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shaun [email] [home] 13 Dec. 00:07, from: 142.177.193.2, turquoise

Entering...

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shaun >> Hi!  :)

shaun [email] [home] 13 Dec. 00:10, from: 142.177.193.2, turquoise

Hello! Glad to see I got here While there's someone here!

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hello shaun.

shaun [email] [home] 13 Dec. 00:11, from: 142.177.193.2, turquoise

I've never been to this chat b4, I found the quiz part rather annoying, but it is an interesting idea. At least I only have to do it once.

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shaun >> Well, as a regular chatter here I found people who just jumped
in, said nothing, then left, or were occasionally seen _refreshing_ (i.e.
listening but not contributing to the discussion) quite annoying.

shaun >> With the quiz, those people are not seen any more.  :)

shaun [email] [home] 13 Dec. 00:16, from: 142.177.193.2, turquoise

Heh! This chat says I'm posting in the morning of December 13, at 12:13, but here it's only 7:15pm Dec 12th

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VK: maybe if you there was said hr: { color #cccccc;} in the stylesheet,
    BTW, your webserver sais that .css is a text/plain,
     hehehe :-) but then, you ma have no influence on this.

shaun >> The chat uses Swedish time.

brojek >> The CSS works... That's all I know...  =)

shaun [email] [home] 13 Dec. 00:18, from: 142.177.193.2, turquoise

How come your lines wrap, but mine don't? do they wrap on your computers? or is it just me.

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brojek >> I don't think Netscape even *tries* to colour the <hr>...  :(

Shaun: so, have you ever heard about timezones? and do you understand
       the concept?

shaun >> The chat is set up to work well with ascii art. In ascii art
automatic line wrap is considered Evil.

shaun [email] [home] 13 Dec. 00:19, from: 142.177.193.2, turquoise

I think coloured <hr>'s work in IE but not in Netscape

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shaun [email] [home] 13 Dec. 00:21, from: 142.177.193.2, turquoise

vk >> oh I see, your just wrapping it yourself. Good point.

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VK: looks like you're right...

shaun [email] [home] 13 Dec. 00:22, from: 142.177.193.2, turquoise

brojek >>yah, i knew about the timezone, I was just saying it shows
a pretty weird time...

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shaun >> :)

shaun >> Nothing weird about it. It shows the same time as my watch.  :P

shaun: I see no reason why it should show localtime for
       every user individually. And how would you accomplish
       that? Maintan IP-to-timezone mapping for all the
       addresses? And what if someone happens to have mobile IP?

shaun [email] [home] 13 Dec. 00:29, from: 142.177.193.2, turquoise

Here's my first attempt at any kind of Christmas ASCII art.
You like it?

          A
        <XOX>
         /V\
        /, ,\
       / O @ \
       /,  , \
      / y  A o\
     /   e     \
     /,    ,  t\
    / q  ` o    \
   /__,_______,__\
      O  | |  i
 sdm     | |

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brojek >> and how would people arrange to meet? I mean, if you say "I'll
see you here tomorrow at 14:00". When is that if the different people
here see different times?

shaun [email] [home] 13 Dec. 00:32, from: 142.177.193.2, turquoise

brojek>> i wasn't saying it _should_ be put the right local time,
I was just saying it doesn't show the right date....sheesh.
what time is it with you?

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shaun >> It does show the right date - if you're in Sweden.

shaun: looks like a witch :-)

shaun [email] [home] 13 Dec. 00:41, from: 142.177.193.2, turquoise

I've a question... how come two of the color choices say black/white
and brown/yellow with the second color highlighted? what's that mean.

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shaun >> Try the black stylesheet...

Ok

Test

Ahh it turned everything all black. is this gonna turn it all yellow

No colours

shaun [email] [home] 13 Dec. 00:47, from: 142.177.193.2, turquoise

ok i prefered it this way

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shaun >> What way?

shaun [email] [home] 13 Dec. 00:50, from: 142.177.193.2, turquoise

What i'm doing now...turquoise

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shaun >> You tested text colours? Did you test the stylesheets?

shaun [email] [home] 13 Dec. 00:59, from: 142.177.193.2, turquoise

A car

               ,---------. 
              //^^^||^^^^\\
            _//____||_____\\____________
      .^^^^^     _ | _     |            \
      |   ,*"*,    |       |      ,*"*,  |  
      '--(  O  )---'-------'-----(  O  )"
          `.,.`     sdm           `.,.`

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shaun >> :)

shaun [email] [home] 13 Dec. 01:02, from: 142.177.193.2, turquoise

VK>>Yes.
What is this yellow blinking banner popped up on my screen for?

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               ,---------. 
              //^^^||^^^^\\
            _//____||_____\\____________
      .^^^^^     _ | _     |            \
      |   ,*"*,    |       |      ,*"*,  |  
      '--(  O  )---'-------'-----(  O  )"
          `.,.`     sdm           `.,.`    _|_


                      ,---------. 
                     //^^^||^^^^\\
                   _//____||_____\\____________
             .^^^^^     _ | _     |            \
             |   ,*"*,    |       |      ,*"*,  |  
             '--(  O  )---'-------'-----(  O  )"
                 `.,.`     sdm           `-|-`


                      ,---------. 
                     //^^^||^^^^\\
                   _//____||_____\\
             .^^^^^     _ | _     |`----._______ 
             |   ,*"*,    |       |             \
             '--(  O  )------.______     ,*"*,  |  
                 `.,.`     sdm      `---(__O__)"

shaun >> Well, the chat got a bit quiet, so I activated the Chat Watcher.
It then told me when you refreshed.

shaun [email] [home] 13 Dec. 01:03, from: 142.177.193.2, turquoise

why is there an -> arrow on top of some of my messages?

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shaun [email] [home] 13 Dec. 01:04, from: 142.177.193.2, turquoise

VK >> that's cause I was busy drawing the car... 
BTW how many Advanced chatters are there?

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shaun >> It tells you what post you read last - before you refreshed.

shaun >> There's a whole bunch of advanced chatters. Most people figure
out how to become an advanced user after a while...

shaun [email] [home] 13 Dec. 01:06, from: 142.177.193.2, turquoise

oh
I ask alot of questions - do i ask too much?
Well this is my 1st time here

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 .-.                   .-.
( X )--oo---------oo--( X )
 `-'    \\ ,'`'. //    `-'
         \\\O,O///
          \ \^/ /
           \. ./
            \ /
            / \
           / 9 \
          /.' `.\
        _//     \\_
       '--'     `--`

shaun >> Well, the fact that you bothered to get through the quiz would
suggest you're not going to just drop the chat, so I guess we'll put
up with your questions.  :-)   (it was when I went through this whole
"what does this mean? why does that happen?" routine every day, and then
90% of the people didn't bother to come back a second time that I got
fed up and installed the quiz...)

 .-.                   .-.
( X )--oo---------oo--( X )
 `-'    \\ ,'`'. //    `-'
         \\\O,O///
          \ \^/ /
           \. ./`>>>>--  *tickle*
            \ /
            / \
           / 9 \
          /.' `.\
        _//     \\_
       '--'     `--`

shaun [email] [home] 13 Dec. 01:15, from: 142.177.193.2, turquoise

       oo         oo
        \\ ,'`'. //    
         \\\O,O///
          \ \^/ / `
           \. ./   ` 
            \ /      OWWW F*CK
            / \
           / 9 \
 .-.      /.' `.\      .-.
( X )-----------------( X )
 `-'   '--'     `--`   `-'        
       
        CRUNCH!!!!!!

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shaun >> That's right! You got the idea!  :-D

 .-.                   .-.
( X )--------oo---oo--( X )
 `-'          \\  ||   `-'
               \\`'`
                \\'o\
 I'll show      ;\\()
  ya!             |`.
                  | /
                  |(
                  / \
                ,;'`.\
             ,-;'    \\_
             |/      `--`

:-)

 .-.                   .-.
( X )--------oo---oo--( X )
 `-'          \\  ||   `-'
               \\`'`
        tickle! \\'o\
       c '      ;\\()
      <P`--<<<<<<'|`.
       |\         | /
                  |(
                  / \
                ,;'`.\
             ,-;'    \\_
             |/      `--`

                            (x)----(x)
                 







           ,'`'.
           \O,O/
          .-\v/-.    BTW, those were just baloons
         //\. ./\\
         \\ \ / //
         '' / \ ``
           / 9 \
          /.' `.\
        _//     \\_
       '--'     `--`

brojek >> That would explain why you're so thin...  :P

shaun [email] [home] 13 Dec. 01:32, from: 142.177.193.2, turquoise

Ok, I gotta go. Later...

_____________________________________________
Heh! try real weight.

           ,'`'.
           \O,O/
          .-\^/-.    
         //\. ./\\
         \\ \ / //
         '' / \ ``
           / 9 \
          /.' `.\
        _//     \\_
       '--'     `--`
  .-.                   .-.
 (120)-----------------(120)
  `-"                   `-"

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I mean, if those had not been balloons:


           ,'`'.
           \O,O/
          .-\v/-.
         / (. .) \
         \\|   |//
         ''| . |``
           / 9 \
          / / \ \
        _/ /   \ \_
       '--'     `--`

shaun >> Bye!  :)  (and write down that password...)

shaun [email] [home] 13 Dec. 01:34, from: 142.177.193.2, turquoise

(like to hear what this develops into)

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shaun [email] [home] 13 Dec. 01:34, from: 142.177.193.2, turquoise

heh
i think I'll remember the password

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shaun >> My logs show up some weird attempts to remember the password...

           ,'`'.
           \O,O/
          .-\v/-.
         / (. .) \
         \\|~ ~|//
         ''| ~ |``
           /`9'\
          / / \ \
        _/ /   \ \_
       '--'     `--`

           ,'`'.
           \O,O/
          .-\v/-.
         / (.X.) \ |"""""|
         \)(_ _)`.\|chips|
         ''( - )  ``     |
           /`9'\   |_____|
          /  |  \
        _/ .' `. \_
       '--'     `--`

shaun [email] [home] 13 Dec. 01:45, from: 142.177.193.2, turquoise

Entering...

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shaun [email] [home] 13 Dec. 01:45, from: 142.177.193.2, turquoise

sorry, forgot to say [gone] last time

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shaun [email] [home] 13 Dec. 01:46, from: 142.177.193.2, turquoise

have a coupla ???'s
where do i type int the password
what are some of the werid attempts

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shaun >> You type the password where you would normally type your name.

shaun [email] [home] 13 Dec. 01:48, from: 142.177.193.2, turquoise

oh

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shaun >> Some of the weird attempts are substituting "****" or "****"
or similar words where it should say "****", or starting with a capital
*, ...

shaun [email] [home] 13 Dec. 01:50, from: 142.177.193.2, turquoise

heh
it's pretty picky huh
I have the password saved as a text file, along with a bunch of my other ascii arts.
Here I'll post a couple

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shaun [email] [home] 13 Dec. 01:51, from: 142.177.193.2, turquoise

To boldly go where no man has gone before....
 ______________________________
|                              |
|                              |
|            _____             |
|           |  _  |            |
|           | (_) |            |
|           | -|- |            |
|           | /_\ |            |
|           |_____|            |
|        _        _        _   |
| \   / / \ |\/| |_  |\ |'|_   |
|  \^/  \_/ |  | |_  | \|  _|  |
|                              |
|                              |
|                        ___   |
|                       |   |  |
|                       | | |  |
|                       | | |  |
|                       | = |  |
|                       |___|  |
|                              |
|                              |
|                              |
|                              |
|                              |
|                              |
|                              |
|                              |
|                              |
|                          sdm |
|______________________________|

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shaun >> I wouldn't call that "picky"...

           ,'`'.
           \O,O/
Beer      .-\v/-.
  \   "  / (.X.) \ |"""""|
  -` ' `/.'(_ _)`.\|chips|
     | |' (_ - _) ``     |
     `-'   /`9'\   |_____|
          /  |  \
        _/ .' `. \_
       '--'     `--`

shaun [email] [home] 13 Dec. 01:56, from: 142.177.193.2, turquoise

        \ \
         \ \  ___,.,
  _,..--=";"*^^     5
 *         {         %
 {          }         }
  }          }        %
  %          { ___,,.-"%
   %_,..--==""^        %
   L                   &
   V  Microsloth        L
   [                    J
   J                    J
   ;                    L
  #                     %
  P                     $
  P                     L
  P                    K
   L                  J
    L                P
sdm  "=e,_________,s"

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     `.
      \`.
       \ \
        \ \
         \ \  ___,.,
  _,..--=";"*^^     5
 *         {         %
 {          }         }
  }          }        %
  %          { ___,,.-"%
   %_,..--==""^        %
   L                   &
   V  Microsloth        L
   [                    J
   J                    J
   ;                    L
  #                     %
  P                     $
  P                     L
  P                    K
   L                  J
    L      O   O     P
sdm  "=e,         ,s"
         `.     .'
           \   /
            \ /
             O

shaun [email] [home] 13 Dec. 01:59, from: 142.177.193.2, turquoise

           ,'`'.
           \O,O/
Beer      .(,v.)-.
  \   "  / (.U.) \ |"""""|
  -` ' `/.(_###_)`.\|chips|
     | |'(_##-##_)``     |
     `-'   |`9'|   |_____|
          /  |  \
        _/ .' `. \_    ____   
       '--'     `--`   \mmm\
                        `'''`

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shaun [email] [home] 13 Dec. 02:00, from: 142.177.193.2, turquoise

oh yeah that box in the corner is supposeed to be bacon o chocolate or something

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<tease> shaun >> Nice to see you're still here! :-)  </tease>

shaun [email] [home] 13 Dec. 02:05, from: 142.177.193.2, turquoise

           ,'`'.  Weed
           \O,O/  /
Beer      .(,W===>
  \   "  / (\U/) \  |"""""|
  -` ' `/.(_###_)`.\|chips|
     | |'(.##-##,)``|     |
     `-'  \ `9' /   |_____|
          /  |  \            Bacon
        _/ .' `. \_    ____ /  
       '--'     `--`   \mmm\
                        `^^^

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<c_,
 (; _(\  Time to get some sleep. bye, m'dears!
  \\ ==

*gone*

shaun [email] [home] 13 Dec. 02:06, from: 142.177.193.2, turquoise

Wait a minute
Drugs are bad
MMMMMMMKAY

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brojek >> Bye!  :)

shaun [email] [home] 13 Dec. 02:06, from: 142.177.193.2, turquoise

               ACK! I ate too much now I'm gonna explode
               /
           ,'`'.  
           \O,O/  
Beer      .(,W===>
  \   "  / (\U/) \  |"""""|
  -` ' `/.(_###_)`.\|chips|
     | |'(.##-##,)``|     |
     `-'  \ `9' /   |_____|
          /  |  \            Bacon
        _/ .' `. \_    ____ /  
       '--'     `--`   \mmm\
                        `^^^

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*Psss't, did you know that VK just might not be the best?*

           ,'`'.  Weed
           \O,O/  /
Beer      .(,W===>
  \   "  / (\U/) \  |"""""|
  -` ' `/.(_###_)`.\|chips|                   * Lucy in the skyyy... *
     | |'(.##-##,)``|     |                  _/
     `-'  \ `9' /   |_____|                 /
          /  |  \            Bacon  _ ___o____
        _/ .' `. \_    ____ /      // . /|   /|
       '--'     `--`   \mmm\      /_\__'/___//
                        `^^^     |_________|/

brojek >> You really liked how I put words into your mouth, right?  :D:D:DD

shaun [email] [home] 13 Dec. 02:15, from: 142.177.193.2, turquoise

 \    \       |  \        /    /
     \    \  ,'`'.   /   /     /
 \   \     \\\////   /   /    /
    \  \  \\\\/////.   /    /
  \   \  %%%%%%#####    /    
    \   @@--------###./    /
       @@|BBOOOM!!|$$$     -
  -    ###--------@@@@ -    -
    -   &&&&&&$$$$$$$$$  \
 /    /  &&&&%%%%%%  \  \
   /  /  / &&&%%% \ \
        /  ///\\ \     \
     /       /\     \
     
           |    |         
       

            |

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shaun >> :D

shaun [email] [home] 13 Dec. 02:19, from: 142.177.193.2, turquoise

YUCK fat guy guts!

                .. ()/\...
____O$____.....#eee%%eee&&0()9...._____.,.__

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Entering...

VK, shaun~Heya!

Thornn >> Hi! :)

shaun [email] [home] 13 Dec. 02:23, from: 142.177.193.2, turquoise

;)    winking

:(    sad

:)    happy


:O&&  sinking

>:(   mad

7(    crappy
  
  \
   \
     OOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHH  AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH ARRRRRRRGHHHHHHHHH

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                                          *wrrrrrrrrrrrrnnnnnnnnnn*
                                                 .-.    __/_--___
                                                // \\  / |     | \
                .. ()/\...                    _//_  `.|  |     |  |
____O$____.....#eee%%eee&&0()9...._____.,.__ /___/_____\_|_____|_/___

shaun [email] [home] 13 Dec. 02:24, from: 142.177.193.2, turquoise

Thorrn >> sup

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whoever feels like answering~How are you this evening/morning/whatever?

shaun [email] [home] 13 Dec. 02:25, from: 142.177.193.2, turquoise

Thorrn >> you missed "the exploding weightlifter"!!!

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Thornn >> Naaah, I think I'll skip that one today.  :D

shaun >> Have you looked in the buffer?

shaun [email] [home] 13 Dec. 02:26, from: 142.177.193.2, turquoise

Thorrn >>for me, evening (9:30) I'm feeling horribly stressed because 
I've got a pile of work to do but this chat is too addictive

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shaun [email] [home] 13 Dec. 02:26, from: 142.177.193.2, turquoise

the buffer..?

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shaun >> You have no idea how addictive it can be...  *innocent smile*

shaun >> You have no idea how addictive it can be...  *innocent smile*

shaun >> Bottom of page. "Show all messages". Check. Refresh. ...

shaun~I know what you mean. :)

shaun [email] [home] 13 Dec. 02:31, from: 142.177.193.2, turquoise

WOW! I can see right up to about 20 messages before I walked in

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shaun [email] [home] 13 Dec. 02:32, from: 142.177.193.2, turquoise

Anyone got any other wieghtlifters we can explode?

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shaun >> :)

shaun~I don't...

shaun >> I don't know abotu weightlifters, but we did a similar thing
on Joris' male muse... You can find it in the Chat Goodies... (under
1998 I think)

shaun [email] [home] 13 Dec. 02:35, from: 142.177.193.2, turquoise

would that be the jorisgoingcrazy.htm file?

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VK~I'll have to check that out... :)

shaun [email] [home] 13 Dec. 02:36, from: 142.177.193.2, turquoise

ergh this stupid file just doens't want to load

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Umm...that's not the one, I don't think...

*notices the room is unusually quiet*

*refresh*refresh*

shaun [email] [home] 13 Dec. 02:52, from: 142.177.193.2, turquoise

Now for some art...

                                      AAARGH I HATE PAPERWORK
          ______               __      /
          \     \              = \    /
          \\     \            <   | 
          \\\_____\            | /  
       ___\\\_____\_          , '. .
       \   \\_____\ \         |   ||
       |\ \ \_____\  \  _____/  | ||
       |\\ A    oxo     \/  ___.  | ||
       | \\____________\ / _____| ||  
       |_||____________|| |\____< |\
          | |        | || | |    W |
          | |        | |^ / |      |
          |_|       <| |_^  |      |

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shaun [email] [home] 13 Dec. 02:53, from: 142.177.193.2, turquoise

sorry i was busy drawing, and typing up some other 
stuff at the same time

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shaun [email] [home] 13 Dec. 02:54, from: 142.177.193.2, turquoise

Great
Dont tell me everyone left???

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shaun~ 'Sok...I was just making an observation. :)

shaun >> I'm still here!  :)

*still here...*

shaun [email] [home] 13 Dec. 02:59, from: 142.177.193.2, turquoise

Gotta leave anyway. VK, mind savin this one?
It's my first chat and it's very 
memmorbabrbel...memerablob...mebmeable...whatever. 
MEMORABLE! yeah! ;-) 
Oh well. I guess it's kinda strange for one to find exploding 
weightlifters funny... but oh welll.

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*goes afk while taking a shower ;D* 

*one last refresh*

shaun >> Saving what? If you want to keep something save it yourself...  :)

Thornn, shaun >> Bye!  :)


<lurk>

shaun [email] [home] 13 Dec. 03:04, from: 142.177.193.2, turquoise

Y'ok.

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shaun [email] [home] 13 Dec. 03:06, from: 142.177.193.2, turquoise

hmmm  i still dont quite understand what that blinking yellow box is for

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shaun >> I thought you had left, so I turned on the chat watcher. When
somebody enters of refreshes the chat they get that yellow box saying
that I'm here (i.e. that the chat is not empty). I get a little "chirp"
sound and a little black box turns green, to tell me that somebody's
in the chat...

shaun [email] [home] 13 Dec. 03:11, from: 142.177.193.2, turquoise

          ______                   
          \     \                  
          \\     \            zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz 
          \\\_____\       .---.   
       ___\\\_____\_     |,    \   .
       \   \\_____\ \      v -  \ ||
       |\ \ \_____\  \  _____/  | ||
       |\\ A    oxo     \/  ___.  | ||
       | \\____________\ / _____| ||  
       |_||____________|| |\____< |\
          | |        | || | |    W |
          | |        | |^ / |      |
          |_|       <| |_^  |      |

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shaun >> :D

shaun [email] [home] 13 Dec. 03:13, from: 142.177.193.2, turquoise

Oh, well I'm doing a couple things at once, so I will be gone
for short periods of time (I'll do 5 min. here and 5 min. on
the other stuff)

Well anyway I've gotta leave now, really, so I'll go in a sec.

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shaun >> That sounds quite normal.  :-)

["multitasking" is what everybody here does]

shaun [email] [home] 13 Dec. 03:19, from: 142.177.193.2, turquoise

Ugg.. the arm and a leg got screwed up a bit... this is better

          ______                   
          \     \                  
          \\     \            zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz 
          \\\_____\       .---.   
       ___\\\_____\_     |,    \   .
       \   \\_____\ \      v -  \ ||
       |\ \ \_____\  \       /  | ||
       |\\ A    oxo   \  ____| .| ||
       | \\____________\/,---'| |_||   
       |_||____________|| ,---< | \|
          | |        | || | |^^W^^^|
          | |      <"| |^ / |      |
          |_|       <| |_^  |      |

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*back...*

VK~Not true. 
I'm not multitasking. :)

Thornn >> You're not? Then you are a SLOW typist!!!!  :D:D:D:DD::DD

shaun [email] [home] 13 Dec. 03:22, from: 142.177.193.2, turquoise

Later... Its 10:30 and i gotta get up at 7 tomorrow.
Bye.........!!

 % O
  `|,
   |\
   ^ `

(heh, that looks sorta like the statue of liberty
   

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VK~I'm not a slow typist, it just takes ma a while to phrase what it is I'm going to say. (Like this, for instance...It took me 3 tries to get my point across and the grammar okay :)

shaun >> Bye!  :-)

VK~err..."takes me a while"

shaun [email] [home] 13 Dec. 03:24, from: 142.177.193.2, turquoise

[gone]

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Thornn >> :)

shaun~Bye!

[That time, I was so busy correcting my mistake, that I hadn't noticed shaun was leaving...]

VK~BTW, my name is shaun, too... ;D

VK~So, every time you said "shaun >>", I thought you were talking to me... :) 

Thornn >> :D:D:D

VK~ We should mess with his mind next time he's here... *sly smile*

Thornn >> How do you mean?

VK~You refer to us both as shaun, or I change my nick to shaun before I say anything. In the latter case, as long as he doesn't read the
buffer, it works.

Thornn >> Hmmm...

VK~*the sly smile becomes a sly grin*

VK~Or, instead of changing my nick, I could write *gone*, leave, and
come back as shaun...

Thornn >> :)

VK~What do you think?

Thornn >> I think I'd probably be more confused than the rest of you...  :P

VK~Oh. :(
Oh, well. We won't do it, then.

:D

VK~It was a good idea, while it lasted...