I have set up a Yahoo group for doing live chats.  I've participated and moderated similar chats and have had a lot of fun doing them.  If any of you are interested in joining in, you first need to become a member of the group.  When requesting membership, please be sure to mention your LongLocks user name and if you have preferences for days and times to chat.  

My initial plan would be to have chats on Friday evenings starting at about 6pm CST.  I realize this would be very late for our European friends, but maybe we can find a time that will work for all of us once I can determine how many people are interested.

To join the group, go to http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/longlockschat/.

Cool!  I just joined up! I am called maiko266  ;D 8)

Glad you signed up - looks like the two of us can have a fun chat!  Although I do hope a few others might join in.  ;)

Sure they will!  It will be great! ;D

I just signed up.  You'll see me as "ivannabalonghair".

Goody goody!  Glad to have you along!

Hi, Robin.

In your picture there, I noticed some nice stonework right in front of you and a couple of what appears to be some bird houses. I'm into building bird houses and watch to see who moves in. Do you build your own? I'll add too that it appears you've attained classic length. Very nice. Keep it up. Do you have a long term length goal or take a wait and see what it does approach?

I also wanted you to know that since you sent me that one video, I've found a chat board similar to this that has many of the largest Christmas display owners in the country and even a few from UK and Austrailia. I've become fairly active in the electronic controllers boards giving (and getting) ideas on how to build different things. The owner of the house that was taped is a member there. I should thank you again for peaking my interest in Christmas diaplays. Was actually entertaining the thought of quitting last year.

One of the things I may add is a Rapunzel in a tower. It would be a wood cut-out where lights would 'grow' her hair to the ground. Another controller being built now is a penguin throwing snowballs at a Jack-in-the-box. I have an animated pic of it but I don't see a place to add attatchments.

I've enjoyed typing at you in real time over the last few years and kind of miss it now that I bowl on Friday nights and the FLHC chats ended. Maybe we could set something up on a weeknight sometime?

The "bird house" in that picture is really my mail box!  ;D  Hubby and son made a few bird houses a few years ago, but the squirrels tend to destroy anything in the area.  We do have bird feeders out to attract the birds however!  We did build a bat condo 2 years ago - that was fun!  

Sounds like you have found a new "home" with the light display people!  I can imagine the discussions in THAT group.  A Rapunzel display would be cool - you could put it up for Halloween!

As for weeknight chats - I'm open to suggestions.  I'm even open to impromtu chats.  Get yourself signed up and I'm sure we work something out.  I too, miss the live chats.  That's why I thought I'd see who might be interested here.

maiko is such a pretty handle, btw.  It would be cool to be a young geisha! :D


I'll have to do this soon, I've been really busy with school, but I'll try to drop by sometime.

Hope to see you all there soon!

wrote on Jan 30^th, 2006 at 12:08am:

maiko is such a pretty handle, btw.  It would be cool to be a young geisha! :D I'll have to do this soon, I've been really busy with school, but I'll try to drop by sometime. Hope to see you all there soon!

Pan thanks!  Hope to see you there! ;D

wrote on Jan 29^th, 2006 at 2:22am:

I just signed up.  You'll see me as "ivannabalonghair".

Hehe, love the name!   ;D

I'm still planning on being in the chat room Friday.  So far there are only 3 of us signed up.  WE will have a great time. ;D  How about the rest of you?  ;)

Be sure to sign up for the Yahoo group in time for me to approve you so you can jump in with us.  :D

In another thread there has been discussion regarding some bad experiences with chat rooms.  I just want to reiterate what I said in that thread.


The safeguards that I have taken for the LongLocks chat are:
1.  The Yahoo group is a private group.
2.  All members of the group must be approved by ME!
3.  I have the ability to ban a person from the chat and/or the group.
4.  I am only approving members that have participated on the LongLocks message boards, or that I have prior knowledge/experience with and know they would be a positive, contributing person.
5.  I will not allow lurkers in the chat.  (People who only read and not participate in the conversation).

I am encouraging everyone to let me know if anyone in the chat misbehaves so I can deal with it.

If anyone has any questions or concerns, please let me know

What time on friday will we be meeting?  I think you said 6:00 CST so that would be 7:00 EST for me. ;D

6pm CST is what I am planning on - if I can, I will be there sooner.  People don't have to be there AT 6pm - if you drop in later, that would be OK too.  I plan to stay in the chat room most of the evening, so be sure to stop in!  

If anyone requests membership while I am in the chat, I will get notification of the request, but I have to exit the chat to make the approval - so it can take a few minutes, but I'll try to do it as quickly as I can.   ;D

I just signed up  ;D
My yahoo email is a diffrent name....gumundermyfoot
but its me!!!!!

I've had fun tonight chatting with Lisabelle and Bcwyatt26.  Hopefully next time more of you can join in!

I had fun too Bikerbraid! 8)

I missed it again!  I went in to the chat and no one showed up.  Do I have the timing off?  Tell me what time it would be on LL so I don't miss it next week, BB!  Please  :-/

Sorry I didn't get to the chat lastnight. Hubby came home in pain and I had to look after him.  :'(

I hope your husband feels better Lisabelle.

I was thinking of joining after i move, so you know i can keep in touch :)

Bessan16  Thank you!  Poor guy pulled his back out, now he needs some rest and he'll be fine ;)

I had not officially announced a chat for last night.  I sat in there for about an hour, then gave up.  

Let's plan on next Friday,  2/17 at 6pm CST for the next chat.

You guys have all the fun!!
:::poutpoutpout:::
:D :D

wrote on Feb 12^th, 2006 at 7:51am:

You guys have all the fun!! :::poutpoutpout::: :D :D

.  
awwwww, Greek Lady.  We'd love to have you join in.  Maybe we can work out a time on a Saturday that would work for you.  I'm clueless on your time difference - how may hours difference are you from the Eastern Time Zone (where Susan is)?

well I just joined the chat group, Is this an every friday night thing.
By the way my yahoo name is Kursac

For right now we are doing Fridays - at least until someone suggests something better!

We are trying to figure out a time that would allow our European members to join in without suffering sleep deprivation.

Hope to see ya there Friday!

Just to let you all know - I've invited a few of my special friends to join us at the chat.  These are all very trustworthy people who have a very special appreciation for long hair.  Most of them have long hair in the extreme range.  So come to the chat and see you might meet!

We had a nice turnout for our second chat session.  

Lisabelle and Sakina joined me along with a couple of other long haired chatters I had invited - Fairytalehair and BirthdayPrincess.

I had fun, I hope everyone else did!

wrote on Feb 18^th, 2006 at 11:30pm:

We had a nice turnout for our second chat session.   Lisabelle and Sakina joined me along with a couple of other long haired chatters I had invited - Fairytalehair and BirthdayPrincess. I had fun, I hope everyone else did!

I really enjoyed that one!  It was nice to meet the new people and have a good natter!  ;D

wrote on Feb 18^th, 2006 at 11:30pm:

We had a nice turnout for our second chat session.   I had invited - Fairytalehair and BirthdayPrincess.

I haven't typed to the BirthdayPrincess in eons! How is she doing these days? :D

She's doing well.  Spending more time in her western castle.  They were packing for a special weekend in the mountains!  

I missed it
Fell asleep

I plan to be in the LongLocks chat room tonight starting around 6pm CST. Come and join me if you have some time!


To join the group, go to http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/longlockschat/

I took a chance hoping you would arive early.
:-/

It was about 4:25 or so. (Central).

I've settled into my chair for the evening, so I'm in the chat room now if anyone wants to join me.

Hope to join you soon.  ;)

Last night was fun!  I really enjoy these chats. ;D

I can't seem to stay up on Friday night. I run a trucking Co. so by Friday Im dead to the world

wrote on Feb 24^th, 2006 at 11:25pm:

Hope to join you soon.  ;)

Sorry we missed you PreciousLocks!  I've approved your membership, so hopefully you can join in the next one!

That's what happens when I try to make a dramatic entrance....too late....Missed the whole shebang!  :P
Will try next week ;)

I stopped by on friday but no one was there. :-[

I'm sorry no one showed up  :-[

I plan to be there THIS Friday - hope some of you can join me!

I hope to join you--usually the time is a bit early for me, but I'll try to join in a.s.a.p.

I hope to make it tonight. what time is everyone usualy there

I'll probably get in there around 5:30 pm CST.  People start showing up from then until about 6:30 pm  and hang around for an hour or two.  Hope to see you there!

well I can't seem to get into the chat room. i HAVE NO IDEA WHY ITS NOT WORKING

I missed it! Life got in the way :-/

Sorry you missed it Lisabelle!  Timber and I had a great chat with FairyTaleHair.

Hope more of you can make it next Friday!

oops,I missed it ,too :(  Hope to catch up next time!!

I applied to join the group, although I'm not hopeful that I can be online with you. But who knows?  :D

BB, you will see me as xilanu. I am going chinese now  ;D

oh, I am seven hours ahead of Susan, I forgot to answer your question!

I had a great time, I'll be doing that again

I'll be in the chat room Friday 3/17, if anyone cares to join in!

I just joined as ybrifai :) I'll try to be there

Drat, now I'm on time and my computer is on the fritz >:(  I'll see if I can use A.T. (for all old M.A.S.H. fans, that's Alternate Transportation)

I couldn't come yesterday :'( :'(

Maybe next time :)

Come join me - I'm in the chat now (3/24 5:15pm CST)  I'll probably stay in there for a couple of hours to see who shows up!

I signed up,but am waiting for approval,so if I'm not there,I hope to be the next time! :)

let me approve you right now!

thanks,I'll try to get on! ;D

Robin, how late do you usually stay? I tried about 10:20 central and everyone was gone.

Two weeks from now I don't have to bowl, unless someone else on the team needs off. Maybe I can catch you then......

Hey Sir Rat!  Last night we chatted until about 7:30 pm CST, but we have been in there later if people are interested in chatting.

Sakina, Beasan and Curlgirl joined me for a fun chat.

hey BB!  Good Morning! :) Thanks for your help and patience last night.  I enjoyed talking with you and everyone.  Plan on being there next week!

Sorry I missed you last night -- I've been at a continuing ed course for 2 days.  Wears me out -- I'm not used to sitting for hours on end  :-/  

it was great chattin' with ya guys- especially experimenting with the smiley codes ;)

Took a chance, but no one home. It was pretty early, but you never know. Robin, I'll try again when I get home tonight, but it will be pretty late.. ;)

I typed the first verse of aquarius to myself and then a little story.

I think I need a life. :o

Added later: I see Yahoo records IP's of users. I wonder if a bored Yahoo employee read my dribble?

Sorry I missed you Sir Rat.  Sakina and I are in the chat room now (6pm CST).  Hopefully others will join in!

Even with Yahoo acting up, Sakina, Curlgirl64 and Lisabelle and I had a great chat!

Robin, I found it. Funny trivia: it was created on April 7th and today is the 7th. It was four years ago today.

I changed the banner:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v311/rodent/bikebraid062.jpg

Why did I draw a turtle on the handlebars? I tried to lie down but didn't sleep much, so back at it.

Hi!  I was there at 7pm(e.s.t.),but I guess it was too early.  :(  I'll try next week alittle later. :)

Sir Rat;  THANK YOU!  I love the updated version!  BTW, I have a turtle for a "horn" on my bike, and it was on the picture that you used to draw this picture from.  Thank you so much for the update!  I'm sorry you weren't able to sleep.  

Evelyn/FairyTailHair came in just after you left, so we chatted for about another hour or so after you and Lisabelle left.

CurlGirl, I'm so sorry I missed you when you came in.  I was there alone for some time, and got "busy" doing other things.  When I saw you had come in, you had already left.  

Next week maybe we can all do some more dream analysis!  

It's Friday 4/14 and I'm sitting in the chat room - come join in!

Sorry for the abrupt departure.  Got booted off my network connection and then couldn't get back into yahoo :(.  Thanks for the conversation.  It was fun.

We had a great chat!  PreciousLocks, Curlgirl and Fairytailhair all joined in.  

Sorry I missed lastnight.  Was not feeling to good and went to bed early. :P

Robin, I see your ticker says SINCE off crutches. Is that the case?

wrote on Apr 15^th, 2006 at 10:26pm:

Robin, I see your ticker says SINCE off crutches. Is that the case?

I wish.....I can't get off the crutches or the boot until I start my physical therapy.  My first PT appointment is Wednesday, so hopefully then I will find out the "schedule" for getting off these things.  

Waaaaa!    :'(  

Yahoo has discontinued the chat feature in the Yahoo groups.  I guess we will have to come up with a different method for chatting.

I'm really bummed about that :(  I did need to talk to you about getting some help with changing some info. on the computer....maybe we can find time to chat?  just let me know what works for you!

Oh pooo!  I just noticed this!  Waaaaaaaaaaa!!! :'( :'(

I am trying to set up a Yahoo Messenger conference room.  I'll invite those of you that have left messages that you are interested.  I'll hang around for a couple of hours to give people time to get setup.

You will need to have the Yahoo Messenger installed.  Go here to download the software you will need.

I'm in!  My names is Tomoe1193, come find me..!

Yea!  Lisabelle made it in.  We had fun playing with the various features.  I think we might be able to make this work!

wrote on Apr 21^st, 2006 at 9:31pm:

Waaaaa!    :'(   Yahoo has discontinued the chat feature in the Yahoo groups.  I guess we will have to come up with a different method for chatting.

I'll 'Waaaa' with you on this one. :'( My Friday bowling was about to end. :-/.... It was great to type again to you those couple times.

But at least you can walk and drive again!

How about MSN messenger?? Would anyone be interested? In Msn you can interconnect everyone in a chat or chat one-to-one and I think they have "rooms" too.

What I am sorry for is that I once did log into our yahoo chat room, nobody was there of course, and the only thing I did manage was to have my ip address recorded  :(. So foolish of me. :P  >:( :P

I had fun lastnight with bikerbraid on Yahoo Messenger! It was alot easyer then I thought it would be! ;D

wrote on Apr 22^nd, 2006 at 4:47am:

How about MSN messenger?? Would anyone be interested? In Msn you can interconnect everyone in a chat or chat one-to-one and I think they have "rooms" too. What I am sorry for is that I once did log into our yahoo chat room, nobody was there of course, and the only thing I did manage was to have my ip address recorded  :(. So foolish of me. :P  >:( :P

Don't worry about the IP address, they only used that if there was trouble in the room.

As for MSN Messenger, I also use that and AOL AIM.  Maybe we need to take a vote as to which method people would be most comfortable with.  I've used MSN Messenger for years and have never had any issues with spam or unwanted communications.  AOL AIM is easy to use, but I have had more uninvited communications (but you just block them and it is done).  This is my first experience with Yahoo Messenger.  It was easy enough to set up and the chat was familiar to the Chat Room and it has some fun features - fonts, emoticons, etc.

So, let me know what you guys would like and we'll try to figure something out!  It is fun to chat, and get to know each other.

I plan to try to set up another conference chat using Yahoo! Messenger.  Hope to catch some of you online tonight!

Can you tell me what address to type in so I can join you tonight?

I'll be there! ;D

Curlgirl, I have you in my list, so I should be able to find you and give you the invite.  

I will be on as "bikerbraid".  If that is not found, it might be "rsvkline".

Looking forward to chatting!  :D

Thanks,I hope I can find my way in ;D

I'm in there now - come and join me!

Lastnight was great!   ;D ;D ;D

How does this new system work?  ???

I'm gonna put up the "instructions" in a new post.  Hope to see ya there, Sir Rat!