There are 14 members currently online and none of them are talking....

[Socharis]

...I conclude they are all lurking?

Your thoughts and suggestions?

[fantine]

I, for one, am not lurking, I'm just posting very little because I'm at the office right now. I gotta look like I'm going some work today. :D

Then again, if I was home I'd be posting even less due to a major computer equipment failure. My router died so I'm only down to one computer, the LAN is down and I can't work with the server. wah! (And this is at my house!)

So, what are you up to??

--Fantine

[Rick]

Originally posted by Socharis
...I conclude they are all lurking?

Your thoughts and suggestions?

Well, it would be rude if we all talked at once... :D

Ya know, the system doesn't always log me out everytime, so it might be that everyone that shows logged on may not be...

...did that confuse anyone besides me?

[fantine]

Hey Rick!

I think you are confused often!

But you are correct about the mysteries of the computer...I too have seen "ghost" logins. It does tend to get annoying.


--Fantine

[mol]

Actually...it wont log you out until 5 minutes after you have left.

Also...remember....people do read this stuff as well!

I do encourage everyone to post though. Speak your mind...start some new threads...etc.

[ladyrowan]

Hey Socharis,

ever noticed how long it takes to look at all the different forums?

Especially for new members, it's nice just to look and see whats about sometimes, don't you think?

[Socharis]

Originally posted by ladyrowan
Hey Socharis,

ever noticed how long it takes to look at all the different forums?

Especially for new members, it's nice just to look and see whats about sometimes, don't you think?

fair point :D

[ladyrowan]

Socharis
problem with this site though, is we're in the wrong country!
By the time the party gets going, it's time for me to go to bed!
Roll on the weekend:cool:

[Myst]

I'm posting left and right as usual.

If there was a chatroom here I'd definitely be joining in. Maybe we should all get together in #MysticWicks on IRC at paganpaths.org using
FondDuLac.wi.us.paganpaths.org port 6667
or
toronto.on.ca.paganpaths.org port 6667
or by going to www.paganpaths.org and using the java chat
OR
any other chatroom people would suggest!

This is only a suggestion, I would just find it easier to chat with people there instead of posting repeatedly.

[ladyrowan]

Have thought the same thing myself willow, would be great if we could chat in real time.

Problem with some chatrooms though, you get a lot of 'hecklers' which can get in the way of having a decent conversation with other like-minds.

Only way i can think of is to have a 'group'(?) for members only, otherwise put up with the heckling! haha

[mol]

Originally posted by WillowRaven
I'm posting left and right as usual.

If there was a chatroom here I'd definitely be joining in. Maybe we should all get together in #MysticWicks on IRC at paganpaths.org using
FondDuLac.wi.us.paganpaths.org port 6667
or
toronto.on.ca.paganpaths.org port 6667
or by going to www.paganpaths.org and using the java chat
OR
any other chatroom people would suggest!

This is only a suggestion, I would just find it easier to chat with people there instead of posting repeatedly.

The only problems with chat rooms is this:

When someone chats in a chatroom and passes along a good piece of information then that information is LOST in the void. Only the people in the chatroom at that moment will benefit. That is why we chose this medium for exchange of information.

Here we have a fully searchable database FULL of information. And it is growing everyday...

[ladyrowan]

an extremely valid point Mol, a chatroom could NEVER take the place of mysticwick!

And it's great that we can actually read whats been posted before it goes whizzing off up the screen and out of site - i've always found i miss half of what's being said while i'm looking at my keyboard typing!

Still, would be nice sometimes...............?

[Myst]

Well I suppose it's not too much of a problem anyway. I've been on forums where they frowned on you posting a lot of chat on the boards - but it would get to the point where people would post "Jane are you there!?" and "Bob where are you!?" all over the board and it got annoying. I'm just more used to real chat, but mol and ladyrowan you're exactly right.

Besides now with this post people will probably come to chat.

I'm working on a ritual, so what are you guys up to? What would you like to chat about?

P.S. I'm not suggesting we move away from Mystic Wicks the site either, just thought we could chat in a room as well as post here. I've only been at this forum a few days and I LOVE it - intelligent chat, friendly people, and TONS of conversation. I think I've been sitting here for 6 hours just reading posts and replying today :)

[ladyrowan]

i only found the site last weekend too, and love it. Thats why i'm sitting here at 11.30pm instead of being in bed, got to be up at 7am for work - it's very addictive!

[mol]

Actually....Bob are you there?

Is a perfectly fine post for this forum...dont worry about chattering here. Its allowed.

[Myst]

It's the first time I've found a Pagan community that satisfied both of these requirements;

a) active, current information, people posting about relevant topics right NOW
and
b) friendly, welcoming, non-cliquey people - both posters and moderators!

[ladyrowan]

Socharis - are you there?

[mol]

Originally posted by WillowRaven
It's the first time I've found a Pagan community that satisfied both of these requirements;

a) active, current information, people posting about relevant topics right NOW
and
b) friendly, welcoming, non-cliquey people - both posters and moderators!

Well....welcome home. ;)

[Celtic_Angel]

Blah blah blah blah!!!!

[mol]

Originally posted by Celtic_Angel
Blah blah blah blah!!!!

Another perfectly valid post...courtesy of Celtic Angel. :)

[Myst]

I'm eating cereal (marshmallow glitters even) for supper with cranberry juice.... err well the cranberry juice is in a glass... and watching home improvement..
waiting for the fiance to get home from karate classes *sigh*

[Celtic_Angel]

Originally posted by mol


Another perfectly valid post...courtesy of Celtic Angel. :)

LOL I couldn't think of anything better to say. My brain is pretty much fries from school and the sun! :p

Did you know that 1% of the snow(static) on your TV are protons that have been left over from the big bang?

Or, that the king of hearts is the only king without a mustache in a standard deck of cards?

[ladyrowan]

thanks for that information celtic_angel, I can now go to bed happy!

Goognight everyone, been great.

xxx

[Celtic_Angel]

nightie night night ladyrowan!!!

[Myst]

Anyone notice anything strange today along the lines of health problems or strange things?

Just curious coz I've had a nasty headache all day and can't get rid of it. Never had a headache I couldn't get rid of before.

[Celtic_Angel]

Other than the fact that my baby has been kicking my in the ribs most of today and I'm thoroughly exhausted from staying up late last night and....

Nope, sorry. Nothing strange here. :p

[Myst]

The site's finally resolving properly :):elf:

[Rævyn Cigány]

Originally posted by WillowRaven
Anyone notice anything strange today along the lines of health problems or strange things?

Just curious coz I've had a nasty headache all day and can't get rid of it. Never had a headache I couldn't get rid of before.

Me too~ and I can't seem to keep anything down...'course stoopid me is trying to eat something (although I know it's going to want to make a return appearance within an hour or so)...:crazy:

BB

Rae )0(

[Lavender]

See? If this was a chat room, I would have missed all this! :D

[Socharis]

Originally posted by ladyrowan
Socharis - are you there?

Yes :D

[Kaylara]

I had a headache yesturday, but that was partially due to me driving around the same town for two and a half hours looking for my insurance company.

If you have AIM, a bunch of us sometimes get on and start a chatroom on it...

(I used to have everyone's AIM names in my list, but I got even more bored and deleted most of them.)

So, If you see me on AIM, feel free to say Hi... I'm usually at work, chatting with EW and Mairwen and Mol if he comes on... (I get sooooo much work done, can't you tell?)


Kaylara

[Yvonne Belisle]

Anyone who wants to chat with me normally can. I am normally on almost 24 hours a dday but my children have been a bit much for a while so I am frying my last remaining brain cell via Baldur's Gate 2 while my nerves regenerate enough for them to safely get on them again. :)

[mol]

Originally posted by Yvonne Thomas
Anyone who wants to chat with me normally can. I am normally on almost 24 hours a dday but my children have been a bit much for a while so I am frying my last remaining brain cell via Baldur's Gate 2 while my nerves regenerate enough for them to safely get on them again. :)

BG2, eh? So...thats where you have been!

[Yvonne Belisle]

I had a choice kill the kids or find an outlet for the frustration they were causing. I think I made the right choice but when they total 8 hours of cleaning in 15minutes it's a close call.

[Socharis]

I dont have aim, why dont we create a yahoo room?

[Myst]

Other then kaylara and Yvonne I don't have anyone on my AIM either :)

[Socharis]

Originally posted by WillowRaven
Other then kaylara and Yvonne I don't have anyone on my AIM either :)

I think most ppl have a yahoo user

[Yvonne Belisle]

I have yahoo too but i don't always have it on

[Socharis]

If we organised a time then you wud know when to have it on.

[Reeny]

I am not on this site as often as I would like to be. However, you

all can go to any other pagan chat site you wish. But, me , I am

going to stay right here until Mol adds a chat room. And if it does

not happen everything is fine with me!



Bless Be!

[Socharis]

I dont know i think a chatroom would spoil it.

[D~M]

well, i dont have yahoo or aim, but i have msn messanger if anyone else does, lol.....
:D

[Socharis]

Originally posted by D~M
well, i dont have yahoo or aim, but i have msn messanger if anyone else does, lol.....
:D

Stop what ever your doing and go get a yahoo username NOW :D

[Myst]

If you're like me you use at least 3 or 4 chat proggies at once, so you might consider trying Odigo or Trillian (search Yahoo or Cnet for them) which allow you to use Yahoo IM, ICQ, MSN, AIM, and IRC all on one proggy instead of having a bunch of separate ones.

For me,

ICQ : 122434490
AIM : WillowxRaven
MSN Messenger : willowxraven@hotmail.com
Yahoo : WillowxRaven
and often on IRC at DalNet as psyl0cke

[Socharis]

Cool thanx for the tip

[Yvonne Belisle]

I'm downloading now. I have college club, icq, msn, excite, aim and yahoo. It would be nice to be able to access people without switching services, or having them all on at once.

[Socharis]

Originally posted by Yvonne Thomas
I'm downloading now. I have college club, icq, msn, excite, aim and yahoo. It would be nice to be able to access people without switching services, or having them all on at once.

I know it can be a real pest.

[Myst]

oo collegeclub

I used to go on there quite a bit, but it got to the point that the only people who would talk to me where guys looking for someone in their area so they could get laid.

Might check it out again today for old time's sake :) I think I'll try signing up with... you guessed it, WillowxRaven !!

[Socharis]

what is it?

[Myst]

website and college community including clubs, chat, email, and on and on and on
collegeclub.com

[Socharis]

oh right is it any good?

[Myst]

Not for Pagan/Witchcraft chat specifically but otherwise...

check it out and decide for yourself
:)

[Socharis]

I dunno im too adicted to Mysticwicks to leave.

[Myst]

open a new browser window

sometimes I catch myself with 8 or more open

[ladyrowan]

Originally posted by Socharis


Stop what ever your doing and go get a yahoo username NOW :D


Have you had trouble with MSN messenger lately?
I can receive messages, but ones i send look like they've been sent in code to the recipients, all funny shapes, and on my screen the letters are all upside down and back to front. Very impressive, but totally unreadable!

[ladyrowan]

oops, quoted wrong posting!

You said you had MSN Messenger, THAT was the one i meant to quote! haha

[ladyrowan]

Originally posted by D~M
well, i dont have yahoo or aim, but i have msn messanger if anyone else does, lol.....
:D

Thats the one!

DM, please see 2 postings up, many thanks.



jeeeeezzz, a whole day of defrosting the freezer and cooking all the food that thawed has muddled my brain big time! lol

[Yvonne Belisle]

I'm having trouble with trillian any one have experience?

[Myst]

what's the problem?

[Yvonne Belisle]

Is there anyway to join a chat on aim or yahoo while i'm on trillian?

[mol]

You know...they have aim for windows, mac, and linux.

[ladyrowan]

Question from the resident technophobe - what's AIM?

[Semele]

Originally posted by ladyrowan
Question from the resident technophobe - what's AIM?

http://www.aol.com/aim/

All you need to know....

[ladyrowan]

Oh, thanks.

I'm just about to change my ISP from Freeserve, and was thinking about AOL. Looks like it might be the right one then?

Anyone else use it, and would you recommend it? If not, what would you recommend?

[Yvonne Belisle]

My hubby calls AOL America off line. We have had MSN and got bumped offline a lot! We now use Earthlink and are pretty happy with it.

[Socharis]

Originally posted by ladyrowan
Question from the resident technophobe - what's AIM?

AOL Instant Messenger :D

[Myst]

I wouldn't recommend using AOL for your ISP, you can use AIM without it (and I do). It seems to cause a lot of problems and I would suggest you try anything else first.

[ladyrowan]

OK, thanks for the advice. I like the name 'Earthlink', might look into that - if we can get it over here.

[Naillosotarrain]

Pretty happy with Earthlink anyways, although I'm not too keen about being behind a stupid firewall/proxy without even knowing about it until I try to do something that gets disrupted by the stupid thing.

[ladyrowan]

There's 18 on-line now, and it's very quiet :crazy:

BB

[Niamh]

Excuse my "gullibleness" but how can you tell how many people are online?

[Swanspirit]

Merry Merry,
To drag uhhh persuade people to come onto Paltalk, where we can really talk and NOT TYPE .
Its really fun but I think the download for MAC users requires some other install.
I love it , real voices .... secure rooms .....
easy download and install under 10 minutes sometimes ......
but chat wil not replace the message boards because as Mol and others said .... it doesnt stay for others to read but it is really nice for sharing and AHEM ONLINE ritual HINT HINT :>
Love and Light
Swannie
http://www.paltalk.com/paltalk/index.html

[Socharis]

Originally posted by Swanspirit
Merry Merry,
To drag uhhh persuade people to come onto Paltalk, where we can really talk and NOT TYPE .
Its really fun but I think the download for MAC users requires some other install.
I love it , real voices .... secure rooms .....
easy download and install under 10 minutes sometimes ......
but chat wil not replace the message boards because as Mol and others said .... it doesnt stay for others to read but it is really nice for sharing and AHEM ONLINE ritual HINT HINT :>
Love and Light
Swannie
http://www.paltalk.com/paltalk/index.html

What are you? an advert ? LOL 8O

[Socharis]

Originally posted by Niamh
Excuse my "gullibleness" but how can you tell how many people are online?

goto the mystic wicks home page its towards the bottom of the page.

[Armitage]

We have little online/offline tags under our avatars now. ^_^

[Socharis]

Originally posted by Armitage
We have little online/offline tags under our avatars now. ^_^

I know that is like soo cool.

[Niamh]

Thanks, Socharis!
I have been noticing the "online" and "offline tags" the past few weeks! Cool...

[Socharis]

Originally posted by Niamh
Thanks, Socharis!
I have been noticing the "online" and "offline tags" the past few weeks! Cool...

Its OK :D

[SimplyStrange]

I love the little "online" "offline" tags! They're so useful!

[Socharis]

Originally posted by SimplyStrange
I love the little "online" "offline" tags! They're so useful!

So True.

[SimplyStrange]

Hehe, it answers my questions about "why is no one responding?"

[Socharis]

Originally posted by SimplyStrange
Hehe, it answers my questions about "why is no one responding?"

LOL 8O

[SimplyStrange]

Ah, what a great system we have here...

[Socharis]

Originally posted by SimplyStrange
Ah, what a great system we have here...

tis true.

[SimplyStrange]

Originally posted by Socharis


tis true.

Indeed! Right now you are....offline. :p

[Socharis]

Originally posted by SimplyStrange


Indeed! Right now you are....offline. :p

and right now you are offline.

[SimplyStrange]

Originally posted by Socharis


and right now you are offline.

And again you are...offline.

[Socharis]

as are you now.

[Socharis]

and again.......

[mama svaha]

Re: Originally said by WillowRaven

"If there was a chatroom here I'd definitely be joining in. Maybe we should all get together in #MysticWicks on IRC at paganpaths.org using
FondDuLac.wi.us.paganpaths.org port 6667
or
toronto.on.ca.paganpaths.org port 6667
or by going to www.paganpaths.org and using the java chat
OR
any other chatroom people would suggest!

Please note my New Thread...I Want To Chat...

Guys? Hello? Anybody out there?

:): ;) ;) :):

[Socharis]

Originally posted by mama svaha
Re: Originally said by WillowRaven

"If there was a chatroom here I'd definitely be joining in. Maybe we should all get together in #MysticWicks on IRC at paganpaths.org using
FondDuLac.wi.us.paganpaths.org port 6667
or
toronto.on.ca.paganpaths.org port 6667
or by going to www.paganpaths.org and using the java chat
OR
any other chatroom people would suggest!

Please note my New Thread...I Want To Chat...

Guys? Hello? Anybody out there?

:): ;) ;) :):


HUH what?????

[mama svaha]

"What?"

[Socharis]

Originally posted by mama svaha
"What?"

what were you going on about?

[mama svaha]

Sorry, I can't remember. You're refering to an old message.
It was another day. Another moment. I've moved on.
All righty then. Bye for now.

[Socharis]

Originally posted by mama svaha
Sorry, I can't remember. You're refering to an old message.
It was another day. Another moment. I've moved on.
All righty then. Bye for now.

LOL 80 OK then