The 2008 Free-DC X-Mas Party [Archive]

LAURENU2

11-04-2008, 09:25 PM

:santa:Well Boys and Girls Its that time again :santa:
.>>> Have you been naughty or nice <<<.

:Pokes:Well it is time to pick a date :Pokes:
What say you all to 12/19/08 6:00 PM Central time US

Paratima

11-04-2008, 09:58 PM

That's my cat's birthday. Sounds good. :kitcat:

gopher_yarrowzoo

11-05-2008, 05:08 AM

Yeah should be able to make it this year even it will be like midnight here..

IronBits

11-05-2008, 08:07 AM

Be there or be square! :santa:

Darkness Productions

11-05-2008, 09:09 AM

The IRC server will be there. Please test out your clients now and make sure everything works.

irc.dp.cx #free-dc

Digital Parasite

11-06-2008, 11:06 AM

Sounds good to me, 6pm central is 7pm Eastern right? Pretty sure it is just 1 hour difference to Chicago.

Can't wait!

n7vxj

12-06-2008, 10:31 AM

Well, it looks like I might not be able to make it this year! I just talked to my Son up in Wa. State, and found out that He, His Fiance, and My Granddaughter, are going to be arriving on the 19th for Christmas. I haven't seen my Granddaughter in 4 years, and found out She wants to spend the weekend with Grandpa while the others go visit her family. It should be interesting! Me trying to entertain a 6 yo for the weekend!!! lol

Moogie

12-06-2008, 10:41 AM

Sounds good to me. You have even been nice enough to miss all of the dates for work Christmas parties this year. Can I invite my husband? :)

gopher_yarrowzoo

12-06-2008, 03:36 PM

Yeah if you think he's cool enough to hang out with a bunch of nerds, geeks and assorted others..:music1:

LAURENU2

12-06-2008, 04:40 PM

YES :rock: you sure can :thumbs:
In fact we are haveing a 2 for 1 sale :rotfl:

Moogie

12-06-2008, 05:14 PM

YES :rock: you sure can :thumbs:
In fact we are haveing a 2 for 1 sale :rotfl:

You mean I could sell my husband and get two new ones? :clap:

LAURENU2

12-06-2008, 05:29 PM

You mean I could sell my husband and get two new ones? :clap:

Yes I guess there is a black-market some where for old Hubby's:umm: BUT Not Here:D

Moogie

12-06-2008, 05:31 PM

Don't worry, I have my hands full with the one I have now. :)

LAURENU2

12-06-2008, 05:43 PM

Don't worry, I have my hands full with the one I have now. :)

Moogie
There are also some vary good training schools out there
It might make your life a tad bit more easy then it is now. :thumbs:

Moogie

12-06-2008, 05:47 PM

Heh....after 20 years, I've pretty much got him right where I want him. It's a plus that he can dress himself AND eat with utensils. Plus he is my IT God who can fix anything. :) Or at least that's what he tells me. :)

LAURENU2

12-06-2008, 05:54 PM

Ya but is he a good kisser :blush:

Moogie

12-06-2008, 06:27 PM

Ya but is he a good kisser :blush:

Why Lauren. What a thing to ask. You know a woman doesn't kiss and tell!

:kiss:

n7vxj

12-06-2008, 06:27 PM

Moogie

12-06-2008, 06:33 PM

Good Heavens!! I always knew I was a part of a sick bunch of males and females, but I never realized how sick till now! BTW Moogie, tell an ole man how to entertain a 6 y.o.Grandaughter!!! I'm lost on how to handle this one !!

Sure. I have two girls. :) What would you like to know. Fell free to PM me or email me at moogiesworld at gmail dot com and I can easily give you some ideas.

LAURENU2

12-06-2008, 07:03 PM

and if that fails :whip: ___-->:jester:

gopher_yarrowzoo

12-08-2008, 11:06 AM

and if that fails :whip: ___-->:jester:

Oh Laurenu2 I didn't think you were that kinda guy honestly asking those sort of questions of Dear Moogie and saying to whip children into submission how could you :jester:

LAURENU2

12-09-2008, 12:42 AM

Oh Laurenu2 I didn't think you were that kinda guy honestly asking those sort of questions of Dear Moogie and saying to whip children into submission how could you :jester:
Well gopher I guess you have not seen Moogie's pearl Handle whip yet :rotfl: it is a work of art.
:umm: Nor have you seen Moogie website (( http://www.moogiesworld.com/index.php ))
where she keeps records of the punishment:kiss: she inflicts on her family and friend :reddress:

And to all concerned the above is all in jest :jester: We love ya Moogie

gopher Are all the computer Games online and ready for the Free-DC X-Mas party:Pokes:

gopher_yarrowzoo has done the work on getting a lotto machine to automate the gift giving
So we all can just have more fun in chat

. . . . . .gopher_yarrowzoo
:allhail:

gopher_yarrowzoo

12-09-2008, 06:18 AM

It's just about there trying to find the time to code it fully.

Oh and Lauren2u I have seen Moogie's website and I do comment often, and try and offer sage advice if required..

LAURENU2

12-09-2008, 06:40 PM

It's just about there trying to find the time to code it fully.

Oh and Lauren2u I have seen Moogie's website and I do comment often, and try and offer sage advice if required..
Oh gopher you so serious :hiya:I think you need a :cheers:

gopher_yarrowzoo

12-10-2008, 02:53 AM

Oh gopher you so serious :hiya:I think you need a :cheers:

:whistle::rotfl::rotfl:@ serious....

paleseptember

12-15-2008, 08:09 PM

Okay. Let me see if I can work this out. 1800CST on Friday 19th is 0000GMT Saturday 20th, which is 1100AEDST (Australian Eastern Daylight Saving Time) for Saturday 20th. Right. I think.

*sets a reminder to join the party* Party party :cheers:

Edit: This is carried out on IRC, yes?

LAURENU2

12-15-2008, 08:42 PM

LAURENU2

12-15-2008, 08:51 PM

:whistle::rotfl::rotfl:@ serious....

See I am doing my Job I made you :rotfl::rotfl: @ my serious :lmao:

:|ot|: Only 4 days to go gopher Are we good to Go with the Codeing and stuff
:santa: We need it to pick 4 members

gopher_yarrowzoo

12-16-2008, 02:49 AM

We are good just finishing off a few bits of the coding and to add the "win" / "I think I've won" buttons to the pages...

gopher_yarrowzoo

12-18-2008, 11:31 AM

Okay almost Ready to go "LIVE" with this, actually screw it, let's go live....
I'll try and be in IRC tonight so we can TEST this... I'll be the "caller" :)

n7vxj

12-18-2008, 09:05 PM

Alright Lauren, I'm fairly new to Colorado, so am I 1 or 2 hrs behind central time? I'm hoping I can at least be here for a bit, before my Grandaughter arrives from Wa. State! :clap:

LAURENU2

12-18-2008, 10:18 PM

Alright Lauren, I'm fairly new to Colorado, so am I 1 or 2 hrs behind central time? I'm hoping I can at least be here for a bit, before my Grandaughter arrives from Wa. State! :clap:
Not sure where you are at Hope this helps I am in the Green zone I think you are in the blue so it would the 5pm your time
http://www.od46.com/images/us-time-zone-map.gif

n7vxj

12-18-2008, 10:32 PM

Yep, I'm in the blue zone, so I think that means an hour ahead of you!

gopher_yarrowzoo

12-19-2008, 02:56 AM

Nope your an hour behind i.e 6pm CST = 5pm MST.

Oh and The lotto game is as tested as I could get it tested. Please note I had no way of putting in "guests" unless I can manage to get that written today and done in a way which means you don't need to "login" each game as I read off the user info from the board i.e your nick.

I'll hopefully be on hand to help...

LAURENU2

12-19-2008, 11:42 AM

gopher_yarrowzoo

12-19-2008, 12:42 PM

Your the Man gopher :santa:
_:allhail:

Ya n7vxj turn around your behind me not infront of me

Thank You...
Please not the Free-DC bar is now open, i'll be tending bar on and off all evenin'

Moogie

12-19-2008, 05:12 PM

Alright Lauren, I'm fairly new to Colorado, so am I 1 or 2 hrs behind central time? I'm hoping I can at least be here for a bit, before my Grandaughter arrives from Wa. State! :clap:

Yay! It would be great to "see" you!

LAURENU2

12-19-2008, 06:26 PM

Goffer are you going to tell the members how to play in chat

I am going into IRC now

Digital Parasite

12-19-2008, 06:57 PM

The party is starting everyone, make your way to IRC...

Either to irc.free-dc.org port 6667 in channel #free-dc using your favourite IRC client or using the web interface at:
http://www.free-dc.org/chat/chat.html

LAURENU2

12-19-2008, 08:31 PM

http://www.free-dc.org/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=1209&stc=1&d=1229736618

gopher_yarrowzoo

12-19-2008, 09:37 PM

Will check this later on today (Saturday it's 2:35 am)

Winner of game 2 & 3 : Digital Parasite - although he's donated Game 3 to Jeff for his lights fund..

Digital Parasite

12-19-2008, 10:12 PM

Thanks LaurenU2 for hosting another great part and for generously offering prizes yet again. Thanks Gopher for writing a fun lottery game app and for tending to the bar.

It was good to chat with everyone on IRC again this year. Free-DC is #1!! Have a Merry Christmas everyone or whatever holiday you celebrate.

DP

gopher_yarrowzoo

12-20-2008, 07:53 AM

Okay after careful checking i.e I grabbed players cards in question and the full list of numbers for game 1.

Laurenu2 did win when it hit 84.
Full list of numbers for game 1
44, 16, 38, 77, 81, 22, 9, 53, 70, 3, 31, 65, 11, 62, 24, 46, 59, 27, 51, 89, 33, 20, 47, 73, 85, 52, 4, 58, 29, 80, 1, 71, 55, 35, 82, 36, 7, 15, 64, 40, 86, 67, 48, 30, 2, 54, 87, 13, 68, 74, 42, 5, 88, 23, 61, 25, 10, 66, 75, 12, 76, 43, 60, 32, 18, 83, 57, 63, 14, 26, 6, 84 <- Actual Win point
21, 79, 19, 34 <- paleseptember's win point..
49 <- 1 more number as I didn't see the win point..
So Congrats go to
Game 1 - Lauren2u
Game 2 - Digital Parasite
Game 3 - Digital Parasite - Win donated to Jeff (for his lights next year).

alpha

12-20-2008, 08:50 AM

Sorry I didn't make the party. It looks like you guys were going from about 00:00 until 03:00 local time for me. I had to start work at 04:00 so there was no chance I could've made it. Oh well, it looks like you had fun. :)

Jeff

12-20-2008, 11:21 AM

It was a great time everyone. A big THANK YOU goes to Lauren, for being such a wonderful host and always putting together these GREAT parties! Another big THANK YOU goes to Gopher for that awesome Lotto software... that was a blast! And DP, you rule for donating that gift card! I'm going to be heading to Walmart later for some 6' "twig" trees for next year. One of them will have your(or your kids) name all over it! (literally btw!)

And to everyone else, it was great talking with you and seeing everyone catch up on things. The wifey had a great time to talking with Moogie about kids too.

Only gripe I have is I think someone put something in my beverages... I woke up with a bit of a headache. ;)

Merry Christmas! :santa:

Digital Parasite

12-20-2008, 12:49 PM

And DP, you rule for donating that gift card! I'm going to be heading to Walmart later for some 6' "twig" trees for next year. One of them will have your(or your kids) name all over it! (literally btw!)

The kids would go crazy if they saw their names (Sébastien and Xavier). That would be way cool.

Jeff.

Jeff

12-20-2008, 01:00 PM

The kids would go crazy if they saw their names (Sébastien and Xavier). That would be way cool.

Jeff.

Well ok then. :D Something will have to have their names on it next year and show up in a video. :)

Actually... that's a pretty cool idea. Maybe make a tree with ornaments on it with names and then show some of them in a video... hmmmm... could be neat!

-Jeff

LAURENU2

12-20-2008, 06:15 PM

Will check this later on today (Saturday it's 2:35 am)

Winner of game 2 & 3 : Digital Parasite - although he's donated Game 3 to Jeff for his lights fund..

Sory I had to leave to Quick lastnight
So let me get this straight
gopher:santa: gets th 100
Digital Parasite :santa:gets the 50

and Jeff:santa: gets 25 or both the 50 & 25

IronBits

12-20-2008, 06:44 PM

And I got to have fun reading back through all the FUN you guys had whilst I was away tending to other matters that required my attention.

Have a safe and Happy Holiday Season and a better New Years! :D

LAURENU2

12-21-2008, 03:41 AM

Please anyone that came to the 2008 Free-DC X-Mass party Please send me your shipping Address
So I can send you a Free-DC Hat to remind you of the wonderful year we had here at Free-DC in 2008

And to all you OTHER DC'ers you have no clue what your missing by not being a Free-DC member

Digital Parasite

12-21-2008, 06:12 AM

Sory I had to leave to Quick lastnight
So let me get this straight
gopher:santa: gets th 100
Digital Parasite :santa:gets the 50

and Jeff:santa: gets 25 or both the 50 & 25

Digital Parasite get the 50 and Jeff gets the 25

I sent you a PM with my address. Thanks again Lauren.

Digital Parasite

01-29-2009, 11:30 AM

Hi Lauren, just wanted to say that the Free-DC hat and cheque made it safely all the way up here in Canada. Thanks again for a great party and your generous prizes.

Moogie

01-29-2009, 05:36 PM

I wanted to add my thanks as well. Got the hat last week. Of course, I've yet to be able to wear it because it appears it's being broken in by other members of my family.

I guess so I don't get blisters or something? :)

paleseptember

01-29-2009, 05:49 PM

<laughs>

My hat arrived yesterday. Awesome! Thanks Lauren :thumbs:

LAURENU2

01-30-2009, 05:13 PM

Good all that requested a hat should have gotten it by now
:Pokes:If there is anyone that I missed Speak up now

jasong

02-01-2009, 08:10 PM

Any Free-DC members with art skills? Last I checked, there were no Free-DC shirts a cafepress.com. (I think that's the name of the site) Plenty of DCing shirts, especially SETI, but nothing specifically referring to Free-DC.

/me is about to start begging, and you definitely don't want to see that.

/me also goes to cafepress.com to make sure his assertion is still true. If it isn't YEE-HAH!!! If it is...Well, we already discussed that.

Edit: Hmmmm, it appears that I'd forgotten about those shirts. I remember now that I passed on buying them. The reason I wanted a Free-DC is so people might ask me about DCing, and Free-DC in particular. People aren't going to be attracted to any of those shirts and talk to me unless they already have an idea what DCing is. How about someone add some stuff to the shirts, like "Ask me how you can help with cutting edge research while sitting on your butt watching tv."

Jeff

02-04-2009, 12:59 PM

Yes, a very big THANK YOU to Lauren for the hat! My wife and kids laughed at me because I was like "Oh YES!" when I opened it up. :) (they thought Santa came back around I guess...)

Thanks again,
Jeff

LAURENU2

02-04-2009, 03:55 PM

:santa:Did every one get the hats and the checks in the hat brims that they were entitled to ?
Just checking I get confused :confused: at times

Digital Parasite

02-05-2009, 08:29 AM

:santa:Did every one get the hats and the checks in the hat brims that they were entitled to ?
Just checking I get confused :confused: at times

Hat + Cheque all good.

I have been wanting to get an R/C helicopter for a while now but I blew all my "toy" money on my new Quad-Core so now I can use this to finally get one. So thanks Lauren Santa!