hottest conference on the Spring

that's easy...drool dedication, enthusiasm, constant promotion by participants and hosts on other sites

gotta go with drool, alright. What conference is next in popularity and activity? food? cultures? porch? or?

oops, pressed the wrong button *smile*

it's drool, can't keep up with it *woohoo* way to go droolers! hey, is there, like, an award? you know spring's hottest conference?

No question, drool. And they support us with contributions too. Over $350 in contributions from drooleurs last month alone, which paid our whole Internet bill for a month.

apps probably has the next largest group of posters, albeit they are an irregular bunch...

i've got a disk coming in from netstudio, i'll see if i can make an award!

apps gets the traffic from cws.internet.com which is Forrest Stroud's Consummate Winsock Apps site. It gets a coupla million hits a day. And he has every review he writes linked to a conference topic (close to 400 of them I think). I've never got the traffic from this source that you would expect. It's very sporadic traffic. At one time, I thought a commerce site could be built around this conference.

Lets hear it for the Ladies in Drool. And the occasional gentleman. We are a very special group - but not more than you are! We worry about you, too. I am delighted they are doing well by you, Terry, but I shall keep up the vigilance. We just could not do without Drool and Spring!

I applaud the ladies of drool. That conference sizzles!

Perhaps as you grind that peanut gluten you could ponder why it is that I found eloquent men puzzling why Drooleurs did not frequent their site (the semi-dreary one of My Life Today.) Do the men from "down here" lurk in Drool to see what we talk about? Are we embarrassing them? Some of it gets rather um...adult in content. Nothing escapes our scrutiny! I have brought several lurkers into the ranks of posters lately. Shall the men be next? We welcome their input

yes yes, and the ladies are invited to post in babes (hey, i do!) and we start our own babe topics too! (you know, to see if the babe chasers are paying attention)

and we usually are...

We men are so low level compared to the drooleurs, with your literary slant and eloquence. Sometimes our adulation comes down to honking at pretty girl crossing the street. We're so hopeless when it comes to expressing our admiration. And we just haven't been able to match your *intensity*, ya know. Who is the femaile counterpart or equivalent of say a Colin Firth? I stutter when I try to explain drool to folks, what should I tell them other than ordinarily sensible women who have temporarily lost their minds over the likes of Colin Firth and others?

ponder ponder ponder

Expecting something brilliant from all that pondering, wer! Terry, you are selling the men short. I have read their postings in Philosophy and in Books. They are eloquent, incisive and reflective. We need more of that in this world. As to Drooleurs, I never admit to anyone who knows me in person (including my son)where I spend endless hours. I can think of no other indivudual who has caused so much to be written both in fact and in fiction on the net. (OK, time to post all the ones I am not noticing! I cannot explain it - but it continues to happen as a new generation of young ladies discover this most admirable of men (not counting the men reading this.) *smile* Wolf, I'm on my way over to Babes to add my two cents worth. Thanks for telling me.

(Terry)what should I tell them other than ordinarily sensible women who have temporarily lost their minds over the likes of Colin Firth and others? What else is there to say? I am beginning to wonder how temporary it is, though. Going on several years now, I think it is becoming a permanent condition!

BTW, *What* others? you mean there are other men being drooled over up there?!

good point

Which one?

How did we Firthians come to get the name Drool for our conference? It is not a name I would have necessarily have chosen - though I do my share of it with some regularly!

Y'all can have more conferences if you need them. You could have a conference called firth if you wanted. There's already a bronte and and austen conference, though they have very little traffic compared to their heyday.

i was wondering about that......actually, it's a great idea for firth since there are so many topics concerning him in drool. they could just title the conference firthing (or something) and move those topics specifically about him over there. whatcha think droolers? i had wondered about that for collecting. barbie is big out there on the net. but i'd only want a new conference when we get those collector's to come a chat with us. (which, i'm working on)

just let me know when I need to set them up...

Getting the lurkers to post is a time-consuming business. I know; I do a lot of it through individual email and have had some success. Firthing (love that term!)comes and goes with what the man is doing and whether A&E or the BBC has just rebroadcast Pride and Prejudice. Right now, it is slow, but many regular posters are offline on holiday. Let us see what activity Fall brings.

Stumbled across this...I've long thought it would be good to change Drool as you're suggesting. It's tiresome to accidently end up on some strange topic ;-) Not that there's anything wrong with Mel Gibson, but ...and it would load quicker for newbies who don't know how to zero in on certain boards, recent messages. Waiting for that whole list (expecially the first 40 or so) of topics, well, it's not cooled anyone's ardo but if it's all the same to ya'll. Easy for me to say, I don't have to do anything :-)

PS Marcia I came out recently. Inspired by your antics, I mean, eloquence, as described by the gentlemen above.

LOL Ann....too funny. You are not the first to join my escapades and I appreciate your mentioning them. BTW, Welcome to Spring and to Drool. I am hanging out at Geo lately. Peek in there too, sometime http://www.spring.net/yapp-bin/restricted/browse/geo/all

Dear, You need to go into Drool this way http://www.spring.net/yapp-bin/restricted/browse/drool/all/new

So this is where you all hang out to talk about us? ;-D The phenom that is Drool. If is ain't broke, no need to do any fixin, unless you want to take care of a few of our posters. I won't tell if you won't! And quimby, dear, do use that url that Marcia supplied and Drool will load quicker and without the other old stuff.

Shush, I wasn't here.

okay...I didn't see a thing...

Thanks, but I meant "those" newbies. (Me in the past.) Currently I go to the actual address [blah blah blah/# of topic.# of message]. Super quick to load. And Marcia, I was looking for your Geo url. Thanks for giving it to me on a silver platter. Since these responses came so much quicker than I imagined, I'll repeat a request I put on another topic: can anybody help me with telnet? I can get connected, but once I'm in my own subdirectory I'm clueless. I must confess I've always had a menu once I get that far. I'm eager to learn how to do it from scratch, but I can't find any instructions anywhere, and I hate to bother Terry more than is absolutely necessary. Suggestions? TIA

Really quimby, just thought this user showing up as a new message might interest someone. I'm shameless.

I kind of like it. I'll check to see if it's available ;-)

Telnet/quimby, you gotta stop talking to yourself. Monday, when the regular telnetters log in you will get your answer.

Or question!

Thanks to help from Terry, I telnetted for the first time yesterday. Sort of like taking your first step. I was using two other telnet things, but I got the one Terry recommended somewhere. BTY the link to download there wasn't good anymore, but it was easy to find the old fashioned way (cnet download). I've been accomplishing things left and right since then: put together 2 new 1500-cd "book"cases, set up a new quadrant of my new computer, etc. I often get a boost at Spring, and you never know how or here it'll come ;-) Long way to go to being a good telnetter, but it's fun to learn.

Happy to hear you are getting through ok. If Terry cannot help you, I guess no one can as regards things Spring. Despite the "Ann" I called you a few days ago, I am happy to see you back, and I do know you....=) Indeed, you are no newbie!

MARCIA! Stop calling people names! Quimby - or may I say, Miss Telnet?-, don't take offense. One gets used to it, and she doesn't mean ill. Some people, she even calls "William", others "Dear" or "Sweetie", or says things like "Thank you!", can you believe that! We don't mind that much, because we know that deep down, there has to be a friendly soul or something... ;=}

Lot's of people here can help you if I'm out of pocket. I would dread being the only one who could help people. Ray, Marcia, William, Stacey, and bunches of folks here are helpful, not to mention kind and courteous.

Yep, we don't want to mention those last two...

but we do want to mention Karen and Heide and Wolf and Alexander and Autumn (although she probably won't agree) and...and...and... (why is this starting to sound like an acceptance speech? I want to start thanking everyone...)

(Well, do, if you feel like it... But don' think you'll get away scot-free when Autumn finds out about her ranking just after me and before And... Of course you simply MUST rank me after the girls, but do I see the word "Mikey" here somewhere? Do I?)

(Oh, there is is: Response 45, fifth-last word!)

see...just like an acceptance speech, somebody gets left out... and, of course, Mike!!!

(datta ma boy!)

aw, shucks!

On behalf of the Academy, we are proud to bestow this honor upon you...

Speech...!

...less?

*lol* I think so!

Marcia, you can call me anything, as you well know. I'm secure in my identity, it's all the same to me. Miss Telnet? Did I win a contest? Do I get a crown? I always wanted one of those ribbon things. So handy if people forget your name. One caveat, Alex(ander): I will deign to rule for a time only if I don't have to be on good behavior, and if you promise not to strip me of my title if, you know, pictures which look like me but couldn't possibly be me because I am a good girl, if those kinds of pictures show up. After Vanessa's experience, I've taken to turning down honors of any sort. I guess that makes me dis-honorable tee hee. BTW, over what do I rule? Of what am I a breathtaking example? Of what domain am I mistress? And why does We get to do the acceptance speech? I don't know him; is he a potential rival for Miss Telnet? I understand he cooks but that is v. masculine, to me. And Terry-thanks for the list of people to bug.

Marcia, you can call me anything, as you well know. I'm secure in my identity, it's all the same to me. Miss Telnet? Did I win a contest? Do I get a crown? I always wanted one of those ribbon things. So handy if people forget your name. One caveat, Alex(ander): I will deign to rule for a time only if I don't have to be on good behavior, and if you promise not to strip me of my title if, you know, pictures which look like me but couldn't possibly be me because I am a good girl, if those kinds of pictures show up. After Vanessa's experience, I've taken to turning down honors of any sort. I guess that makes me dis-honorable tee hee. BTW, over what do I rule? Of what am I a breathtaking example? Of what domain am I mistress? And why does Wer get to do the acceptance speech? I don't know him; is he a potential rival for Miss Telnet? I understand he cooks but that is v. masculine, to me. And Terry-thanks for the list of people to bug.

Oh my. I'd better stick to telnetting.

As close as I can tell, virtual sexuality being what it is, Wer is most assuredly all male. Uh...no. He is not a potential rival for any Miss Telnet. I see that you miss Alexander, too. September, he promised me, he would be back because his quarterly issue would be put to bed by that time. Until then, he is all work and no Spring or email, for that matter. I shall call you anything but your real name - there are a lot of Drooleurs who use euphemisms and whatever you wish shall be what I call you...excepting your real name...(betcha thought I didn't know!) Hey, pop up to 72 and I can crown you with whatever you'd like that I can find on the internet. That is where Evelyn got hers and Gi and other, too.

i've had the pleasure of meeting William f2f and can say that he is definitely male. either that, or that is one ugly, hairy-legged woman.

*lol*

Amen!

I always thought guys were supposed to be like that...

...ugly women?

No...no...no! Furry and different from women. Not like ugly women...besides, there are no ugly women, there are just women who do not make the best of what God has given them...*smile*

So, in the US, if it's ugly, it's male?

Not if it is me you are asking...! I adore big massive hunks of furry (or not) pulchritude of the XY chromosome variety. My life would me much poorer without them in it.

Marcia: I was quite certain you knew, ergo some of my comments. As a Power That Bes, I know you're aware of, well, probably everything. And I have been called quite a bit ;-) Ray: No Tony Curtis, huh? Not even a Jack Lemmon? I won't ask why you _had_ to have a f2f. I'm sure it was a v. good reason. Marcia: I say it's women who just happen not to have much money. It's amazing what a little professional advice can do; that, and not worrying about the electricity being turned off on your seven children while you're at work for 16 hours six days a week. Alexander: Here, male beauty is celebrated far more than female. Not that that originated here, of course. So, William, I'm prepared to work up some sort of joint-rule thingy, Ray's opinion notwithstanding. It's much better when you have company. Oh and Marcia, you do have some lovely crowns. Maybe one for reviewing the troops (one of my favorite hobbies) and a simple tiara for playing basketball. I'll start window shopping 72.

Oh I do get around and have contacts all over the place, you are quite right. But might not a triumverate be alright. A wise woman and a younger telnetter and William...for the third?! I can whip up suitable garb and attendant lackeys for the job. How do you think that might be? Always flexible, my dear ;)

and, quimby, Sooooo much better than tony Curtis.....

I'm always flexible. I wouldn't mind a triumvirate if I was (were?) the only woman, wise or not ;-) I always envied Charlotte Rampling. But then maybe you're right, lackeys may be the way to go. I've seen your taste in lackeys (or was that Gi's, the force on the beach welcoming your ship?) Let's check with William. Perhaps he's otherwise engaged (don't want a Prince C on our hands now, do we?) Many people are better than Tony Curtis, but Tony Curtis in a dress? If you say he's ok, ok by me.

So Marcia were you at Ray and William's little tete a tete? Is that how you know?

As you know, I'm easy.

it was around the first part of this year that i had to go to Austin on business. i only had one morning meeting, so i arranged to have lunch with terry, then drove over to little italy to meet william. the neat thing about all of this was that all of the locations i had to go to were all within about 3 miles of each other! talk about luck. both terry and william are extremely pleasant guys. terry had me out-geeked with two cell phones, one of which could access then net. i was surprised at how big william was. not fat big, just big. had i not been dieting, i would have asked about some free pizza or spaghetti! ;)

no... get the tiramisu!!!

Thanks for the description, Ray...I am most interested in your findings. Now, if you had only taken a digital camera instead of those phones....*smile* Some day, before I die, I must try this edible orgasm...!

as should everyone else!

Charlotte, I was not at the tete-a-tete, unfortunately, and alas...but I do have good sources and he shall not wear a dress unless there is something I have not yet learned about him...(no whalebone corsets or lace pantaloons, either)...This is one of those things you will have to take my word on...and wait for his comments when he is less busy...!

Sheesh, next thing I will be calling you is cheryl ;)

I've been know to wear a skirt, though...

ummm...would you care to elucidate on that comment??? I am all curiosity!

(Hint: Look at Laughing Sky's Cloud!) Charlene, I did not get that remark... Where'd it come from, then?

Alexander, where is this cloud at which we are supposed to look?

...where all things are explained! Yours mysteriously, A. (Or ask the mighty Pasquina!)

Alas, again...where all things are explained is not available today (so far) so I cannot ask for crucial questions plaguing me. I cannot imagine...(have I gotten him that wrong?!)

Ray- To meet them both! It sounds nice. You'd figure they'd be pleasant. And charmingly, attractively geeky. First trip to Texas? Never been there. I grew up in the South, but of course Texas isn't the South. Somehow the idea of a Little Italy in Austin is, well, new and confusing to me. I know Boston's Little Italy and New York's Little Italy but now I have this new concept to ponder. So William is a lumberjack sort of fellow, or you're just saying that to make Marcia happy? And you don't want to be a lu berjack sort of fellow? Stacey- So you're close to these guys? The tiramisu--what makes it so special? Marcia- But what about a kilt? I'm crazy about kilts. I'm always so impressed to see a guy running around in a kilt or a (what are those wrap things Michael Stipe wears?) It should come as no surprise that I actually own Braveheart, and that my vacation plans include the home of Patrick Stewart. Did anybody see him on Saturday Night Live a few years back? Anyway, I'm glad you don't think I'd have to share my lace, and that he wouldn't dislodge his organs by wearing a whalebone corset. You don't want to rule with an idiot. You might as well call me Cheryl, since she's gone forever. Off editing a film, I heard. I doubt if I could fill her shoes, though. Or maybe you were thinking of Cheryl Sneed? Reminds me of something to share with the class re leaving a board: http://www.appleinsider.com/cgi-bin/Forum4/HTML/000629.html Pertinent exchange: killboy and karlvonl. What would you like to be called, Marcia? I mean that won't get us in trouble with the net nannies. Wer, yes, please elucidate. Please. A. Sorry, sometimes when I'm tired I'm tiresome. As I learned to say in NY: fuggedaboudit. As to your question, Greece :-) I guess the Cloud is from your shared past....and I'm left out....oh well. Pasquina? Que pasa?

Please.

How about Cheryl Eliot? or not...off traipsing the world with clipboard in hand behind someone making vast amounts of money with which he is sharing not enough with you...or your doppleganger...?! Cloud is in here somewhere if you read back far enough, as is all sorts of embarrassing information we wish would stay buried. Re the kilt. when you are too poor to afford one you wrap the plaid (a piece of fabric, not a pattern) - usually tartan (the pattern) around your waist and throw the rest around your shoulders. That was what he was wearing in Braveheart, as far as I know...but you did not work on that picture?! (oh yes, Nostromo.....!) Call me what you will. I answer to Mom, but only from my son and his friends. No one else calls me anything...including not calling me honey, sweetheart, love, or anything else nice. Marcia it is, I'm afraid, unless you think of something the rest did not! Saw Patrick Stweart on SNL, indeed! He should be on my Male Babes List. hmmmmm...leave anything out?

From a discussion at the top of the board: Paul Terry Walhus We men are so low level compared to the drooleurs, with your literary slant and eloquence. Sometimes our adulation comes down to honking at pretty girl crossing the street. We're so hopeless when it comes to expressing our admiration. And we just haven't been able to match your *intensity*, ya know. Who is the femaile counterpart or equivalent of say a Colin Firth? ... Marcia ...Terry, you are selling the men short. I have read their postings in Philosophy and in Books. They are eloquent, incisive and reflective. We need more of that in this world. As to Drooleurs, I never admit to anyone who knows me in person (including my son)where I spend endless hours.... Terry, most of us don't have a LS & E. And men can 'spress pretty good--all those writers and poets throughout the ages. 'Course they didn't have cars... Maybe it's the person one is interested in. There may be Schwartzenegger boards somewhere, but you'd run out of things to say pretty quickly, I'd imagine. If the "love interest" isn't very interesting, well, can't make a silk purse... But it's also the individual people in a community. If the admirers aren't very interesting themselves...'nuff said. Nevertheless, you could be an interesting fellow and still not care about a conference. If you're not interested in admiring someone verbally for fun (who is interesting and keeps re-earning your admiration), if you'd rather do your taxes than talk about someone you can't have but appreciate, then why waste time when you could be doing something you enjoy? When you could be working towar something you can have? You can spend your time on tech boards where you share info and master something. Or you could go to the beach. I can't speak for anybody else in Firthland, and I'm not the typical person there for various reasons. But nobody in Firthland is typical compared to the people in your everyday life, and neither is he. That's the fun. It's a pleasure to talk to cool gals under any circumstances, and here there are so many of them under one roof. It's great to add to your fantasy life with no downside; nobody here (as far as I can tell) mixes this up with reality. And I find it, um, adds to your real life. To me the whole thing proves once again that nice guys don't finish last, if they're truly nice and not pretending or deluded. There are better looking actors and better actors and richer actors, but who cares? Who he's decided to be, and works hard at being, touches me. The whole package is worth noting, and I spend time I don't have doing so. The net lets us find people who have similar values. That's what makes for a smokin' conference. That, and knowing the guy would be great in bed.

CE? Nah. Too boring and pompous. And she was always a troublemaker. I'll always dig for dirt, but it clearly isn't on this topic. I guess I'll have to be like Kenneth Branagh in *sigh* A Month in the Country. Well now all this kilt stuff is fascinating. BH is so ridiculous, but who cares. Also, in your part of the world, do guys wear sarongs? And if not, why not? I called you sweetie. Does that mean I'm a.) in the doghouse or b.) extraordinarily imaginative or c.) all of the above? Ah yes, Jean Luc. One of the benefits of the Big Apple is actually running into him a couple of times (and I do mean running; we both walk very quickly.) He loves NY. And he glows. I don't think it's from the dilithium crystals. Maybe it's the matter-anti-matter drive.

Ok, the cloud IS where everything is explained - and Alexander and the mighty Pasquina have their homes - in Screwed, of course... Greece - I guessed that... Just wanted to hear it from your lips (or tips - finger tips, that is...). Gotta run, bye!

so much action in so little time... what the in the hell were we talking about anyway? or was this a convert effort to turn THIS topic in the hottest conferenece on the Spring?! All the Cheryl versus Cheryl vs doppelgangers is beyond me... so I throw up my hands in imagined helplessness and move on... btw quimby... the 'then why waste time when you could be doing something you enjoy?' comment I found brilliant and thrilling. And although I profess to take that attitude 24/7, I think I lie to myself frequently about what I enjoy... in other words, I needed to hear that affirmation/reprimand/mantra from another... thanks! Re: do I know 'these guys'... well... never met Ray had the pleasure of meeting WER, tasting his culinary delights and meeting his family a couple years back... certainly a pleasure and NO he doesn't look like a lumberjack! Big, yes, burly, no... I used to work with Paul many moons ago, and it was he who introduced me to the fine world of virtuality. (I also started a silly rumor, using an offhand post, that Paul was my cousin... *grin*) blah, blah, blah... oh... the tiramisu... I've previously described it as "an edible orgasm"... YOU decide what's so special about that!

Now I am also lost. What is attitude 24/7 ? I have seen it referenced before, but did not figure it out then, either. I think it is time to find something else to do. I am beginning to chase my own tail and people will get very tired of seeing my posts everywhere with no interaction. I shall forthwith go out a get a real life and leave this to the people who fine it more enjoyable and less painful than I do at present. Quimby dear, you may call me sweetie anytime you'd like. It makes me feel good that you do, My Dear =) And, you are extraordinarily imaginative...definitely! Men here wear lavalavas (Just below the knee wrap-around "skirts" The Malo is more interesting. It is just like an HAwaiian-print Athletic support...with two little flaps hanging in front and in back. Very...impressive!

24/7 refers to 24 hours a day... 7 days a week... in other words... all the time... I was trying to illustrate that the thought is something I should (and try) live by but am not always successful all the time... do'nt go Marcia... i'll miss you... The Malo sounds just wonderful!!!

Thanks Stace...I just needed a word of encouragement...and you always come through. *Hugs* The Malo is a marvelous thing. I was one of the officers in the UHHilo Booster club last year and there was a tournament (basketball) the evening before which there was Polynesian entertainment for the visiting teams. I was seated right next to the stage. The male dancers stood right above me and I dared not look up at them lest I be seen to be peeking under that flap...but I did anyway...! *LOL* They did not seem to mind, but I am sure I was some shade of pink I had never been before. That was Too up close and personal! Gotcha on the 24/7....sounds like my life at Spring *smile*

"Oh, I'm a lumberjack and I'm okay..." The skirt was worn to a Skatenigs show at the Back Room, btw... burly would be my dad and brother...once again, I'm the runt male in my family...

That, and knowing the guy would be great in bed. LOL!! ;-D

and, Laughing Sky's Cloud is at http://www.spring.net/yapp-bin/restricted/read/screwed/151

I said, didn't I - where all things are explained! Aw, shucks. what a day.

I know...I was just posting the url, too...

... you ma buddy, Wer!

Gentlemen, I just read the entire topic and I am totally lost on its meaning. Perhaps one must be there to understand the deeper meaning of it all...!

Not me! You, Wer?

Somehow, William in Drag does nothing for me. Come to think of it, men in drag in general are a turn-off, so I will just leave him on the cloud with the incontinence meds and fishnet stockings and stilletto heels and cut my loses. It was so enlighening to read that I think I will stay screwed for a long time.

*cackle* sorry Marcia... the befuddled look on your otherwise intelligent and perceptive face really cracked me up!

Stace, this is definitely not one of my better days. (digging a hole to bury that perceptive face so it percieves no more...)

WHAZZA MATTA YOU HEY? (IRL issues?)

IRL...but virtual...the current one we have been concerned about...I just stuck my foot in where I should not have...Hope I am forgiven.

by whom? certainly not me, the Spring's court jester...

No, not by you...not ever you. You are not cruel enough to do that.

Alexander Greece - I guessed that... Just wanted to hear it I thought so ;-) Stacey or was this a convert effort to turn THIS topic in the hottest conferenece on the Spring?! Absolutely a convert effort, heh heh. All the Cheryl versus Cheryl vs doppelgangers is beyond me... so I throw up my hands in imagined helplessness and move on... ! So sorry, Stacey. It was quite rude of me, like speaking another language over someone else's head. Marcia and I were referring to two Cheryls who used to be at the Colinfest. One drops by less these days, only occasionally, but is loyal, as she is the keeper of some intimate article or other of Darcy's (a character Colin played.) The other was there for a few months and left, and she was quite opinionated. As to "doppelgangers", well, to me it's like weltanschauung and weltschmertz and bildungsroman and undestag and all those other German words you'd better use right or you'll look silly. Lord knows I don't need help with that. Ask Marcia why she's going all literary on us all of a sudden. I myself fell victim to the thrill of using gang signs outside of our turf. Please accept my apologies. 'then why waste time when you could be doing something you enjoy?' comment ...hear that affirmation/reprimand/mantra from another! Me too. It's the old "unbearable lightness of being." I'm having a great time or finally free and then I immediately clamp on the lead weights, make a slight hole in my oxygen tube, and leap into an ocean crevass. Occasionally someone knocks on my metal helmet and points up. I'm always forgetting that's an option. Stacey the tiramisu I was just wondering how he does that. But if you can't say, I understand. Marcia Now I am also lost...I think it is time to find something else to do. No! No! Now why would you do a thing like that? We can't carry on so freely in Firthland, and besides there's no guys there. Maybe a nap will make you feel better. Or a good stretch. Can I call you sugarplum? Sometimes it just slips out. I called my one of my lawyers honey (the one I don't know so well, a woman) the other day when we won big. It's truly a term of endearment and respect. Men here wear lavalavas ...hanging in front and in back. I've seen pictures of these things. I envy your official duties. You definitely rule; Malo-peeking is a much better official duty than reviewing the troops. And you soldiered through in a tough situation. Bravo. I cannot renounce my crown, because I am too vain, but I'm happy to welcome you aboard. Maybe it's better just the two of us. wer Oh, I'm a lumberjack and I'm okay..." LOL! I expect burly is relative, since you've been described by our man Ray as big (not runt-like). In the South and West, I'm average sized. In the North, I'm a giant. So the mystery remains. Karen LOL!! ;-D Karen you dog. Stop lurking and join us. Wer: thanks for the link. Trippy. Like Stacey, I throw up my hands in imagined helplessness and move on... Marcia Come to think of it, men in drag in general are a turn-off I don't think the point is ever to turn us (women) on. I'm sure our William had perfectly good reasons for whatever he did and carried it out with great savoir faire. Lumberjack, burly, or runt, as long as he didn't trip over himself, and remembered to hike up his skirt to run, he could have cut a dashing figure. There's so much being written these days about men in drag...but I don't know that that adds to a discussion of hot conferences, and also Alexander will say he's not following again ;-) Marcia, you apologize more than I do! What on earth did we do wrong? You're so much fun, whaddaya worrying about?

You did nothing. I think I need to get over the flu I got yesterday and I will feel better. I just need a hug...!

I'll be back to comment after some sleep...

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Thank you, my dear quimby...My spirits are a little better this morning, butmy eyes resent being asked to focus on small print. x0x0x0x0x back at you.*smile*

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Thanks....I can actually see that, but it keeps coming and going..and coming...must be my eyes again ;) (Looks like someone has been at the HTML programming again. Very nice, dear!)

hoho, Quimby, gotcha: "The other was there for a few months and left, and she was quite opinionated. As to "doppelgangers", well, to me it's like weltanschauung and weltschmertz and bildungsroman and undestag and all those other German words" Yep, I know what you mean (harhar), even though YAPP ate the Bundestag's "B", and the Doppelg�nger's "�"'s two silly dots and added something precious to the general Weltschmerz I have at the moment, like the hangover from some stingy friend's cheap wine at that party that lasted until sunrise and broke up in a argument nobody ever understood what it was all about afterwards.

...sorry about the missing umlauts. I will try harder next time. and, quit drinking that cheap stuff...it will rust your plumbing and make your head feel dreadful, ruin your joie d'vivre and other Irish terms;)

*lol*

Marcia = Cheyenne ? Huh, das verwirrt mich jetzt aber, I must say! Anyway, Marcia, needn't be the bottled stuff - many folks substitute this nicely by using lead pipes for their drinking water... (BTW, that wasn't CHEAP wine, it just was a lot...)

(...I was just using your words)...not implying your having overindulged. Gak!! Your water is that bad, is it?! Causes brain damage...downfall of the Roman Empire and all that! (I meant your personal plumbing...btw *grin*) hmmmm...which Cheyenne might this be that Marcia=???

over-indulgement in wine is something I can relate to this morning :)) ::headache:: :)

...poor mikey...wear very soft slippers and use rubber dishes. We must be very quiet while this wears off...shhhhhh!

so i tell you... marcia = quimby = cheyenne = charlene = ch... that right? guess not. mikey, best wishes! had an aspirin yet? vitamins, fresh air and darkness might help, too...

rather than a noisy dealing floor and glowing computer screens, you mean? Ahhhh that's where I went wrong :)

Oh yes, indeed! This calls for muted everything from sounds, visual stimulation, and probably oral, too. Unless on of the latter two would make you forget you had a hangover?! Happy thought, indeed! (computer screens give headaches to healthy people...turn it off or very dim, anyway!) *hugs* Mike!

Alexander: sorry, Marcia and I really are two different people, as I'm sure she'll attest. But you're catchin' on, clearly.

Hi Quimby. I've missed you of late. now that CF's birthday is over, perhaps you will not be such as stranger.

gotta chuckle every time I see 'CF' Brandon and I refer to gobs of people milling as a 'cf' or huge traffic disorde rs as a 'cf'... affectionately known as a 'cluster fu�k'

Welcome back, Potte...erh, Quimby! Sure I catch on! You know, I always dig everything... What were you talking about, run that by me again, pls?

Oh Stacey! *lol* Now you've done it. That is all I will see now when I head cf. Guess that's why we also use ODB and DB for him (Our Dear Boy or Dear Boy) for which someone will have a ready alternate meaning...*sigh* I haven't a clue who I am anymore...suggestions of yours are as good as mine!

You be Marcia? I guess?

You Peeked ! Indeed, the one and only that I am aware of around this very special place. *smile*

hey it's me! Potty Mouth!

I could have figured pouty mouth, but potty? Pardon, Miss?

given name to all of those who espouse nasty words outta their mouths... like the stuff outta people s butts

Oooh, THAT potty! Hey, but pouty mouth would be nice, too... Wonder if I ever meet somebody around here who pouts...

I probably do on occassion...

... YOU? I'd never have guessed!

Hey, don't pout! That was jes' kiddin', gal!

*fake pout* (furrowed brow and jutted out lower lip) no you weren't...

Ah, girlie, donna play games like dat! Din'tcha Mommie tell ya tha brows-trick gets ya wrinkles? (hehe, should cure 'er!)

*wide eyes* *straight brow* (can't help laughing with this kinda get up on my face!)

Something like this??? �:-]

That's gotta be her!

very nice!

You got it....! ...and I got the nicest letter back for my efforts *grin*

That was my look, too on post your primary email here, and all that stuff yesterday. I can still feel the headache!

You get upset with yourself too easily. I've made worse mistakes than that millions of times around here, so much so you'd think I was getting paid for it. It doesn't really matter. It would be scary if no-one EVER made mistakes.

i second that! it's only funny because we've all done silly things like that before...

Yeah! You remember how Jim and I used to fight, Stacey??

Gotcha, and thanks. Icannot bear for people I respect and like very much to think I am being truly stupid on purpose, or as Jane Austen put it, "I cannot bear to think of [him] out in the world and thinking ill of me" Again, thanks. I should have realized long ago that there was no malice in any one of us toward the other...*hugs*

point well taken Marcia (and again I didn't mean to hurt your feelings) but one thing I have a problem with... you worry so much about what others think of you... especially those you feel closest to... Why?? we all really enjoy you and your posts, have confidence in that. those you care about, care about you 9and if you get any sense that they don't... you don't deserve that... I know you don't want us to have to walk on eggshells around you... please just believe that we like you and appreciate your views and thoughts and especially feelings. and then, if at anytime you do feel wronged or angry, we can discuss it... but i don't want our idle and ridiculous banter (and ability to laugh about silly things) to put you on edge (or us on edge either)... so... take a deep breath of Spring air and smile... we are amoung friends...

Yep! ...and I can feel all the warmth and fuzziness. Unfortunately stuff going on in my Hilo home (NOT Spring home)was making me more tense and cautious. I can see it now and will head it off at the pass next time. No eggshell walking...makes a mess on your floor and hurts bare feet. As we were! *hugs all around* *BIG smiles*

thanks Marcia! (for the fundraising prompting in another conference!) EVERYBODY... I am trying to raise $4200 for the Leukemia Society by December 1st... my great feat that I would like you ALL to sponsor is a marathon run... 26.2 miles Most people are donating a dollar a mile -- $26.20 but I have had some WONDERFUL surprises of more (including $100 form an uncle, $100 from my boss and $100 from my boss' boss!) ANY amount would be FAN-DAMN TASTIC as I have a long way to go... good vibes would certainly help as well! I have described this in detail in fitness but w/ this kind of prompting from Marcia, I'll post it around somemore!

Post the address Stacey, so folks know where to send it.

Stacey Vura r-33 JMTC 10100 W Ute Ave Littleton, CO 80127

Did I mention my side-line is actually axe murdering? And now I know where thee LIVE!!!! �visciously sharpening my axe and teeth�

Hehe, not like some others here, no? I used to be pretty cool at "grinding an axe", and if I get going, I still sometimes do...

Ah ha! Actually now you know where I WORK!!!! And hopefully the armed guards out from will keep you at bay!

Not if I hide the axe and pump up my boobs!

*laugh* I'd come running outta the building to see that!

ha-ha! I'm banking on it....! And then, WHAM!!! OFF with yer head!

*ouch* perhaps you're telling me you'd rather not donate to this cause then??

As generous as she is, she'll donate proceedings from her last three commissions to your cause, and then BAM! off with yer head... Bet she uses a machete...

damn it. OUCH

But you'd still have the contribution, and a way cool PR that every other team will be envios of!

not if i don't finish the marathon!

Oh, I guess she'll possess the strenght of will to wait 'til you cross the finish line...

Nope, I'll use my axe - one carved by an artist, so at least it will be an aesthetic way to go, right? In fact, I shall have an exhibition on sight - art in motion! YES YES YES! This might just turn out to be my big break! Stacey, I'll donate. Tell me what to do.

well... hmmm... how to do that different currency thing? I called Team Leukemia and they said the currency/check has to be in US dollars so... are there was to get money orders in different currencies? Alexander, Mr. Entrepenur... do you know how to go about this?? (Thanks Ree-head!!)

Stacey, I could sponsor you, then send you the money in cash, via insured mail. That would be the easiest thing, I think.

Woo Woo! Sending cashola through the mail! (Do you want me to send you the sponsor forms??) n oops

There are International Money Orders (or used to be) obtainable at your bank. If someone in Zurich, the very city where the Gnomes who will take over the money of the entire world (according to the crazies) cannot get a money transfer, I guess we are all in big trouble!

do you know about those Ree-head?

Sometimes they are called International Reply Coupons...

Yeah, I know about international money orders - I know the fees they charge on them here especially well, plus they take WEEKS to get anywhere. That's why I suggested insured cash. Doesn't matter - we'll see when the time comes. Send me the forms, Stacey, I'll sponsor you gladly. R. Walton Klosbachstr. 72 CH-8032 Zurich Switzerland Tel.: (01) 382 10 64

they are in the envelope... gotta take em to the post office to see how many stamps to put on! THANK YOU!

cool!

I'd love to see the stats for which conference was busiest for the last few days. I do believe Geo gave Drool bit of competition for the title of hottest conference. Does this server allow such statistics?

I think so, can't think of the actual mechanics right at the moment, have you perused the yapp guide at http://www.armidalesoftware.com or on http://www.spring.net/help ?

Thank you! Just curious, is all... I'll go take a look around the Yapp guide. I did not know it existed. (Learning stuff all the time here.)