The Worlds of Katherine Kurtz

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[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!
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[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!
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[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
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[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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[18:09] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> I had to get them redone this morning after church (for free, fortunately), since the chrome powder had rubbed off one thumbnail within an hour after they first did it.  They said it is a new chrome polish they just got in, and rather than just fixing that one nail, they redid the polish on all of them and double sealed it to make sure it stays on properly.
[18:09] * web76 is now known as KK
[18:09] <~bynw> Hi KK
[18:09] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Yeah, that's my replacement wedding ring until I can wear my original one again. But judging by how loose my other rings are getting, that might not be too much longer.
[18:09] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> Good business ettiquet
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[18:10] <KK> What happenedd to your wedding ring, Evie?
[18:10] <~bynw> hi Bee
[18:10] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> Hello, KK   Hello Bee
[18:10] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> Hi KK, hullo Bee
[18:11] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> My original wedding ring is a simple gold Irish Claddagh with the original gold heart replaced with a garnet heart (from my engagement ring) flanked by two tiny diamonds.  Very simple and not very expensive, since we were broke young'uns when we got married, but priceless in sentimental value.
[18:11] <The_Bee> Hi, KK, and all of you
[18:11] <CG> [discord] <ninjabbo.> Hi KK, Hi Bee!
[18:11] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> Priceless in the heart is what matters
[18:12] <The_Bee> Hi Quasijabbo!
[18:12] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> My finger just got too big for it, KK, since I got it when I was a tiny little 105 lb shrinky-dink, and was almost 90 lbs heavier than that before I started my diet and exercise program last March.  I'm on the downward slope now, but still can't get back into that particular ring since it's tiny and can't be enlarged because of how it is made.
[18:13] <~bynw> that happens with rings over time ... our fingers get bigger or sometimes smaller
[18:14] <KK> Ihear ya.
[18:14] <The_Bee> So you now have a new ring, evie?  Will you go back to the old one when you can fit into it again?
[18:14] <CG> [discord] <ninjabbo.> I am having a similar problem with my wedding ring, Evie.  Mine is a sterling silver puzzle ring from the Ren Faire (we put them together as part of our vows).  For a long time I could not get it off, but my finger looked very uncomfortable.  I finally got it off and am rotating between other rings, some of which were my mom's and some that were my grandmother's, in the meantime. <clipped message>
[18:14] <CG> [discord] <ninjabbo.>   Hoping to fit back into mine sometime, as well.
[18:14] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> I don't want to go back to my wedding size because I was underweight for my height and build at the time, but if I can get back to the size I was when the kids were young, the ring should hopefully still fit.
[18:14] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> I've had to have my wedding ring resized once since I got married. I'm hoping to avoid having to get a second resizing.
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[18:15] <CG> [discord] <ninjabbo.> Hello, Kay!
[18:15] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> Hello Kay
[18:15] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Hi, Kay
[18:15] <The_Bee> HiKay
[18:15] <~bynw> hi Kay
[18:15] * Looking up Kay user info...
[18:15] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Hi, Bee! Missed seeing you come in. (Unless you got here before me, which would explain it.)
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[18:16] <KK> I resized mine after Scott passed, and now wear it on my right forefinger.
[18:16] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> nice
[18:17] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> What I call my wedding ring is actually my wedding and engagement rings worn together with the heart of one fitting into the heart-shaped gap in the other. And the only way to enlarge it would be to have it completely remade, I'm told.
[18:17] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> Hi Everyone
[18:17] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Hi Jerusha
[18:17] <CG> [discord] <ninjabbo.> Hi Jerusha
[18:17] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> Hey Jerusha
[18:17] <~bynw> Hi Jerusha
[18:17] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> Hello Jerusha
[18:18] <The_Bee> Hi, evie.  Kk was responding to your post when I logged in, so I think you were here first.
[18:18] <CG> [discord] <ninjabbo.> https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/479836521864888347/1460065446387519508/N14_2347.jpg?ex=69658f69&is=69643de9&hm=3fff3526113d9217b9388ccc03871b569182db786005aef05fd8016c99cdc31a&;
[18:18] <The_Bee> Hi Jerusha
[18:19] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> Very nice
[18:19] <CG> [discord] <ninjabbo.> Those are my rings, and neither of them fit well right now 🙁
[18:19] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> Lovely
[18:19] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Beautiful!
[18:20] <The_Bee> very lovely
[18:21] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> https://flic.kr/p/4E55bu This isn't mine, but it looks the same as my wedding ring did originally.  DH took a jeweler's saw and cut out the gold heart (which I still have) to make room for the garnet heart of my engagement ring. The garnet heart is also flanked by two tiny diamonds that fit in that gap between the thumbs and index fingers of the hands.
[18:21] <~bynw> all of the NFL wild card games this weekend have been nailbiters and down to the last minute or second.
[18:21] <CG> [discord] <ninjabbo.> I love that!
[18:22] <The_Bee> Do you-all's DHs have wedding rings?
[18:22] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> The games or the rings?
[18:22] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> DH had a wedding ring that was a bigger version of that gold claddagh above.
[18:22] * ~bynw has a wedding ring
[18:22] <The_Bee> Chargers vs Patriots starts at 8pm.
[18:22] <KK> Scott had one, but ceased wearing it after he got his signet ring.
[18:22] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> I think his band started wearing too thin and he was worried about breaking it, so he doesn't wear it anymore.
[18:22] <CG> [discord] <ninjabbo.> Mine does.  The same puzzle ring as mine, but larger, of course.
[18:23] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> My DH hasn't worn his wedding ring since the day we were married.  He's not into jewelry
[18:23] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> My DH lost his first wedding ring, so we had to get him another one.
[18:24] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> My dad actually had a wedding ring before he had a bride to be. He saw it in a store somewhere overseas and thought it looked nice, so bought it for himself assuming he'd eventually get married. (I don't know if he had already met my mom yet and was thinking of getting married or if this was even before that happened.)
[18:25] <The_Bee> I'm glad more men wear rings nowadays.  IN the olden days, only women were expected to wear them.
[18:26] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> If men were straying from the marital bed, it helped not to be wearing a ring...
[18:26] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Dad is 87 now, and they married in 1961, but he's always worn his unless he was working on something mechanical where wearing a ring is too dangerous.
[18:26] <The_Bee> Exactly!
[18:27] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> I think more recently he only wears it to church or on special occasions, but if it's not on his hand, it's on his nightstand.
[18:27] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> I have a few pretty Fun rings in my jewelry box,  but once I started working at the hospital I stopped wearing them and I have not worn a ring since.
[18:29] <CG> [discord] <marc_du_temple> Good evening!
[18:29] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> Hello Mard
[18:29] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> Hello Marc
[18:29] <CG> [discord] <marc_du_temple> Very pretty ring up there
[18:29] <KK> Jerusha, some me now wear vinyl rings if there's a safety issue. Some in medical fields also wear them.
[18:29] <CG> [discord] <tm_9039> Mind if we call you Mard?
[18:29] <The_Bee> Dad gave mom a ring he'd been given by his parents, because the Depression was on, and he couldn't afford to buy one.  After they married, she gave the ring back and wore it for the rest of his life.
[18:29] <CG> [discord] <marc_du_temple> ... sure. For tonight 😆
[18:29] <CG> [discord] <ninjabbo.> I don't have much in the way of jewelry anymore.  We were burglarized about 5 years ago and my jewelry boxes were taken.  A couple of items were recovered, but most of it is lost forever.  Its value was mostly sentimental.
[18:29] <~bynw> hi Marc
[18:29] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> I wear mine pretty much constantly. My current set are the faux wedding ring, a garnet that I got as a 20th  Workplace Anniversary gift from the university, and an opal ring a homeless (or at least down on his luck?) guy gave me when I made up the difference between the money he had on him and the cost of a burger and drink.
[18:30] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> my rented fingers have be caught red handed
[18:30] <CG> [discord] <ninjabbo.> Hiya Marc
[18:30] <CG> [discord] <marc_du_temple> Hello Quasi
[18:30] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> Hi Marc
[18:31] <CG> [discord] <marc_du_temple> Hi Jerusha
[18:31] <CG> [discord] <marc_du_temple> Hi Bynw
[18:31] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> My DIL has a gorgeous wedding ring set, but I noticed when she went to the hospital to give birth, she wore a silicone ring instead. I am guessing since she knew she was having surgery, she opted to leave the expensive rings at home.
[18:31] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> Hey Marc! 🙂
[18:31] <CG> [discord] <marc_du_temple> Hi KK 👋
[18:31] <CG> [discord] <marc_du_temple> Hi Nezz
[18:31] <CG> [discord] <marc_du_temple> Hello Y'ALL
[18:31] <CG> [discord] <marc_du_temple> 😆
[18:31] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> 😄
[18:31] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> smart lady
[18:31] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> It's a group, so All Y'all works too.
[18:31] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> Probably a good plan, Evie
[18:32] <The_Bee> I don't wear much jewelry.  I need to remind myself if I want to wear something for a special occasion.
[18:32] <CG> [discord] <bynw> *****
[18:32] <CG> [discord] <bynw> Our oldest chat log dates back to January 18th 2001. At this time Katherine was still living in Ireland at Hollybrooke. That is the official start of having online chats between KK and us, her fans.
[18:32] <CG> [discord] <bynw> 2026 marks TWENTY-FIVE years of chatting with our beloved Queen of Stories.
[18:32] <CG> [discord] <bynw> And, January 18th will be a Sunday. So on January 18th, 2026. I want to look at the membership total of Rhemuthcastle.com and see that many people in chat.
[18:32] <CG> [discord] <bynw> Are you up to this challenge?
[18:32] <CG> [discord] <bynw> *****
[18:32] <CG> [discord] <ninjabbo.> Wow!
[18:32] <CG> [discord] <ninjabbo.> Looks like chat started only a couple of years after I first discovered the books
[18:32] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> Have you dropped the glove at my feet, Bynw?
[18:33] <CG> [discord] <marc_du_temple> https://tenor.com/view/aboazoz-goat-cold-cat-meme-gif-7534706838061047514 embed: https://tenor.com/view/aboazoz-goat-cold-cat-meme-gif-7534706838061047514
[18:33] <~bynw> at everyone's
[18:33] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> I should be here next weekend. Not certain about the weekend after that, since we are still trying to lock down which day to celebrate DS's and my MIL's birthdays on, and that's the closest weekend to both, but we are considering that Friday, so I will hopefully be here that Sunday too.
[18:33] <KK> Awww, sweet kitten!
[18:33] <CG> [discord] <ninjabbo.> You can count on me to be here.
[18:33] <The_Bee> I discovered the books when Deryni Rising was first published.
[18:33] <~bynw> and yes that is NEXT weekend
[18:34] <KK> Wow, 25 years!
[18:34] <CG> [discord] <ninjabbo.> We are hosting a sleepover the night before, but it's only one friend coming over and he'll be gone before lunch.
[18:35] <The_Bee> I am planning to be here.
[18:35] <~bynw> that's how long you and I have been doing this KK
[18:35] <CG> [discord] <ninjabbo.> By then, I think my big birthday present will be here!  My birthday isn't until next month, but it's one o' them milestone birthdays, so I picked my own gift and ordered it early.
[18:36] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> You are 21, Quazi?
[18:36] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Just a little younger than me. I'm perpetually 27.  😉
[18:36] <The_Bee> Every birthday is my 21st.
[18:36] <CG> [discord] <marc_du_temple> That makes us peers! I am no longer the baby 🥳
[18:37] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> You'll always be our precious little dumpling, Marc.  Well, until you're not.  😄
[18:37] <CG> [discord] <ninjabbo.> I am turning the big 4-0 this year.  We had been hoping to save up and do an overseas trip, this year, but car repairs and an emergency vet visit put that aspiration to the side.
[18:38] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Yeah, life has a way of getting in the way when you are trying to make other plans
[18:38] <~bynw> well you can come see us all this summer for DeryniCon
[18:38] <CG> [discord] <ninjabbo.> Indeed!
[18:38] <CG> [discord] <marc_du_temple> One of the lessons I learned from KK novels: sometimes the adventure of a lifetime? Takes a lifetime
[18:38] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Where we are, Rhemuth Castle is, and that counts as overseas, right?
[18:38] <The_Bee> Message to the superstitious: 2026 will have three Friday the 13ths.
[18:39] <~bynw> Feb, March, and Nov
[18:39] <CG> [discord] <ninjabbo.> One of those Fridays is my sister's birthday
[18:39] <The_Bee> Yup
[18:40] <The_Bee> One is my oldest niece's birthday.
[18:40] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> My sister was born on a friday the 13th  and it has always been a lucky day for her.   I myself, have not found to to be an unlucky day.  so I don't mind the callendar4
[18:41] <~bynw> no 13th bothers me but there are days that can
[18:42] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> Friday the 13th March means my birthday is on a Friday as well, woo hoo!
[18:43] <The_Bee> My brother was born on August 13, so his sun squares his daughter's November 13 sun.
[18:44] <The_Bee> I've recently been obsessed with which date falls on which day of the week.
[18:45] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> Of course someone tried to burn down Grecotha on Friday the 13th.
[18:45] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> 😄
[18:45] <~bynw> the 49rs have won against the eagles in an upset
[18:45] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> *glares at Bynw*
[18:45] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> Go 49ers
[18:46] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Would we nice people burn down Greco...oh yeah, that almost happened....  😄
[18:46] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> hand glasp with Nezz. We stopped him
[18:46] <The_Bee> In KK's books or your fanfic?
[18:46] <~bynw> it wasn't me Nezz ... it was bad guys
[18:46] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> In their story-based RPG, Bee
[18:46] <CG> [discord] <marc_du_temple> That's right. I'm proud to count myself among the brave heroes of Grecotha! 🏹
[18:46] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> and Marc gave us tons of assisitance
[18:47] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> I sat on the sidelines and ate popcorn.
[18:47] <CG> [discord] <marc_du_temple> They were and are the masters. 🙂
[18:47] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> Go FS team
[18:47] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> 🍿
[18:47] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> Yumm
[18:48] <The_Bee> I think of RPGs as fanfic.
[18:48] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Easy to pop corn when there is a fire source handy
[18:48] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> LOL
[18:48] <~bynw> LOL
[18:48] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> Pop Pop Pop
[18:48] <CG> [discord] <marc_du_temple> And where would we have been without Bynw? Our evil genius and gracious GM
[18:48] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> And bringer of popcorn
[18:49] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> 🍿
[18:49] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> 🔥
[18:49] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> 🐦�🔥
[18:49] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> Lest we not forget Jerusha and Revanne in our quest for saving the city.
[18:50] <CG> [discord] <tm_9039> Maize in the Old World?
[18:50] <The_Bee> You mean you WANT to forget them?!
[18:50] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> Popmaize?
[18:50] <CG> [discord] <tm_9039> (hairy eyeball)
[18:50] <KK> brb
[18:50] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Specially imported by means of phoenix flight, TM
[18:50] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Since bynw is a phoenix
[18:51] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Wait...that wouldn't work. A fiery bird is the last thing I'd want carrying a cargo of popcorn across the Atalantic!
[18:51] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> Let us not forget Jerusha and Revanne in our quest for saving the city.
[18:51] <CG> [discord] <ninjabbo.> Dinner calls, so I am going to log off.  Goodnight all!
[18:51] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Goodnight, Quasi!
[18:51] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> Wet, salty popcorn!
[18:51] <~bynw> cya Quasi
[18:51] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> Happy dinner, Quasi
[18:52] <The_Bee> bye quasijabbo
[18:52] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> Night Quasi!
[18:52] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> Night
[18:52] * ~bynw will be making a batch of popcorn for Sunday Night Football
[18:53] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> I have given up chips and now pop  air popcorn instead.
[18:53] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> Who is playing tonight?
[18:53] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Maybe that's how fireworks were discovered? Someone loaded a crate of popcorn onto bynw's back, he went flying across the ocean, his flaming plumage started popping the corn, he got startled and shooting flames and sparks everywhere.  Voila!  Fireworks!
[18:53] <The_Bee> Chargers @Patriots.
[18:53] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> But burnt popcorn is the worst
[18:53] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> True
[18:53] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> Evie,  the imagery is great
[18:54] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> Thanks, Bee
[18:55] <KK> I like the imagery, Evie.
[18:56] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Next time I need singed popcorn (which will be never), I'll call Bynw.
[18:57] <~bynw> i never singe popcorn
[18:57] <CG> [discord] <tm_9039> The popcorn button on my microwave works. I tried it once, it was fine, and now I use it.
[18:57] <~bynw> anyone who has ever had my popcorn like it best, almost more than movie theater popcorn
[18:57] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> How do you pop it, Bynw?
[18:57] <CG> [discord] <marc_du_temple> Not even with Hand Fire™️?
[18:57] <~bynw> on the stove, with pan
[18:58] <CG> [discord] <tm_9039> Or for regular popcorn, which I prefer, I have a high-walled carbon steel pan wok thing, leftover bacon fat for the oil, butter and olive oil for the popcorn per se.
[18:58] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> Not with burning feathers of flame?
[18:58] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> Or Byzantiun fire?
[18:58] <~bynw> bacon fat would be nice ... probably give it a nice flavor
[18:58] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Glad it works, TM. The worst smell we had in our office recently was due to someone in the office behind my area burning popcorn in a microwave, and the smell of the burnt popcorn wafted throughout the entire office and down the hall to the other office suites.
[18:59] <CG> [discord] <tm_9039> Or Chariots of Fire?
[18:59] <~bynw> my office doesnt allow popcorn in the break room microwaves because of people burning it there
[18:59] <The_Bee> When I was a child, we popped it in a long-hendled wire basket over a fire in our fireplace.
[18:59] <The_Bee> handled
[18:59] <CG> [discord] <tm_9039> I've lightly scorched popcorn, but "stand by your pan" is the proper technique, there are two failures if there's burned popcorn.
[19:01] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> Burnt popcorn is like fingernails on a blackboard
[19:01] <~bynw> oh i think its worse
[19:01] <The_Bee> I tried to heat marshmallow fluff in the microwave.  It caught fire.
[19:01] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> Yikes!
[19:01] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Oops!
[19:01] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> If you put a regular marshmallow in a microwave for a few seconds, it expands
[19:02] <KK> I had Moose Munch popcorn yesterday, from a Harry and David box I got for Christmas.
[19:02] <CG> [discord] <tm_9039> I think on a low power level, you could make it breathe.
[19:02] <The_Bee> very smal fire, fortunately.  It didn't spread.
[19:02] <CG> [discord] <tm_9039> Moose Munch?
[19:02] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> Those antlers are tough to chew
[19:02] <KK> It's a caramel covered popcorn. Very nice.
[19:03] <The_Bee> evie--is that what happens with peeps?
[19:03] <~bynw> caramel covered popcorn is yummy
[19:03] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> I think it expands those also, yes
[19:03] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> my fav is kettle corn at the fair
[19:03] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> Haven't had caramel covered popcorn in ages
[19:04] <~bynw> yes that would happen with peeps since they are marshmallows too
[19:04] <The_Bee> I like Moose Tracks ice cream.
[19:04] <CG> [discord] <tm_9039> Checking quickly, is there also chocolate?
[19:04] <CG> [discord] <tm_9039> in the Moose Munch, that is.
[19:06] <KK> Yes! Be. One of my favorites.
[19:06] <KK> Bee
[19:08] <The_Bee> KK, do you prefer chocolate or vanilla ice cream with your moose tracks?
[19:09] <The_Bee> I think it comes in both flavors.
[19:11] <KK> Vanilla. Is there a chocolate variety?
[19:12] <The_Bee> not sure.  I havenn't been grocery shopping for much too long.
[19:12] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> I just had to look up what moose track Ice cream was.  Never had that before
[19:13] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> I've only seen vanilla
[19:13] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> Chocolate might be good, tho
[19:14] <The_Bee> Maybe it is just vanilla.   I think peppermint Moose Tracks would be yummy.
[19:14] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> https://www.instacart.com/image-server/699x699/filters:fill(FFF,true):format(webp)/www.instacart.com/assets/domains/product-image/file/large_b4f0d24e-7432-4365-aff5-a3e32dcdf022.JPG My favorite ice cream flavor
[19:15] <KK> Evie, that looks yummy!
[19:15] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> It's super yummy
[19:15] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> I'm still kinda fond of the Charissa Caramel Crunch. 😉
[19:16] <KK> What's in that, Nezz?
[19:16] <The_Bee> And it still comes in half-gallons. Most brands nowadays are 48 ounces.
[19:17] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> I think that was a reference to the time when we all started coming up with ice cream flavors based on Deryni characters
[19:17] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> When Shiral was here setting out the imaginary snacks
[19:17] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> I'm thinking of last year when we were playing with Deryni flavors of ice cream
[19:17] <The_Bee> Has anyone heard from Shiral lately?
[19:18] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> I think I put the list of Icecream on the forum
[19:18] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Not since last year a little before Derynicon
[19:18] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> I see Shiral on Face book now and again.  she wished me happy birthday back in Nov
[19:18] <The_Bee> I hope she's okay.
[19:19] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> She also put out several holiday images of her Mice
[19:19] <The_Bee> good news, laurnarose
[19:19] <CG> [discord] <bynw> life takes people on different journeys. i've seen a lot of members come and go over 25 years
[19:20] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/479836521864888347/1460080930193412323/image.png?ex=69659dd4&is=69644c54&hm=2302603920f4c13e7f286630120ad755d77dea4f006282bf592fc575513c7138&;
[19:20] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> teddy bears in this
[19:20] <KK> I've gotta go, guys. Daphne has been getting increasingly persistent for the past hour, campaigning for supper.
[19:21] <CG> [discord] <bynw> must feed the cat
[19:21] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> I went away for a year or two, I think, just because life got super busy, but Duncan lured me back with his stash of Fianna wine and those books in his study.  😉
[19:21] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> Queen Daphne must be fedd.  Happy evening KK
[19:21] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Good night, KK!
[19:21] * KK steps onto her Portal and disappears in a shower of purple sparkles.
[19:21] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> See you next week!
[19:21] <The_Bee> Daphne's demands must be met.
[19:21] <CG> [discord] <bynw> have a good week KK
[19:21] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> We'll give Daphne skritchies and a hug and some nice kitty dinner, and you have a great week! 🙂
[19:21] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> Queen Daphne must be feed.  Happy evening KK
[19:21] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> Have a good week, KK
[19:22] <The_Bee> Thanks for coming, KK!  goodbye and good week
[19:22] <KK> I hope it's good. See you next week for 25 year observance.
[19:22] <KK> Nighters!
[19:22] <The_Bee> YES!
[19:22] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> Bynw can bring the popcorn
[19:22] * Quits: KK (Quit: Client closed)

Quote from: tmcd on January 11, 2026, 11:36:50 PMAs I should have done before, I started to look for the quotation.  My first search had an AI answer starting

QuoteThe phrase "Aieee! President Allende has committed suicide by shooting himself in the back with a machine gun at a range of 50 meters, pausing only once to reload!" is a well-known satirical quote attributed to National Lampoon ...

But the only hit was my text above.  Good old AI.

Edit: Found it! Someone had scanned the November 1973 issue National Lampoon. Looks like a newsprint insert:

Chile is back on the Menu!

I. T. T.'S ALL OVER FOR ALLENDE

¡Eet ees muy tragico! Our beloved President is dead, the victim of a self-inflicted air strike. Also, he shot himself twenty-seven times in the back with a machine gun from thirty feet away, pausing only once to reload.

I loved National Lampoon back in my Lost Youth. They were hilariously sardonic and wickedly funny.

I'll give it a try.  At midnight it may be a hail and farewell.

As I should have done before, I started to look for the quotation.  My first search had an AI answer starting

QuoteThe phrase "Aieee! President Allende has committed suicide by shooting himself in the back with a machine gun at a range of 50 meters, pausing only once to reload!" is a well-known satirical quote attributed to National Lampoon ...

But the only hit was my text above.  Good old AI.

Edit: Found it! Someone had scanned the November 1973 issue National Lampoon. Looks like a newsprint insert:

Chile is back on the Menu!

I. T. T.'S ALL OVER FOR ALLENDE

¡Eet ees muy tragico! Our beloved President is dead, the victim of a self-inflicted air strike. Also, he shot himself twenty-seven times in the back with a machine gun from thirty feet away, pausing only once to reload.

Quote from: tmcd on January 10, 2026, 05:03:31 PMAs for whom to kill, I'm a Kelson partisan, so all the other factions. And with Conall throwing dirt in the face of Alaric—I am more firmly of the opinion that the Haldane cause does NOT need fracture—Conall needs to have a fatal accident cleaning his pistol. Several of them, just to be sure.  ("Aieee! President Allende has committed suicide by shooting himself in the back with a machine gun at a range of 50 meters, pausing only once to reload!" — National Lampoon, I think, on the Chilean coup that overthrew Allende)

The National Lampoon / Allende reference was unexpected and brilliant!

Quote from: Laurna on January 11, 2026, 01:48:22 PMI had to relog in and saw this.  Is this still happening?

I would like it to happen. The 18th is just next week. I will send out a message to all forum members about it. Hopefully we can have a full house that Sunday.

I had to relog in and saw this.  Is this still happening?

As for whom to kill, I'm a Kelson partisan, so all the other factions. And with Conall throwing dirt in the face of Alaric—I am more firmly of the opinion that the Haldane cause does NOT need fracture—Conall needs to have a fatal accident cleaning his pistol. Several of them, just to be sure.  ("Aieee! President Allende has committed suicide by shooting himself in the back with a machine gun at a range of 50 meters, pausing only once to reload!" — National Lampoon, I think, on the Chilean coup that overthrew Allende)