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...

Hi PD's & welcome back Eddy .... 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:

:  :twisted:  :roll: - Derek

Quote from: derekwarner_decoyHi PD's & welcome back Eddy .... 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:

:  :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

Hello all, whenever I log in now to check the forum postings (of which I am grateful, are many) whenver during our limited daylight    I now make a point of also logging in to the Chat Rooom to see if anyone else is about    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    V1 & V2 = P1 & P2  :?:  I ask you LOL

cheers

Jim

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

Quote from: Peter Webster

this coming weekend I will be 21, fine & virtually windlass

:birthday - Derek  :roll: [but who  :?: are you trying to kid?]

Hi PD's - just chatted with Eddy for 8 minutes - simple........& goes like this   - 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!     
[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....

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?

Sorry mate I left out a vital Letter "t"
Peter Webster

Quote

Quote from: 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?]

HI PD's - that's OK Peter.... I revised & still quoted as a "quote" by PW.... that you had also changed from a    ..... out of breath to mechanical device for winching ropes & such  :rant... funny thing this language we use   - Derek

Hello all, finally and thank goodness there seems to be some sembelance of collusion, not confusion  Look forward to all of those early birds from far flung places joining the chat.

QuotePosted: Tue Sep 12, 2006 8:56 pm    Post subject:  

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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

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     
[derekwarner_decoy] 6:18 am: OK- this is really good fun waiting for the phone to ring    , I might just go
upstairs & make another     
[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      

Quote from: derekwarner_decoy
[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      

That's it Derek - TOMORROW is chat day!  

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     - lets see what happens :?:  - Derek

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    being south of that 'boarda'  :ohno    :!: equator   - Derek