We all have those hatrackers that we're intrigued with, but have never talked to - 'fess up.
Mine is *dramatic pause* Jenny Gardner. Darn it, I just like her, even though I've never chatted with her. Her posts are always cool, and she seems to be a very sweet person. I always picture us discussing Walt Whitman and Thoreau.
So who is yours?
space opera
Posted by mackillian (Member # 586) on :
She's very sweet unless commanding the attention and obedience of a group or wielding a fencing foil.
Posted by Valentine014 (Member # 5981) on :
Katharina. Xavier met her at the last Shinda and said she was really cool.
Posted by T_Smith (Member # 3734) on :
CT, and Synth mainly come to mind, but there are others.
Posted by tt&t (Member # 5600) on :
There are hatrackers you've never chatted with?
Posted by punwit (Member # 6388) on :
Well I'd have to say any of ya. I haven't made an effort to register for aol and subsequently haven't chatted with anyone. I can honestly say I would not exclude anyone of you from my list of those that I would enjoy knowing better.
Posted by T_Smith (Member # 3734) on :
ALTHOUGH, I recommend trillian.
Posted by punwit (Member # 6388) on :
Well apparently I have an old account still active. How do I find the hatrack contingent? My screenname is punwit1961
Posted by Strider (Member # 1807) on :
I've never chatted with OSC. He seems kind of interesting.
Posted by Valentine014 (Member # 5981) on :
punwit: add yourself to your buddy list and invite yourself to "Hatrack Chat".
Posted by Raia (Member # 4700) on :
Pretty much everyone I've ever chatted with on Hatrack! I want to meet ALL of you!
Come visit me in Israel next year!!! Posted by beatnix19 (Member # 5836) on :
I like Space opera and I've officially chatted with her. Doing it right now. Yea!
Posted by Taberah (Member # 4014) on :
I don't think I've ever chatted with Tom Davidson or Chris Bridges. I imagine a conversation with either could yield interesting things.
There are two problems with chatting with people from Hatrack. The first is that there are many otherwise engaging people who are not always able to give you their undivided attention during an IM conversation. I do the same thing (so I understand it's not due to disrespect), but conversations of any depth need the participants to be equally engaged.
The other problem is that I rarely have time to just "chat" with my good friends, much less with people that I barely know. It's not for lack of interest that I don't post on Hatrack much.
Posted by Jenny Gardener (Member # 903) on :
You'll catch me sometime, Space Opera. 'Specially if you flatter me like that!
I tend to be a very irregular visitor to chat, dropping in when I've had a rather insomniac night. But put me on your AIM if you have one, and try to snag me.
I'm not as witty in chat as I am in posting, but I hope we can meet in person sometime. I am always looking for new playmates! Particularly if they're from Hatrack!
Posted by Elphie (Member # 6535) on :
Obviously, I'm a newbie, 'cause I want to chat with Bob Scopatz...most posts I've read of his are hilairious, thought provoking...etc.
Also, beatnix19, the whole teacher thing is interesting.
Everyone here seems to be pretty interesting, actually, and I would love to chat with all.
Question: Is is odd to post a newbie thread about yourself in order to allow Hatrackers to get a feel for you, rather than allow to chance those happenstance meetings in some random thread?
Posted by Space Opera (Member # 6504) on :
I'm in chat now
space opera
and you didn't include your AIM...uh-huh...hiding from me
[ May 24, 2004, 09:36 PM: Message edited by: Space Opera ]
Posted by T_Smith (Member # 3734) on :
Oh, also BannaOJ. Totally need to talk to her more often.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
CT Bob_Scopatz Dan_Raven Eruve
I know there are more, but I'm blanking. And there are LOTS of jatraqueros with whom I've chatted once or twice, and would love to again.
Posted by Jenny Gardener (Member # 903) on :
Actually, it's quite normal to post a newbie thread, and you get a lot more attention if you do!
Posted by Space Opera (Member # 6504) on :
wicked, wicked Jenny
space opera
Posted by Jenny Gardener (Member # 903) on :
Jengardener
That's all you need to know. I'm on under my Jenny name right now. Ping me.
Posted by Hobbes (Member # 433) on :
*Ping*
Hobbes Posted by Jenny Gardener (Member # 903) on :
Ouch, Hobbes!
Posted by Da_Goat (Member # 5529) on :
Yeah, I was thinking of the sound rubber bands make, too, Hobbes.
And if there are any Hatrackers with AIM that I haven't chatted with, there's a problem.
Posted by Space Opera (Member # 6504) on :
I have realized my dream. But now I'm slightly concerned that Jenny thinks I'm stalking her.
space opera
Posted by Hobbes (Member # 433) on :
*Pong*
Hobbes Posted by Elphie (Member # 6535) on :
Thanks, Jenny!
Hopefully I'll be talking to more of you soon! Posted by blacwolve (Member # 2972) on :
katharina and dkw, even though I don't think dkw has AIM
Posted by CalvinMaker (Member # 2032) on :
Ralphie. No reason needed. ;-)
Posted by Narnia (Member # 1071) on :
I'd love to chat with some more of my single gal pals here...Kat, AJ, Mack (some more), dkw, fiazko etc....
I have some very cool people on my Livejournal, I've chatted with and met in person some other VERY cool people too...so I'm not doing too bad. There are so many more nifty people that I've yet to chat with and meet. Makes life interesting!!
Posted by mackillian (Member # 586) on :
I'm on AIM...feel free to IM.
Posted by Nick (Member # 4311) on :
I'm also on AIM pretty much everyday. You can find me in hatrack chat.
NickMayo2
Posted by odouls268 (Member # 2145) on :
nobody chats with me anymore. Posted by Nick (Member # 4311) on :
I would, if I knew your AIM.
What is it?
Posted by odouls268 (Member # 2145) on :
its on my profile
Posted by odouls268 (Member # 2145) on :
SfcMe
Posted by tt&t (Member # 5600) on :
David, dude, no one chats with you cos you're NEVER ON!
And then there's the matter of the eyebrows. I mean really. Posted by fiazko (Member # 5812) on :
Narnia, I'd love to chat as well, but I'm only online at work, and I'm lucky I can get to Hatrack. Feel free to email me anytime, though (that goes for everyone). Just make sure you put something obvious in the subject line so I don't delete it with the junk.
Posted by tt&t (Member # 5600) on :
Well, really not so much chat as pick their brains...
Posted by amira tharani (Member # 182) on :
CT, Jen, dkw and Bob, Tom and Christy. I don't even have those guys on my AIM buddy list. I have Icarus, Rivka, Kat and Papa Moose on my aim buddy list but hardly ever get a chance to talk to them.
Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
Well, NOW - after reading this -- I want to chat with punwit.
Because I've already learned he's from Kansas (as I am) and his AIM screen name of punwit1961 - shows the year I was born as well.
Curious -- maybe punwit is really my alter-ego. (Except I'm really bad at puns)
Hmmm.. I've already talked with TomD in real life, as well as a few of my other favorites. So -- probably I would have to say I would like to chat with Taalcon (have I already?) or CT.
The trouble is -- sometimes I forget over in Chat, who is who, since it is different screen names. So I may have already talked to some and don't remember which ones I have.
Farmgirl
AIM - Pribb2
Posted by punwit (Member # 6388) on :
Farmgirl I'll try to holler atcha the next time I'm on. Usually have time between 4:30 and 7:00 and then between 8:00 and 10:00. I'd love to chat with you as well. Scary night last night. We sat in the basement for about an hour with the sirens going off.
Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
You must be farther north & east of me, then punwit. I just watched the pretty thunderheads from the backside.
Trouble is, I'm rarely on chat in the evenings -- I am usually on it here at work (7:30 am to 4:30) But I will try to make it a point to sign on at home sometime to see if you're there.
Farmgirl
Posted by BannaOj (Member # 3206) on :
Wow, people want to talk with me! Most of the time I'm the one starting an AIM conversation it seems. My screen name is BannaOj (nice and simple ) And I'm often on in the late evenings like between 9:30 and 11:30pm Central Standard time. I tend to be bad about remembering to put up away messages though so if you don't hear from me don't get discouraged. I'll wander back to the computer eventually. Also if I'm on after 11:30pm at night you need to flog me, because if I throw off my sleep schedule (as far as too little sleep goes) it takes me days to recover.
And I just took a person off my "like but never chatted with list" last night. That person is none other than Bob the Lawyer!
AJ
Posted by Ela (Member # 1365) on :
You sure haven't been on when I've wanted to talk to you lately, AJ.
[ May 25, 2004, 10:34 AM: Message edited by: Ela ]
Posted by advice for robots (Member # 2544) on :
OK, so I got AIM working (finally).
How do I get on to the Hatrack chat? Is there such a thing?
My AIM name is mechanicalman3K.
Posted by Bokonon (Member # 480) on :
Add yourself to your buddy list. Then Invite yourself to a chat, and rename the chat room Hatrack Chat.
-Bok
Posted by Bob the Lawyer (Member # 3278) on :
Banna did indeed talk to me last night, and she enjoyed every minute of it, might I add. Ok, so I couldn't compete with I certain someone's organic homework and she stopped at like, 11:30 on the dot so I wasn't cool enough to stay up late for. All that aside I'm sure I changed her life.
As for me, I'm sure that I'm cool enough that all cool people will naturally be attracted to me. Hense I don't feel the need to start conversations nor post names on this thread to make people feel better about themselves. I'm cool, thus those who talk to me must be cool. Case in point, Banna.
Bob Cool Lawyer
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
What about those who've already chatted with you, Bobble?
Posted by Olivetta (Member # 6456) on :
Bok, Bob Scopatz, dkw... actually there's tons of them I've never chatted with, I don't think. blackwolve, Suneun, fallow, skillery, Pat...
So many. But I'm never on anyway. Posted by BannaOj (Member # 3206) on :
Rivka, stop destroying my illusion that I'm special! AJ
[ May 25, 2004, 02:38 PM: Message edited by: BannaOj ]
Posted by sndrake (Member # 4941) on :
I haven't chatted with anyone. That's because I don't do chat or AIM. I'm an AOL user who shut off my IM capacity a long time ago - I just don't like it as a way of communicating.
Things look good, though, for real face-to-face interaction with a bunch of Hatrakers in August.
[ May 25, 2004, 02:49 PM: Message edited by: sndrake ]
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Oops. Sorry, AJ. If it helps, I think your 11:30 bedtime sucks, since it translates to 8:30 my time, and I'm almost never on before 9.
Posted by Ela (Member # 1365) on :
That must be why I rarely get to chat with rivka...
[ May 25, 2004, 02:51 PM: Message edited by: Ela ]
Posted by BannaOj (Member # 3206) on :
9:30 your time rivka
AJ
Posted by dkw (Member # 3264) on :
I’m with sndrake on this one. I don’t like chat as a mode of communication. Forums, e-mail, phone calls = good. Chat = extremely uncomfortable. Even with people I know well. I’ve tried it a few times, and I just don’t like it. Posted by Telperion the Silver (Member # 6074) on :
I've never chatted with ANYONE...
But I would like to chat/meet with EVERYONE! Especially Kat, Bev, Slash, JimMe, Mack, KarlED, JohnKeats, JenGarden, Farmgirl, etc, etc...
But no AIM for me.... Maybe I can hook it back up......
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Oops. Um, I think I knew that . . . I just forgot. That's it.
Posted by Ela (Member # 1365) on :
That's right, you can all keep ignoring me.... Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Um, Ela, did you want me to *nod* at your assessment of why we rarely chat? Because I'm pretty sure that was my main reaction to your post.
Posted by Ela (Member # 1365) on :
Nevermind. Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
I've never chatted with anybody here--my work blocks all IM clients, and I'm virtually never online when I'm at home.
If I were to pick a single Hatracker with whom to IM, though, it would be CT. If I were picking two...well...I'm not sure. Celia, katharina, Anne Kate, sndrake, saxon75, Kama and Jonboy all leap to mind. It would probably depend entirely on what kind of mood I was in.
I really wish I were able to go to Kamacon--then I could finally meet a lot of the people I think of as friends for the first time.
Posted by Jon Boy (Member # 4284) on :
I hope I'm not the only one who looked at this thread title and thought of the dobie "Hatrackers you like but have never cheated with."
Posted by Ela (Member # 1365) on :
Posted by Telperion the Silver (Member # 6074) on :
meow...
Posted by Ralphie (Member # 1565) on :
quote: If I were to pick a single Hatracker with whom to IM, though, it would be CT.
Bastard.
I thought we had something special.
Posted by BannaOj (Member # 3206) on :
Teleperion the fact you don't have your IM in your profile might have something to do with your lack of IMs, you certainly haven't IMd me and mine is public...
AJ
Posted by saxon75 (Member # 4589) on :
quote:Bastard.
I thought we had something special.
If I were feeling particularly evil I could point out that you didn't even get mentioned on his list of number twos.
Posted by sndrake (Member # 4941) on :
Sax, it's a good thing you weren't feeling particularly evil. Now Ralphie won't notice.
(was on the list)
Posted by Telperion the Silver (Member # 6074) on :
BannaOJ, yah... Not complaining, just explaining why I haven't chatted... and expressing my wish to chat! As soon as I get my lazy but to install an IM program... Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
To be fair, Ralphie is extraordinarily cool. I'm just not used to/convinced of her being back yet.
Posted by Ralphie (Member # 1565) on :
quote: If I were feeling particularly evil I could point out that you didn't even get mentioned on his list of number twos.
I know!
quote:I'm just not used to/convinced of her being back yet.
NOT. TEH. POINT.
Posted by Ethics Gradient (Member # 878) on :
None of you, ha.
Just kidding.
Posted by Ralphie (Member # 1565) on :
Hi, EG! I totally dinnit see that wave in Lalo's thread 'til too late.
How's it going, sweetie. Posted by Ethics Gradient (Member # 878) on :
Not too bad. Thesis this year... Whee!
How about you? All good in the Toni-hood?
Posted by Ralphie (Member # 1565) on :
Pretty good. I stopped biting my nails and I've taken up photography.
Also, I'm thinking of becoming a heroin junkie in my on-going efforts to look like Angelina Jolie.
Same old, same old.
Posted by Ethics Gradient (Member # 878) on :
Being a heroin junkie in the interest of looking hot is really an underrated endeavour. Heroin is just so COOL.
Posted by Ralphie (Member # 1565) on :
See! That's what I said!
Doctor is skeptical, but what does he know. I mean, c'mon. ANGELINA JOLIE.
(We've done gone and gheyed up this thread, haven't we.)
Posted by Ethics Gradient (Member # 878) on :
Hehe. You might also want to look into being filmed with Tomb Raider Breast Movement Enhancement FX Technology™ as well.
(Yes. Yes, we have.)
Posted by Bob the Lawyer (Member # 3278) on :
Ralphie has taken up photography and is gaying up a thread with Angelina Jolie? I'm sure I can put together $19.95/month for that.
Posted by Ralphie (Member # 1565) on :
No, see, that's where the heroin comes in.
I have too much of the good thing. If I get all cranked up on smack, then I'll drop the pounds like crazy and end up having those long, spindley limbs, possibly a discernable jawline and still maintain the bits that God gave me.
Now I have to figure out a way to grow six inches, and I'm in like Flynn.
(Hey, EG. Guess what. That's what.)
edit: Get the Hades out of the way, CyberDan. I'm getting my mack on with EG, right now. You've had your time.
[ May 26, 2004, 12:21 AM: Message edited by: Ralphie ]
Posted by Ethics Gradient (Member # 878) on :
Heh. Then I say, go for it! And go with God!
(....urgh.)
Posted by Ralphie (Member # 1565) on :
I knew you'd approve.
(That's the ghey train. They're telling us "All Aboard!" and look! We've already got our tickets punched.)
Posted by Ethics Gradient (Member # 878) on :
(I know. ...urgh. It's hideously rainbow).
Posted by FoolishTook (Member # 5358) on :
My Hatrack heroes are katherine Farmgirl mr_porteiro_head rivka and A Rat Named Dog, just to name a few. I've never chatted with them. I just like lurking in the shadows and reading their posts.
quote:The other problem is that I rarely have time to just "chat" with my good friends, much less with people that I barely know. It's not for lack of interest that I don't post on Hatrack much.
Taberah, hey! Another low poster. And a low poster with all the same reasons I have for not posting often.
Posted by Ralphie (Member # 1565) on :
quote:Get the Hades out of the way, CyberDan. I'm getting my mack on with EG, right now. You've had your time.
btw - just kidding, and stuff. I always have time to get my mack on wit CyberDan.
Posted by mackillian (Member # 586) on :
No one gets their mack on without mack's permission.
Just so you know.
[ May 26, 2004, 01:00 AM: Message edited by: mackillian ]
Posted by docmagik (Member # 1131) on :
So you're who's been holding be back all this time.
Posted by Bob the Lawyer (Member # 3278) on :
I know you just kiddin', ho. The real question is whether the CyberDan has the time to git it ahn wit YOU.
Posted by Megachirops (Member # 4325) on :
I've chatted with lots of Hatrackers, but I don't like any of them.
Posted by Bob the Lawyer (Member # 3278) on :
He wuvs dem.
Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
confession: I have a hard time remembering hatrackers. I have a *very* visual learning style, and without anything but a name, it is hard for me to remember who is who.
On a related note, the other day, my wife mentioned a post that Jeff made. I tried to remember some hatracker named Jeff, and couldn't. Then she said "You know -- Dog". Oh, she meant Geoff, not Jeff. I only *see* Geoff's name that I didn't recognize it when she said it out loud.
Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
Hey! FoolishTook listed me as their hero! My day has just been made.
FG
Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
I know. Is't it great?
Thanks, FoolishTook! : Posted by Kama (Member # 3022) on :
quote: My Hatrack heroes are katherine ...
I'd try to learn how to spell my hero's name Posted by T_Smith (Member # 3734) on :
I have lots of money. Who wants to chat with me?
Posted by saxon75 (Member # 4589) on :
You're lying, but I still want to chat with you.
Edit: Unfortunately for everyone involved, I don't have a chat client on my current work computer.
[ May 26, 2004, 06:14 PM: Message edited by: saxon75 ]
Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :
Ralphie is my Hatrack heroin, for sure.
Posted by mackillian (Member # 586) on :
Ralphie does give me a dopamine rush, I admit.
Posted by T_Smith (Member # 3734) on :
Don't you mean your hatcrack heroine?
Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :
No, T, I never mix my drugs.
Posted by Ralphie (Member # 1565) on :
Elizabeth - That's a nice thing for you to say.
Posted by tt&t (Member # 5600) on :
Speaking of chat....
AIM is good for your health. Especially now. Posted by JohnKeats (Member # 1261) on :
In college I found hours upon hours to chat with hatrackers and other friends of mine around the world. Today sitting in front of a computer = work in my lifestyle, so I don't even chat at home anymore. Sometimes it can be a lot of work to chat with several people, though, and for some reason I seem to be e-popular enough that I usually can't log on without three or more conversations popping on to my screen like popup ads. I type fast enough to have many conversations but I hate to because I feel guilty about the one window that is inevitably receiving 3rd place on my attention span.
So I don't chat but rarely, and usually it's to meet somebody at a specific time for a specific reason. You can add becomingcaleb to your buddy list if you like and try to get lucky.
As for those with whom I would most like to chat... several of them don't post anymore, but then there's always Twinky, Frisco, Dan_Raven, T_Smith, aka (we used to chat centuries ago), Telperion the Silver, THOR (or SilverBlueSun, though an argument could be made that those are two different people), and of course I don't believe I've ever actually chatted with KarlEd.
Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :
EthicsGradient wrote:
"Heroin is just so COOL." So I followed a logical progression.
Heroin is cool. Ralphie is cool. Ralphie is heroin.
Posted by BannaOj (Member # 3206) on :
you know, no one new has IM'd me yet as a result of this thread to all of you !
AJ
Posted by Ralphie (Member # 1565) on :
quote:Ralphie. No reason needed. ;-)
This was a nice thing for you to say, Noah.
Posted by T_Smith (Member # 3734) on :
Apparently, I was mumbling to celia over the phone this morning, in a half asleep mumble, that I should talk to Porce more.
Posted by Teshi (Member # 5024) on :
Pretty much everyone Posted by celia60 (Member # 2039) on :
I love that later, when you're actually awake, you have no idea what you've said. I will find a way to abuse that.
I sort of would like to talk to a lot of people more than I already do. I wish Noem could do IM.
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And there are LOTS of jatraqueros with whom I've chatted once or twice, and would love to again.
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) And I'm often on in the late evenings like between 9:30 and 11:30pm Central Standard time. I tend to be bad about remembering to put up away messages though so if you don't hear from me don't get discouraged. I'll wander back to the computer eventually. Also if I'm on after 11:30pm at night you need to flog me, because if I throw off my sleep schedule (as far as too little sleep goes) it takes me days to recover.![[Taunt]](graemlins/taunt.gif)
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