Subject: It Musta Been Too Easy
Date: Fri Aug 18 06:34:53 2017
User: Katya
Message:Never saw a tourney before where everyone finished all the games. It happened yesterday.
Rank Player Games Won Finish Time
1. 16 37:39
2. 16 40:41
3. 16 43:47
4. 16 48:49
5. 16 53:07
Date: Fri Aug 18 15:28:30 2017
User: hotnurse
Message:Kat, which tourney are you talking about?
Date: Fri Aug 18 16:47:56 2017
User: roo
Message:Not hard to find - 0300 Traditional.
Happened in a tourney I played once - a 16 game Wide, but there were only two of us in it!
Date: Sat Aug 19 02:30:19 2017
User: bingbong
Message:That's because you are Aussie and everyone is asleep.......:)
Date: Sat Aug 19 02:59:41 2017
User: Katya
Message:Hi, Kathy. It was a Traditional actually at 0300 Friday morning. Crunch won. I was last.
Date: Sat Aug 19 11:41:11 2017
User: hotnurse
Message:Thanks roo and Kat, I looked back but not far enough. Those are fun to play.
Just curious, Kat, 0300...insomnia? Or a late night with a sick patient? I understand why roo was there in mid-afternoon.
Btw, I seriously miss the chat of several years ago...before all the bruh-haha over p&r. Geeze, we thought those were the controversial days...now I wouldn't be surprised to see people with hammers and chisels going after Mt. Rushmore...ah, the good ol days.
Date: Sat Aug 19 16:39:52 2017
User: interpolator
Message:>>Btw, I seriously miss the chat of several years ago...before all the bruh-haha over p&r.
oh, there is still plenty of room for chat and community, just check out this approved link
Link: http://faxxus.com/
Date: Sat Aug 19 16:47:53 2017
User: TNmountainman
Message:I came very close to asking a "whut's up wi dat?" several days ago when I saw and explored that (a little). However......it's not as superb as it first appears. IMO. But still. Is the pendulum trying to swing back the other direction? (I doubt it.)
Date: Sun Aug 20 03:54:17 2017
User: bingbong
Message:I think facebook also stopped the chat in here also ......
Date: Thu Aug 31 18:33:49 2017
User: Bonnard+me
Message:Hey! I just conquered :Game 10x1 15665
Game stats.:56/6/10.71%
Diff.5
leaped time:8:25
It feels so good to win a booger like this on!.
I owe my memory to caffeine from Hawaiian coffee ... a lot of Green tea! LOL
Date: Fri Sep 1 13:36:51 2017
User: hotnurse
Message:I'm not so sure that fb has stopped the chat here. I think, imo, that the old chat and it's faithful followers have moved on, aged a bit, retired and moved to greener pastures, some to the heavens above. RIP all you netcellers.
It was a unique blend of nicks and a once-in-a-lifetime chemistry of personalities that made up that great group. Remember the map to the rooms? Remember how many of us, ok I admit to a time or two having a roll in the hay on the floor of a chat room, had virtual, and even some irl, flings that waxed and waned over the years. Those were the days.
Not to be forgotten, all of the fun we had meeting in person at Cellstocks in different parts of the country. Remember the cereal killer who killed off, irl, a couple of good friendships? Oh well...water under the bridge...
One more thing...remember the long drawn out saga that was written by several dif nicks as we went. I lol'd so many times that I woke my hubby from my den in the next room.
Facebook will *never* replicate the chat that was once here.
What killed it was when P&R got nasty...as Denise from Oz says "needles to say"...that was the end of an era.
Date: Fri Sep 1 14:39:17 2017
User: TNmountainman
Message:Well said (both you and Denise) (.wink) (.roll).
Date: Fri Sep 1 16:41:29 2017
User: outskirts
Message:Hotnurse, you slut! Lol. Smiley face.
Heaven is a planet. IMO
Date: Fri Sep 1 19:49:35 2017
User: TNmountainman
Message:Hmmm.......
Do you know which one?
Date: Fri Sep 1 20:42:41 2017
User: hotnurse
Message:.wink .roll to TN and thanks for the compliment, outskirts...I worked hard for that name.
Btw...I always wondered if Denny ever went back over the texts of what was in those rooms...yikes!
I miss each and everyone of you chatters.
Date: Sat Sep 2 00:39:25 2017
User: outskirts
Message:TN, yes. The one called Heaven. Duh.
And didn't .roll mean you rolled your eyes with amazing flair? Not roll on floor, or hay?
Date: Sat Sep 2 02:59:44 2017
User: bingbong
Message:Hi Hottie I remember the days
Date: Sat Sep 2 04:51:07 2017
User: kangaroo
Message:Social media killed Chat, no doubt about it. It was even happening in its heyday, but not to the extent to what happened when portable desktops came along. There was Myspace and then the horrid Facebook, something I was in for about ten seconds. Thanks to buck for telling me how to get out of it. Facebook has alienated everyone who is not particularly the "party-going-touchy-feely" type nor the narcissistic "give-me-three-thousand-likes-in-the-next-sixty seconds" type. That's probably about half the population.
Can't blame Denny, he had to go with the times, but the times are not going to improve. Political correctness is strangling the world. Even statues are being attacked now.
Date: Sat Sep 2 06:03:56 2017
User: outskirts
Message:Facebook is good for plenty, TYVM. Why just the other day the sun, moon, and planets lined up just right, and a friend asked if I wanted to go to Rome, and I'm going to Rome! Wouldn't have happened without fb.
Date: Sat Sep 2 11:47:57 2017
User: TNmountainman
Message:Yes, that's indeed what I meant (the eyes), outskirts. Denise and hotnurse are both married, after all, both then and now (I think). Not sure I can do the "amazing flair" though.
So if "Heaven" is 'only' a planet.....why call it "Heaven"? I *guess* you could make a case for that, but.....
That is way fab you're going to Rome, 'skirts. Hopefully you can get to Florence/Firenze, too. You'd actually like that better, methinks. Try to learn a bit of Italian before you go - online, or with CDs, or however. It'll enrich the experience. And refresh your art history knowledge, too, if needed.
Date: Sat Sep 2 19:37:08 2017
User: outskirts
Message:You've made so many wrong assumptions I won't even attempt an answer.lol
Date: Sun Sep 3 03:34:03 2017
User: Bonnard+me
Message:Skirts! Go to the Piti in Florence. There is a sculpture of a black marble Sarcophagus to fantasize about for the rest of Eternity! Stand on the banks of the Arno river, and you'll be kissed by a stranger, while his buddy snaps a photo of your traffic light affair. " Say, ...What just happened?"... Tuscany is one giant museum on Renaissance Art. So much history of magical times, religious history,....And great food!
versus political power; the Architecture, churches, DAVID, Michelangelo' many works.
i would go again. ...Many lifetimes to absorb so much beauty and accomplishments. .....
Date: Sun Sep 3 19:58:27 2017
User: olblue
Message:http://www.freecell.net/chatmap/RoomMapFinal0-82b.html
Date: Sun Sep 3 21:29:46 2017
User: Blythe_Yet_Lusty
Message:thanks to blue from the swamps
Date: Sun Sep 3 22:29:40 2017
User: hotnurse
Message:Thanks for the map, blue...btw, you and Mr. Buck were the first two to welcome me to chat...good times and lots of laughs. It was right after the sad loss of our 14 yr old Malamute and I needed some cheer. Thanks, guys.
Date: Mon Sep 4 01:39:05 2017
User: TNmountainman
Message:Gee, 'skirts, just trying to be helpful. Not sure what assumptions you may be referring to - other than assuming you're going to Rome, Italy rather than Rome, GA or Rome, NY. Yeah, I'll plead guilty to that. But that's ok, no problem, and no need to correct me. Hope you have a super trip!
Date: Mon Sep 4 03:02:20 2017
User: bingbong
Message:I think Roo you are being a bit too cynical I think 3000 is a bit too many I would be happy with 2000 likes ..... Jokes aside I think FB is good for us oldies, there are great forums And the bottom line you still are who you are..... Facebook is not going to change my personality I am a smart arse always been a smart arse and will continue to be a smart arse
Date: Mon Sep 4 05:18:24 2017
User: outskirts
Message:Lol TN. When I announced it on fb, I made sure to designate not Rome GA.
Thanks Mrs.bob I am a sympatico artist type. Free spirit who can't be told much unless I want to be.
Date: Mon Sep 4 12:40:56 2017
User: hotnurse
Message:Now I remember what happened to the chat here.
.wink bingbong
Date: Mon Sep 4 16:03:04 2017
User: outskirts
Message:Reality happened.
Date: Mon Sep 4 18:30:19 2017
User: TNmountainman
Message:Then I'll **assume** you meant Rome, NY, since on Facebook you didn't rule it out.
Looks like just a *great* place.
Link: things to do in Rome, NY
Date: Tue Sep 5 09:39:57 2017
User: outskirts
Message:I dunno cuz I'll be in Italy...
Date: Tue Sep 5 10:55:18 2017
User: TNmountainman
Message:Ok, so I *correctly* assumed that. But *incorrectly* assumed (tho not really) that if you ruled out Rome, GA, then you'd also rule out Rome, NY. So that makes it *much* easier to "when in Rome, do as the Romans do" - if you know which one.
Date: Tue Sep 5 11:10:37 2017
User: outskirts
Message:Well, when you say Rome, of course it means THE Rome. I only disclaimed Rome GA cuz I live in N FL.
Date: Tue Sep 5 12:26:06 2017
User: TNmountainman
Message:....which is *exactly* as I suspected ("assumed"). So that's TWO assumptions I've been shown right on already.
Date: Tue Sep 5 12:53:33 2017
User: outskirts
Message:.roll
Date: Tue Sep 5 12:57:41 2017
User: TNmountainman
Message:"It must have been too easy".
.wink
Date: Tue Sep 5 13:02:22 2017
User: BuzzClik
Message:>>>hotnurse: "Now I remember what happened to the chat here. "
Reading this thread reminds us that just one person can poison the well.
Date: Tue Sep 5 13:03:56 2017
User: outskirts
Message:.rofl
Date: Tue Sep 5 13:06:36 2017
User: outskirts
Message:.ROFL
Now I remember why I left.
Date: Tue Sep 5 13:09:52 2017
User: BuzzClik
Message:.eyes
Date: Tue Sep 5 13:22:43 2017
User: olblue
Message:outskirts lives in north Florida? Well, just for the record, it ain't me!
Date: Wed Sep 6 04:37:50 2017
User: Katya
Message:Man, my thread has gone eclectic. Just jumping in to say Facebook is useful in another way. If you have kids scattered across the country it's a great way to keep up-to-date with their activities. I found during a recent FB search for classmates for a college reunion that many of us post very rarely but use it to keep track of family doings - new kid pictures, etc. It along with Google was also very useful for tracking down the classmates. Of course I also have some relatives who update their FB status every time they brush their teeth, so to speak, announcements of which in my e-mail are incredibly annoying.
Date: Wed Sep 6 12:09:40 2017
User: outskirts
Message:We had the most awesome reunion, in the history of reunions, all because of fb. We were able to super-coordinate everything in our class group, planning months in advance, tracking everyone down. Nailed down the live music, decorations, and on and on. It was so awesome. We had reunions before, but that first fb one was over the top.
Date: Wed Sep 6 16:32:11 2017
User: hotnurse
Message:Kat, I totally agree about kids and family but still don't think that fb was the main cause of this chat closing.
Three yrs ago I was fb chatting with two of my hs girlfriends and we decided that for our 45th reunion we would have a private party instead of joining all of the other classes who have one central reunion. I went to an all-girls Catholic school so we had t-shirts made to look like our uniform upper half (we wore navy jumpers/white blouses) and were able to gather 37 0f our class of 62 girls...class of 1969...all via fb.
Now we are planning our 50th reunion and are expecting over 50 of the 59 remaining girls.
Date: Sat Sep 9 19:02:23 2017
User: Katya
Message:Hi, Hottie
I didn't think FB was the main reason either. By the time I joined the Netcellers chat seemed to be if not dying at least tapering off and FB was not a real big thing yet. When I went on chat mostly at night oft times no one would be there. Other times talked to Dadof3 and a few others. But this thread was getting on about FB so just put in my two cents.
Date: Mon Sep 11 13:30:54 2017
User: Snowguy
Message:Ah, yes. Many good times I recall fondly the time people started talking about how irritating the Barney the Purple Dinosaur thing had become, so about 15 or so of us loaded up our virtual shootin' irons and went off as a (NetCell Chat) posse. Even Welshwitch loaded her .22 caliber. We chased Barney hither and yon until somebody actually shot him. Brought his purple carcass in (we had never actually left,, of course) and had roasted purple dinosaur for the rest of the day, and next day too, I think. A couple folks were disgusted that we would chase and shoot Barney, and that was okay, too. It was a fun activity that (most of us) enjoyed.
How about the Halloween parties, where we would take on new "costume" nicks? I recall one time somebody came in as "The Lady In Red" and, of course we had to ask questions and guess who it was. I kinda changed things up, coming in as "The Lady In Black." People were expecting me to be a woman, so I had some fun with them, and of course after I laid out a couple more clues they got who I was.
I just puller up the NetCell Map and it was nice to see. But then I went looking for the "Coffee House" Denny dreamed up under my name. It shows only as the Coffee House :( But when clicking on it, you get:
"Room number: 79
Locator grid reference: B-C,14
Room description: You feel that you have stepped back into the 1960s as you enter Snowguy's Coffee House. Lava lamps provide most of the light, and there is a chap in the corner chanting, "Om, Om, Om...." You instinctively give the waitress the peace sign as she arrives to take your order. A rather zesty smell wafts past your nose as if to confirm that this is indeed your kind of place. You settle down contentedly on one of the cushions that cover the floor to plan your next protest march"
Lots of fun.
Oh, by the way, I did meet a number of people as they passed through Western Pa, including the entire MO bunch. (Family--JeffMo, FluterMo, etc.) In fact, they tried to push me into the car's trunk to go to the Cellstock with them. It was in Canada.
Also met others, including Denise (dede) and Hotnurse, and even shared a dinner with them and my wife. Showed them the location used for my book, and they even watched a high school play at our local school. My wife was producer) before we could get away for the dinner. Of course, they also found some time to try out the temporary location of our Meadows Casino--now massive and a travel destination.
Gotta .smile
Date: Tue Sep 12 09:46:52 2017
User: Snowguy
Message:MY rule was, and I guess is, that if a NetCeller goes through western PA (I live at the place where I-79 and I-70 meet) they don't pay for lunch.
I recall meeting Ix at Quaker Steak and Lube while he was working in the area (on high phone towers, I believe,) We talked for probably three hours. Ribs, beer, and maybe hot wings, too. Because my own novel featured mining, he put me onto a book "Tomboy Bride" about a young woman in the very early 1900's who married a young mining engineer She then moved wherever he moved, with many locations in the mile-high and even higher mining camps--copper and other minerals. (Colorado, for instance) where everything pretty much froze up every winter, like the water sources. Great places to deliver and grow babies? Maybe not...! Fascinatiing book. I still have that book. I think it will be worth another read. Author, Harriet Fish Backus, if anybody is interested.
Date: Tue Feb 14 15:06:55 2023
User: olblue
Message:.anvil Barney
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