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General => Paddleducks Website/Forum => Topic started by: derekwarner_decoy on September 08, 2006, 06:29:06 AM
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Hi - managed to log in this morning for the first time, down loaded the Active X Control ........ some one ask if all was OK Derek?,,,, so I must have been visible, but could not understand how to type :computer a message? - Derek :crash
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Hello all, Derek you're more than welcome on any Friday morning? your time or Thursday evening for us northern hemisphere residents to chat along for as long or as little as you wish. To reply to the chat room click your cursor in the bottom left hand box then type away with your message. There is then a big round button off to bottom right on the screen , simply click on this and your message will appear in the larger box above. Hope to see you in there sometime
cheers
Jim
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Hi PD's & thanks Jim :bravo ...... best confirm your GMT [Greenwich] online time & I will try the back calculation :rant & attempt next Thursday evening @ my [AEST] ........Australian Eastern Standard Time ........ regards Derek
Oh BTW, I always wondered what a "green witch" looked like :?: :idea: :?: :twisted: :evil: :D
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Hello all, Derek I'll seek the answer for your time versus our time as a new colleague of mine hails from your island. The authorities must have had good reason to send him over here because I've been trying to convince him that going home is a really good reason just to miss our awful winter which looms ahead of us. On that point I don't rightly know where Melbourne is :?: It could be on another continent for all I know :twisted:
Cheers
Jim
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Hello all, I completely forgot about the World Time Clock feature which Eddy so kindly included on the site for those spread all around the world. Melbourne is 10 hours in front of GMT. Now I do not know if there is such a thing as Daylight Saving Time as we have here with British Summer Time where the clocks are ahead of GMT by one hour . As an example I write this as of Thursday evening at 6 pm BST which in reality is 5pm GMT or 10 hours ahead in Melbourne making this 3AM Friday morning ? I think I've worked this out correctly. If anyone knows differently then please advise us.
On a similar vein we are often joined for a chat by our American PD's Bill & Travis, just after lunch for them! So in effect we could host an all day bufffet / Bar-B-Q / dinner and everyone could participate :D
cheers
for now
Jim ( away for a good old tumbler of whisky ! )
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Another tumbler of whisky Jim? I thought that was what kept you late last night!
Derek - Hope you can suss out the intricacies of the 'Chat' - took us 'auld yins' a while too. Not Jim of course - he's just a laddie!
Andrew
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Aye, well what can ye' say! Anither dram an' I'll be fair fou. Last night the typing did not degenerate to the level where it became illegible or incoherent, close but not that far. It is really a very relaxing way to spend a Thursday night where we can all put their modelling ails to right. Come on in the chat is friendly if a little boisterous with all the auld' yins.
cheers
Jim
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....I always wondered what a "green witch" looked like....
Like this - http://gonemovies.com/WWW/MyWebFilms/Drama/WizardWest1.asp
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OK all - a few points of clarification please :P :P
thanks Jim - if I wanted to go to Melbourne to talk with our Peter W, I would simply drive to the top of the hill, turn left & drive 500 miles south :arrow: [ :oops ] thats a right hand turn, not left :sorry .... but I would not get lost as Tony has lent me his NZ boy scouts compass - only thing is that the dial markings are printed in non English letters :?: :?: so it's as useless a bucket .....CR...a....P :crash
thanks Mick - :post but that green witch does not reside in OZ even if she is referred to that same name :rant..... "of OZ"
So let me just ask a simple question :ohno ...." what time in British units on Friday mornings does the chat room open for a :gather.... :?: ".... but mind you, I may have to get my 7year old grandson to teach me how to log onto the bl.........dy thingie chat room
Oh.....from memory, Sandy & the crew @ ACS are just finishing their morning cup of tea + vegimite sandwiches about 9.45 am, so maybe we could invite him too, thats only if he's not too busy waving @ the people on Waverly or been pickling or PICKLED himself :hehe :music :hehe - Derek
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Hello all, as described eariler a colleague is a native of an island which proclaims to be the font of all good looking blokes! Well in this instance Mark most certainly is not :) however his redeeming feature is that he did know the time difference for Melbourne from our British Summer Time. Answer + 9 hours ahead, so if we work it out that at 9.00 p.m. BST on a Thursday evening this will make it 6.00 a.m. Friday in Melbourne. Then after confirming this for me he added -- wait for it -- "Ah but, then there is the equivalent Daylight Saving Time which is about to come in as a factor ! :shock: " Then he further added " and then you've got the various states who adopt DST and those who do not, plus the time difference across the continent of - 1 hour to + 2 hour from Melbourne" Now I am totally confused :? :roll: If anyone and I really do mean anyone who can come up with a chart we can all follow then I'd be eternally grateful
cheers
Jim
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As promised the tutorial in itsa most basic format
I hope this gets you all chatting all over the world :D
cheers
Jim
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Jim - you would confuse the leg of a chair :rant so lets go back ten paces...... :oops: :hehe and start again
1) what time in British units does the chat room open on Friday mornings :?:
2) :ohno your colleague from our Olde Melbourne town has clearly been part taking in too much :beer --- from what he has been telling you I don't think he knows what day of the week it is :music
3) thanks for the tutorial ......I managed to log on to the chat room this morning :computer & the lower section of the screen looked totally :crash different to yesterday :oops - I cannot quite explain this, but probably due to low voltage I think :shoot
4) Peter W [from our Olde Melbourne town] was also logged on but he may have been suffering from the low volts also as he didn't type a word.... Derek :D
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I've had no trouble with the chat room software at any stage...then again as the youngest of the crew I'm sure that could be why!
Reminds me of when I was filling out my log book with details of the Pev and A.A, it wanted to know the model of the auto pilot....hmmmm
The only trouble I have is that Friday morning...well you guessed it, it's a school day!
So what have we established in Sean's post:
1. Sean can operate the software easy as pie!
2. Sean doesn't get to use the software because he has to go to school
3. Sometimes it pays to be young and a techno whiz, other times it doesn't!
....hmmmm I wonder if I should add auto pilot to my paddler! lol
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Hello all, in order to verify what time it'll be in Melbourne on a Friday morning, I can now for definite show the difference coutrtesy of Eddy's World Time Clock link! I've attached a screen shot from a few minutes ago showing 9PM in UK on BST with 6AM Monday in Melbourne. Now Derek can you advise us if you are on standard Australian time or anything else? Looking forward to some of you guys getting up thsi coming Friday morning just to chat with us LOL
cheers
Jim
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OK - :trophy - well done PD's...it has only taken us 5 days to plan & syncronize our watches :nose :bravo , however four questions remain unanswered
1) current variances to AEST [Australian Eastern Standard Time] - I am pleased to report... :thinking ... none this week that I am aware of [but I do have it on good report that cows do not like daylight saving ..... alters milk throughput.... :sorry .... should have been referred to as output
2) what actual time [in British units] ie., what bloo......y time on Friday morning does the chat room open :?: :?: :?: - like how difficult is it to answer this question :?:
3) are you finished your morning tea Sandy @ 9.45 AM :?:
4) with UK being like a very little BLOB in size :nah compared to our OZ that is ......I don't suppose any daylight saving time would apply :?: or is it that there is no daylight to consider :hehe :hehe
So if someone can come back Question 2) I will get my scientific calculator out & try a back calculation in time......... I know I had the calculator out a few moments trying to ..........better understand stand the relationship :ohno :shoot between V1.... and V2?....
Now weren't V2's those :boom :boom that that other person from Barvaria aimed?..... Derek
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Derek and others,
We have our normal chat on a thursday evening here in the UK, chat starts at 9pm and ends at roughly 11pm.
We are currently on BST (British Summer Time) which is GMT + 1 hour - 9pm BST is 10pm GMT....
I realise that will make it VERY early in the morning for our Australian cousins, but you can always choose a day/time of your own and use the chatroom at any time you wish.
I hope that clarifies things a little?
I know it was a real pain getting my head around all the time zones when I did the World Time Clocks feature for the site, and to be honest they could still be improved as they make no allowance for daylight saving in the various countries...
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Hi PD's & welcome back Eddy :D .... your mate Walter says the PD talk show is on Friday mornings.... but you suggest it is Thursday evenings :?: :!: :?: .. so how can I program :rant my alarm clock or scientific calculator to log in with you people when I am normally asleep or @ work :lol: :lol:
:evil: :twisted: :roll: - Derek
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Hi PD's & welcome back Eddy :D .... your mate Walter says the PD talk show is on Friday mornings.... but you suggest it is Thursday evenings :?: :!: :?: .. so how can I program :rant my alarm clock or scientific calculator to log in with you people when I am normally asleep or @ work :lol: :lol:
:evil: :twisted: :roll: - Derek
I think the confusion is coming about because of the time difference Derek - We chat at 9pm UK time on a thursday evening, which will be early friday morning where you are....
As I said, if that's too early for you, please feel free to get some fellow Aussies together and use the chatroom at a time that suits you better...
It's almost impossible to pick a time/day that suits everyone all around the world :(
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Hello all, whenever I log in now to check the forum postings (of which I am grateful, are many) whenver during our limited daylight :D I now make a point of also logging in to the Chat Rooom to see if anyone else is about 8) Only on a couple of occassion has this happened to be the case. So if you see the Red-Hamish appear, let's have a wee con-flab and put the world ot rights :luck
Anyway until our paths (or should that be, modelling wakes? ) pass, tale care and keep posting. At least that way we can see what some mad men are up to :D V1 & V2 = P1 & P2 :?: I ask you LOL
cheers
Jim
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Derek,
Try using the telephone as it is probably a lot cheaper than driving to Melbourne at present, also what do you use for giant headaches as I now have one after trying the chatroom out
Peter Webster
in the great land of Oz
this coming weekend will be 21,
fine, virtually windless all weekend
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this coming weekend I will be 21, fine & virtually windlass
:birthday - Derek :roll: [but who :?: are you trying to kid?]
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Hi PD's - just chatted with Eddy for 8 minutes - simple........& goes like this :D - Derek
[Paddleducks Lounge]: Eddy Matthews has entered at 6:28 am
Welcome! You have entered [Paddleducks Lounge] at 6:28 am
[Paddleducks Lounge]: derekwarner_decoy has entered at 6:28 am
[Eddy Matthews] 6:28 am: Hi Derek, hows things?
[derekwarner_decoy] 6:29 am: hey Eddy - how was your canooing holliday?
[Eddy Matthews] 6:29 am: hehehe fine thanks, had a great week...
[derekwarner_decoy] 6:30 am: this steam this is great with Sandy - I know he
also loves the "banter' as he calls it
[Eddy Matthews] 6:30 am: BTW, just so you can finally sort out the time
difference, it's now 9:30pm here in the UK, our normal chats start at 9pm on a
thursday...
[Eddy Matthews] 6:31 am: You can't beat a bit of "banter" with friends who have
similar interests.... Thursdays can be interesting at times! Â Â Â Â
[derekwarner_decoy] 6:32 am: OK - its 6.31 am here & nearly time to go to work,
so I will start late on this Thursday morning & log in at about 6.00 AM AEST for a laugh
[Eddy Matthews] 6:33 am: great stuff mate, you'll be more than welcome, we chat
about all sorts of modelling, not just paddlers....
[derekwarner_decoy] 6:34 am: I will post a note back on PD's so others can join
in if they are inclined - regards Derek [most go to work now]
[Eddy Matthews] 6:35 am: BTW, when you log out of chat, clcik on the large RED
button at the top right of the window to close the chat - otherwise the forum will
still list you as being online if you just close the browser window...
[Eddy Matthews] 6:35 am: Okay Derek, chat on thursday then....
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Derek had to shoot off to work, hence the short chat, but hopefully he can now confirm just how easy it is to use the chat software.... I hope we'll see a few more people online on thursday?
After all, if Red_Hamish (Jim) can manage to operate it with his 6 brain cells it can't be that hard can it? :)
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Sorry mate I left out a vital Letter "t"
Peter Webster
this coming weekend I will be 21, fine & virtually windlass
Happy Birthday - Derek Rolling Eyes [but who Question are you trying to kid?]
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HI PD's - that's OK Peter.... I revised & still quoted as a "quote" by PW.... :sorry that you had also changed from a :angel ..... out of breath to mechanical device for winching ropes & such :rant... funny thing this language we use :hehe - Derek
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Hello all, finally and thank goodness there seems to be some sembelance of collusion, not confusion :D Look forward to all of those early birds from far flung places joining the chat.
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Derek had to shoot off to work, hence the short chat, but hopefully he can now confirm just how easy it is to use the chat software.... I hope we'll see a few more people online on thursday?
After all, if Red_Hamish (Jim) can manage to operate it with his 6 brain cells it can't be that hard can it?
Thanks Eddy you give more credit than is due :lol:
cheers
Jim
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Welcome! You have entered [Paddleducks Lounge] at 5:59 am
[Paddleducks Lounge]: derekwarner_decoy has entered at 5:59 am
[derekwarner_decoy] 6:00 am: OK guys - I am here awaiting chat [which from memory is an Irish potato]
[derekwarner_decoy] 6:08 am: OK - just waiting for the others to finish their evening
meal>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> sorry Sandy       , I really didn't modify my ACS VB2 boiler.... I removed all
fittings for the gloss repaint, & due to the best quality of the leaded crystal water tube being so clear I
cannot find it....that why I have ordered two spares... you know just when I open the packet I cannot find
one of them
[derekwarner_decoy] 6:13 am: OK Eddy - I think your solar powered watch must need new batteries as
there appears to be something wrong with time zone here    Â
[derekwarner_decoy] 6:18 am: OK- this is really good fun waiting for the phone to ring    , I might just go
upstairs & make another    Â
[derekwarner_decoy] 6:22 am: OK - I think I have it figured out - today is Thursday in OZ...... you people
chat on Thursday evening so that means Friday morning for me :shoot    Â
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[derekwarner_decoy] 6:22 am: OK - I think I have it figured out - today is Thursday in OZ...... you people
chat on Thursday evening so that means Friday morning for me :shoot
That's it Derek - TOMORROW is chat day! :bravo
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Oh Dear :ohno ...... I have just been summoned to Newcastle [on Hunter] for 9.00AM Australian Eastern Standard Time for tomorrow morning for work.....which is 200 miles north of my home & I must leave @ 5.00AM
I will try the laptop :computer @ 6.00AM [as I am the passanger] - not sure about wireless networks :crash :crash - lets see what happens :?: - Derek
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Hi PD's - Eddy, the Chat Room link at the foot of our Forum Page :computer seems to have disappeared :?: - or is it just me :shoot being south of that 'boarda' :ohno :sorry :!: equator :hehe - Derek
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A late announcement, OOPS sorry guys :oops: , the chat we had last Thursday was severely interrupted by the server going on a go-slow. In the meantime the link to the chatroom has been removed. This is very unfortunate but it was considered better than losing the whole lot if the company who provide the server were to identify the problem as having arisen in Paddleducks. :shock:
On a point of consolation we have investigated the web service provided by www.skype.co.uk and found it to be very good. Basically they want you to use their service to make internet - internet calls or internet - land line calls even international and be a LOT cheaper than the ususal culprits :D The real bonus is the ability to make person -person chat and group conference chats for free 8) . Now this really appeals to me and after using the conference chat, we all found it to be very good and easy to read, and even more importantly, to use. All you have to do is know someones e-mail address or their log-on name within Skype and add them to your contacts list. My log-on is :- Jim Beattie (RedHamish)
The real beauty is the simplicity of seeing who is also on-line when you are too and not being held to the hard and fast weekly chat. We hope to see you on their at some time. :wink:
cheers
Jim
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Hi PD's - Red I understand you are Scottish & I acknowledge that I am part decended of that good old potato eating W a cup of TEA & Vegemite Sangas.....IRISH stock, but when I logged onto your recommended http://www.skype.co.uk/, this is what I ended up with :-
您能在Skype上与世界上任何地方的任何人免费通话。而且您可以永远这样做。您在Skype上可以做一些其它事情，它们不是免费的（但其实很便宜）。
有了SkypeOut，您就能用Skype拨打全世界的固定电话和移动电话。
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Eddy - I really must question if Jim has been part taking in TOO many wee drams of that necter of the Scottish GODS :?: .....& would most humbly ask for further directions that even an apparant simpleton such as I could :idea: understand re the Chat Room new :?: Log On Format :?: :evil: :twisted: :music - Derek
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Eddy - I really must question if Jim has been part taking in TOO many wee drams of that necter of the Scottish GODS :?: .....& would most humbly ask for further directions that even an apparant simpleton such as I could :idea: understand re the Chat Room new :?: Log On Format :?: :evil: :twisted: :music - Derek
You can download Skype from http://www.skype.com/intl/en-gb/download/ Derek.
Install it onto your computer - it only takes a couple of minutes, and then you can use it to have an online chat with anyone you wish, even group chats as we did last thursday evening. You only need to know the users email address or Skype handle to invite them into a chat if they are online...
The old chat software was just getting too flakey to be usable any more, so it was time for it to go... Skype does a superb job of replacing it without all the annoying bugs that we were experiencing with Flashchat.
Hope that helps?