Thalassemia Patients and Friends
Discussion Forums => Miscellaneous Questions => Topic started by: red on November 28, 2007, 08:08:29 AM
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this is really random..
but how come noone is ever in the chat room?
its soo cooll!..it makes this magical noise when you sign in!
oh well.. :sigh
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Hi Red,
We all live in different parts of the world and probably come online at different times according to our convenience.
We can schedule chats if anyone likes to come online at the same time.
Let us know what you and other members think. :)
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Sajid, hi!
can i start off by saying i think you are so cool :wave
i'm totally into scheduling chats! what a fun idea!
ur so COOL! man!
:boogie
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:wub
Awww.... :blush
Thanks for the compliments.
We can gather on weekends. Let's see what other members say?
So guys? When should we schedule our next chat?
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Aha,
I am here always, for a chat room PARTAYYYYYYYYYY
:yahoo :yahoo :yay :yay :wootwoot :wootwoot
ZAINI.
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HEY.... LET HAVE SOME FUN GUYS AM :agree AGREE WITH red AND Sajid :yahoo :bighug :cheer AND ALSO WE NEED :bat INCASE OF :catfight....
ALSO WE NEED SAJID CAKE :food
KHALIFA
STATE OF KUWAIT
ONE FOR ALL AND ALL FOR ONE
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Everyone and Sajid, i think Sajid should schedule the chats!
What does everyone else think, and is that ok with you Sajid?
I think you would come up with good plans!
and yes, as Khalifa said..please do bring your cakes! :food
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Since the chat room is always open, everyone is free to use it anytime. If people want to get together for a chat of 2 or 20, please feel free to do so. Keep in mind that there are many different time zones involved, so it''s impossible to find a time that will suit everyone, so it would be really cool if we could get people from different parts of the world scheduling different chats. I know a lot of members chat on MSN, so please feel free to chat here too. I've made some great friends in chats and the chats were what got me involved with the group in the first place.
Transcripts of old chats are listed under Documents in the Miscellaneous Forums section. For those wanting to know a little of what Lisa was like, read the early chats. http://www.thalassemiapatientsandfriends.com/index.php?board=7.20
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:yeahthat :high5 :agree :yay i definetely want to join that sheduled chat....... so when shall we schedule that chat???? :grin keep us posted Sajid! i also prefer on weekends.............. i'm so excited to speak with all of you!!!!!!Do take care!
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Thanx Andy,
For sharing these transcripts, i miss lisa, even though i never had the chance to know her,
ZAINI.
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What about New Years-eve? I am pretty sure none of you is going to sleep anyways hehe. You can plan it a looooooong time before hehe :biggrin
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i have insomnia .. so i'm set :wavey
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Hi all,
How about 12 noon GMT on 31stDecember
You can see what your local time will be on this link:
http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?month=12&day=31&year=2007&hour=12&min=0&sec=0&p1=0
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It means 5 PM in karachi, it's great.
ZAINI.
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7 AM!!!! :computer
ok. :smiley
(i'll keep u posted if i cant make it)
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That is quite early for us in the US. 7 am here and 4 am for Sharmin and those on the west coast. Well, if we start having chats more regularly, it should all even out.
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yeah! we should all just automatically sign into the chat room when we log on! hah!
seriously, how can you guys NOT love that noise? i only sign in sometimes just to hear it. hahahaha
.. :party
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Hi all,
I had suggested the starting time so that it doesn't get too late for our friends in Australia. The chat will continue for a long time and people from the west side of the planet can join in later at your convenience. I remember that I chatted for several hours and even had my meals on my computer table :biggrin
Any other time suggestion will be appreciated. I'd love it if it is easy for Mr. Andy so that we can have a knowledgeable great time with him.
So, buddy, what time should it be?
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yeah! we should all just automatically sign into the chat room when we log on! hah!
seriously, how can you guys NOT love that noise? i only sign in sometimes just to hear it. hahahaha
.. :party
Enjoy the attached file :grin
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Well I dont think the aussies will be on that time of the day or nite...we will be out celebrating the new year...
Can we make it another time or different day? If thats possible
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Sure Smurfette!
All suggestions are welcomed.
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AAAAAAAhahahahahahahaHAHHH! :lmao
sajid ur sooooooooo funny!
thanks! now i can listen to it at home, in the car, on the plane, on the boat, in the grocery store, in the furniture store, in the laundry room, in the bathroom, in the clouds, in hell, AND while i'm placed on hold by automotive insurance!
:stars
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Sajid,
I'm hoping we can get semi-regular chats going, preferably planned at different times so that more people get a chance to participate. There is no time that will suit everyone. As Smurfette mentioned, there may not be too many Aussies available as it will be New Year's eve at night and many will have other plans. For myself, if the chat was started a couple hours later I would be able to particpate more but I do have to work that day, so I don't know how much I'll be able to take part anyway. I can guarantee I will make an appearance but not for the whole length.
Red,
I'll try to schedule another chat soon that will fit more in with we eastern time zone insomniacs. :wink
Everyone, please feel free to participate, even if you mostly sit in and listen. Any topics are welcome and don't have to be only thal-related. Lisa liked to talk about movies and music etc. so feel free to chat way. :biggrin
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soooundss ggood! :)
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nooooooooooo wayyyyyyyyyy!
my :pray 's have been answered!
right when i thought it couldnt get any cooler..
the chat room steps up but once again!
i JUST saw all these unbelievable emoticons!!
chat room, here I come! :yahoo
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Hi all,
Just let us know when you want to have a group chat anytime and I'll try to come online as well.
@Red
If you liked the Jetson's doorbell, you're gonna love the whole theme song. The Jetsons were one of the famous cartoon shows that I used to watch as a kid. Here is the link to the title song:
http://www.kfcplainfield.com/sound/jetsons.mp3 (http://www.kfcplainfield.com/sound/jetsons.mp3)
Enjoy! :biggrin
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That's great sajid hopefully i could make it...................
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Thanks Sajid!
i used to watch the Jetsons all the time too! Saturday morning cartoons baby! thats so cool to know that thats the doorbell!
ok, Sajid ..here's a bit of Jetson's factoids for ya:
"Though no dates are ever specified, The Jetsons was originally supposed to take place in the year 2062.[1] Jetsons: The Movie confirms this by placing the series "at the turn of the 21st century". In the movie The Jetsons Meet the Flintstones, Elroy wanted to time travel into the future to visit the 25th century, indicating the Jetsons live no later than the 24th century." - Wikipedia
HAH! isnt that so cool to know! :happydance
so in 55 years, we'll live in the clouds and have dogs that talk! YAY!
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:huh ???
Now did any body dicide for good time or no let us know SOON AS SOON POSIBLE before the 31st/12.
khalifa
state of kuwait
one for all and all for one
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i think its a great idea for chat session,but i wont be here on the 31st as im going on a long due awaited holiday & wont be back till 3rd january,is there any chance of scheduling chat for 1st weekend in january 2008?
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Hi everyone,
I've just been informed by Mr. Andy that I'm a global mod and could arrange chats.
Here is the tricky part. I can't seem to decide when we will should have a chat. It appears that the conflict between the both extreme time zones can't be resolved. So, let's have two chats! as two are always better than one! :biggrin
For the first chat I want people of U.S to tell me at what time in the morning you can come online as if you come too late we (Asians) will be sleeping :)
For the second chat I want the Aussies to tell me at what time in the evening you can come online as if you come too early we (Asians) will be sleeping AGAIN!! :rotfl
Anyone can join any chat if you can make it.
So what are your suggestions?
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Congratulations Sajid, you deserve it :yahoo :yahoo :clap :happydance
My suggestion is to make the chat on Friday, and for me any time will suit me as i usually stay late at night
Manal
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knew you'de be an awsome leader Sajid!
i'm in the u.s - and can pretty much use the comp any time :insomnia
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Sajid,
Since you'll be the moderator, you need to choose a time that works for you. We can always run another chat soon. Lisa liked to run them monthly. If you see some consensus time that fits your schedule, do it then, but otherwise stick to your original day. For once, this time will actually accommodate people in Europe and Asia, which has been hard for me to do, since nights are best for me.
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Hi all,
How about this time for the first chat. It's pretty much in the evening for us in Asia and our day has almost ended and we are inside our cosy homes enjoying a hot cup of coffee :coffee in front of the PC or TV after a monotonous day. While it is the beginning of a day for Red and everyone in the U.S. I hope that they will be up and fresh after a healthy breakfast :food for the chat.
http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?month=12&day=28&year=2007&hour=15&min=0&sec=0&p1=0
As for the second chat for the Aussies and Far-east Asia we can schedule the chat in Jan. So you guys suggest the date and make sure you guys choose in the evening. :)
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sounds awsome! :yay
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great i 'll be there inshallah
manal
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Hi All! I agree with Manal, friday is good but what time are the two chats??????? please inform us immediately...... I do hope i can join both of the chats........ :hugfriend take care!!!!!!!!!!!
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Hi Lyanne,
The first chat will be too late for you. It will be on 11 PM according to your time. We'll be happy if you can make it. Otherwise you can join in the second chat which we have yet to decide and it will be according to your suggestions. :)
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OOOOOOOOOOOKK FOR ME IT WILL BE 6 O'CLOCK EVENING AND I'LL BE 48.1 :biggrin
KHALIFA
STATE OF KUWAIT
ONE FOR ALL AND ALL FOR ONE
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Dear Sajid,
May i suggest we do it next near first friday? how about it? sounds good? i have convinced Rodan and Zai who also from here and members of this group to join with our scheduled chat so hopefully they could make it as well........... i'm still open for any suggestion anyone........... Do take Care!!!! :hugfriend
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Hi Lyanne,
We will do the second chat in January that will suit Far-East Asia and Australia.
Give me your time suggestions.
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hi Sajid! how about lunch time here? would that be good ? or perhaps in the afternoon..... i would like to make it and so my fellow thals here in our country who are also members of TPAF...... thanx for making this all happen Sajid....... Do take Care! :hugfriend
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Hi Lyanne!
Thanks for your suggession. I will definately consider the noon/afternoon time for the second chat.
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for the 2nd chat wouldnt evening be better? what date will chat be on?
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Hi everyone!
Remeber to come online tomorrow in the chat room for the group chat at this time:
http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?month=12&day=28&year=2007&hour=15&min=0&sec=0&p1=0
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Thanx for reminding Sajid :)
ZAINI.
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Sooooooo sorry i couldn't make it today in the chat cause the the mother of my cousin had passed away in the hospital and i had to spend the day with them.
I wanted so much to make it but hope i can do it in the next one
Much love to you all
Manal
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:wah i cant join...i will be out at that time :-\
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Hi everyone!
Even I wasn't able to come as I wasn't able to connect with the international websites via my internet service. They had blocked access to all sites except the local sites. :pissedoff
:banghead Dirty Politics!!
We could have had this chat weeks ago but I decided to do in the holiday season so that everyone could join it. I never knew all this would happen at the very day we wanted to be together.
O.K now I'm bent on doing the group chat no matter what happens. This time I have a back up plan and it will be for all the members from all the countries on the same day with two sessions.
The first session will start on Saturday 5th January at:
http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?month=1&day=5&year=2008&hour=10&min=0&sec=0&p1=0
I'll try to stay online as long as the last person wants to stay. Then the second session will start later the same day at:
http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?month=1&day=5&year=2008&hour=15&min=0&sec=0&p1=0
And if something happens again that day, then there is Sunday the reserve day with the same timings. Let's see if they ruin our get-together now :bat
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aaahahahahah! Sajid your so funny with the emoticons!
thank you so much for organizing these chats ANYWAYS!
i was there today with Zaini for a good while..and later on for a minute with Expecting#2..
we had fun!!
"your space was empty!" (remember :wink)
real sorry about the uuckk political conspiracies!
we really were talking about you the whole time!
but anywayz..i just wanted to respond and say..i cant make the other chats! :wah
but i will talk to you later anywayz~!
:biggrin
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At last, some replies ,
When i joined chat room i was expecting a whole crowd out there, and it was like, almost empty,with only me and red,and expecting #2 for a while,so it was getting kinda sleepy,still i stayed till 1 in the morning ,and i was sure there must be some problem with Sajid, it wasn't like him not to be there.
SO,i hope we'd be able to make it next time.
ZAINI.
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Hi everyone!
This is a reminder (AGAIN... :boredom) for our get-together in the chat room tomorrow.
Although I have the transfusion earlier and I'll try my best to arrive on time; but I could be late. However, I assure you that I will be here in the second session provided if something else (like electricity or Internet connectivity) doesn't screw up.
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i will do my best also to be online( which i probably will) depends on how long my son will let me
chat for!
i hope others can join in for the 2nd chat also!
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I'll probably pop in during the second session but the first is out, although they may end up running together, since they're only 5 hours apart.
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Hi Everyone!
Sorry I'm late; I had my transfusion earlier and now I'm in the chat room.
Where is everyone else?!
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O.K
The turnout was very low and I only had a few members to chat at separate times. I think I'll have the tomorrow's reserve day into play as well. Maybe more people will show up tomorrow. I will be online a lot earlier than scheduled (10 or 11 AM instead of 3 PM) my local time and stay online as much as possible and be gone for half an hour or so due to electricity outage.
So, I'll see you all tomorrow and hopefully I won't have to break my own records in playing mine sweeper :biggrin
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i cant believe i missed the 2nd chat session,i didnt realise the time difference and it was on at 2am my time,i did pop into the chat room yesterday(my time) afternoon and 2 people were in there and it was nice to chat to other thals.
we have to organize them more reguraly,that would be great for us all! :wink
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:wah I can't belive I missed a chat session!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am alwys pokin in there to see if anyones there n never have any luck! Can we please plan another one soon I'd love to participate. Maybe next time we can set up some kind of notice or reminder or at least post a bulliton to remind others, maybe if you remind us there will be a beter turnout. (i know i am forgetful at times and ive actually rad that that can be a sign of liver disease so between that n the pain meds). Also maybe we could d it regularly, weeky, bi-weekly,or even monthly. I think it would be benificial to allof us especially to have the added support of eachother.
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k i guess i'm loosin my mind i coulda swore iv'e looked in that chat room on many occassions but now I can't seem to find it but we still should get together regularly wherever it is
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Hi,
My previous posts WERE "The reminders". Anyway yesterday I spent my whole time online except a few times I had to go offline due power outages of half an hour to a whole hour few times. Only Lulu came online while I was there and Expecting#2 and sydneygirl just left as soon as I logged on after power recovery. I guess it was tough luck for me as people visited the chat room during those 30mins to 1 hour windows. :dunno
Anyway the day before I had a chat with LuLu, Manal and Expecting#2 at different times but there was not much to talk about between two people.
No worries though. Let's do it again some other time. In the meanwhile try to pop in the chat room any time you want; you never know who could be online and you can have a chat with them anytime.
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We'll have to work on the "marketing" end of the chats. Better notification is needed. Every new chat should be listed as a new topic and the word Chat has to be in the title. The time problem remains basically insurmountable. Good times for Asia are definitely not good times for North America and vice versa, so we will have to alternate the schedule.
I have asked this many times and will again. What days are best for people? Weekdays? Weekends?
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Sajid, i enjoyed talking to you :wink
Andy for me i prefer either thursdays or fridays night but i will try to mange my time if the majority chose something else
Manal
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Hi! All,
Indeed we should have a better way to notify others for the chat schedules. I like having chat schedules at least once a month so we could get to know more of each other, and have are concerns/ questions to be anwered quickly.I prefer weekends and during daytime or afternoon(Phil time) so my fellow thal patients who are also member of this group could join the activity.
By the way, thanx Sajid for doing the best you can to organize chat schedules :hugfriend.