I stayed on for about an hour and a half, left just before the captured chat below. It was oddly good to do even though the view was mainly fixed for most of the time. I really enjoyed the interactive chat aspect, felt more real and personal than emails.
John in Brisbane -----Original Message----- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Joseph McAllister Sent: Saturday, 8 May 2010 12:04 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Last minutes of the online chat! brb. 6:48 ThePentaxian: I just did a screen shot of the window, we can accuse later. 6:48 eactivist: lol 6:48 StRange_R: scott: that's normal -- 30-50 second lag is what's been from the beginning. 6:49 eactivist: okay, againj, that's mark, balding carrying camera behind butt 6:49 StRange_R: That person in white shirt is probably Boris 6:49 sdloveless: I seem to be be about 45 seconds behind everyone else. 6:49 eactivist: yeah, it probably is (re boris) 6:50 sdloveless: it's no big deal. it's just annoying. 6:50 eactivist: stan halprin is the tall guy in the white coat 6:51 eactivist: okay, they are lininjg up for a group shot out of sight 6:51 ThePentaxian: It may depend on your speed. I'm fiber on west coast. You're probably dial up on the east coast 6:51 ThePentaxian: :-) 6:51 sdloveless: my connection is comcastic! 6:51 StRange_R: east coast vs west coast is only within 100 ms 6:51 eactivist: maybe not re group shot 6:52 ThePentaxian: That's the reason!;_0 6:52 eactivist: I thought mark was sitting donw to take it 6:52 eactivist: that's sasha pink pants 6:52 ThePentaxian: No, he's tired carrying that heavy camera around all after noon. ;-0 6:53 eactivist: heh, don't blame him 6:53 ThePentaxian: limited emoticons 6:53 sdloveless: is Ted drunk yet? 6:54 ThePentaxian: Here in Washington, there is no longer a Comcast. So many complaints, they renamed themselves to Xfinity 6:54 eactivist: I don't see how renaming does anything 6:54 garbanzito11: there's a smile 6:54 sdloveless: they can pretend to absolve themselves of responsibility. 6:54 garbanzito11: i'm off to a local thing, g'bye 6:55 eactivist: bye 6:55 sdloveless: nite 6:55 StRange_R: bye 6:55 sdloveless: hi christine! 6:55 sdloveless: bye Christine 6:55 ThePentaxian: As a corporation is a person now, all lawsuits disappear when they kill off the entity. 6:56 eactivist: pentaxian: boy, what a deal 6:56 sdloveless: is that Larry with the fake afro? 6:56 eactivist: yeah 6:56 sdloveless: lol 6:56 eactivist: but it's actually his real hair 6:56 ThePentaxian: It's a wig, has to be! 6:56 eactivist: met him, don't think so 6:57 ThePentaxian: Hey! include the 'puter! 6:57 StRange_R: Larry is the guy pacing arround like a butterfly... It's his real hair 6:57 eactivist: or marybe a parital hair piece 6:57 eactivist: but most is real 6:57 StRange_R: (or at least not a wig) 6:57 sdloveless: I wasn't suggesting that it wasn't his hair. 6:58 eactivist: oh 6:58 ThePentaxian: TELL THEM TO TAKE THE PICTURE, BUT INCLUDE THE COMPUTER SO WE'LL BE IN IT TOO! 6:58 eactivist: we can all smile :-) 6:58 ThePentaxian: Sorry - Pinkie and caps lock don't play well together . 6:58 sdloveless: I was being facetious. 6:58 eactivist: that's bob 6:59 eactivist: re sullivan 6:59 ThePentaxian: where? 6:59 StRange_R: PDMLers went aside - and practically nobody's left :) 6:59 eactivist: heavy set guy already went by 6:59 bongm131: Bong Manayon here --- wish I was there! :-) 6:59 sdloveless: balding guy with the white beard who just walked by is Christine's husband. 6:59 ThePentaxian: Guess they're done with it"-( 6:59 StRange_R: Bong: hey there! (Igor is herE) 6:59 sdloveless: Hi Bong! 6:59 eactivist: well, that usually happens at openings the artists remain 7:00 bongm131: Who am I looking at? 7:00 eactivist: who's wearing the black hat? 7:00 eactivist: hi bong 7:00 eactivist: pooop it's gone 7:00 sdloveless: poop 7:00 StRange_R: I guess, Mark just switched it off... 9pm 7:01 ThePentaxian: Hello Bong - Hmmm. Guess we're done now! 7:01 eactivist: sounds right 7:01 sdloveless: they coulda said goodnight. 7:01 bongm131: <URL removed> 7:01 sdloveless: partypoopers. 7:01 bongm131: :-) 7:01 StRange_R: could've should've ... 7:01 eactivist: not that we knew who everyone was 7:01 sdloveless: oh, well. good night everyone. have a nice weekend. 7:01 eactivist: next time they come up to camera and identify themselves :-) 7:01 StRange_R: Marnie: of course we knew, - what are you talking about?!!!! -- Cormorants! :) 7:01 eactivist: heh 7:02 StRange_R: Scott: have a good one 7:02 eactivist: nite scott, nite bong, nite igor, nite everyone, going too 7:02 ThePentaxian: Nite all! 7:02 StRange_R: Good night all! Nice seeing y'all 7:02 bongm131: good night Joseph McAllister Pentaxian http://gallery.me.com/jomac http://web.me.com/jomac/show.me/Blog/Blog.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.