KK Chat -- 15 November 2020

[DesertRose]

[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [6:57:35 PM EST] Join KK has joined this channel.
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [6:57:41 PM EST] <bynw> hi KK
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [6:57:47 PM EST] <KK> Hello, all!
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [6:57:53 PM EST] <Eris> <Bethane> Hello KK
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [6:59:03 PM EST] <KK> How is everyone tonight? Staying warm and dry? I know the weather is an issue for some of you.
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [6:59:14 PM EST] <Laurna> Good Afternoon KK
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [6:59:19 PM EST] <Eris> <Bethane> rainy. cool
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [6:59:25 PM EST] <Laurna> Warm today
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [6:59:39 PM EST] <bynw> very windy here today. otherwise it wouldn't be too bad
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:00:14 PM EST] <Laurna> Sister and her hubby came over and went horse back ridding today. They just left.
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:00:16 PM EST] <KK> Bynw, I hear that Covid is getting bad in your area. You ok?
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:00:34 PM EST] <Eris> <Bethane> jealous of the horseback riding
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:00:49 PM EST] <KK> Ah, Laurna. I need your address. I have a Big Box of costuming books for you
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:00:49 PM EST] <DesertRose> :
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:01:05 PM EST] Join derynifank (62a6eda8@owirc-khp3ee.mibbit.com) has joined this channel.
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:01:13 PM EST] <DesertRose> Sorry. Typos happen even to me. Hi KK!
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:01:27 PM EST] <KK> Hi, DR.
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:01:34 PM EST] <derynifank> Hi KK
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:01:36 PM EST] <Laurna> Pretty day for it. He had just purchased a new italian saddle. He seems to like it but it will need better padding for my fat horse.
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:01:53 PM EST] <DesertRose> Hi derynifank!
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:01:55 PM EST] <Laurna> OH Awesome KK
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:02:03 PM EST] <bynw> KK, i'm fine thanks
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:02:12 PM EST] <derynifank> Hi all
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:02:17 PM EST] <Eris> <Bethane> Hello @derynifank
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:02:20 PM EST] <KK> How fat is your horse? Or is he just big-boned?
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:02:26 PM EST] <Laurna> I will email it to you
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:02:31 PM EST] <Eris> <Bethane> and how old?
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:02:48 PM EST] <Laurna> Half fresian and lazy
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:02:59 PM EST] <KK> Super! Now I just have to get the box down two flights of stairs without it getting away from me. :-)
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:03:12 PM EST] <Laurna> THat BIG!
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:03:18 PM EST] <derynifank> What box?
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:03:29 PM EST] <bynw> that's gonna be a lot of books
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:03:29 PM EST] <Laurna> Don't hurt your self. Not worth it.
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:03:44 PM EST] <derynifank> I feel like I came in the middle of a converation
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:03:50 PM EST] <KK> Fressian. Wow. Like the horse in Ladyhawk.
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:03:52 PM EST] <DesertRose> Maybe take the books out of the box, transport them in groups, and re-box them in the car?
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:04:02 PM EST] <DesertRose> derynifank: costuming books KK wants to send to Laurna.
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:04:34 PM EST] <Laurna> Three of my horses are Fressian- thourghbred crosses. \Pretty horses to watch
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:04:53 PM EST] <Eris> <Bethane> @Laurna, how many horses do you have?
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:04:55 PM EST] <DesertRose> A Friesian might even be sturdy enough to hold my big backside, LOL.
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:04:58 PM EST] <Laurna> four
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:04:59 PM EST] <derynifank> That sounds like an entire library. I know she will love them
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:04:59 PM EST] <KK> I may at least have to bring them downstairs in several loads, then box them for actual shipping. I have a dolly, so I can get the box to the car and then into the PO.
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:05:24 PM EST] <DesertRose> Might take longer but would probably be easier in terms of "don't damage the Katherine."
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:05:29 PM EST] <Laurna> Yes DR. they could hold me if I wanted to ride. but It has been a few years
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:05:32 PM EST] <KK> I've seen some of her costumes. Believe me, she is worthy!
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:05:56 PM EST] <DesertRose> Oh yes. Laurna can sew just about anything, from what I've seen.
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:06:25 PM EST] <DesertRose> The dresses from her sister's wedding alone --- WOW.
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:06:26 PM EST] <Eris> <Bethane> Maybe you could put the box of books on the dolly and roll it down backwards, almost flat.
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:06:27 PM EST] <derynifank> I have seen some of her costumes also and they are beautiful
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:06:31 PM EST] <KK> Horse bardings? ;-)
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:06:35 PM EST] <DesertRose> LOL
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:06:47 PM EST] <DesertRose> Honestly, it wouldn't surprise me if she could.
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:07:15 PM EST] <Eris> <Bethane> @Laurna, do you have pictures of your costumes in the gallery or somewhere else on the forum?
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:07:55 PM EST] <Laurna> No Bethane but I can PM where you can see some if you like
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:08:09 PM EST] <DesertRose> She could probably make her horses look fit to carry Kelson and Alaric in procession.
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:08:10 PM EST] <Eris> <Bethane> I'd like that.
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:08:30 PM EST] <derynifank> Laurna could do costumes for Hallywood. Haave you ever thought of it?
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:09:09 PM EST] <Laurna> No thank you.
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:09:35 PM EST] <Laurna> I am not that good
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:09:45 PM EST] <Eris> <Bethane> Once you start doing a hobby for pay, it's just not much fun anymore.
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:10:22 PM EST] <Eris> <WindyCat (they/them)> Hi y'all.
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:10:29 PM EST] <DesertRose> Hi WindyCat.
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:10:30 PM EST] <Laurna> Hello Windy cat
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:10:35 PM EST] <KK> I did some simple bardings, way back in the day, when I was active in the SCA. Had a saddle cloth with Caidan crescents, and a padded cover for my western saddle, and some rein covers and the like. Nothing too fancy. But I did do a fairly spectacular riding habit modeled on one worn by Vanessa Redgrave in Mary Queen of Scots.
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:10:35 PM EST] <Eris> <Bethane> Hello @WindyCat (they/them)
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:10:44 PM EST] <derynifank> Hi WindyCat
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:11:09 PM EST] <KK> Hello, WindyCat.
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:11:49 PM EST] <derynifank> That is so cool. Do you have a picture of it?
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:12:14 PM EST] <Laurna> Cool KK
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:12:31 PM EST] <KK> Somewhere. I didn't do the hat, though, because I was Queen of the West at the time.
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:13:59 PM EST] Join Bee (Bee@owirc-2c1.arb.61.73.IP) has joined this channel.
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:14:09 PM EST] <Eris> <Bethane> Hello Bee
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:14:12 PM EST] <derynifank> Hi Bee
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:14:23 PM EST] <Bee> Hi everyone
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:14:24 PM EST] <Laurna> I looked for horse picts but I seem to be very lacking in that department. I will have to take some.
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:14:31 PM EST] <Laurna> Hello Bee
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:14:39 PM EST] <Eris> <WindyCat (they/them)> That's understandable @KK
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:14:39 PM EST] <KK> Hi, Bee.
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:14:49 PM EST] <Eris> <Bethane> Gah, cat in my face trying to type for me...
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:14:50 PM EST] <Eris> <WindyCat (they/them)> Hi Bee.
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:14:51 PM EST] <Bee> Hi KK
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:15:03 PM EST] <Bee> and hi windycat
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:16:01 PM EST] <Bee> Is your cat a touch-typer or a hunt-and-peck typist, Bethane?
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:16:04 PM EST] <DesertRose> Hi Bee and hi Bethane's cat.
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:16:36 PM EST] <Eris> <Bethane> She's more of a stand on the keyboard and press the same key eleventy times.
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:16:51 PM EST] <Eris> <WindyCat (they/them)> 🤣
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:17:01 PM EST] <Bee> My cat's done that.
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:17:01 PM EST] <DesertRose> Hey, Carys managed to screw up my sound settings on a Zoom call earlier today. Cats are "helpful."
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:17:20 PM EST] <derynifank> I had a cat who played piano that way
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:17:21 PM EST] <bynw> that's why i dont let cats on my desk
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:17:26 PM EST] <KK> I knowe about those kids of cats, Bethane.
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:17:30 PM EST] <DesertRose> But we love them anyway.
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:17:41 PM EST] <KK> You can keep them OFF your desk?
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:17:50 PM EST] <Eris> <Bethane> Heh, that
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:17:58 PM EST] <Eris> <Bethane> that's what I was thinkling
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:18:04 PM EST] <derynifank> If you send a strange message youu can always blame it on the cat
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:18:06 PM EST] <bynw> well my 14 year old baby is good at staying off the desk after 14 years of being stopped
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:18:10 PM EST] <DesertRose> It balances out; we had a cat when I was a teenager who ran across the keyboard while Mom was typing and got the word-processing program to do what Mom was trying to do.
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:18:43 PM EST] <Bee> Wow! Smart cat
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:18:44 PM EST] <DesertRose> (Mom was trying to get the paragraphs justified.)
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:18:58 PM EST] <derynifank> The magic cat touch
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:19:02 PM EST] <KK> Serendipitous.
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:19:05 PM EST] <DesertRose> Sheer dumb luck, I think. If I hadn't been standing over Mom's shoulder when Catarina did it, I wouldn't have believed it.
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:19:23 PM EST] <DesertRose> Catarina also liked to "help" me practice piano.
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:19:46 PM EST] <KK> They're very good at "helping."
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:19:53 PM EST] <Eris> <Jerusha2> Hi everyone!
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:19:54 PM EST] <Eris> <Bethane> Ah, the dulcet tones of Minuet in Cat#
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:19:57 PM EST] <DesertRose> Yes. Especially when humans are trying to fix supper.
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:19:59 PM EST] <DesertRose> Hi Jerusha!
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:20:05 PM EST] <derynifank> Hi Jerusha
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:20:10 PM EST] <Eris> <Bethane> Hello @Jerusha2
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:20:25 PM EST] <Eris> <WindyCat (they/them)> Hi @Jerusha2
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:20:26 PM EST] <Bee> or when a human is trying to make her bed
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:20:33 PM EST] <DesertRose> I accidentally stepped on Carys' toes an hour or so ago when I was making my supper. I apologized and gave bits of melted cheese, too.
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:20:48 PM EST] <DesertRose> Oh, heavens, no human can possibly make the bed unsnoopervised.
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:21:24 PM EST] <Eris> <Jerusha2> I did make the bed once and found a whippet flat underneath the sheets
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:21:36 PM EST] <DesertRose> So it's not just a feline impulse.
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:21:43 PM EST] <Laurna> Poor whippet
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:21:44 PM EST] <KK> My house cleaner changes my bed linens, and I have no idea whether Gus tries to "help."
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:21:50 PM EST] <Eris> <Bethane> lol
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:22:12 PM EST] <Eris> <WindyCat (they/them)> Lol
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:22:15 PM EST] <bynw> i always have cat help when making the bed or changing the sheets
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:22:22 PM EST] <Eris> <Bethane> Gotta find those bed mice
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:22:37 PM EST] <derynifank> Pete was snoopervising my garden work yesterday. Wants to be sure we don't mess up any of his favorite places
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:22:52 PM EST] <Eris> <Jerusha2> Not sure why that came out red
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:22:54 PM EST] <DesertRose> Carys was confused last week when I washed the mattress pad. (I don't wash it every time I change the sheets.) She never quite knows what to make of the bare mattress (well, bare except for the anti-bed-bug case).
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:23:44 PM EST] <Eris> <Jerusha2> Laurna, the whippet was very comfy
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:24:14 PM EST] <Laurna> I bet LOL
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:24:21 PM EST] <Eris> <Jerusha2> And totally unconcerned
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:24:28 PM EST] <DesertRose> It's a bed. It's supposed to be comfy.
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:24:56 PM EST] <Eris> <Jerusha2> Mom will rescue me if I need her to, but not yet....
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:25:06 PM EST] <Eris> <WindyCat (they/them)> Lol
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:25:07 PM EST] <DesertRose> Nap first. Rescue later.
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:25:20 PM EST] <Eris> <WindyCat (they/them)> 👍
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:26:25 PM EST] <Laurna> I have a dog blinket over the end of my bed. the other morning I woke up and the dog blinket was on the ground and puppy was snuggled up in the middle of it and looked like a hot dog in a bun. but he was quite comfortable and didn't seem to mind
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:27:05 PM EST] <Eris> <Jerusha2> Hope there was no ketchup
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:27:28 PM EST] <KK> I assume that most of you have seen the throws that are round and tan and look like a flour tortilla?
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:27:32 PM EST] <Laurna> lol I suspect he got under it and then rolled/ fell off the bed
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:27:46 PM EST] <Eris> <Bethane> yeah
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:27:51 PM EST] <KK> Or he pulled it down so he could snuggle in it.
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:27:56 PM EST] <Eris> <WindyCat (they/them)> I have.
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:27:56 PM EST] <Laurna> No, I have not seen that. Too funny
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:28:03 PM EST] <Bee> A vet once advised me to wrap Melantha up like a burrito when I needed to give her medicine.
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:28:03 PM EST] <Eris> <Bethane> puppy burrito
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:28:14 PM EST] <DesertRose> Or with a cat, purrito.
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:28:24 PM EST] <DesertRose> Although they tend not to be purring when you wrap them up.
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:28:26 PM EST] <Eris> <Jerusha2> LOL
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:28:26 PM EST] <KK> Yes, I was going to say that.
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:28:28 PM EST] <Laurna> Purrito. LOL
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:29:37 PM EST] <Eris> <Bethane> @KK, I expect that, even in years where you're not in the middle of a big move, you probably don't give a second thought to NaNoWritMo, do you?
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:30:52 PM EST] <Bee> Poll: Which do people prefer--incapoochitated or incapuppitated?
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:31:10 PM EST] <KK> No, but some of my fans participate in it. Julianne, for one. And I think that Jasta used to do it. Miss her!
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:31:18 PM EST] <Eris> <Bethane> incapuppitated sounds more violent thatn incapoochitated
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:31:38 PM EST] <KK> I think I like the pooch.
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:31:41 PM EST] <DesertRose> Yeah, I think Julianne is Nanoing this year.
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:31:43 PM EST] <Bee> I like incapoochitated
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:31:47 PM EST] <derynifank> What is it?
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:32:00 PM EST] <Bee> nanoing?
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:32:06 PM EST] <KK> NaNo?
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:32:13 PM EST] <derynifank> I like incapoochitated
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:32:14 PM EST] <Eris> <Bethane> This is my first year to do it officially. I've dabbled before, but never signed up or anything
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:32:22 PM EST] <Eris> <Bethane> National Novel Writing Month
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:32:37 PM EST] <DesertRose> You try to write 50,000 words in November.
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:32:41 PM EST] <Eris> <Bethane> write 1666+ words every day tfor the month of November
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:32:42 PM EST] <Laurna> Write a whole novel in one month
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:32:46 PM EST] <Eris> <Jerusha2> I think I will just stick with GotP
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:32:58 PM EST] <Laurna> Me too , Jerusha
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:33:00 PM EST] <Eris> <WindyCat (they/them)> GotP?
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:33:01 PM EST] <derynifank> Me too Jerusha
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:33:15 PM EST] <Bee> NaNo makes me think of Mork.
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:33:16 PM EST] <Eris> <Jerusha2> Ghosts of the Past
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:33:26 PM EST] <Eris> <Bethane> Heh
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:33:27 PM EST] <Eris> <Jerusha2> Almost three years of writing
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:33:35 PM EST] <KK> I think it's an interesting tool to get people writing on a regular basis, in hopes that they'll produce something that's worth carrying on with. All about discipline, and applying butt to chair and writing.
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:33:37 PM EST] <Laurna> Nearly done
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:34:05 PM EST] <Eris> <Bethane> You don't worry as much about how pretty your words are; you just want to get the words in and make a habit of writing every day.
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:34:08 PM EST] <Eris> <Jerusha2> Whatever will I do with my Hamster when it is done?
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:34:38 PM EST] <Laurna> Triplets One needs to meet her future husband
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:34:44 PM EST] <derynifank> I think there is more fan fic for your hampster to help with.
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:34:59 PM EST] <Laurna> Wait they have already meet, they need to date
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:35:01 PM EST] <Eris> <Jerusha2> I'll have to find more peanuts
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:35:39 PM EST] <Eris> <Jerusha2> It will not be a smooth courtship
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:35:50 PM EST] <DesertRose> The course of true love never did run smooth.
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:35:56 PM EST] <derynifank> But it will be fun
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:36:00 PM EST] <Laurna> OH! something to read
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:36:27 PM EST] <Eris> <Bethane> There's always more fan fic. 🙂
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:37:21 PM EST] <Laurna> I would like to get back to writing too.
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:37:46 PM EST] <Eris> <Bethane> Dooo eeeeeet! Write more!
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:38:21 PM EST] <Laurna> One thing about the game is that it has taught me that somethings don't always go as planned. If there is a question of doing A or B roll the dice. and see which way it might go.
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:38:31 PM EST] <Bee> I was working on another poem, but I'm not satisfied with it.
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:38:34 PM EST] <derynifank> Just imagine, Jana and Briony at the schola. It will never be the same
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:38:58 PM EST] <Eris> <Jerusha2> No, it will never be the same. Poor Archbishop Duncan!
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:39:03 PM EST] <Laurna> Bee I would love to see it when you have it ready
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:39:11 PM EST] <derynifank> Need to get back to moving Eirian ahead also
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:39:26 PM EST] <Eris> <Jerusha2> Yes, Bee, me too
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:39:29 PM EST] <Laurna> Yes DFK love it
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:40:01 PM EST] <Eris> <WindyCat (they/them)> I need to start writing fanfic again. I put it on pause when I went back to school years ago and never got around to picking it up again.
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:40:07 PM EST] <Eris> <Bethane> @KK, what's it like to have other people play with your characters? Do you just smile and think "puh, he would never have done/said that"?
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:40:15 PM EST] <Laurna> maybe that is why Duncan became Archbishop. Leave the schola to the Ladies to handle those girls.
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:40:30 PM EST] <derynifank> Nad then Fiona will join them at the schola. That should really liven things up/
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:40:54 PM EST] <Bee> I've sent KK a very short one. I'm also trying to figure out how the reckless use of magic led to Caeriese's sinking.
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:41:14 PM EST] <Eris> <Bethane> Bee, a poem?
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:41:20 PM EST] <Laurna> OH Bee. that could be interesting
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:41:41 PM EST] <Eris> <Jerusha2> Maybe a huge volcanic eruption, Bee?
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:42:24 PM EST] <Bee> Yes. I've only got one or two verses so far.
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:42:32 PM EST] <Eris> <Bethane> Or an earthquake/tsunami maybe
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:42:41 PM EST] <KK> I don't mind you guys playing with the characters, so long as you stay within canon for the main ones. And some of the stories, as I said in the intro to the first anthology, are so good that I wish I had written them myself.
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:42:44 PM EST] <Laurna> What kind of magic could cause a volcanic eruption, I presume they island would be on an old inactive volcano
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:43:27 PM EST] <Eris> <Jerusha2> Think Lewys ap Norfal
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:43:44 PM EST] * bynw likes Lewys ap Norfal
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:43:50 PM EST] <Laurna> Thank you KK for your tolarence. We must drive you crazy sometimes
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:43:56 PM EST] <Bee> I was thinking of an earthquake. I wrote a very long poem on that theme, but I lost it. It was a bit over the top, IMHO.
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:44:09 PM EST] <Eris> <Bethane> What would be harder to set off? A dormant volcano or an earthquake?
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:44:17 PM EST] <derynifank> Would love to know what Lewys was up to.
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:44:20 PM EST] <Eris> <Bethane> I guess it depends on where the plates are...
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:45:19 PM EST] <Bee> Well, I was born on the anniversary of Lewis ap Norfal's disappearance
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:45:28 PM EST] <Eris> <Jerusha2> Cool!
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:45:38 PM EST] <Laurna> Fun.
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:45:42 PM EST] <Eris> <Bethane> gasp Maybe you are Lewis ap Norfal!
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:45:42 PM EST] <KK> Why do you think I never specified what he was up to? ;-)
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:46:00 PM EST] <Eris> <Jerusha2> Will we ever know?
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:46:11 PM EST] <Laurna> One of the Great Mysteries of the Eleven Kingdoms
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:46:11 PM EST] <Bee> So you could keeep us wondering?
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:46:26 PM EST] <Eris> <Jerusha2> Mystery is everything
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:46:56 PM EST] <KK> A lot depends on how long I live, I suppose. ;-)
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:47:11 PM EST] <Eris> <Bethane> hoping for over 100
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:47:22 PM EST] <Laurna> May KK Live Long and Prosper and may she always write.
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:47:23 PM EST] <Eris> <Jerusha2> May you live long and prosper
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:47:35 PM EST] <Laurna> jinx
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:47:45 PM EST] <KK> As long as the old brain is still working properly. I'd hate to be 100 and ga-ga.
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:48:02 PM EST] <DesertRose> I always figured it was because the characters hadn't told you yet what Lewys was trying to do.
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:48:12 PM EST] <KK> That, too, DR.
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:49:10 PM EST] <DesertRose> Well, you point-blank said that in one of the preface notes to the Deryni Archives (the book, not the zine).
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:50:21 PM EST] <Eris> <Jerusha2> Jessamy ended up bearing the burden for his experiment, though
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:50:24 PM EST] <DesertRose> You said somewhere that sometimes you don't know what happened because the characters hadn't told you. I know that feeling. Some of mine just go way off the original script.
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:50:47 PM EST] <DesertRose> Yeah, that wasn't fair to her. Jessamy was just a child.
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:50:55 PM EST] <Eris> <Bethane> Some of the best part of the story happen when you go off the original script tho', right?
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:50:58 PM EST] <Eris> <Jerusha2> Some of mine just go off the deep end....
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:51:01 PM EST] <DesertRose> Oh absolutely.
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:51:18 PM EST] <DesertRose> I definitely never expected Denis Arilan to burst into tears.
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:51:18 PM EST] <Laurna> Who starts with a script. LOL
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:51:44 PM EST] <Eris> <Jerusha2> I just start with a hamster
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:51:53 PM EST] <Eris> <Bethane> snorks out loud
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:52:14 PM EST] <KK> Lately, I've been working from time-lines and chronologies. It's all about relationships.
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:52:29 PM EST] <Laurna> I like that KK
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:52:33 PM EST] <DesertRose> But then, I didn't expect Jorian de Courcy to decide he'd had enough fun bugging revanne and that he'd come bug me next.
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:52:49 PM EST] <DesertRose> Not that I'm sorry.
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:52:54 PM EST] <Eris> <Bethane> A ghosts
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:53:02 PM EST] <Eris> <Bethane> A ghost's gotta have a hobby
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:53:42 PM EST] <DesertRose> He wanted his story told, and Denis was an integral part of Jorian's story.
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:53:58 PM EST] <KK> I need to read her story. In my copious spare time. And poor Revanne has a LOT on her plate right now.
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:54:19 PM EST] <DesertRose> Yes. I hope they can get settled into the cottage soon. It'll be easier on all of them.
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:54:21 PM EST] <Laurna> Agreed
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:54:48 PM EST] <KK> But it's sad that she won't be able to say a proper goodbye to her congregation.
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:54:56 PM EST] <Eris> <Jerusha2> They need some space to breathe
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:55:05 PM EST] <DesertRose> Yes. The whole situation is sad and messy.
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:55:08 PM EST] <Laurna> It is hard to retire from a job. Kind of weird to take it in and make it work.
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:55:14 PM EST] <Bee> Personally I think that if Alaric and Duncan are descended from Rhys and Evaine, it was probably through Jerusha. Since she was a female healer, I suspect all her children would either be Healers or carriers of Healer gene.
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:55:21 PM EST] <Eris> <Jerusha2> Isn't she doing a final service on Dec ?
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:55:26 PM EST] <Eris> <Jerusha2> Dec 6
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:55:29 PM EST] <DesertRose> Could have been via Tieg, Bee.
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:55:35 PM EST] <DesertRose> Or both, given two hundred years' time.
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:56:00 PM EST] <KK> She was but I seem to remember that something has come up and it won't happen then. She may have to come back after the first of the year to preach her last sermon .
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:56:03 PM EST] <derynifank> Moving house and retiring is always stressful. Put a pndemic and new lockdown on top of it and it must be terrible.. And according to St Benedicts facbook page her last service is Dec 6
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:56:51 PM EST] <KK> Ah, well maybe they've sorted it out. I'd love to meet her face to face.
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:57:13 PM EST] <Eris> <Jerusha2> Yes, both she and Demercia
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:57:14 PM EST] <Laurna> I would love to visit England. and have tea
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:57:25 PM EST] <bynw> she would be fun to chat with but that means someone has to cross the pond
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:57:39 PM EST] <Laurna> It is one the bucket list
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:57:40 PM EST] <Eris> <Jerusha2> Not the best of times at the moment
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:57:51 PM EST] <KK> Yeah, and who knows when that will be safe again?
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:57:54 PM EST] <derynifank> I usually watch her Sunday serivces, her sermans are wonderful and I know she will be greatly missed.
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:58:08 PM EST] <KK> Yes, she's a great preacher.
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:58:55 PM EST] <bynw> i'd visit canada too but not in the winter.
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:59:20 PM EST] <Laurna> Summer visit would be fun
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:59:21 PM EST] <Eris> <Jerusha2> Bynw, there are about two weeks in July that are pleasant and warm
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [7:59:27 PM EST] <KK> But her husband's deteriorating health is another serious issue, along with the pandemic and lockdowns and storms and murder hornets. (Well, maybe not those in the UK.) 2020, a year that will live in infamy....
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:00:01 PM EST] <Laurna> I am done with 2020. Ready to move forward
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:00:02 PM EST] <DesertRose> I like Demercia's Compline services too.
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:00:04 PM EST] <Eris> <Jerusha2> But bring bug spray
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:00:13 PM EST] <DesertRose> Oh yes, this year can't be finished soon enough.
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:00:26 PM EST] <KK> I want a reboot!
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:00:50 PM EST] <DesertRose> I don't know. Percussive maintenance could be pretty satisfying.
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:01:01 PM EST] <Laurna> Who ever rolled the dice this year, kept getting 1 1,1 and 1,1,1
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:01:04 PM EST] <Bee> ??
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:01:07 PM EST] <Eris> <Jerusha2> I don't want a reboot to live it all again
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:01:09 PM EST] <Eris> <Bethane> heh
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:01:22 PM EST] <KK> True, Jerusha.
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:01:24 PM EST] <Eris> <Bethane> Just reboot the world, not the year
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:01:27 PM EST] <DesertRose> "Percussive maintenance" is an engineering joke. It means, "I hit it to make it work."
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:01:34 PM EST] <Bee> a do-over. Get it right.
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:01:35 PM EST] <Eris> <WindyCat (they/them)> I definitely don't want a reboot!
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:01:53 PM EST] <DesertRose> Like Fonzie and the jukebox on "Happy Days."
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:02:37 PM EST] <Bee> Is that where "booting'"a computer came from?
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:02:50 PM EST] <Eris> <Bethane> So you're saying we need a big ol' Fonz to smack the entire world and make it start working again? 🙂
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:02:55 PM EST] <DesertRose> Beating the daylights out of this year could be pretty cathartic.
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:03:10 PM EST] <DesertRose> Nothing else has worked. It's worth a shot.
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:03:30 PM EST] <KK> Could be, Bee. I'd never thought of that. Bynw, any idea re the derivation of the term?
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:03:42 PM EST] <Eris> <Jerusha2> Maybe a REALLY big trebouchet
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:03:58 PM EST] <Bee> like kicking a machine to get it to work.
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:04:08 PM EST] <Eris> <WindyCat (they/them)> That I can agree with @Jerusha2
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:04:10 PM EST] <DesertRose> Yes. Percussive maintenance.
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:05:05 PM EST] <KK> Yes, percussive maintenance does fit that notion.
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:05:26 PM EST] <bynw> i'm not sure off hand where the term came from
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:06:59 PM EST] <derynifank> Do you suppose that Fonzie could teach us how to make it work?
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:06:59 PM EST] <Laurna> Sound more like boot camp. Where you get a kicked by a boot and have to do it over.
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:07:48 PM EST] <Bee> Have you been to boot camp, Laurna?
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:08:05 PM EST] <Laurna> Nope!
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:09:19 PM EST] <Laurna> I am a healer type, Shy and quite,(in real life) not a army service type
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:09:44 PM EST] <Eris> <Bethane> You coulda been an army medic. 🙂
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:09:51 PM EST] <Laurna> INFP
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:09:59 PM EST] <KK> ?
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:10:00 PM EST] <bynw> 1975, transitive, "start up (a computer) by causing an operating system to load in the memory," 1975, from bootstrap (v.), a 1958 derived verb from bootstrap (n.) in the computer sense "fixed sequence of instructions to load the operating system of a computer" (1953). This is from the notion of the first-loaded program pulling itself (and the rest) up by the bootstrap, an old expression for "better oneself by rigorous, unaided
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:10:00 PM EST] <bynw> effort." Intransitive, of a computer operating system, from 1983. Related: Booted; booting.
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:10:12 PM EST] <Laurna> To much of an introvert to even think such a thing
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:10:24 PM EST] <Eris> <WindyCat (they/them)> If boot camp every involved being kicked by boots it was long before I got there.
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:10:53 PM EST] <DesertRose> I think the "boot" in "boot camp" refers to the combat boots recruits are issued (along with uniforms and every blessed thing else).
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:11:05 PM EST] <bynw> boot camp is an old term and not normally used anymore it's basic training
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:11:09 PM EST] <KK> Thank you, Bynw. That makes sense.
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:11:29 PM EST] <Laurna> Thanks Bynw, I got some of that LOL
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:11:53 PM EST] <Eris> <WindyCat (they/them)> "Boot camp" is Navy, all the other services are "basic training."
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:12:32 PM EST] <bynw> i think the marines still use the term
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:12:42 PM EST] <DesertRose> I don't know. My stepdad refers to having gone to boot camp, but to be fair, that was in the late 60's so they may still have been using the term. (He was Army reserves.)
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:12:48 PM EST] <Laurna> Dad was army but he called it boot camp. he got pnemonia the first few weeks and had to do it again after he got better.
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:12:51 PM EST] <DesertRose> Well, he's retired Army Reserves now.
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:13:08 PM EST] <bynw> when i was in the army back in the 80s it was basic training
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:13:42 PM EST] <Eris> <Jerusha2> You were in the army, Bynw?
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:13:43 PM EST] <DesertRose> I'm sure that, officially, the term was basic training even when my stepdad went. I think boot camp was always slang.
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:14:11 PM EST] <bynw> yes i was jerusha
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:14:36 PM EST] <KK> What was your specialty?
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:14:36 PM EST] <Bee> when?
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:14:37 PM EST] <DesertRose> I considered following my grandfather into the Air Force. (He was Army Air Corps, before it became a branch unto itself.)
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:15:07 PM EST] <bynw> air defense artillery
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:15:16 PM EST] <KK> Woo-hoo!
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:15:24 PM EST] Join revanne (d5cdf226@owirc-0o17lq.mibbit.com) has joined this channel.
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:15:24 PM EST] <Laurna> wow bynw
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:15:29 PM EST] <DesertRose> Hi revanne!
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:15:32 PM EST] <Bee> Hi Revanne
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:15:32 PM EST] <Eris> <Jerusha2> Hi revanne
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:15:37 PM EST] <revanne> Hi all
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:15:38 PM EST] <bynw> hi revanne
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:15:41 PM EST] <Laurna> Hello revanne. Late night?
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:15:46 PM EST] <Eris> <WindyCat (they/them)> Hi Revanne.
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:15:50 PM EST] <DesertRose> Drat that insomnimonster, but it's good to see you.
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:15:54 PM EST] <bynw> mighty late isnt it
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:15:55 PM EST] <Eris> <Bethane> Hello Revanne
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:15:55 PM EST] <derynifank> Hi REvanne
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:16:02 PM EST] <KK> Revanne! We were talking about you earlier. Insomnimonster getting you tonight?
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:16:17 PM EST] <Bee> How are things going for you, Revanne?
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:16:34 PM EST] * DesertRose adds a pot of chamomile tea to the chat room tea table.
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:16:36 PM EST] <revanne> Slight disaster with DHs bag. Say no more.
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:16:40 PM EST] <DesertRose> Oh dear.
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:16:45 PM EST] <Eris> <Jerusha2> Oh my
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:16:47 PM EST] <bynw> oooh
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:16:51 PM EST] <KK> Oh dear. Not again.
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:16:55 PM EST] <Laurna> Dear me. change of sheets time.
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:17:05 PM EST] <bynw> that sounds bad. no details are needed or wanted
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:17:07 PM EST] <Bee>
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:17:08 PM EST] <revanne> Yep
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:17:23 PM EST] <Eris> <Jerusha2> Tomorrow is another day.
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:17:38 PM EST] <revanne> Sorted now at least it means I caught everyone here
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:17:46 PM EST] * DesertRose breaks out the emergency candy stash.
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:17:56 PM EST] <Laurna> Glad then for that little good part of the night.
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:18:05 PM EST] <bynw> i'm sure it's already tomorrow ... so hopefully there will be some sleep available and not a long day
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:18:06 PM EST] <Eris> <Jerusha2> adds still warm triple chocolate cookies
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:18:07 PM EST] <revanne> Except it already is tomorrow Jerusha :-)
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:18:32 PM EST] <revanne> Dark chocolate please DR
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:18:34 PM EST] <Eris> <Jerusha2> Thought that might be the case
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:18:41 PM EST] <DesertRose> You got it.
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:18:49 PM EST] <Eris> <Bethane> Something like 2 a.m for you, revanne?
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:19:22 PM EST] <DesertRose> Even though PMS/PMT is no longer a problem for me, I always keep a stash of dark chocolates in the freezer.
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:19:30 PM EST] <revanne> 1.19 but getting rowards 2
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:19:36 PM EST] <DesertRose> Old habits die hard, and dark chocolate is yummy.
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:19:46 PM EST] <Laurna> well 2am use to be my normal sleep time. Not bad, but remember to sleep in
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:20:00 PM EST] <KK> Dark chocolate: the only kind worth eating, IMO.
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:20:17 PM EST] <DesertRose> Amen, KK! The only thing I prefer milk chocolate in is Snickers.
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:20:19 PM EST] <Eris> <Bethane> You may have all my dark chocolate, KK
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:20:22 PM EST] <revanne> What were talking about before I rudely woke the porter on the gate.
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:20:32 PM EST] <DesertRose> Military, revanne.
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:20:33 PM EST] <bynw> dark chocolate is too bitter for me ... i like sweet too much
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:20:40 PM EST] <revanne> And yes KK
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:20:44 PM EST] <Eris> <Bethane> I'm all about the milk chocolate
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:20:53 PM EST] <bynw> me too bethane
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:21:06 PM EST] <Laurna> I like dark chocolate. I am breaking my sweet tooth
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:21:08 PM EST] <DesertRose> More dark for us dark-chocolate fans. If everyone liked the same things, the world would be very boring.
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:21:12 PM EST] <Eris> <Jerusha2> I like both, except for white chocolate (which is not chocolate at all)
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:21:14 PM EST] <KK> Well, we were wondering when you preach your last sermon at St. Benedict's. And wondering how prep for the move is going.
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:21:17 PM EST] <revanne> Betane and Bynw you are welcome to my share.
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:21:50 PM EST] <revanne> My last sermon will be December 6th .
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:21:58 PM EST] <Eris> <Bethane> And I'll bet your milk chocolate is better since you're over there close to Switerland and Belgium... 🙂
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:22:01 PM EST] <Bee> dark or semi-sweet for me
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:22:09 PM EST] <DesertRose> Oh yes, Bee.
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:22:25 PM EST] <revanne> And the move us not going too bad, trying to pack a couple of boxes a day.
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:22:32 PM EST] <DesertRose> Never have I baked a batch of chocolate chip cookies that I didn't eat at least a few chocolate chips before they ever made it into the dough.
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:22:32 PM EST] <Bee> or chocolate with mint
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:22:34 PM EST] <Laurna> Will that be hard to stop just before christmas?
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:22:41 PM EST] <KK> Ah, we were speculating about that. Somehow I'd gotten the impression that it was going to have to move into the new year, with you coming back from the cottage.
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:22:48 PM EST] <derynifank> You will greatly missed at St Benedicts
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:23:30 PM EST] <revanne> If we don't come out of Lockdown on December 2nd that's plan B KK
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:24:03 PM EST] <KK> Ah yes, you go into another lockdown tomorrow--er, today.
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:24:04 PM EST] <Eris> <Jerusha2> Hopefully all goes smoothly
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:24:19 PM EST] <derynifank> I will miss your services. But I hope you will be able to settle into your new life and be much less stressed
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:24:23 PM EST] <revanne> But hopefully we will because all the stores need the pre- Christmas trade.
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:25:03 PM EST] <Laurna> The goal this year is to buy from small stores and hand made items.
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:25:11 PM EST] <KK> As long as people observe the masking and social distancing and hand sanitizer. This winter is going to be....challenging for everyone.
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:25:24 PM EST] <Laurna> agreed
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:26:07 PM EST] <revanne> I will miss St B's but DH is too confused with me doing two roles, being his wife/ carer and a Vicar too. He insisted yesterday morning thst " the other lady sho comes is the Vicar"
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:26:34 PM EST] <Eris> <Jerusha2> Oh dear
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:26:41 PM EST] <Bee> I'm wondering if I'll be able to go to Vermont this Christmas. That's where my family gathers.
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:26:49 PM EST] <KK> Hopefully, people will have gotten their toilet paper stashes sorted out.
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:26:52 PM EST] <DesertRose> Uh oh.
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:27:05 PM EST] <revanne> I hope you can Bee
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:27:06 PM EST] * DesertRose offers a socially-distanced virtual hug to revanne.
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:27:17 PM EST] <revanne> Thank you.
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:27:26 PM EST] <Bee> Thanks, Revanne
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:27:42 PM EST] <Laurna> Hopefully Your DH will see only you from now on.
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:27:50 PM EST] <KK> Group hug! With Revanne in the middle!
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:27:55 PM EST] <Laurna> I went to Costco last week. and NO TP
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:28:01 PM EST] <Eris> <Jerusha2> Yepper
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:28:08 PM EST] * Laurna Hugging
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:28:08 PM EST] <KK> Mine had it a fortnight ago.
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:28:15 PM EST] <revanne> Thank you KK and all - much appreciated.
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:28:39 PM EST] <derynifank> I hope the move goes smoothly and that you and your DH will be able to settle in and enjoy your new life
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:28:53 PM EST] <Bee> My family is planning a ZOOM chat on Nov. 24.
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:29:14 PM EST] <revanne> Thank you, the worst thing is downsizing as KK and Jerusha can agree.
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:29:15 PM EST] <Laurna> That sounds like a good plan Bee
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:29:31 PM EST] <revanne> That's a good call Bee.
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:29:38 PM EST] <Eris> <Jerusha2> Downsizing is stressful in itself
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:29:44 PM EST] <Eris> <Bethane> I must be off, y'all... my ol' man has been very patient with me.
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:29:52 PM EST] <Eris> <Bethane> Everyone have a great night/week.
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:29:56 PM EST] <Laurna> Good Night Bethane
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:29:57 PM EST] <Eris> <Jerusha2> Nighters, Bethane
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:30:04 PM EST] <bynw> night bethane
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:30:09 PM EST] <KK> Nighters, Bethane.
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:30:16 PM EST] <Eris> <WindyCat (they/them)> See you next week @Bethane
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:30:16 PM EST] <Bee> Good night, Bethane. Have a good week.
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:30:18 PM EST] <revanne> Night Bethane
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:30:33 PM EST] <Eris> <Bethane> 🙂
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:30:33 PM EST] <derynifank> Yup, downsizing is stressful even without moving
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:30:53 PM EST] <Laurna> I have yet to try it. and don't want to
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:30:54 PM EST] <derynifank> Note Bethane
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:31:00 PM EST] <derynifank> Night
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:31:02 PM EST] <Eris> <Jerusha2> There's nothing like searching the house for the thing you got rid of
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:31:09 PM EST] <KK> Yes, Revanne, the downsizing is a bummer. But I keep tossing things and donating things and selling things. And there <is> an end in sight.
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:31:11 PM EST] <derynifank> rented fingers again
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:31:21 PM EST] <revanne> Especially as the charity ( thrift) shops are closed at the moment
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:31:36 PM EST] <Laurna> Did your book buyer take a lot of it?
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:31:56 PM EST] <KK> He took about 6 boxes, and he's coming back tomorrow.
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:32:10 PM EST] <revanne> That is excellent KK
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:32:25 PM EST] <Laurna> That is good then I think I would cry when he had driven away.
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:32:41 PM EST] <Eris> <Jerusha2> We have something like a $500 credit at our used book store
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:32:48 PM EST] <KK> I think I've found a new friend. Nice guy!
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:33:09 PM EST] <Laurna> Very good.
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:33:30 PM EST] <Bee> Tell us about him
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:33:37 PM EST] <KK> I've become very pragmatic about giving away and selling things. After all, if I can't use something, hopefully someone else can.
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:33:42 PM EST] <revanne> Is a credit at a bookstore a good idea?
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:34:11 PM EST] <Laurna> Makes for good christmas presents.
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:34:15 PM EST] <Eris> <Jerusha2> Not if you are never going to use it. But it was never the point - we needed to donate the books
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:34:18 PM EST] <Bee> It is ifthey have books you want to buy.
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:34:26 PM EST] <KK> It is, if you can get back there and they tend to have books you would want. Otherwise....
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:34:41 PM EST] <derynifank> You do have to be careful. You can end up buying more books than you got rid of
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:34:52 PM EST] <Eris> <Jerusha2> Buying more after downsizing is sort of counter-productive
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:34:55 PM EST] <bynw> how is that a problem ?
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:35:05 PM EST] <Laurna> lol
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:35:07 PM EST] <Eris> <Jerusha2> No space!
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:35:13 PM EST] <Bee> That's why I believe in public libraries.
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:35:24 PM EST] <bynw> then you have a buidling project
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:35:29 PM EST] <KK> Getting ready to do another closet purge. A lot of things I haven't worn for several years, and probably wouldn't again--or I have something that I'd be more inclined to wear.
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:35:37 PM EST] <revanne> Luckily our cottage has loads of book shelves built into the wall in thd dining area.
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:35:44 PM EST] <Eris> <Jerusha2> Our bunkie has become the library
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:35:49 PM EST] <Laurna> Nice revanne
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:36:13 PM EST] <Eris> <Jerusha2> Book shelves are good
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:36:30 PM EST] <Laurna> My living room is my library
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:36:37 PM EST] <KK> I'm losing a LOT of built-in bookshelves, so I'm having to be ruthless.
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:36:45 PM EST] <Eris> <Jerusha2> But book shelves are full with what we could not bear to part with
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:37:37 PM EST] <revanne> I have some lovely nice dresses I should get rid off because I won't fit into them agsin but I like to dream I will...
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:37:54 PM EST] <Laurna> Being Ruthless is a good trait if you want to join the Camberian Council.
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:37:55 PM EST] <KK> I'm boxing up a lot of fiction and mystery for the local VA Hospital, where I know the books will be appreciated.
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:38:02 PM EST] <Eris> <Jerusha2> I have no place to wear dresses anymore
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:38:30 PM EST] <Eris> <Jerusha2> But I have kept some
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:38:38 PM EST] <revanne> There's that too Jerusha
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:38:47 PM EST] <Eris> <WindyCat (they/them)> Thank you @KK
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:38:48 PM EST] <derynifank> THe fiction will indeed be much appreciated by the vets
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:39:01 PM EST] <Laurna> Yes I should delete a lot of my wardrobe
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:39:20 PM EST] <KK> I now rarely wear dresses either, so I'll be culling some of those.
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:39:22 PM EST] <Eris> <WindyCat (they/them)> Being stuck in the VA with nothing to do is torture.
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:39:28 PM EST] <Eris> <Jerusha2> Hard to do, though
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:39:36 PM EST] <Bee> Dresses are for summer.
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:40:07 PM EST] <KK> I'm sure it is. My friend Martie's DH goes to the VA in Salem, and they're going to deliver the books for me, the next time they go down there. He has Parkinson's.
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:40:11 PM EST] <Eris> <Jerusha2> I have a nice winter dress I have only worn once, but I am not giving up on it!
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:40:25 PM EST] <Eris> <WindyCat (they/them)> The only time I wear dresses are at SCA events.
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:40:53 PM EST] <Laurna> I like dresses but hard to wear when always doing horses and yard work.
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:41:09 PM EST] <Laurna> Costumes are not the same as dresses. LOL.
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:41:14 PM EST] <Eris> <Jerusha2> I could give up a dress for a horse
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:41:15 PM EST] <revanne> I got a beautiful dress for the Milennium which I don't think I can bear to part with. Forest green silk with a scalloped neckline.
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:41:38 PM EST] <Eris> <Jerusha2> Sounds lovely
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:41:41 PM EST] <derynifank> Sounds lovely, Revanne
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:41:48 PM EST] <Laurna> Sounds pretty. Should always keep that special dress. Just in case....
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:41:53 PM EST] <Bee> I like maxis in summer. They protect against hot sun outside and air-conditioning inside.
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:42:30 PM EST] <KK> I hadn't work dresses for years, other than SCA, but got back into them 5-6 years ago. Now, though, with Scott gone, I really have to place to wear such things. Dressy slacks and jackets are much more useful.
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:43:26 PM EST] <revanne> Yes, I can't see DH and I going anywhere dressy.
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:43:31 PM EST] <Laurna> It might be fun to try SCA.
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:43:44 PM EST] <KK> I do have a few that I'll keep. And stuff will fit again, now that I've lost around 30 pounds. It feels good!
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:43:58 PM EST] <Eris> <Jerusha2> Congrats, KK
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:44:00 PM EST] <Laurna> Wow,
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:44:04 PM EST] <revanne> That's really good KK.
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:44:11 PM EST] <Bee> Good for you!
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:44:47 PM EST] <Eris> <WindyCat (they/them)> Yay! @KK
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:44:58 PM EST] <KK> This has been over the past 9-10 months. Freshly meals have made a big difference. Plus, my knees thank me!
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:45:24 PM EST] <revanne> Better say good night - think I am keeping DH awake. Really good to chat and thanks for the hug. Night all.
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:45:28 PM EST] <Bee> I'm more likely to lose the same three pounds ten times.
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:45:29 PM EST] <KK> Revanne, the forst green silk sounds yummy!
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:45:35 PM EST] <Laurna> Good night Revanne
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:45:51 PM EST] <bynw> night revanne, sleep well for the rest of the night
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:45:53 PM EST] Quit revanne (d5cdf226@owirc-0o17lq.mibbit.com) has left this server (Quit: https://mibbit.com Online IRC Client).
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:45:56 PM EST] <Eris> <Jerusha2> Nighters, revanne! Have a good week
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:45:56 PM EST] * Laurna gives revanne another hug to sleep well
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:46:01 PM EST] <KK> More hugs, Revanne! And be well and stay safe.
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:46:03 PM EST] <Eris> <WindyCat (they/them)> Rest well Revanne.
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:46:11 PM EST] <Bee> We'r glad you came, Revanne. Have a good week.
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:47:01 PM EST] <KK> I think I'm also going to check out. Tummy is reminding me I've hardly eaten today. But this late, I can eat lightly and not feel too deprived.
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:47:20 PM EST] <Eris> <Jerusha2> Have a good week, KK!
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:47:23 PM EST] <bynw> eating is important
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:47:26 PM EST] <derynifank> Sleep well Revanne
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:47:28 PM EST] <Laurna> Yes it is dinner time. have a good week KK
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:47:28 PM EST] * KK steps onto her Portal, waves goodnight, and disappears in a shower of green sparkles.
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:47:33 PM EST] <bynw> have a good night KK thanks for stopping in
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:47:40 PM EST] <Bee> Nighters, KK. Thanks for coming. Good week to you.
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:48:17 PM EST] <Eris> <Jerusha2> I think I will go as well. Our contractor for the latest renovation is showing up at 8 AM tomorrow.
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:48:27 PM EST] <KK> Hugs to you all! (And because they're virtual, they're safe. I miss real hugs, in these lockdown times.)
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:48:31 PM EST] <Bee> nighters, Jerusha
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:48:35 PM EST] <derynifank> Hope it goes well Jerusha
[Sunday, November 15, 2020] [8:48:40 PM EST] Quit KK has left this server (Quit: https://mibbit.com Online IRC Client).