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[13:04] [Steph] hello :)
[13:04] [Pippa] hi
[13:04] [Pippa] hi, Hammy!
[13:06] [Steph] I think Shrike has stepped away from his computer
[13:06] [Steph] how are you today, Pippa?
[13:07] [Pippa] speaking of stepping away from one's computer...
[13:07] [Pippa] i keep doing that, too!
[13:07] [Pippa] fine, thanks, Hon! how are you?
[13:08] [Steph] good
[13:09] [Pippa] that's good, then!
[13:09] [Steph] I finally have some free time after the holiday rush :)
[13:09] [Pippa] oh? was this personal rushing, or work rushing?
[13:10] [Steph] personal, I find Christmas and New Years so hecktic!!
[13:10] [Steph] but I love it :)
[13:10] [Pippa] well, i'm just glad to be able to survive it!
[13:11] [Steph] or afford it :P
[13:11] [Steph] so, what's been going on since I've been gone?
[13:11] [Pippa] i'm a very infrequent visitor to this room, so i'm the wrong person to ask
[13:12] [Pippa] *giggle*
[13:12] [Steph] <SHOCK> you need to come in more
[13:12] [Steph] this place is fun... crazy, but fun
[13:13] [Pippa] i'm actually on this chatserver a LOT, but in another room/channel
[13:13] [Steph] there are other rooms? :P
[13:14] [Steph] I've looked in to some of them, but not much
[13:14] [Pippa] you can usually find me on #tg_fiction_general_chat , although other than certain times of the early morning and late evening, it's frequently deader than a rusted doornail
[13:15] [Steph] I find that people don't use IRC like they used to
[13:15] [Steph] it seems to be a passing fad :(
[13:15] [Pippa] true. too many other distractions. 20 flavors of IM, IP voice chats, etc., etc..
[13:16] [Steph] yeah, I'm guilty of those too
[13:16] [Pippa] well, you gotta do what you gotta do, especially if you enjoy it
[13:16] [Hammy] Didn't step away, just was busy with a different program
[13:17] [Pippa] so, Hammy = Shrike?
[13:17] [Steph] yes he is :)
[13:17] [Pippa] cool!
[13:17] [Hammy] I saw Over the Hedge recently
[13:17] [Pippa] the comic strip?
[13:17] [Hammy] The movie
[13:18] [Pippa] and?
[13:18] [Pippa] was it good?
[13:19] [Steph] he fell in love with Hammie the hyperactive squerrel
[13:19] [Pippa] lol
[13:19] [Pippa] oh
[13:19] [Pippa] NOW i get it
[13:20] [Steph] I can't remember if we chatted before Pippa
[13:21] [Steph] though you name sounds familiar :)
[13:21] [Pippa] i can't, either. so, let's assume we haven't
[13:21] [Steph] okay :)
[13:21] [Steph] have you read the MORFS stories?
[13:21] [Pippa] there's also a Piper, who runs a website. she's not me.
[13:22] [Hammy] zooooooooooooooooooooooooom
[13:22] [Pippa] yes, i've read several, although i'm not religious about keeping up.
[13:22] [Hammy] You have to have read all mine
[13:22] [Steph] I'm the author of Sizzle, Through the Looking Glass and Losing Myself
[13:22] [Hammy] There's a new one coming soon, called Feral
[13:22] [Pippa] i first met Britney on #tg_fiction_general_chat, and was around when she wrote the first one.
[13:22] [Hammy] She lost herself
[13:23] [Pippa] cool. i almost definitely think i read sizzle
[13:23] [Pippa] and i'm sure i've read some of yours, Shrike
[13:23] [Steph] I have to finish that one
[13:24] [Steph] I have three others that I want to start, but I'm waiting until I finish it
[13:24] [Pippa] whatever happened to Jet and Quartz? i got involved in that one, and then... it stopped?
[13:24] [Hammy] I finished Synergy, Blitz and First Hybrid
[13:25] [Pippa] cool. i'
[13:25] [Hammy] Jet & Quartz are still being written, he's just slow and lazy, thought they made appearances in Synergy and First Hybrid
[13:25] [Pippa] cool. i'm going to have to try to catch up
[13:26] [Hammy] And Feral is an uncle of Synergy, so he'll be included there as well in the sequels
[13:26] [Steph] I think everyone was in First Hybrid :P
[13:26] [Hammy] Not everyone, non from jorey for some reason :p
[13:26] [Steph] Hmmm, I wonder why?
[13:26] [Pippa] if anyone is brave enough, tell Britney she needs a story index, by name of story. not everyone knows which author wrote which story.
[13:27] [Steph] there is one, in the wiki
[13:27] [Hammy] Maybe I can make the page, I can update the site
[13:27] [Pippa] and where pray tell is the wiki?
[13:28] [Steph] http://morfs.wikidot.com/
[13:28] [Pippa] sheesh. i was supposed to guess that?
[13:28] [Pippa] *giggle*
[13:28] [Hammy] It is mentioned on the morfssite
[13:28] [Steph] there's a link somewhere on the MORFS web site
[13:28] [Hammy] what I said
[13:28] [Pippa] lol
[13:29] [Pippa] i don't find the morfs site too easy to navigate
[13:29] [Steph] I have a short cut for it
[13:29] [Steph] I can never find it :P
[13:29] [Pippa] Britney spent a lot of effort on the look and feel of the site, but not enough on the logical layout
[13:29] [Steph] see!! it's not just me Shrike
[13:30] [Pippa] ugly sites that are easy to use don't bother me as much as pretty sites which are confusing
[13:31] [Pippa] but, anyway...
[13:31] [Pippa] anyone speak to Britney lately? how's she doing? she doesn't come around to the general chatroom anymore.
[13:32] [Steph] I haven't talked to her since the beginning of Dec
[13:32] [Pippa] she used to keep us up to date with all the drama in her life
[13:32] [Steph] I think the new baby is more drama than she can handle at the moment :)
[13:33] [Pippa] :)
[13:34] [Steph] Shrike is almost a new daddy too :)
[13:34] [Steph] how many more days, shrike?
[13:34] [Pippa] oh?
[13:34] [Pippa] first one?
[13:35] [Steph] yeah, this is their first... and it's going to be a boy
[13:35] [Steph] he must be busy again
[13:35] [Steph] he does that a lot :P
[13:36] [Hammy] There is a consumer program on
[13:36] [Steph] what's a comsumer program?
[13:36] [Hammy] Yes first babyboy, named J.... T.... due on 19 jan
[13:36] [Steph] one week and counting :)
[13:36] [Hammy] A program where they help customers against evil companies
[13:36] [Pippa] just don't make the same mistakes my parents did
[13:37] [Pippa] lol
[13:37] [Hammy] what is that?
[13:37] [Pippa] apparently, my mother misunderstood the whole thing about 2 am feedings.
[13:37] [Hammy] How?
[13:37] [Pippa] and she used to wake ME up to feed me.
[13:37] [Hammy] That is not a problem, but it is better to wait till baby wakes up
[13:38] [Pippa] she complained to the doctor she wasn't getting enough sleep, he asked her how the feedings were going, and when she told him she had to wake me up, he said, "Are you CRAZY? You don't wake up a baby to feed them!"
[13:40] [Pippa] anyway, it makes for a funny story when my father is telling it. my mother died last year, and my father is actually kind of dating someone he met at the senior center. he was telling this story over dinner last night with his new sorta girlfriend and me and my wife there.
[13:41] [Steph] that is funny :)
[13:41] [Steph] and yeah... NEVER wake a baby if you don't have to
[13:42] [Steph] they'll just cry
[13:42] [Pippa] exactly
[13:42] [Hammy] Sorry about your mom
[13:42] [Pippa] thanks. it was a tough illness.
[13:42] [Hammy] My father in law died in 2007
[13:42] [Hammy] We had to go to the funeral for 2 weeks
[13:43] [Pippa] good grief, so to speak.
[13:43] [Pippa] 2 weeks?!
[13:44] [Steph] Shrike, tell her where it was
[13:45] [Steph] Shrike, wife is from Indonesia
[13:45] [Steph] that should be "Shrike's wife"
[13:45] [Pippa] oh, i thought you were speaking Pidgin
[13:45] [Pippa] *giggle*
[13:45] [Steph] typonese
[13:46] [Steph] :P
[13:46] [Pippa] anyway, i understood
[13:47] [Pippa] was the actual funeral 2 weeks, or was that travel and visiting time?
[13:49] [Pippa] our friend's father died a little over a week ago, and her family is orthodox jewish. the funeral is really fast, with burial within a day or two, but then they sit in mourning at the house for a week. we visited, brought food.
[13:52] [Hammy] Waiting for all the family for a few days, funeral one day and comforting her mother the rest
[13:52] [Hammy] Wife is chinese indonesian, means they are christian
[13:53] [Pippa] oh? i thought a lot of chinese indonesians were buddhists. it's a moslem country, too, isn't it, Indonesia?
[13:54] [Pippa] that must make for some interesting conflicts
[13:55] [Hammy] conflicts in the country or at home
[13:55] [Pippa] well, i was thinking in terms of, you know, in the country, or community
[13:56] [Hammy] Well if an indonesian gets pulled over by police (for some pocketmoney) they pay like $10
[13:57] [Hammy] If a chinese indonesian gets pulled over, they pay like $100
[13:57] [Hammy] If I get pulled over, I pay like $1000
[13:57] [Hammy] You get the meaning?
[13:57] [Pippa] hmmm...
[13:57] [Pippa] yep
[13:58] [Hammy] They work harder and are wealthier, or are thought to be, like foreigners are rich
[13:58] [Steph] I have get some work done, so I'll talk to you later
[13:58] [Steph] nice meeting you Pippa [again??]
[13:58] [Pippa] you got shook down for a grand?? wow.
[13:58] [Pippa] same here, Steph!!
[13:58] [Pippa] *hugs*
[13:58] [Steph] TTYL :)
[13:58] [Pippa] bye, hon.
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[13:59] [Pippa] i'd be in big trouble. i walk around with like $20 cash and depend on plastic for almost everything.
[14:00] [Hammy] I have two credit cards, but mostly use my bankdebitcard
[14:00] [Hammy] One time my debitcard didn't have enough, and my visa was refused
[14:01] [Pippa] i refused to accept a debit card from my bank. all i want is an atm card and my credit card
[14:03] [Pippa] there's something about debit cards that i just don't like.
[14:04] [Hammy] debit card is atm card here
[14:05] [Hammy] anyway, i was fortunate to have a mastercard as well, I managed to pay with that one
[14:05] [Pippa] where are you located?
[14:06] [Hammy] Why? :)
[14:06] [Hammy] You tell me yours I tell mine
[14:06] [Hammy] :D
[14:06] Last message repeated 1 time(s).
[14:06] [Hammy] Nederland
[14:07] [Pippa] i'm in the US, and the banks have started sending out debit cards to replace atm-only cards, but you can still insist on a "plain" one if you are loud enough.
[14:07] [Hammy] At the moment I work at a bank
[14:08] [Hammy] Though it stops after this month, half the externals are kicked out
[14:08] [Pippa] atm-only cards only work in cash machines. the visa/mc debit cards work in atm machines and point-of-sale
[14:09] [Misty_] I have it on good authority that a debit card IS and ATM card.
[14:09] [Pippa] that's true, Misty. but an ATM card is NOT necessarily a debit card. :P
[14:09] [Hammy] We also have a chip inside where we can put some money on, but almost only the company cafetaria demand payment with that
[14:10] [Hammy] Hi misty
[14:10] [Misty_] A debit card is a cash only card.
[14:11] [Pippa] the cash-card technology you have there hasn't caught on here yet, Hammy.
[14:11] [Pippa] some transit systems are using a version of it, though
[14:12] [Pippa] the NYC transit system uses an older magnetic-stripe system
[14:12] [Pippa] no chip
[14:12] [Misty_] I no longer have any Credit Cards.
[14:13] [Pippa] i have a few, but i only carry two and only use one.
[14:13] [Pippa] every month, i review the bill and make an electronic payment for the full amount.
[14:13] [Misty_] Sorry, the transit system has NOT reached us as yet. :)
[14:13] [Hammy] I only have two and that's enough
[14:13] [Hammy] Well it's better than in Indonesia
[14:14] [Pippa] what's in Indonesia?
[14:14] [Hammy] The transit there is better than Indonesia
[14:15] [Misty_] I no longer have to worry about CC interest rates or mewmbershiop fees
[14:16] [Hammy] I only use it in emergency
[14:17] [Misty_] membership, I mean
[14:17] [Pippa] i haven't paid any membership fees in eons. my cards are free.
[14:18] [Pippa] and as for interest, they pay ME. i get 1% cash back on my credit purchases.
[14:19] [Misty_] Well, this is one gal that is sold and solidly behind the debit card system
[14:20] [Misty_] I carry no cash atall anymore.
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[14:22] [Pippa] some of the places i shop or eat don't take plastic
[14:22] [Hammy] BANE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
[14:22] [bane] yo
[14:22] [Misty_] But, that is only ONE girl's success story...
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