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I was thinking it would be nice to have an amputee site that you can chat online. Something like " Facebook."
I think it would be an easier way to communicate?! Maybe I'm wrong, but what do you think?
Mary
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Posted 01 June 2009 - 12:34 AM
QUOTE (oneblueleg @ May 31 2009, 07:05 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
There are several amputee groups on Facebook...
I know there is a lot of amputee groups on fb. I meant to have an online website for amputees. This forum is great don't get me wrong.....but I would prefer to chat online similar to facebook.
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Posted 01 June 2009 - 01:07 AM
QUOTE (Mary Farquhar @ May 31 2009, 08:34 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
QUOTE (oneblueleg @ May 31 2009, 07:05 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
There are several amputee groups on Facebook...
I know there is a lot of amputee groups on fb. I meant to have an online website for amputees. This forum is great don't get me wrong.....but I would prefer to chat online similar to facebook.
Mary,
Skype, Yahoo, and AOL all offer great Chat tools. Skype has the best Voice and video. Yahoo is easy to conference with. I use them all from time to time and that is how I know. Let me know if I can be of any further assistance.
JohnnyV
Poughkeepsie (po-kip-c), NY USA
LBK - 21Mar02 - Cancer(Synovial Sarcoma)
Here's my story,
it's sad but true.
About a cancer
that I've been through
It took my left leg,
below the knee
cause the only cure
was surgery.....
Don't go through life, grow through life.
Eric Butterworth
Those who really desire to attain an independence, have only set their minds upon it, and adopt the proper means, as they do in regard to any other object which they wish to accomplish, and the thing is easily done.
P.T. Barnum
(1810-1891, American Showman, Entertainer, Circus Builder)
There are no rules for friendship. It must be left to itself. We cannot force it any more than love.
William Hazlitt
(1778-1830, British Essayist)
A Friend is a treasure, more precious than Gold. For love shared is priceless, and never grows old.
Author Unknown
A friend is someone who knows all about you and loves you just the same.
Elbert Hubbard
(1859-1915, American Author, Publisher)
"To put the world in order, we must first put the nation in order; to put the nation in order, we must put the family in order; to put the family in order, we must cultivate our personal life; and to cultivate our personal life, we must first set our hearts right."
Confucius
Poughkeepsie (po-kip-c), NY USA
LBK - 21Mar02 - Cancer(Synovial Sarcoma)
Here's my story,
it's sad but true.
About a cancer
that I've been through
It took my left leg,
below the knee
cause the only cure
was surgery.....
Don't go through life, grow through life.
Eric Butterworth
Those who really desire to attain an independence, have only set their minds upon it, and adopt the proper means, as they do in regard to any other object which they wish to accomplish, and the thing is easily done.
P.T. Barnum
(1810-1891, American Showman, Entertainer, Circus Builder)
There are no rules for friendship. It must be left to itself. We cannot force it any more than love.
William Hazlitt
(1778-1830, British Essayist)
A Friend is a treasure, more precious than Gold. For love shared is priceless, and never grows old.
Author Unknown
A friend is someone who knows all about you and loves you just the same.
Elbert Hubbard
(1859-1915, American Author, Publisher)
"To put the world in order, we must first put the nation in order; to put the nation in order, we must put the family in order; to put the family in order, we must cultivate our personal life; and to cultivate our personal life, we must first set our hearts right."
Confucius
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Posted 01 June 2009 - 12:54 PM
QUOTE (Cat @ Jun 1 2009, 12:14 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Windows Live Messenger as well 
I didn't realize there wwere so many! LOL....thanks for the info!!
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Posted 02 June 2009 - 01:50 AM
Well it would need an organizer for starters, than a mutual time, and finally participants. I would be happy to help the process along. Any other takers?
QUOTE (Luckylegs @ Jun 1 2009, 09:11 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Hi Mary,
I think that would be a wonderful idea. A great opportunity for amputees to talk about not only their amputation but their lives if they choose. How would you organise this????
I think that would be a wonderful idea. A great opportunity for amputees to talk about not only their amputation but their lives if they choose. How would you organise this????
JohnnyV
Poughkeepsie (po-kip-c), NY USA
LBK - 21Mar02 - Cancer(Synovial Sarcoma)
Here's my story,
it's sad but true.
About a cancer
that I've been through
It took my left leg,
below the knee
cause the only cure
was surgery.....
Don't go through life, grow through life.
Eric Butterworth
Those who really desire to attain an independence, have only set their minds upon it, and adopt the proper means, as they do in regard to any other object which they wish to accomplish, and the thing is easily done.
P.T. Barnum
(1810-1891, American Showman, Entertainer, Circus Builder)
There are no rules for friendship. It must be left to itself. We cannot force it any more than love.
William Hazlitt
(1778-1830, British Essayist)
A Friend is a treasure, more precious than Gold. For love shared is priceless, and never grows old.
Author Unknown
A friend is someone who knows all about you and loves you just the same.
Elbert Hubbard
(1859-1915, American Author, Publisher)
"To put the world in order, we must first put the nation in order; to put the nation in order, we must put the family in order; to put the family in order, we must cultivate our personal life; and to cultivate our personal life, we must first set our hearts right."
Confucius
Poughkeepsie (po-kip-c), NY USA
LBK - 21Mar02 - Cancer(Synovial Sarcoma)
Here's my story,
it's sad but true.
About a cancer
that I've been through
It took my left leg,
below the knee
cause the only cure
was surgery.....
Don't go through life, grow through life.
Eric Butterworth
Those who really desire to attain an independence, have only set their minds upon it, and adopt the proper means, as they do in regard to any other object which they wish to accomplish, and the thing is easily done.
P.T. Barnum
(1810-1891, American Showman, Entertainer, Circus Builder)
There are no rules for friendship. It must be left to itself. We cannot force it any more than love.
William Hazlitt
(1778-1830, British Essayist)
A Friend is a treasure, more precious than Gold. For love shared is priceless, and never grows old.
Author Unknown
A friend is someone who knows all about you and loves you just the same.
Elbert Hubbard
(1859-1915, American Author, Publisher)
"To put the world in order, we must first put the nation in order; to put the nation in order, we must put the family in order; to put the family in order, we must cultivate our personal life; and to cultivate our personal life, we must first set our hearts right."
Confucius
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Posted 02 June 2009 - 12:53 PM
QUOTE (fivestringcooper @ Jun 1 2009, 07:59 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Well I'll help anyone I can... Jerry
P.S. been an amp for 26 years......
P.S. been an amp for 26 years......
Hi!
I was thinking the same, that's why I asked if others would agree to having an online chat. To be able to talk to other amputees about their problems or even about their lives like someone mentioned.
I am in the process of talking to people about how to go about this. I will let you know what I come up with. Right now I have lots of time on my hands...lol. I have the time to do this!
Mary
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Posted 24 July 2009 - 12:57 AM
Howdy all!
Just got the new InMotion and saw in the pages that the ACA now has a online forum.
Has anyone checked it out?
It would be great to start getting more of us together.
Only 1 week untill football camps start. I can't wait.......
Just got the new InMotion and saw in the pages that the ACA now has a online forum.
Has anyone checked it out?
It would be great to start getting more of us together.
Only 1 week untill football camps start. I can't wait.......
Erik
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As for me that would be really a great idea to have an on-line chat with more "experienced" amputees and talk about different amp stuff, for example via skype . I have so many questions .
I have so many questions .
Eldar
RAK Jan 08, C-leg + Trias
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Posted 07 April 2010 - 03:26 AM
i have to agree with mary it would be nice to have somthing like facebook chat, it ok useing skyp messanger etc but if there was a chat option then anyone could join in from this site rather than having to pass our messanger ids around, just a general chatroom on here would be so much better than skyp msn etc, i'm yet to find a site like this were you have the option to either go on to the forum posts or into a chatroom, it deff can't be a bad thing especialy for new amputees who realy don't need to be reading thread after thread to maby settle a concerne that they may have when all it may take is to come into the chatroom and then for them to say (hello) can anyone help? it could possibly be a instant reply to there concerne rather than having to wait until somebody reads there forum post,, just my thourts
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Posted 07 April 2010 - 12:19 PM
QUOTE (peglegs @ Apr 6 2010, 11:26 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
i have to agree with mary it would be nice to have somthing like facebook chat, it ok useing skyp messanger etc but if there was a chat option then anyone could join in from this site rather than having to pass our messanger ids around, just a general chatroom on here would be so much better than skyp msn etc, i'm yet to find a site like this were you have the option to either go on to the forum posts or into a chatroom, it deff can't be a bad thing especialy for new amputees who realy don't need to be reading thread after thread to maby settle a concerne that they may have when all it may take is to come into the chatroom and then for them to say (hello) can anyone help? it could possibly be a instant reply to there concerne rather than having to wait until somebody reads there forum post,, just my thourts
Point made. This subject has always been on the table, but has not come to fruition. Your input is appreciated.
JohnnyV
Poughkeepsie (po-kip-c), NY USA
LBK - 21Mar02 - Cancer(Synovial Sarcoma)
Here's my story,
it's sad but true.
About a cancer
that I've been through
It took my left leg,
below the knee
cause the only cure
was surgery.....
Don't go through life, grow through life.
Eric Butterworth
Those who really desire to attain an independence, have only set their minds upon it, and adopt the proper means, as they do in regard to any other object which they wish to accomplish, and the thing is easily done.
P.T. Barnum
(1810-1891, American Showman, Entertainer, Circus Builder)
There are no rules for friendship. It must be left to itself. We cannot force it any more than love.
William Hazlitt
(1778-1830, British Essayist)
A Friend is a treasure, more precious than Gold. For love shared is priceless, and never grows old.
Author Unknown
A friend is someone who knows all about you and loves you just the same.
Elbert Hubbard
(1859-1915, American Author, Publisher)
"To put the world in order, we must first put the nation in order; to put the nation in order, we must put the family in order; to put the family in order, we must cultivate our personal life; and to cultivate our personal life, we must first set our hearts right."
Confucius
Poughkeepsie (po-kip-c), NY USA
LBK - 21Mar02 - Cancer(Synovial Sarcoma)
Here's my story,
it's sad but true.
About a cancer
that I've been through
It took my left leg,
below the knee
cause the only cure
was surgery.....
Don't go through life, grow through life.
Eric Butterworth
Those who really desire to attain an independence, have only set their minds upon it, and adopt the proper means, as they do in regard to any other object which they wish to accomplish, and the thing is easily done.
P.T. Barnum
(1810-1891, American Showman, Entertainer, Circus Builder)
There are no rules for friendship. It must be left to itself. We cannot force it any more than love.
William Hazlitt
(1778-1830, British Essayist)
A Friend is a treasure, more precious than Gold. For love shared is priceless, and never grows old.
Author Unknown
A friend is someone who knows all about you and loves you just the same.
Elbert Hubbard
(1859-1915, American Author, Publisher)
"To put the world in order, we must first put the nation in order; to put the nation in order, we must put the family in order; to put the family in order, we must cultivate our personal life; and to cultivate our personal life, we must first set our hearts right."
Confucius
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Posted 07 April 2010 - 06:52 PM
Chat has always seemed like an interesting option to me, but I've participated in a couple of attempts at establishing an "amp chat space"...there are some complications involved that I'd be thrilled if someone could figure out how to overcome.
The primary concern for our little group is that we're scattered all over the world, in various time zones, and there are not a lot of us who are active posters. One brief attempt at chatting, a few years back, resulted in folks signing in to the chat room, finding themselves in there alone, and then signing out. There had to be a concerted effort to set a "meeting time"...which always managed to be "impossible" for at least a few time zones. The Brits sometimes managed to do some chatting, but the rest of us were "catch as catch can" and it was generally frustrating! (My being on the west coast of the US put me on a really separate schedule from the Brits and even some of the east-coasters. Our Aussies were even further out-of-sync...and then there were folks in Asia, Canadians, you-name it!) Anyone have a suggestion??
The "advantage" to the forum posts is that the discussions are categorized, so if you're coming here with minimal time, you're not having to read through reams and reams of idle chat and folks saying things like, "Hi...is anyone here?" and then going away. The "disadvantage," of course, is that you have to wait until someone reads your post to get an answer to your question. Again, anyone have some clever ideas?
An admission on my part...I'm a complete and utter novice at FB!
The primary concern for our little group is that we're scattered all over the world, in various time zones, and there are not a lot of us who are active posters. One brief attempt at chatting, a few years back, resulted in folks signing in to the chat room, finding themselves in there alone, and then signing out. There had to be a concerted effort to set a "meeting time"...which always managed to be "impossible" for at least a few time zones. The Brits sometimes managed to do some chatting, but the rest of us were "catch as catch can" and it was generally frustrating! (My being on the west coast of the US put me on a really separate schedule from the Brits and even some of the east-coasters. Our Aussies were even further out-of-sync...and then there were folks in Asia, Canadians, you-name it!) Anyone have a suggestion??
The "advantage" to the forum posts is that the discussions are categorized, so if you're coming here with minimal time, you're not having to read through reams and reams of idle chat and folks saying things like, "Hi...is anyone here?" and then going away. The "disadvantage," of course, is that you have to wait until someone reads your post to get an answer to your question. Again, anyone have some clever ideas?
An admission on my part...I'm a complete and utter novice at FB!
If you stumble, just smile and make it part of the dance.....
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QUOTE (cherylm @ Apr 7 2010, 02:52 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
An admission on my part...I'm a complete and utter novice at FB!
We need to get you on facebook, something that you would not regret.
JohnnyV
Poughkeepsie (po-kip-c), NY USA
LBK - 21Mar02 - Cancer(Synovial Sarcoma)
Here's my story,
it's sad but true.
About a cancer
that I've been through
It took my left leg,
below the knee
cause the only cure
was surgery.....
Don't go through life, grow through life.
Eric Butterworth
Those who really desire to attain an independence, have only set their minds upon it, and adopt the proper means, as they do in regard to any other object which they wish to accomplish, and the thing is easily done.
P.T. Barnum
(1810-1891, American Showman, Entertainer, Circus Builder)
There are no rules for friendship. It must be left to itself. We cannot force it any more than love.
William Hazlitt
(1778-1830, British Essayist)
A Friend is a treasure, more precious than Gold. For love shared is priceless, and never grows old.
Author Unknown
A friend is someone who knows all about you and loves you just the same.
Elbert Hubbard
(1859-1915, American Author, Publisher)
"To put the world in order, we must first put the nation in order; to put the nation in order, we must put the family in order; to put the family in order, we must cultivate our personal life; and to cultivate our personal life, we must first set our hearts right."
Confucius
Poughkeepsie (po-kip-c), NY USA
LBK - 21Mar02 - Cancer(Synovial Sarcoma)
Here's my story,
it's sad but true.
About a cancer
that I've been through
It took my left leg,
below the knee
cause the only cure
was surgery.....
Don't go through life, grow through life.
Eric Butterworth
Those who really desire to attain an independence, have only set their minds upon it, and adopt the proper means, as they do in regard to any other object which they wish to accomplish, and the thing is easily done.
P.T. Barnum
(1810-1891, American Showman, Entertainer, Circus Builder)
There are no rules for friendship. It must be left to itself. We cannot force it any more than love.
William Hazlitt
(1778-1830, British Essayist)
A Friend is a treasure, more precious than Gold. For love shared is priceless, and never grows old.
Author Unknown
A friend is someone who knows all about you and loves you just the same.
Elbert Hubbard
(1859-1915, American Author, Publisher)
"To put the world in order, we must first put the nation in order; to put the nation in order, we must put the family in order; to put the family in order, we must cultivate our personal life; and to cultivate our personal life, we must first set our hearts right."
Confucius
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Posted 08 April 2010 - 04:31 PM
I agree, JV. Facebook is great, Cheryl.
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Posted 09 April 2010 - 03:41 PM
not sure how this would work but i notice as you read a topic it lists at the bottom how many members are reading it and who they are so you can tell who is online, if you were able to do what face book does and allow the members to chat or to give people the option to chat with the people that are reading. it may be something
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Posted 09 April 2010 - 05:55 PM
I still think it's a great idea and would love to get this going.....not sure where to start? Just like facebook, I am friends with some people on facebook from this site. It's great when you can go directly online and chat. It would be very helpful, healing etc... to many amputees. I know it has been for me on facebook talking to other amputees.
Mary
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Posted 09 April 2010 - 07:14 PM
QUOTE (Mary Farquhar @ Apr 9 2010, 01:55 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
I still think it's a great idea and would love to get this going.....not sure where to start? Just like facebook, I am friends with some people on facebook from this site. It's great when you can go directly online and chat. It would be very helpful, healing etc... to many amputees. I know it has been for me on facebook talking to other amputees.
Mary
Mary
Thank you for all of your input. I will see what I can do, and if it's possible to make it happen on this forum.
JohnnyV
Poughkeepsie (po-kip-c), NY USA
LBK - 21Mar02 - Cancer(Synovial Sarcoma)
Here's my story,
it's sad but true.
About a cancer
that I've been through
It took my left leg,
below the knee
cause the only cure
was surgery.....
Don't go through life, grow through life.
Eric Butterworth
Those who really desire to attain an independence, have only set their minds upon it, and adopt the proper means, as they do in regard to any other object which they wish to accomplish, and the thing is easily done.
P.T. Barnum
(1810-1891, American Showman, Entertainer, Circus Builder)
There are no rules for friendship. It must be left to itself. We cannot force it any more than love.
William Hazlitt
(1778-1830, British Essayist)
A Friend is a treasure, more precious than Gold. For love shared is priceless, and never grows old.
Author Unknown
A friend is someone who knows all about you and loves you just the same.
Elbert Hubbard
(1859-1915, American Author, Publisher)
"To put the world in order, we must first put the nation in order; to put the nation in order, we must put the family in order; to put the family in order, we must cultivate our personal life; and to cultivate our personal life, we must first set our hearts right."
Confucius
Poughkeepsie (po-kip-c), NY USA
LBK - 21Mar02 - Cancer(Synovial Sarcoma)
Here's my story,
it's sad but true.
About a cancer
that I've been through
It took my left leg,
below the knee
cause the only cure
was surgery.....
Don't go through life, grow through life.
Eric Butterworth
Those who really desire to attain an independence, have only set their minds upon it, and adopt the proper means, as they do in regard to any other object which they wish to accomplish, and the thing is easily done.
P.T. Barnum
(1810-1891, American Showman, Entertainer, Circus Builder)
There are no rules for friendship. It must be left to itself. We cannot force it any more than love.
William Hazlitt
(1778-1830, British Essayist)
A Friend is a treasure, more precious than Gold. For love shared is priceless, and never grows old.
Author Unknown
A friend is someone who knows all about you and loves you just the same.
Elbert Hubbard
(1859-1915, American Author, Publisher)
"To put the world in order, we must first put the nation in order; to put the nation in order, we must put the family in order; to put the family in order, we must cultivate our personal life; and to cultivate our personal life, we must first set our hearts right."
Confucius
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Posted 15 April 2010 - 05:20 AM
QUOTE (cherylm @ Apr 8 2010, 04:52 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Our Aussies were even further out-of-sync...
No we aren't it all you guys
I was the creator of that original chatroom that was specifically for us. It didn't so much fail and fade away.
The best idea is to use Yahoo, Msn or Skype
They all have the capacity for text, voice and multiple chat.
My suggestion has always been that we get each other on any, or all, of those and leave them open while we do other things.
In my experience people will drop in and drop out and if it's already on then you can catch them easily. It really does work.
If anyone needs help doing this and they really want to send me a message and I'll give what help I can
Chat is also available on facebook but it's fairly primitive and not very reliable sometimes.
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Posted 15 April 2010 - 10:23 AM
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QUOTE (cherylm @ Apr 8 2010, 04:52 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Our Aussies were even further out-of-sync...
No we aren't it all you guys
I was the creator of that original chatroom that was specifically for us. It didn't so much fail and fade away.
The best idea is to use Yahoo, Msn or Skype
They all have the capacity for text, voice and multiple chat.
My suggestion has always been that we get each other on any, or all, of those and leave them open while we do other things.
In my experience people will drop in and drop out and if it's already on then you can catch them easily. It really does work.
If anyone needs help doing this and they really want to send me a message and I'll give what help I can
Chat is also available on facebook but it's fairly primitive and not very reliable sometimes.
I loved the original chatroom. It is a good idea and great to chat live however, it was very difficult to catch up with residents of different time zones, unless, of cause you are prepared to sacrifice your sleep.
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Posted 16 April 2010 - 01:33 AM
QUOTE (Cat @ Apr 15 2010, 01:20 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
The best idea is to use Yahoo, Msn or Skype
They all have the capacity for text, voice and multiple chat.
My suggestion has always been that we get each other on any, or all, of those and leave them open while we do other things.
In my experience people will drop in and drop out and if it's already on then you can catch them easily. It really does work.
If anyone needs help doing this and they really want to send me a message and I'll give what help I can
Chat is also available on facebook but it's fairly primitive and not very reliable sometimes.
They all have the capacity for text, voice and multiple chat.
My suggestion has always been that we get each other on any, or all, of those and leave them open while we do other things.
In my experience people will drop in and drop out and if it's already on then you can catch them easily. It really does work.
If anyone needs help doing this and they really want to send me a message and I'll give what help I can
Chat is also available on facebook but it's fairly primitive and not very reliable sometimes.
Cat, I would like to take your very good suggestion a little bit further.
I just downloaded the latest version of AOL Instant Messenger and it now has a plug-in the hooks into my facebook account so that I can use it to chat on facebook. Give that a try.
Cheers!
JohnnyV
Poughkeepsie (po-kip-c), NY USA
LBK - 21Mar02 - Cancer(Synovial Sarcoma)
Here's my story,
it's sad but true.
About a cancer
that I've been through
It took my left leg,
below the knee
cause the only cure
was surgery.....
Don't go through life, grow through life.
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Poughkeepsie (po-kip-c), NY USA
LBK - 21Mar02 - Cancer(Synovial Sarcoma)
Here's my story,
it's sad but true.
About a cancer
that I've been through
It took my left leg,
below the knee
cause the only cure
was surgery.....
Don't go through life, grow through life.
Eric Butterworth
Those who really desire to attain an independence, have only set their minds upon it, and adopt the proper means, as they do in regard to any other object which they wish to accomplish, and the thing is easily done.
P.T. Barnum
(1810-1891, American Showman, Entertainer, Circus Builder)
There are no rules for friendship. It must be left to itself. We cannot force it any more than love.
William Hazlitt
(1778-1830, British Essayist)
A Friend is a treasure, more precious than Gold. For love shared is priceless, and never grows old.
Author Unknown
A friend is someone who knows all about you and loves you just the same.
Elbert Hubbard
(1859-1915, American Author, Publisher)
"To put the world in order, we must first put the nation in order; to put the nation in order, we must put the family in order; to put the family in order, we must cultivate our personal life; and to cultivate our personal life, we must first set our hearts right."
Confucius
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Posted 29 April 2010 - 08:17 AM
I can see that sometimes it might be 'good to talk', but I think that more often it's better to write!
Written answers can be more considered, articulate and (hopefully) corrected before they get posted. And how many times after a 'chat' do you think 'oh, I wish I'd said that' (or just as often, 'I wish I HADN'T said that'). With a written answer you always get a second chance!
Allen, bka, London.
Written answers can be more considered, articulate and (hopefully) corrected before they get posted. And how many times after a 'chat' do you think 'oh, I wish I'd said that' (or just as often, 'I wish I HADN'T said that'). With a written answer you always get a second chance!
Allen, bka, London.
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Posted 29 April 2010 - 04:37 PM
Well, the new forum upgrade DOES include chat, so let's give it a try!
If you stumble, just smile and make it part of the dance.....
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Posted 22 June 2010 - 07:35 AM
Just to put in my 2 cents. There is a cool voice chat program out there that I have used for years. I was a admin of a room for several years. (admin = ability to kick/ban idiots that don't belong there) It also has video chat feature. It is where I met my hubby at. It's called paltalk. If you all decide on that place, let me know if I can help. And several of us are on face book. I was looking for my post but couldnt find it. If anyone wants to be on friend list, you can message me your email address and I will look for you. :)
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Posted 22 June 2010 - 03:07 PM
Just a reminder...we now DO have a "chat" feature here on the Forum. So far, it's been used only occasionally...perhaps folks just haven't become aware of its existence?? Or perhaps its our ever-problematic "too many time zones" issue again.
Maybe those who are eager to chat could try and come up with a mutually agreeable time to "try things out" here?
Maybe those who are eager to chat could try and come up with a mutually agreeable time to "try things out" here?
If you stumble, just smile and make it part of the dance.....
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Posted 22 June 2010 - 03:39 PM
cherylm, on 22 June 2010 - 04:07 PM, said:
Just a reminder...we now DO have a "chat" feature here on the Forum. So far, it's been used only occasionally...perhaps folks just haven't become aware of its existence?? Or perhaps its our ever-problematic "too many time zones" issue again.
Maybe those who are eager to chat could try and come up with a mutually agreeable time to "try things out" here?
Maybe those who are eager to chat could try and come up with a mutually agreeable time to "try things out" here?
Sounds like a plan to me Cherylm...
...you pick a time & zone & maybe we can try it out real soon.
SMILES
ann
LBK (ohio, usa)
ann
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Posted 10 August 2010 - 08:58 PM
oneblueleg, on 01 June 2009 - 01:05 AM, said:
There are several amputee groups on Facebook...
Really?
A rumor without a leg to stand on will get around some other way ~ John Tudor
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