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Ohh JEEEEEEEZ! I can't get away with a thing around you, Mr. Giles, Sir! OK... ok... so it's the #parkinsons chat on the Undernet! SO THERE! Now I gots two questions 'bout that chat (hmmm... make that three) <g> 1. What does it mean when a name suddenly gets an * next to it at the left margin, and the type changes color at that moment? (IF it means anything other than the name changing color and an asterisk appears) 2. How come I logon to the Undernet with chatters from all over the world, and end up chatting with a Parkie who lives 3 minutes from me, and I've known her for a year already?! <smile> Small word, huh? <'nother smile> 3, I forgot.... <giggle> To all the folks who are being SO patient about my postings concerning the chats, well... THANKS A LOT! I appreciate that patience 'cause I wouldn't have made it onto the Parkie chat without the assistance of several individuals from this list. I value the spirit of good will (AND the teasing!) <grin> with which that help was given.... Barb Mallut (aka Lil_Honey on the Undernet) [log in to unmask] ---------- From: PARKINSN: Parkinson's Disease - Information Exchange Network on behalf of Marvin Giles Sent: Friday, December 06, 1996 9:47 PM To: Multiple recipients of list PARKINSN Subject: Re: Internet Chat At 03:38 AM 12/6/96 -0500, you wrote: <snip> >I logged into the #Parkie chat on the Undernet this evening, and found real, >live people there! HUBBA HUBBA!!! Got SO excited I nearly had cardiac >arrest! #Parkie Another parkinsons channel? Great! Glad to know there is another one. Guess I'm gonna have ta look around and find it *grin* <snip> >IF anyone has an idea of why I wasn't able to have a >normal chat on the Undernet, I'd appreciate some insight. On Undernet channels it is possible for the channel operator, anyone with an @ by their name, to turn on the option requireing that you be given a "voice" on that channel. Without this "voice" nothing you type will be sent to the channel for others to read. This option is not turned on at #parkinsons. Another possibility is one that caused some chuckles a while back. My sister was new to the undernet, irc, and #parkinsons. One evening during a conversation she lost her connection. This left her with a screen that looked active but was not. After typing several statements and questions directed to me and receiving no response she grew concerned. She called long distance to the police in my city, described the situation, and asked them to check on me. A rather grim, tall officer knocked on my door and asked if I was Mr. Giles, peered at my wife's chemical scales on the table beside the door, looked at my shaking right arm and hand, and asked if I was all right and that someone named _______ who was talking to me on something called IRC was concerned. I told the officer she was my sister, I was indeed ok, and thanked him for his time and effort. *chuckle* I, of course, simply had to share this experience with my irc friends *grin* Marvin Giles AKA WerPuppy