Posted by jane d on February 10, 2004, at 13:27:31
Come one, come all.
Tuesday 8 - 9 PM, Eastern
Wednesday 8-9 PM, EasternI haven't done this for a long time but I just checked and the room is still there so I thought I'd invite anyone who felt like it to join me there from 8 to 9 PM eastern time tonight and tomorrow. I figure this should cover both those people who need to plan and those, like me, who's attention span is too short to be able to see past tonight.
I accepted a similar invitation over 2 years ago and met some people who are close friends today. And had some casual but fun conversations with a bunch of other people.
For those who haven't done this before you go to Psycho Babble open at http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/psycho-babble-open/ or follow the link from these boards. This is a group created over at Yahoo by Dr. Bob and you have to join Yahoo to join the group but you do not need to be registered at Babble. There is a link for signing up with Yahoo from the Psycho Babble Open home page.
Privacy Warning. If you are new to Yahoo you should consider leaving the profile information blank until you are sure just how much information you want to share. That information is optional and whatever you put up there is public to anyone, not just the people you are chatting with, and not just the members of the group. You can also tell Yahoo not to display your email address or you can choose to get a Yahoo email account. I recommend that too.
Yahoo warning. Yahoo chat was pretty buggy when I last used it. It's possible they've fixed all that since then but as a long time Microsoft (TM) user I tend to doubt it. :-) We used to have trouble accessing the chat room at times, get bounced without warning or see everyone we were talking to get bounced without warning. The worst was when you got only partially bounced and you could see other people and they could not see you. An insecure persons nightmare. So, if you get into the room and no one answers you don't assume you are being snubbed. It will just mean the Yahoo I used to know and love hasn't changed all that much.
If you have trouble getting into the chat room I'll be checking this thread often between 7:45 and 9 or if you have access to Yahoo messenger I can be reached at toadflax9 during the same time period. I 'll try to help or, at least commiserate, and if all else fails we can exchange favorite curse words.
Finally, you don't need to be a regular poster here to come to the chat. I was a lurker here when I first visited chat and so were some of the other people.
Jane
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