Archive through April 14, 2001

The ClubHouse: Archive: Welcome To The Clubhouse! Lurkers and Newbies Welcome!!: Archive through April 14, 2001

Tess

Saturday, April 14, 2001 - 12:31 pm Click here to edit this post
Thanks Misha. I feel very welcome here and I'm going to stick around as long as you all will have me. I'll be in need of some of your expert interpreting skills from time to time so don't desert us newbies. I'm basically clueless on a computer but I can type and read so there's hope.

Lancecrossfire

Saturday, April 14, 2001 - 12:36 pm Click here to edit this post
Geez, you've out-done me already! LOL

Mishamisha

Saturday, April 14, 2001 - 12:40 pm Click here to edit this post
Lol, Tess. I bought my first PC last September. I'm not claiming to have never used one before (I'm really a Mac person at heart like Moon and Karuuna) but this is the first message board I found for BB2000. How lucky am I, turns out I found the best one!

Moondance

Saturday, April 14, 2001 - 01:31 pm Click here to edit this post
Damn you have a good memory Mish! Hope you are feeling better:)

Tess

Saturday, April 14, 2001 - 02:09 pm Click here to edit this post
Wow, I don't even have a pc. I type on my ibook. My husband gets all the other computers for work (he progams supercomputers) but we still have all macs here at home. I'm glad to know that there are a couple people I can beg for help who are mac users.

Moon, tell me you were Zelda in a former life-- one of Neil's Angels, perhaps? If so, you really made my summer. I about pulled out all my stitches while laughing so hard at your escapades. I hope you're in action again for BB2.

Moondance

Saturday, April 14, 2001 - 02:32 pm Click here to edit this post
Yes, I admit I was one of the CBS fence climbers:)...Neil's Angels
I changed my name after Game I... my cat wanted her name back

Noslonna

Saturday, April 14, 2001 - 03:11 pm Click here to edit this post

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Tess

Saturday, April 14, 2001 - 03:38 pm Click here to edit this post
Wow, Moon, can't wait for BB2. Hope you're back in action. That was some good reading. I grew up in California (San Francisco) and my Mom is in Laguna Woods these days. I would have been sorely tempted to join you in my younger, healthier years. Maybe, pre-mom years.

Thanks Noslonna. I love the pictures you do. I love all the little graphics people put in their posts, too. I looked at the instructions but don't get it so I'll wait for some interpretation from my computer wiz of a husband.

Mishamisha

Saturday, April 14, 2001 - 03:44 pm Click here to edit this post
Tess, this is a good way for newbies to start with the clipart:

Go to the clipart page (from the menu up top), when you see a graphic you like, highlight the text to the left of it, and "copy". Then go to the message you're writing, and "paste" the code in. Then you'll get used to the names of some of your favorites. Oh, and the smilies and sad faces are the easiest just do : ) or : ( [like you might do in an e-mail] with no space between the : and the ( and it automatically turns into a smiley or frown!

You can also go to the "Spam Room" (Inside "Members Room") and test out your new skills. This is just a little practice area for clipart and formatting! Have fun!!!

Tess

Saturday, April 14, 2001 - 03:51 pm Click here to edit this post
Thanks Misha. I'm going to write this down and practice later. Copy and paste is language I understand very well. I didn't think it would be that easy.

Schoolmarm

Saturday, April 14, 2001 - 03:51 pm Click here to edit this post
Tess,
WELCOME!!! I got hooked on this board while recovering from knee surgery....and there were many times that the laughter generated by the live posts and Angel 'antics' took away the pain.
How do you like your iBook? I need to upgrade by 1994 Mac to something that will let me get Netscape and so I can chat (maybe....seems like trouble can start in chat, though!)
I have some cousins in MPLS, and I LOVE it there! It's my favorite city, with Salzburg and Vienna close seconds. I studied up there for several summers at U of St. Thomas, and really enjoyed going to the summer music festival at symphony hall. Great shopping too!
I love the puzzles and trivia meltdown....I hear Rollerboy is working on a new one. Hope to see you all there! This IS the best board....all you lurkers--don't be afraid to post. The nice people will welcome you with open arms!!

Tess

Saturday, April 14, 2001 - 04:12 pm Click here to edit this post
Hi, Schoolmarm. Thanks for the welcome. I love my ibook and have no problem getting Netscape, AOL or Explorer. I don't necessarily know what to do with them all but I have them. We are running MAC OS 9.1 and AOL version 5. I crash every time I try that blasted game Alchemy that I found linked in the games thread. Love the game. Hate crashing AOL every time I quit a game.

I've gone to several music workshops at St. Thomas back when I was directing one of our church choirs. It's a beautiful campus. Yes, the shopping is now sufficiently good enough that I don't have to visit my sister in Chicago just to shop. Now I visit just to visit.

Soeur

Saturday, April 14, 2001 - 04:22 pm Click here to edit this post
Tess, HI there and welcome!! why not try marbles I never knew how to do clipart or other formatting before joining this site. It's taught me all I know

Schoolmarm

Saturday, April 14, 2001 - 04:26 pm Click here to edit this post
Tess,
Well, we have now validated each other...(just in case someone was wondering if we were REALLY who we say we are). I've been to the Orff workshops at St. Thomas, and wish I could go up there this summer, but I HAVE to write my dissertation (BLECH!!!)
I used to live in Iowa, so Minneapolis was a breath of fresh air! Love all the big churches with good choirs and pipe organs. Love the downtown. Actually, I've been to Bloomington. Took kids to a choir festival at Prince of Peace.
Glad to hear that you like your iBook. I think I'm going to get one after the tax refund comes. Gotta stick with Macs, because it's really hard to write music on the other kinds of PCs.
Wish I could go up to ResortGirl's resort! I think I'm missing Minnesota....

Karuuna

Saturday, April 14, 2001 - 04:28 pm Click here to edit this post
Tess-- do u use IE to go the games? It's more stable than the AOL browser, and Alchemy worked fine for me. I'm also running the same OS and version of AOL, but AOL for the Mac is very buggy. It's browser is built off the IE browser, but the interface between them is very unstable.

If you try going to chat, you'll also want to use IE. Again if you just use AOL, I guarantee you that chat applet will choke it. :)

Mishamisha

Saturday, April 14, 2001 - 04:32 pm Click here to edit this post
You can thank your lucky stars that Soeur didn't put in a link to BEJEWELED! Many of us are in the early stages of RSI thanks to Sis (as we call her) and her wonderful game links.

Moondance

Saturday, April 14, 2001 - 04:35 pm Click here to edit this post
Oh you are bad Misha!

Mishamisha

Saturday, April 14, 2001 - 04:40 pm Click here to edit this post
Muahahahahah!

Mishamisha

Saturday, April 14, 2001 - 04:51 pm Click here to edit this post
I mean... What?

Digilady

Saturday, April 14, 2001 - 04:56 pm Click here to edit this post
Durn you Mish! You have me going on the wretched thing again. (Now my fingers can ache alongside my tooth!)

Mishamisha

Saturday, April 14, 2001 - 04:58 pm Click here to edit this post
Someone recently told me your body can only register pain in three areas simultaneously. Now we just need to have you inflict 2 more injuries on yourself to try to get your brain to forget your tooth hurts!

Well, what are you waiting for?

Digilady

Saturday, April 14, 2001 - 05:05 pm Click here to edit this post
2 teeth and the fingers. Now, if I break a laig I reckon I won't feel it. Knew there had to be good news somewhere!

<snark>

Nancy091158

Saturday, April 14, 2001 - 06:02 pm Click here to edit this post
lol digi--mish--u mean if i hurt my self 2 other places--that i wouldnt have felt my broken leg pain? dang LOL

Tess

Saturday, April 14, 2001 - 06:23 pm Click here to edit this post
Well you are the motley crew aren't you? I'm already a Bejeweled addict thanks to the games thread and that crashes me every time, too. Dear husbands says IE is indeed the way to go for the games so I'll give it a try. I'm scared witless to try chat. Haven't tried marbles yet. I'm still trying to crack 13,000 on Alchemy. I'm determined. Thought I was going to make it last night.

Tess

Saturday, April 14, 2001 - 06:38 pm Click here to edit this post
Schoolmarm, I can validate even further than that. One of my best friends who is now music teacher in our parish school will be taking the Orff classes at St. Thomas in August. She's very excited about it. She taught me how to play (tiny bit) and she's got all her school kids playing starting with the first-graders all the way through junior high. They got a grant this year to buy enough instruments so that every child in a given class can play together. No more taking turns. There's point number one.

Another dear friend who was our assistant choir director for 3 years (now re-located to Fairfax, VA) used to live down the road from Prince of Peace if it's the one I'm thinking of. Her daughter is living with us until she graduates from St. Olaf at the end of May. Point number 2.

Oh, my friend who does the Orff was our choir director for 15 years before she switched over to teaching. She taught me to ring English Handbells and my husband and I are still ringing -- our 6th year. If you're ever going to be in Bloomington again I'll tell you which church is mine and you can see our pipe organ. We had it built in Europe, taken apart and reassembled in our sanctuary. It's wonderful. I don't play it but I did help choose the Steinway piano we have. What do you teach and what is your dissertation about?

Now, everyone should really believe who we are. Who else would be talking Orff instruments in a TV Clubhouse? You made my day, Schoolmarm.