KKChat -- 25th Anniversary -- 18 January 2026

[Bynw]

[18:00] * Joins: web88
[18:00] * web88 is now known as KK
[18:00] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> Hullo folks! Happy anniversary!
[18:00] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> The irritating thing is, I was looking forward to getting a lot of writing done this weekend, but it's hard for me to be sufficiently focused when I'm feeling unwell and have low energy. Fortunately I'm able to focus well enough to do editing and line re-writes, so I'm doing that instead.
[18:00] <CG> [discord] <marc_du_temple> I guess you could say they tried to kill me with the flu around Christmas 😆
[18:00] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> Hi Nezz
[18:00] <KK> Hello, all.
[18:00] <CG> [discord] <marc_du_temple> I have! It's been good getting back into the swing of things
[18:01] <CG> [discord] <marc_du_temple> I'm really enjoying the work lately
[18:01] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> Hey KK! Happy chatanniversary!!
[18:01] <CG> [discord] <marc_du_temple> Good evening, KK
[18:01] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> Hello KK
[18:01] <CG> [discord] <ninjabbo.> Evening, KK! Welcome, Nezz!
[18:01] * Joins: kelly
[18:01] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Hi KK!
[18:01] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> Hello Kelly
[18:01] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Hi Kelly
[18:01] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> hi Kelly
[18:01] <CG> [discord] <marc_du_temple> Happy chat anniversary!!
[18:01] <CG> [discord] <marc_du_temple> ✨🥳✨
[18:02] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> I saw drakensis logged in here earlier. Hopefully some of our UK folks can make it, despite the late hour
[18:02] <KK> 25 years. Wow!
[18:02] <CG> [discord] <derynifank> Hi KK
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[18:02] <CG> [discord] <tm_9039> Seems 3 times as long as that!
[18:02] <~bynw> i step away and everyone joins the chat
[18:02] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> REvanne said she would try if she gets insomnia
[18:02] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> Hi Bee
[18:02] <kelly> hi everyone. congrats on the anniversary!! that's quite an accomplishment!
[18:03] <~bynw> yes 25 years of chat. been a crazy ride.
[18:03] <The_Bee> Hi all!  Whar's three times as long as what?
[18:03] <CG> [discord] <derynifank> Indeed
[18:03] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> I can claim 15 years
[18:03] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> I'm a five-year chatter
[18:03] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> I feel like a mere baby around here, compared to those of you who have been here the entire time.  Or at least a teenager.  😄
[18:03] <CG> [discord] <marc_du_temple> Time is a funny thing. I finished reading the book of Genesis today, and I hope you all live lives as long, impactful, and prosperous as those men of old. You've all got the impact part down already 😊
[18:04] <CG> [discord] <marc_du_temple> This would be my second year, I think. Maybe third. Idk
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[18:04] <KK> Bynw has held it together through thick and thin, ably assisted by all the people i t his room, plus many others who have joined us over the years.
[18:04] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> Love your optimism, Marc
[18:04] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> Hello Web 8
[18:04] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> Marc, I think you're just about hitting 3
[18:05] * The_Bee has no idea how long she's been chatting here.  Longer that this website has existed.
[18:05] <CG> [discord] <marc_du_temple> Here's to Bynw. The B stands for Boss! 🥂
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[18:05] <CG> [discord] <ninjabbo.> I don't remember when I first joined chat, but I recall being extremely tickled when KK offered quasi-greetings to me, still QuasiSparklz back then.  I was chatting from mIRC back then
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[18:05] <~bynw> yeah myself and KK have been here all 25 years
[18:05] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> I love Marc's optimism too, but if I'm around as long as Methuselah, can I get my new body first?  LOL!
[18:05] <CG> [discord] <marc_du_temple> 🤣
[18:05] * ~bynw still chats from mIRC
[18:05] <CG> [discord] <tm_9039> "Three times": I was referring to an old music-hall routine.  From fallable memory: A man's wife tells him that it's their 20th anniversary. He marvels at it. "Twenty years! Imagine that! Seems three times as long as that."  :HeartEyesCatWithTongueOut:
[18:05] <kelly> oh don't say that...it will go to his head. lol
[18:06] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> Hello Web2
[18:06] <CG> [discord] <tm_9039> "Bynw has held it together through thick and thin"  I'm the thick one.  Duh.
[18:06] <~bynw> hi web2, you can choose a name by typing /nick YOUR_NAME
[18:06] <CG> [discord] <marc_du_temple> If being the GM of two games and the man running this hasn't done it, then a little compliment won't either 🙂
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[18:07] <~bynw> it's already gone to my head
[18:07] <The_Bee> Hiweb 5
[18:07] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> Hello to all the new people logging in!
[18:07] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> Love all the new chatters.  hello web5
[18:07] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> It might go to his head....but in Navy jargon, the "head" is the toilet....
[18:07] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> LOL  Love you Evie
[18:08] * ~bynw is happy he got kelly to join the chat tonight to see what her crazy husband does on Sunday nights
[18:08] <CG> [discord] <derynifank> Welcome to new chatters
[18:08] <CG> [discord] <marc_du_temple> https://tenor.com/view/noo-toy-story-buzz-lightyear-gif-14664723 embed: https://tenor.com/view/noo-toy-story-buzz-lightyear-gif-14664723
[18:08] <CG> [discord] <marc_du_temple> Bynw we were counting on your humility lol
[18:08] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> I was wondering if that was *your* Kelly or just someone else with the same name who popped in tonight
[18:08] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> Great to have you here, Kelly,  The main Kelly
[18:08] <CG> [discord] <derynifank> Welcome Kelly
[18:08] <KK> Ah, I wondered if that was your Kelly. Welcome, Bynw's Kelly!
[18:08] <kelly> it's me.
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[18:09] <CG> [discord] <marc_du_temple> Welcome!
[18:09] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> Hi Bynw's Kelly!
[18:09] * Quits: web5 (Quit: Client closed)
[18:09] <kelly> thanks!:)
[18:09] <CG> [discord] <tm_9039> Hello, Kelly's Bynw!
[18:09] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> Need to keep typing to get buzz's downfall off my page
[18:09] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> there that did it
[18:09] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> We're glad to have you join us. Sometimes we talk about stuff besides cats, dogs, food, and oh yeah, occasionally Deryni or Templar stuff.  😉
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[18:10] <kelly> lol. yes, i ask him almost every night what you chatted about
[18:10] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> how about chickens.  I got two fresh eggs for the first time.
[18:10] <KK> And thank you, Kelly, for letting us steal away your very talented husband every week--and then some, if you count the games.
[18:10] <The_Bee> Hi Kelly. Welcome here for your own self.
[18:10] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Hello, web74!  To change your name, type /nick PreferredName
[18:11] <CG> [discord] <marc_du_temple> And KK, I want to thank you again for your kind gift. Christmas has lasted a long time for me this time around. 😊 I started skimming it yesterday taking note of your ... notes. It's a good read!
[18:11] <~bynw> web74 ... you can just type at the bottom of the screen and say hi
[18:11] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> Kelly I thought he was too busy watching football to follow our chatter
[18:11] * ~bynw is watching football now
[18:11] <kelly> it keeps him out of my hair.
[18:11] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> LOL!
[18:11] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> Figures
[18:11] <~bynw> divisional playoffs bears vs rams
[18:11] <CG> [discord] <ninjabbo.> I am also watching the game tonight
[18:11] <The_Bee> Patriots won.
[18:11] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> 'GO home team
[18:12] <web74> H
[18:12] <CG> [discord] <marc_du_temple> Go teams
[18:12] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> I got your envelope, KK!  I've only had a brief glance, though.  (Sick this weekend and don't want to get it germy. )
[18:12] <CG> [discord] <derynifank> In NE it was snowing like crazy, Chicago trying to compete
[18:12] <KK> Enjoy, when you get better.
[18:13] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> I just had a flashback to the old shampoo commercial with the jingle "I'm gonna wash that man right outta my hair...."  😄
[18:13] * web74 is now known as Judith
[18:13] <~bynw> there you go Judith
[18:13] <~bynw> welcome to the chat
[18:13] <kelly> lol!
[18:13] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> We have not had a drop of rain sense  last weeks down pour.  and no rain inthe future
[18:13] <KK> Well done, that Judith!
[18:13] <The_Bee> Healers are great with wounds; how are they with diseases?
[18:13] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> Hi Judith
[18:14] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Hi, Judith!
[18:14] <CG> [discord] <marc_du_temple> I like the rain because it saves me the trouble of a car wash. May laurna be blessed with rain, amen 😤
[18:14] <CG> [discord] <marc_du_temple> Hi Judith
[18:14] <The_Bee> Hi Judith1  Welcome!
[18:14] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> Love it, thank you
[18:14] <CG> [discord] <derynifank> Healers don't do a lot with disease, better with wounds
[18:14] <~bynw> awesome to have your first chat on the 25th anniversary of the chat
[18:14] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> I've been in Texas three weeks: Not a speck of rain
[18:14] <CG> [discord] <marc_du_temple> What about ... hmmm... apothecaries?
[18:14] <~bynw> TD for da Bears!
[18:15] <KK> I think a Healer could lessen the symptoms of a disease, but I doubt they have the concept of germs.
[18:15] <The_Bee> mixed weather here
[18:15] <CG> [discord] <ninjabbo.> 🐻🐻🐻
[18:15] <CG> [discord] <derynifank> We have been in drought but it has rained steadily all day today. Exactly what we have needed.
[18:15] <~bynw> if Healers did ... they might be able to do a lot
[18:15] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> I think that modern Deryni would have ways of combatting germs, as long as they understand which germ they are dealing with
[18:16] <CG> [discord] <marc_du_temple> I bet they have a concept of fresh air and sunshine. 🌞 that's a kind of magic
[18:16] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> Get this: I'm leaving on Tuesday and it's going to rain here the next day. Figures.
[18:16] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> Evie's  modern healers did pretty good jobs
[18:16] <CG> [discord] <tm_9039> Healers don't cure apothecaries either.
[18:16] <KK> Had a dusting of snow yesterday morning, but it was gone by noon. No rain forecast for the next week.
[18:16] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Evie's modern Healers are also MDs on top of being Healers, so yeah.  😄
[18:17] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> Snow dusting would be lovely to watch
[18:17] <~bynw> chili is always better on the 2nd day
[18:17] <CG> [discord] <marc_du_temple> https://tenor.com/view/dr-house-house-gif-11916099077674228393 embed: https://tenor.com/view/dr-house-house-gif-11916099077674228393
[18:17] <CG> [discord] <tm_9039> need
[18:17] <CG> [discord] <tm_9039> too
[18:17] <CG> [discord] <tm_9039> type
[18:17] <CG> [discord] <tm_9039> to
[18:17] <CG> [discord] <tm_9039> get
[18:17] <CG> [discord] <derynifank> It's a rogue eyeball
[18:17] <CG> [discord] <tm_9039> THAT
[18:17] <CG> [discord] <marc_du_temple> Deryni House be like: it's never Merasha
[18:17] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> Marc?   I question your taste
[18:17] <CG> [discord] <tm_9039> off my
[18:17] <CG> [discord] <tm_9039> screen
[18:18] <CG> [discord] <marc_du_temple> You don't like House MD? Or Hugh Laurie?
[18:18] <CG> [discord] <tm_9039> eesh
[18:18] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> I just poked House in the eye to get him to stop glaring at me
[18:18] <~bynw> House was a great series
[18:18] <Judith> Hello All -I'm lurking rather thanparticipating
[18:18] <CG> [discord] <marc_du_temple> Sorry, I delete
[18:18] <CG> [discord] <derynifank> Why lurking
[18:18] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> We don't bite. Much. Except upon request.
[18:18] <CG> [discord] <marc_du_temple> https://tenor.com/view/house-dancing-in-front-of-deaf-patients-room-fight-the-power-house-in-shades-hugh-laurie-house-md-gif-20407298
[18:19] <CG> [discord] <marc_du_temple> Better? It's a party up in here after all
[18:19] <~bynw> well it's tomorrow in the UK is probably a good reason to lurk
[18:19] <The_Bee> Not even if the apothecary was wounded?
[18:19] <CG> [discord] <tm_9039> No need to delete. It already scrolled off.  Just do an appropriate penance and never sin that way again and there ya go ya just had to sin again didnja?
[18:19] <CG> [discord] <marc_du_temple> Is there prejudice between apothecaries and healers?
[18:19] <KK> Lurk away.
[18:19] <Judith> There'san Englishpp
[18:20] <CG> [discord] <tm_9039> ?
[18:20] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Is an Englishpp an English person with a lisp?
[18:20] <kelly> guess you could say I'm lurking too
[18:20] <The_Bee> To perform major surgery, a healer would need to anesthetize that patient as well as cuting him up.
[18:20] <Judith> Not a natural night owl
[18:20] <CG> [discord] <tm_9039> The door says "CATH LAB", so depending on what they're inserting the catheter into, there might be a pp.
[18:21] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> Yikes
[18:21] <CG> [discord] <ninjabbo.> Well I received a lovely memento from a memorial I attended yesterday for a friend who tragically passed away in November.  He had a large book collection and his loved ones embossed them and encouraged attendees to browse and take what they would like.  Much to my surprise, I found 4 Deryni books.  I had no idea he had read any!
[18:21] <Judith> A
[18:21] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> No need for anaesthesia: just need the Deryni nurse keep the patient asleep for the procedure.
[18:21] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> Awesame, Quasi
[18:22] <CG> [discord] <marc_du_temple> There's something beautiful about the fact your friend had more to tell you even after his passing. It's almost like he's still here, I think.
[18:22] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Sounds like a nice memento
[18:22] <CG> [discord] <ninjabbo.> Duplicates of copies I already have of course.  But these are all the more special
[18:22] <CG> [discord] <tm_9039> Is there a good home that some could go to?
[18:22] <kelly> That's actually a good idea. now I know what to do with all of Chris' books
[18:23] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> OH?
[18:23] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> After my first boss at my present workplace died (the man who hired me), I ended up with one of his books as a keepsake
[18:23] <CG> [discord] <marc_du_temple> I always trade out my less good copy of things. When my brother bought me the dune hardback, I gave my paperback to my local library. I felt a little smug I admit 😆 I've since learned humility even when handling and distributing good books
[18:24] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> KK, with the new people lurking today.  Can you tell us if you are doing anything fun this week?
[18:24] <CG> [discord] <marc_du_temple> When I mistakenly ordered doubles of the Templar books, I gave them to my roommates.
[18:24] <CG> [discord] <ninjabbo.> I may parcel some out to my Little Free Library
[18:24] <~bynw> come to DeryniCon and bring your books to have KK sign them
[18:25] <KK> I love the concept of the little free libraries!
[18:25] <CG> [discord] <ninjabbo.> My husband made the same suggestion!
[18:25] <The_Bee> I have passed up far too many chances to go out.
[18:25] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> *note to self* Bring that "Two Old Goats" lotion to help KK with her writer's cramp after all that book signing
[18:26] * Joins: HoundMistress
[18:26] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Hi HM
[18:26] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> What a name for a lotion
[18:26] <The_Bee> HiHM
[18:26] <KK> Two Old Goats?
[18:26] <CG> [discord] <marc_du_temple> Hello
[18:26] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> Hi HM
[18:26] <CG> [discord] <derynifank> Hi HM
[18:26] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> Hello HM
[18:26] <~bynw> hi HoundMistress
[18:26] <HoundMistress> Hi, everyone
[18:26] <CG> [discord] <tm_9039> Howdy!
[18:27] <~bynw> welcome to the 25th anniversary chat .... celebrating 25 years of KK and fans having a chat
[18:27] <CG> [discord] <tm_9039> I just had to step away to take some bread out of the oven.
[18:27] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> Save the bread!
[18:27] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> "Two Old Goats" is my favorite lotion/liniment for achy joints, back pain, etc. It smells like herbs rather than camphor or anything else medicinal, and it works really well.  Ace Hardware carries it, of all places.
[18:27] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> Fresh bread.  please pass around with butter
[18:27] <CG> [discord] <derynifank> Ohhh. Hot bread, yummm
[18:27] <HoundMistress> Wow! 25 years?!!
[18:27] <~bynw> yes the first chat was January 18th 2001
[18:28] * The_Bee hands out honey to go with the bread.
[18:28] <CG> [discord] <ninjabbo.> I am hoping my husband will start dinner soon, so I can watch the game.  But his time blindness makes that unlikely. I may have to pop downstairs and ask him yo take care of it.  It's nothing involved. Just spaghetti
[18:28] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Yum
[18:28] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> yumm
[18:28] <CG> [discord] <ninjabbo.> I was in my 1st year of High School then.
[18:28] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> youngster
[18:29] <HoundMistress> Love spaghetti!!
[18:29] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> I would love some spaghetti. Or really, anything with flavor right now. 😄
[18:29] <CG> [discord] <tm_9039> Oooo, I do have honey. I will probably use just real butter on the first slice.
[18:29] <HoundMistress> We were living in Red Oak, TX then.
[18:29] <~bynw> real butter on fresh baked bread is yummy
[18:30] <CG> [discord] <ninjabbo.> I like to think of myself as a bridge to keeping the Deryni series alive for the next generation(s)
[18:30] <CG> [discord] <marc_du_temple> Wow. Do you guys remember what it was like talking here back then?
[18:30] <CG> [discord] <tm_9039> Were you speaking Latin?
[18:30] <CG> [discord] <tm_9039> Proto-Indo-European?
[18:30] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Kinda like talking now, but in ancient languages
[18:30] <CG> [discord] <tm_9039> Got it.
[18:30] <HoundMistress> LOL!!
[18:31] <~bynw> LOL
[18:31] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> I swear I feel a new gray hair pop in whenever Marc opens his mouth.  😉
[18:31] <CG> [discord] <derynifank> Not Latin, Torenthi
[18:31] <KK> I was even able to do it from Ireland.
[18:31] <CG> [discord] <tm_9039> UG ME SEE BOOK ME NO KNOW WHAT BOOK IS BUT ME SURE IS A GOOD THING
[18:31] <The_Bee> In 2001 I was in my late 50s.
[18:31] <HoundMistress> No, Evie, your just going platinum blonde..slowly.
[18:32] <HoundMistress> I was 50 in 2001.
[18:32] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Heavier on the platinum than the blonde, but given my skin tone, that's a good thing, trust me!  I look horrible in any shade of blonde.  😄
[18:32] <The_Bee> lots of jokes and silliness back then
[18:32] <CG> [discord] <marc_du_temple> So, if Adam Sinclair could join the chat, he'd be about your median ages. Groovy. You guys are as *young* as the hero of Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
[18:33] <HoundMistress> I didn't discover you for a while.
[18:33] <CG> [discord] <derynifank> Still a fair amount of silliness
[18:33] <~bynw> i think we had more fish slapping then
[18:33] <CG> [discord] <marc_du_temple> Everyone's gotta be fished some time
[18:33] <HoundMistress> Yes, was more fish slapping and bombarding then.
[18:33] <CG> [discord] <tm_9039> 🐟
[18:33] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> Reminds me to break out the golden blonde color before next zoom.   starting to get too much grey
[18:34] <The_Bee> I discovered KK when she was a new author.
[18:34] <HoundMistress> I discovered her in 1975
[18:34] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> I would have been in my late 30s in 2001.  I remember my kids were still very young at the turn of the millennium.  DD was around 2 and DS was 5, and I woke them up to see the new millennium come in and let them have some Martinelli's apple cider (non-alcoholic).  I remember my DD's sleep-drunk face beaming up at me. "Mommy, what is this stuff?"  "It's apple cider, honey."  "It's <clipped message>
[18:34] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt>  DISGUSTING!!!"  LOL!
[18:34] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> She was jes' a li'l bebe back then, Bee. 🙂
[18:34] <HoundMistress> All 3 of the first trilogy was out then.
[18:35] <The_Bee> We had Jemler then.  Master of pad puns and semi-dirty jokes.
[18:35] <CG> [discord] <marc_du_temple> I was in college.
[18:35] <The_Bee> bad puns
[18:35] <Judith> When the Forbidden Planet was on New Oxford St and the Sign of the Dragon  inMortlake
[18:35] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> I do miss flinging fish at Jemler. Though TM makes a handy target now.  *calibrates fish launcher*
[18:36] <KK> Jemler is still much missed.
[18:36] <CG> [discord] <marc_du_temple> I thought one day "why not check out her tv tropes page?" And I saw she has an active fan club, that *she's* active in. And I thought: interesting 🤔
[18:36] <HoundMistress> Yes, he was with us when I joined.
[18:36] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Judith, is Forbidden Planet still over near Leicester Square tube stop somewhere?
[18:36] <CG> [discord] <ninjabbo.> I made my discovery somewhere between 1997 and 2000.  I was in the library club at school and we library kids had first dibs on withdrawn books.  I snagged the whole first trilogy and the rest is history.
[18:36] <CG> [discord] <derynifank> The fish did fly then
[18:37] <CG> [discord] <marc_du_temple> I gots to go now. But I wish you all a good night! Party hard!
[18:37] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Bye, Marc!
[18:37] <~bynw> cya Marc
[18:37] <CG> [discord] <ninjabbo.> Take care, Marc!
[18:37] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> Night marc, have a good week
[18:37] <CG> [discord] <derynifank> Night Marc
[18:37] <HoundMistress> Bye, Marc
[18:37] <The_Bee> bye Marc. Good week
[18:37] <Judith> Don't think so.  The New Oxford St shop was quite near Leicester Square which is now almost unrecognisable.
[18:37] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> night Marc
[18:38] <kelly> hey all, I'm going to head back to my comfy chair to sit with my pups. Happy chatting, and congratulations on such a milestone!!
[18:38] <HoundMistress> Bye, Kelly
[18:38] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> Happy Pup hugging, Kelly
[18:38] <~bynw> thanks for humoring me my love
[18:38] <The_Bee> Thanks, Kelly
[18:38] <CG> [discord] <ninjabbo.> Thanks, Kelly!  Lovely to have you join us!
[18:38] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> I think the one near Leicester Square is the one I went to in 1984 when I was doing a Study Abroad term in London
[18:38] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> cya Kelly
[18:38] <CG> [discord] <derynifank> Bye Kelly. Cone again
[18:38] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Bye, Kelly!
[18:38] * Quits: kelly (Quit: Client closed)
[18:38] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Come to Derynicon with Chris!
[18:38] <CG> [discord] <derynifank> Come
[18:39] <HoundMistress> Hope she will join us again!
[18:39] <~bynw> maybe never know
[18:39] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> Yes, do
[18:40] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> I have a friend I'm trying to talk into coming, so I haven't booked any travel stuff yet since I don't know if it will just be me driving/flying up, etc.
[18:40] <CG> [discord] <ninjabbo.> So perhaps this is common knowledge, but how did all this fan club business start way back when?  That's a story I'd love to hear!
[18:41] <KK> It was Bynw's idea.
[18:41] <The_Bee> Has your friend read the books, evie?
[18:41] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> Hi Everyone!
[18:41] <Judith> study term? Makes me feel antique.  I was doing a part-time PhD while working full time.
[18:41] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> Hello Jerusha
[18:41] <HoundMistress> Hi, Jerusha!
[18:41] <The_Bee> Hi  Jerusha
[18:41] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> Jerusha! 🙂
[18:41] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Yes, Bee. She sounded interested when I mentioned the meet up, but I haven't spoken with her since then, and that was about a month ago.
[18:41] <CG> [discord] <derynifank> Hi Jerusha
[18:41] <CG> [discord] <ninjabbo.> Hello Jerusha!
[18:42] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Hi Jerusha
[18:42] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> I was reading the past chat before announcing my presence
[18:42] <~bynw> back before the rhemuthcastle site, back before there was a chat. we were all using alt.deryni.books (now full of spam if anyone ever gets to those old newsgroups) but in my first life i was living in Atlanta. And KK came to Dragon*Con from Ireland. And I suggested it and said I could run it.
[18:42] <The_Bee> Whatwas the name of the website back then?
[18:43] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> alt.deryni.books.  I popped in there once or twice just to read a few threads, but at the time I was most active at rec.arts.sf.starwars.misc
[18:43] <~bynw> Carolyn (zipper sister) and her husband made deryni.net (very graphics intensive) as the first site and it was hard to load back in the dialup days
[18:44] <The_Bee> IIRC there were several alt.books sites
[18:44] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> I was a member of alt.fans.dragons.
[18:44] <~bynw> and then the newsgroup started to fill with spam so i acquired rhemuthcastle and made the forum
[18:44] <Judith> I was (almost) a Trekkie.  Supr
[18:44] <CG> [discord] <ninjabbo.> Looks like I still have digests from alt.deryni.books in my old email.
[18:44] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Yeah, I remember looking up deryni.net, but I was on dial up and it was slooooowwww to load. Very pretty, but I had young kids and not much time to wait on pages loading.
[18:44] <CG> [discord] <ninjabbo.> I remember deryni.net
[18:45] <~bynw> yeah the graphics made it slow
[18:45] <Judith> Quite a number of Brit Trekkies were also readers of KKk
[18:45] <KK> Amazing graphics on that one, though. Of course it took forever to load.
[18:45] <~bynw> but when Carolyn left the Deryni Fandom for other fandoms ... she transfered the ownership of the domain to me since i was doing RC and the chat.
[18:45] <CG> [discord] <derynifank> The Airsid site had some good stuff while it was active
[18:46] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Didn't the owner of the Airsid site recently join or rejoin the forum?
[18:46] <~bynw> kiri said she might transfer some of the stories from Airsid to RC but she's been quiet again for the past few months
[18:47] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Yeah, she showed up for a chat or two, but I haven't seen her on since then
[18:47] <~bynw> she had interest in joining Forgotten Shadows but then dropped out of sight again
[18:48] <CG> [discord] <derynifank> Would be cool if Kurdish rejoin or transfer some of the stories. They were good.when. You could get them
[18:48] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> Awww, that would have been fun
[18:48] <CG> [discord] <derynifank> Would be cool if Kori would rejoin or transfer some of the stories. They were good.when. You could get them
[18:49] <The_Bee> Kurdish?
[18:49] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> Kori
[18:49] <CG> [discord] <derynifank> Would be cool if Kiri would rejoin or transfer some of the stories. They were good.when. You could get them
[18:49] <~bynw> kiri not kori
[18:49] <The_Bee> ah, ok
[18:49] <~bynw>
[18:50] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Now I'm wondering if there are Kurdish translations of the books. 😄
[18:50] <The_Bee> I remember us discussing whether a frog in a crockpot was a croakpet
[18:51] <CG> [discord] <derynifank> Feeling worse. May sign off for tonight. Hope everyone has a good week and can dodge the bugs
[18:51] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> LOL!  Well, it would definitely croak if the crockpot was on!
[18:51] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> *facepalms at Bee*
[18:51] <KK> Good one, Bee!
[18:51] <CG> [discord] <ninjabbo.> Feel better, DFK!
[18:51] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Too late for me to dodge the bugs, unfortunately
[18:51] <~bynw> feel better DFK
[18:51] <HoundMistress> Feel better DFK! Have a good week!
[18:52] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> hope you feel better DFK
[18:52] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> Hoope you feel better, DFK
[18:52] <The_Bee> Healing woodgies for DFK
[18:52] <KK> Feel better , DFK. And Evie, too.
[18:52] <HoundMistress> Do you have the flu, Evie?
[18:53] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> At least I am past the wee hours prayer vigil giving thanks to St Thomas Crapper for his marvelous invention that prevented me from having to make quarter hourly dashes to an ice cold outhouse at below freezing temperatures. 😅
[18:53] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> Eek, Evie
[18:53] <The_Bee> H/me sends healing woodgies for Evie and all who need them
[18:53] <HoundMistress> All hail St Thomas Crapper!
[18:54] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Not the flu, but some sort of stomach bug that wants to linger after giving me false hope last night that it was over and done with.
[18:54] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> Hope "over and done with" happens soon for you, Evie
[18:54] <~bynw> i hear something like that has been going around
[18:54] <HoundMistress> Ah, those can be bad! Quanah and I had something like that yesterday.
[18:54] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> I hope you feel better soon as well, Evie
[18:55] <The_Bee> Measles has been spreading.
[18:55] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Not how I envisioned spending the holiday weekend, but at least hopefully all will be well by Tuesday.
[18:56] <~bynw> and here are a few members that we have lost over the years. 2 of them never came into the chat but we count them anywas as honorary members:
[18:56] <~bynw> Sedina (Kim) – #Deryni_Destinations
[18:56] <~bynw> Marnin (Marilyn) – #Deryni_Destinations
[18:56] <~bynw> Wrengl (Pat) – #Deryni_Destinations
[18:56] <~bynw> Unicorn636 (Susie) – #Deryni_Destinations
[18:56] <~bynw> ambush (Dawson) – #Deryni_Destinations, #Teara-Adan, #Services
[18:56] <~bynw> kirienne (Geri) – #Deryni_Destinations
[18:56] <~bynw> Scott – #Deryni_Destinations Honorary Member
[18:56] <~bynw> jemler (John) – #Deryni_Destinations
[18:56] <~bynw> LBM (Margaret) – #Deryni_Destinations
[18:56] <~bynw> JastaElf (Sharon) – #Deryni_Destinations
[18:56] <~bynw> Chibsten (Kristen) – Honorary Member
[18:56] <CG> [discord] <tm_9039> Lots of a nasty flu, and in the Northern Hemisphere, lots of respiratory diseases in general.  Masks still work.  East Asia uses them.
[18:57] <CG> [discord] <ninjabbo.> I've been taking it easy this weekend, but I have work tomorrow.
[18:57] <CG> [discord] <ninjabbo.> Was hoping to get some housework done, but I slipped and  fell on some ice last night, so I decided to rest
[18:57] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> Ooch Quasi.  Rest is good
[18:57] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> I've been taking Zinc and Vitamin C every day I've been here so I don't get sick and pass something on to my dad.
[18:58] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> I found a small stash of jewelry that used to belong to kirienne when I was sorting through my jewelry drawer last month.  It was a set of pretty castle-and-dragon brooches her sister sent me after her death.
[18:58] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> Nice
[18:58] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> Very nice, Evie
[18:58] <HoundMistress> That was sweet of her!
[18:58] <The_Bee> I'm not sick, just lazy.
[18:59] <CG> [discord] <ninjabbo.> I remember the name Wrengl!
[18:59] <~bynw> sometimes its good to be lazy Bee
[18:59] * CG [discord] <laurnarose> Hot tea bar open
[18:59] <~bynw> Wrengl was always in the chat
[18:59] <CG> [discord] <ninjabbo.> I mean, if I'm being honest it was a convenient excuse
[19:00] <HoundMistress> Is there honey and lemon at the hot tea bar?
[19:00] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Wrengl was just slightly before my time here, I think
[19:00] <The_Bee> Wrengl and her partner baked cookies for the first responders after 9/11.
[19:00] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> I'm sure you'll find some there, HM
[19:01] <KK> I was thinking about Wrengl just a few days ago.
[19:01] <CG> [discord] <tm_9039> Busy bees imply the existence of lazy bees.
[19:01] * CG [discord] <laurnarose> Hot coco too
[19:01] <~bynw> Wrengl passed away on January 23, 2007
[19:01] <HoundMistress> Scones or cake?
[19:01] <CG> [discord] <tm_9039> For all departed from this earth, requiem.
[19:01] <KK> Wrengl was also a very talented artist.
[19:02] <HoundMistress> I wasn't here till 2015? So missed some of the older time members
[19:02] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> I love real old time talent
[19:03] <~bynw> all the costumes she made for Thumper
[19:03] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> Oh, that sounds adorable
[19:03] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> Thumper?
[19:04] * Quits: The_Bee (Quit: Client closed)
[19:04] <CG> [discord] <bynw> her Corgi
[19:04] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> Ahh!
[19:05] <CG> [discord] <bynw> Martine, Kim, and Wrengl (Pat)
[19:05] <CG> [discord] <bynw> https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/479836521864888347/1462613928495284397/177_7747.JPG?ex=696ed4de&is=696d835e&hm=92ade757dd2b95452dd9e87b9f71f48ee33226321afb995a8d348d612cef9dc1&;
[19:06] <KK> Thumper was a Delightfully talented cattle dog, sort of like a cross between a Corgi and a Basset Hound.
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[19:07] <CG> [discord] <bynw> the only pic i have of thumper
[19:07] <CG> [discord] <bynw> https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/479836521864888347/1462614299443990569/2025-06-22_20.05.51.png?ex=696ed537&is=696d83b7&hm=f186df2855082f2f13ad1d1252cf7eccb99a4c3aed9df94dc357c4bc136211e9&;
[19:07] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> Oh my squee!
[19:07] <KK> He was an amazing dog!
[19:08] <HoundMistress> <3 <3 <3
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[19:08] <~bynw> every Darkover he had different costumes to wear
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[19:09] * web52 is now known as Bee
[19:09] <CG> [discord] <ninjabbo.> That's amazing!
[19:10] <Bee> This website is plotting against me.  Every time I started to type something it kicked me out.
[19:10] <~bynw> halftime tied at 10
[19:11] <Bee> which team are you rooting for?
[19:11] <~bynw> da Bears
[19:12] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> Rams  here
[19:12] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> Bee, it's always been a plot.
[19:12] <CG> [discord] <ninjabbo.> I am also rooting for the Bears!  My mom was a huge Bears fan.
[19:12] <KK> I have a Daphne on my lap, campaigning for dinner, so I'd better sign off for tonight.  Good reminisces, though. Take care, everyone, and be well! We don't need any more sick Deryni fans.
[19:13] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> I have to root for the home team,  especially if they are dealing with snow.
[19:13] <Bee> I had to leave and come back in.
[19:13] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> That is my Home team  not yourss
[19:13] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Goodnight, KK!  Don't want Daphne mad at us for delaying dinner.  😄
[19:13] <CG> [discord] <ninjabbo.> Take care, KK, have a good week!
[19:13] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> Nighters, KK
[19:13] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> Thanks for hanging with us, KK. Give Daphne skritchies for us and you two enjoy your dinners.
[19:13] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> Good night KK
[19:13] <~bynw> night KK give Daphne scritches from us
[19:13] <Judith> I also have to love you and leave you. Way past my bedtime
[19:13] <HoundMistress> Night, KK! Have a great week!!
[19:13] * KK steps onto her Portal, waves goodbye, and disappears in a shower of purple sparkles.
[19:13] <~bynw> thanks for coming Judith
[19:13] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> Night Judith
[19:13] <CG> [discord] <tm_9039> Take care, KK!
[19:14] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> Thanks for hanging with us Judith
[19:14] <Bee> I root for he home team whatever the weather and whatever the event.
[19:14] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Glad you made it, Judith!
[19:14] <CG> [discord] <ninjabbo.> Night Judith, take care!
[19:14] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> Sleep well, Judith!
[19:14] <KK> Nighters, all. See you next week.
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