sorta has an animal farm quality to the wording too
Archmage Atlantis: Being PC I mean
Archmage Atlantis: Sometimes, now I'm home most of the time, SL is more real to me than RL
Eliza Madrigal: Sl is pretty real... but sometimes you spend 10 minutes trying to get through a door and remember...
Eliza Madrigal: hahah
Eliza Madrigal: I have to leave on time today. My son is calling from school for me to pick up him early.. doesn't feel well.
Eliza Madrigal: This cold in the house is no fun
Eliza Madrigal: Bye for now guys :) Have lovely days and evenings
Archmage Atlantis: Heck, I kept walking off a bridge yesterday....I can't even manage to walk in a straight like.......maybe I should look for an SL walker
Solobill Laville: Oh, sorry to hear that
Archmage Atlantis: Take care, feel better Eliza
Solobill Laville: (re: Eliza's son)
Solobill Laville: Bye Eliza
Eliza Madrigal: Thank you :)
Solobill Laville: I need to run as well...thought I'd drop in for a sec
Eliza Madrigal: Bye
Archmage Atlantis: By Eliza, bye bill
Solobill Laville: Bye, Yak, Arch :)
Yakuzza Lethecus: bye
Yakuzza Lethecus: just got a coffee
Archmage Atlantis: Thank you for the aids, Yak.....that was kind of you
Yakuzza Lethecus: don´t mind
--BELL--
Yakuzza Lethecus: ok, i am also about to leave, cya around the 1 pm session or whenever :)
Yakuzza Lethecus: bye
Archmage Atlantis: I too need to go......I have to finish my chores and SL is an indulgence
Archmage Atlantis: Bye