| 14:34 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Hello, Lovejoy and Larky |
| 14:35 |
Larky (larkylouz) |
Hiya Word |
| 14:52 |
Larky (larkylouz) |
Hi Andrea |
| 14:52 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
hi |
| 14:54 |
lovejoy2199 |
Back. Greetings everyone. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! |
| 14:55 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Hi, Andrea |
| 14:56 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
hi Wordsmith |
| 14:56 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Welcome, Elfbiter, Sandie, and Garret |
| 14:56 |
Garret Black (pantau) |
Hello, you all |
| 14:56 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Hi, Ember |
| 14:56 |
lovejoy2199 |
Hello Garret |
| 14:56 |
lovejoy2199 |
Hello Ember |
| 14:57 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
ember hi |
| 14:57 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
sandie, mr lj and elfbiter |
| 14:57 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
garret |
| 14:57 |
lovejoy2199 |
Hello Andrea |
| 14:57 |
Garret Black (pantau) |
Hello again .... |
| 14:59 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
gronk |
| 14:59 |
Gronk Seriman |
Good evening Andrea, everybody! |
| 14:59 |
lovejoy2199 |
Hello Gronk |
| 14:59 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
i love how this machine i'm using today...gives me group chat notices from sept |
| 15:00 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Welcome, Ms Gronk, Sandy, Lyban, and Soup |
| 15:00 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
hi soup |
| 15:00 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Welcome, Kara |
| 15:00 |
Oxbridge Donation Coin R1 (Alternate Lecture Hall) |
Kara2016 gave a generous donation to help support classes and tutorials at Caledon Oxbridge Gateway. |
| 15:00 |
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lovejoy2199 turns down the music stream as the meeting is about to start. |
| 15:00 |
Ember (emberell) |
Thank you for your donation, Kara ❤ |
| 15:00 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
ty, Kara. Much appreciated |
| 15:01 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
ty kara |
| 15:01 |
Kara2016 |
Greetings everyone. |
| 15:01 |
lovejoy2199 |
Hello Kara |
| 15:01 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
And it's time. |
| 15:01 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Welcome to this week's Caledon Oxbridge Deans' Q&A. This is an open meeting; |
| 15:01 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
all are welcome apart from those who intend to misbehave in a disruptive manner. |
| 15:01 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Non-disruptive misbehavior is at your discretion. |
| 15:01 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Transcripts will be posted after the meeting. |
| 15:01 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
at http://www.caledonoxbridge.org/qna/qna_index.php |
| 15:02 |
Garret Black (pantau) |
LOL |
| 15:02 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Ember, have anything for us today? |
| 15:03 |
Ember (emberell) |
Nothing much, besides to announce that by the end of this year/early January I'll be putting out a new copy of the faculty kit. Please remember to update documents especially including the foreign language stuff, that Larky has been working very hard to maintain |
| 15:03 |
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Sandy Burgess notices the speech has been refined ... does not feel excluded at once |
| 15:03 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
ty Larky and Ember |
| 15:03 |
Larky (larkylouz) |
:^) |
| 15:03 |
Ember (emberell) |
And as usual I do want to invite prospective tutors/helpers to reach out to me or other taff about joining in to help users new and old |
| 15:04 |
Ember (emberell) |
That's all from me |
| 15:04 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Thank you, Ember |
| 15:04 |
Soup Jonson |
+*✰*+*'*•.¸ APPLAUSE APPLAUSE ¸.•*'+*✰*+ |
| 15:04 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Andrea? |
| 15:04 |
|
Larky (larkylouz) muses that Ember might be pulling Taff-eee |
| 15:04 |
Ember (emberell) |
Staff |
| 15:04 |
Larky (larkylouz) |
;^) |
| 15:04 |
Ember (emberell) |
Apologies, I had a rough night |
| 15:05 |
Soup Jonson |
It was a good speech Ember! |
| 15:05 |
Larky (larkylouz) |
Just any pun opp available! |
| 15:05 |
Sandy Burgess |
Have been lurking for one too ... not really so far |
| 15:05 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
Hmm hi. nothing really from me on fundraising. We will have the bi weekly event next Sunday. Might be spring or summer related. I think everyone may be tired of winter, or at least we will have a break from winter. No plans for the first of the year at this point. |
| 15:06 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
I will let you know in group notices if that changes |
| 15:06 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
back to you Wordsmith |
| 15:06 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Thanks, Andrea. |
| 15:06 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
most welcome |
| 15:08 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Everyone might want to look at recent ISC group notices. Scandaloon posted an object that contains the entire Caledon library collections. |
| 15:08 |
Gronk Seriman |
OMG! |
| 15:08 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Welcome Agatha and Harper |
| 15:08 |
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Agatha Asuka Macbeth (agatha.macbeth) waves |
| 15:08 |
Harperlass |
Hi sorry got distracted |
| 15:09 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Yes, that's a completely amazing object. The entire collection from all of the Caledon libraries. |
| 15:09 |
Garret Black (pantau) |
What's "ISC", pls? |
| 15:09 |
Lyban |
^ |
| 15:09 |
Garret Black (pantau) |
ISC, I mean |
| 15:09 |
Ember (emberell) |
Independent State of Caledon - the group that residents of CAledon belong to, generally |
| 15:10 |
Garret Black (pantau) |
Thanks |
| 15:10 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
is the library system closing? |
| 15:10 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
And the object itself is a miniature of the Whitehorn library in Victoria City. (only 4 LI) |
| 15:10 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Welcome, Highly |
| 15:10 |
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lovejoy2199 will have to check this out. |
| 15:11 |
highlyadjective |
Hello Wordsmith, Elf, Soup, everyone |
| 15:11 |
Soup Jonson |
Hello! |
| 15:12 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
And also related to libraries, the Oxbridge library is now group owned, which conveys group parcel powers to Ember and myself, making it a little easier to manage ... problems. |
| 15:12 |
Ember (emberell) |
Wandering books, etc. |
| 15:12 |
Larky (larkylouz) |
:^) |
| 15:12 |
Agatha Asuka Macbeth (agatha.macbeth) |
Books wander? |
| 15:13 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Or litter |
| 15:13 |
|
Agatha Asuka Macbeth (agatha.macbeth) wonders where they wander |
| 15:13 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
People get a book and then discard it in the library |
| 15:13 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
the monster book of monster get loose again? |
| 15:13 |
Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) |
FLoating library collections? :-) |
| 15:13 |
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highlyadjective takes two cough drops |
| 15:13 |
Harperlass |
Hopefully the library will be a safe space...I read a disturbing news article today about librarians in Texas feeling threatened to remove books |
| 15:14 |
Harperlass |
I thought of Soup actually and wondered if he was part of the group forming in support of librarians |
| 15:15 |
Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) |
USA is unfortunately famous for book removal demands from libraries.... |
| 15:15 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Better they keep them and take it to court, but that's not for now. |
| 15:15 |
Harperlass |
well yes, not a new things sadly, but it seems particularly virulent at the moment |
| 15:16 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Oxbridge, thanks to Andrea, is well into the financial black. Enough so that I expect to ride out RFL season without concern. |
| 15:16 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
and my team |
| 15:16 |
Gronk Seriman |
So what is the status of the Oxbridge Library? Is it still part of the Caledon Library system? Is there still a librarian? |
| 15:16 |
Soup Jonson |
Way to go Andrea! |
| 15:17 |
Oxbridge Donation Coin R1 (Alternate Lecture Hall) |
Soup Jonson gave a generous donation to help support classes and tutorials at Caledon Oxbridge Gateway. |
| 15:17 |
Ember (emberell) |
Thank you so much for your donation, Soup |
| 15:17 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Yes, there is an Oxbridge Library Management group that the Caledon librarians own and that Ember and I are members of. |
| 15:17 |
Oxbridge Donation Coin R1 (Alternate Lecture Hall) |
highlyadjective gave a generous donation to help support classes and tutorials at Caledon Oxbridge Gateway. |
| 15:18 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
We will still need donations. we just feel we have a good buffer given current events and RFL |
| 15:18 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
thank you all for your support |
| 15:18 |
Sandie Harbour |
How much do you need? |
| 15:18 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
The change was from personal ownership by JJ Drinkwater to group ownership, so that conveyed group powers would work. |
| 15:19 |
Gronk Seriman |
Ah. OK. |
| 15:19 |
highlyadjective |
Logical. |
| 15:19 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Still very much part of the Caledon Library system. Before the only powers we had on that parcel were the Estate Manager powers. |
| 15:20 |
Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) |
And more people can kick griefers from the library parcel. |
| 15:20 |
Garret Black (pantau) |
Did I miss the definition of "RFL"? |
| 15:20 |
Ember (emberell) |
RFL stands for Relay For Life |
| 15:20 |
Ember (emberell) |
It's a yearly event raising funds for Cancer research and the like |
| 15:20 |
Garret Black (pantau) |
That's US only, correct? |
| 15:21 |
lovejoy2199 |
No. World Wide |
| 15:21 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Sandie, I figure this on a 13 week (91 day) basis. Assuming 8 classes per week, we spend about 101k $L per quarter. |
| 15:22 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
People have been generous to us in the past with their lindens. Every little bit helps us pay the bills |
| 15:22 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
If we get back up to 10 classes per week, it's about 107k $L per quarter |
| 15:23 |
Harperlass |
is that mostly on land fees? |
| 15:24 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Speaking of which, we have Nance Clowe's Event promotion class, Ember now teaching basic building, and Samm's newly added Advanced Building. |
| 15:24 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
That's all on the schedule on the wall in here. |
| 15:25 |
Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) |
Ember does not bite nor does she swallow whole. Just attend the class. |
| 15:25 |
Ember (emberell) |
Advanced building is an excellent follow-up to Basic Building for those wanting to really flex their build window |
| 15:26 |
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highlyadjective makes a note |
| 15:26 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
The statistics page on the website is now up to date: http://www.caledonoxbridge.org/statistics/index.php |
| 15:27 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
And the graphs on the wall behind me, are fresh as of this morning |
| 15:27 |
|
Gronk Seriman smells the fresh paint. |
| 15:27 |
Garret Black (pantau) |
LOL |
| 15:27 |
Harperlass |
is there a breakdown of what the expenditures go to? |
| 15:28 |
Gronk Seriman |
It does seem like the gold tops of the bars are gradually decreasing. |
| 15:29 |
highlyadjective |
If I remember, one shrinkage was that Linden areas stopped promoting Caledon |
| 15:29 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
74,750 $L per quarter is tier paid to Des. Class instructor stipends at 250 $L per class taught make up the balance of what I quoted. Other expenditures (e.g. landscaping) are minimal. |
| 15:30 |
Ember (emberell) |
I do my best to keep Oxbridge design very reasonably priced :-) |
| 15:30 |
Ember (emberell) |
With much help from Jorge, who is a -gem- at finding decorations. |
| 15:30 |
Harperlass |
Was just curious thanks |
| 15:30 |
Agatha Asuka Macbeth (agatha.macbeth) |
Jorge is good |
| 15:30 |
highlyadjective |
It does look great :) |
| 15:30 |
Ember (emberell) |
Very, very good. |
| 15:32 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
I am supposed to do a walk-through of Oxbridge with Madori Linden in the near future. This comes as an outgrowth of my staying active in Virtual World Education Consortium (VWEC) meetings. |
| 15:32 |
Ember (emberell) |
Do we know when that is? |
| 15:32 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
No, just that she's said she wants to do that. |
| 15:33 |
Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) |
Maybe in couple of years? |
| 15:33 |
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highlyadjective slaps Elf's knee |
| 15:33 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Before then |
| 15:34 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Also, if you look in the College of Camera Control, 4 of the 6 kiosks are now multi-language. |
| 15:35 |
Ember (emberell) |
Very lovely work, Word |
| 15:35 |
Gronk Seriman |
Yay! |
| 15:35 |
Larky (larkylouz) |
Wow, Word. That's so much work, I know. |
| 15:36 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Work on the other two to come after I catch up on posting Q&A transcripts. |
| 15:36 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
thank you for the effort for us Wordsmith |
| 15:36 |
|
Agatha Asuka Macbeth (agatha.macbeth) applauds |
| 15:36 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
yvw Andrea |
| 15:37 |
|
Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) unfurls two flags to wave |
| 15:38 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Some of the updates are easy, because of translations previously done by Jorge and Stereo. Some require a few word changes and / or new screen shots in 3 languages. |
| 15:39 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
For example, the camera control panel opened by the button with the eye one it, changed substantially from when the kiosk on it was last updated. |
| 15:40 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Okay, that's it from me, open for general questions and announcements |
| 15:40 |
highlyadjective |
Which signs are translated, the tutorials ? |
| 15:41 |
Ember (emberell) |
Yes, the orientation signs are being changed by Word to have little buttons that let you toggle the language displayed. |
| 15:41 |
Agatha Asuka Macbeth (agatha.macbeth) |
Clever |
| 15:42 |
highlyadjective |
Oh cool |
| 15:42 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Each building has a set of kiosks plus a few tutorial graphics on the wall. I'm converting all of those from English only to English, Spanish, and French. |
| 15:43 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
The entry building and the College of Avatar Motion, are already converted. |
| 15:43 |
Ember (emberell) |
That hard work is -very- appreciated, Chancellor. |
| 15:43 |
Larky (larkylouz) |
Absolutely! |
| 15:44 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Two more kiosks and the College of Camera Control will be added to the completed list. |
| 15:44 |
highlyadjective |
I guess if Linden isn't doing that, they'll want to be nice to groups that are providing non-English support |
| 15:44 |
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highlyadjective takes more cough drops |
| 15:45 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
And Larky is compiling and recompiling and recompiling lists of non-English help. |
| 15:45 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
ty larky |
| 15:45 |
Ember (emberell) |
The landmarks and resources change quite frequently. It's been a major help. |
| 15:45 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Recently having had to retract the Turkish help place that turns away newbies. |
| 15:46 |
Larky (larkylouz) |
LOL. Yes, it does require a lot of repetitious updating, doesn't it? |
| 15:46 |
Larky (larkylouz) |
That resource is still in the lists, with a disclaimer. |
| 15:46 |
Ember (emberell) |
I keep the resource pack in the staff breakroom updated as those changes are made. I don't envy the notecard eyes you must have, Larky :_) |
| 15:46 |
highlyadjective |
Hope you have a big monitor :) |
| 15:46 |
|
Larky (larkylouz) is not overly fond of notecards these days! |
| 15:47 |
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Wordsmith Jarvinen Thinks about a song about having "notecard eyes". |
| 15:47 |
Agatha Asuka Macbeth (agatha.macbeth) |
You can't hide your notecard eyes? |
| 15:47 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Other questions, topics? |
| 15:47 |
highlyadjective |
I guess you can copy/paste it into an easier to read editor |
| 15:48 |
|
Gronk Seriman does her best Kim Carnes voice, "She's got SL notecard eyeeeees!" |
| 15:48 |
Ember (emberell) |
That doesn't work well with embedded objects sadly |
| 15:48 |
Ember (emberell) |
So they'd need to be re-embedded after editing the text |
| 15:48 |
highlyadjective |
Ah |
| 15:49 |
Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) |
Still hosting the Writers' Meeting in Thursdays 11:00 AM. |
| 15:49 |
Larky (larkylouz) |
The most annoying part is the refusal of notecard titles and landmarks to take diacritical marks. |
| 15:49 |
Larky (larkylouz) |
Seems like LL could be a bit more careful of that. |
| 15:49 |
Agatha Asuka Macbeth (agatha.macbeth) |
Yes, that's uncivilised |
| 15:50 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Borrows one of Higly's cough drops. |
| 15:51 |
|
Larky (larkylouz) giggles |
| 15:51 |
highlyadjective |
I got them inner aches from coughing so much |
| 15:51 |
Ember (emberell) |
Here we are, being critical of diacriticals |
| 15:51 |
Ember (emberell) |
Or the lack thereof :-) |
| 15:51 |
|
Larky (larkylouz) giggles turn to guffaws |
| 15:52 |
|
Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) reverses polarity of the neutron flow |
| 15:52 |
highlyadjective |
Hope I feel better next week so I can give my daughter her Christmas presents! |
| 15:52 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Admittedly, the lack thereof does simplify sorting and searching and the disguising of non G-rated words. |
| 15:52 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
looks at eb,are you the doctor in disguise? |
| 15:52 |
highlyadjective |
Do you know what percentage of users use different viewers? |
| 15:54 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
No, in that sense, its elective, including any additional problems it causes for them. |
| 15:54 |
Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) |
:-) |
| 15:55 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
So our tutorial deliberately aims for the default. |
| 15:55 |
Gronk Seriman |
Back in the days of Emerald Viewer, you could see what viewers other people were using. SL didn't like that, and broke the feature. |
| 15:55 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
The major alternative viewer has its own support group and help gateway. |
| 15:55 |
highlyadjective |
I will guess from that, that the SL viewer may not be #1 |
| 15:56 |
Ember (emberell) |
the SL viewer is the most frequently used from what I understand |
| 15:56 |
Agatha Asuka Macbeth (agatha.macbeth) |
0.0 |
| 15:56 |
Ember (emberell) |
Thogh I don't know any solid numbers on who uses what viewers. There are a few different options. |
| 15:57 |
Larky (larkylouz) |
http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Third_Party_Viewer_Directory |
| 15:57 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Any last questions aw we approach the hour? |
| 15:57 |
highlyadjective |
I met a few blind people who were using Radegast, that must be an interesting way to experience SL |
| 15:58 |
Agatha Asuka Macbeth (agatha.macbeth) |
Excellent |
| 15:58 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
oh |
| 15:58 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Nods, totally text based, with audio reader. |
| 15:59 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
We will need some ice skaters next Wednesday night for Teddy's photo class\ |
| 15:59 |
highlyadjective |
I was new but I furnished her apartment, had to name all the items carefully! |
| 15:59 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
will send out a notice Monday night |
| 15:59 |
Agatha Asuka Macbeth (agatha.macbeth) |
:) |
| 16:00 |
highlyadjective |
:, more cough drops |
| 16:00 |
Larky (larkylouz) |
Virtual Ability is a sim that helps folks with disabilities use SL. They do some great work at getting people set up with proper software and tools |
| 16:00 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
They must be covering photography of moving objects. |
| 16:00 |
Ember (emberell) |
I sent you a box, I think I have another on the groundskeeper, Andrea |
| 16:00 |
Ember (emberell) |
if those don't work |
| 16:00 |
highlyadjective |
Yes! That's where I did that |
| 16:01 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
Thank you Ember |
| 16:01 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
And the hour has struck (without any apparent injuries) |
| 16:01 |
highlyadjective |
Thank you all! |
| 16:01 |
Harperlass |
I can send some ice skating penguins |
| 16:01 |
Soup Jonson |
+*✰*+*'*•.¸ APPLAUSE APPLAUSE ¸.•*'+*✰*+ |
| 16:01 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
So, accordingly |
| 16:01 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
We are adjourned. |
| 16:01 |
Harperlass |
applauds and thanks you |
| 16:01 |
Larky (larkylouz) |
Thank you for all your hard work, Deans. And for keeping us informed. Take care and be safe, everyone. |
| 16:01 |
Gronk Seriman |
Thank you Deans, everybody! |
| 16:01 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
Thank you all for coming |
| 16:01 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Thank your all for coming and participating. |
| 16:01 |
highlyadjective |
I'm still feeling crappy so I will try a nap just before bedtime, because what badcould possibly result from that |
| 16:01 |
Agatha Asuka Macbeth (agatha.macbeth) |
Thank you |
| 16:02 |
Soup Jonson |
Rest well Highly! |
| 16:02 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
best sleep to you mr eb |
| 16:02 |
Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) |
Okay, Trying to get some sleep. |
| 16:02 |
Sandy Burgess |
I will see my bed too - have a nice evening |
| 16:02 |
Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) |
Hold the fort. |
| 16:02 |
highlyadjective |
As long as I can breath while I sleep |
| 16:02 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
poofs |
| 16:02 |
Soup Jonson |
Hi Bumble |
| 16:02 |
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Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) uses C_PAP machine |
| 16:02 |
highlyadjective |
Take care Elf and Soup, and everyone |
| 16:02 |
Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) |
Be seeing you |
| 16:02 |
Harperlass |
Sleep with head elevated and rest well |
| 16:02 |
highlyadjective |
I would use one if my nose cooperated with them |
| 16:03 |
Harperlass |
Night all |
| 16:04 |
Harperlass |
good speaking with you! |
| 16:04 |
Ember (emberell) |
Ok, I need to retire again |
| 16:04 |
Ember (emberell) |
get some rest |
| 16:05 |
Ember (emberell) |
Take care, Word, thank you again |