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Post by bobmcclellan on Dec 27, 2005 18:33:35 GMT -5
For the newer folks here who may not know, there is a chat room associated with this site. It is a Yahoo Group site that can be reached here: groups.yahoo.com/group/theworkingairedale/ You need a Yahoo ID and pass word to use it. What I need to know, is anyone using the chat room or interested in using it in the future? There have been no messages posted, or any other activity on the site in months. Is there any reason to keep the site up and running, or should I discontinue it?
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Post by melanie on Dec 27, 2005 21:50:54 GMT -5
I have used chatrooms a couple times and personally, I don't care for them. But that's just me. This setup is actually pretty darn close to a chatroom. Right now there are so many Airedale boards I still have a few to get kicked off yet. ;D IOW, not much time for readin' and writin'. Life revolves around puppies and dogs this holiday season! Feed them, change papers, hug and kiss and smell them, change papers, feed them, mix food, change papers, hug, kiss and smell 'em (am I making you sick yet, dear Don? change papers, wash bedding, feed puppies, change papers, hug, kiss, small puppies, mix food, change papers .... you get the pictures! LOL! I'm lovin' it! [glow=red,2,300]Mel[/glow]
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Post by Bob McClellan on Dec 28, 2005 0:44:07 GMT -5
Curt, I don’t think you understand what a chat room is. It’s not like e-mail, or like leaving messages on this board. It is a conversation in real time; typing messages back and forth. Or plug in a mic and talk with voice. Be that as it may, interest seems to have died. If there is no indication that someone is actually using it, the chat room will cease to exist.
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Post by melanie on Dec 28, 2005 12:46:33 GMT -5
Curt, I don’t think you understand what a chat room is. It’s not like e-mail, or like leaving messages on this board. It is a conversation in real time; typing messages back and forth. Or plug in a mic and talk with voice. Be that as it may, interest seems to have died. If there is no indication that someone is actually using it, the chat room will cease to exist. In the few times I've tried a chat room, while it is real time, there is always a delay in what one typed and then the other's response. I guess my brain works to fast to wait for a dialog... ;D If there's a new techie way to do chat rooms, tell me! But I still think this board is as close to real time as it gets. [glow=red,2,300]Mel[/glow]
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Post by Wolfer on Dec 28, 2005 18:37:58 GMT -5
CHat rooms are fine. But they get old real fast. specially when the bots hit or the Kids hit.
Curt what your talking about is Voice IM some chat rooms work the same way . Yahoo In particular and with 5 people all trien to talk at once it gets chaotic....
Everyone with Yahoo Messenger can do the same thing with the conference feature.
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Post by Shane Watson on Dec 28, 2005 19:28:53 GMT -5
Yes, this is a Yahoo! chat room where we used to have some nice conversations every now and again. I don't spend much time surfing anymore, but if a group of guys was to have an organized time to meet I'd drop in now and again.
Where's Catskin, speaking of the chat? Haven't seen him anywhere in a while now.
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Post by Maverick on Dec 28, 2005 21:20:50 GMT -5
I didn't know about the chat room! Suspect few did.
I personally only use chatrooms for emergency tech support. Trying to carry on a conversation with a keyboard is not my-cup-of-tea. Being a Linux guy, there doesn't seem to be any finished voice chat capabilities, which might be of interest to me. I can see Wolfer's point about too many voice chatters. Also, I spend too much time as it is online. Chat could (would?) easily double this. I guess my bottom line is: unless I need advice in a hurry, I'm not likely to be interested in chat, and then I probably would rather make a phone call. To each his own!
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Post by Bob McClellan on Dec 28, 2005 22:35:01 GMT -5
The chat room was not meant to compete with this site, but to be a continuation of it. So far I have only seen 1 approval of the chat room. The rest are reasons why people would not want to use it; not what I asked for. Suffice to say that if there is no appreciable favorable response to the chat room in the next few days it will cease to exist.
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Post by hicntry on Dec 28, 2005 23:53:49 GMT -5
Well, my computer has been down a couple of days but, I had fun on the chat. Seems people just dropped off, one by one. It may be too addicting and getting to bed at 12 every night catches up to a person. It is really tough withn the different time zones to....but it is a hoot.
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Post by Wolfer on Dec 29, 2005 0:57:59 GMT -5
Hell Bob Post a Link......... and we can give it a whirl..... But I aint staying up till Midnight.LOL
OOPS shoulda checked befor i posted.I didnt even Know that site existed till TODAY.LOL
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Post by Bob McClellan on Dec 29, 2005 1:46:56 GMT -5
OK, here's the link again. I realize the newer members may not have heard about it, but that's because interest in it died a long time ago. groups.yahoo.com/group/theworkingairedale/Hey, I don't intend to stay up 'til midnight every night yakking on this thing either. But there has been zero, and I mean zero, activity there in several months. I get notices from Yahoo that without activity the site will be closed down. If there is no interest, I see no reason to keep it up and running.
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Post by melanie on Dec 29, 2005 19:04:54 GMT -5
I just made a post in the chat room. But I think everyone's right, we'll be there forever once we get started! And I'm going to log off. But I'm confused. Which yahoo group is this? Am I on it? Was I invited? Was I kicked off? Or did I just look at it one day and decide I didn't have time for another list... a mystery... But the chat room could work. Maybe a designated time of day or specific date and we could have a good chat. Say, 9-11PM each night, or every other night. Or Mondays after 9, or ssomething to that effect. [glow=red,2,300]Mel[/glow]
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Post by Catskin on Dec 30, 2005 0:30:58 GMT -5
I'm around sometimes Shane, just not impressed with these boards much, besides it's hunting season I'll be in your neck of the desert again Jan 12th though the 22nd (Mcneal, AZ) - I was there in December for a 10 day trip also, killed a bunch of coyotes with the Pickle and relaxed in the sunshine. I didn't have my dogs with me as I was flying, this time they get to go too.
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Post by Shane Watson on Dec 30, 2005 9:30:41 GMT -5
Hey Ken- I'm moving back to SLC ( ) a week from today to finish grad school, so when you head to Az I'll be up there. Are you planning to go through SLC? I went calling here next to my office yesterday and had one nearly kiss me on the back of the neck, I had my 6-year old son with me but he didn't even know what was going on, and wasn't impressed with tracks in the sand right up to our backs. Tough kid to please, lol. I didn't take the dog, maybe should have.
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Post by catskin on Dec 30, 2005 22:33:20 GMT -5
Not this time - I was in SLC (Roy actually) in December, god dam thats a crowded place. We were headed to Flagstaff the next day, cut though Zion and got hit for a $20 toll road. Pretty place (Zion) but we were just passing though so didn't get to look around much.
It's and easy one day ride to AZ from SLC - come on down and bring that knucklehead.
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