[I am giving this one away for a limited time! Just ask, and it is yours!]

Many thanks Hippie!   I plan to take 'er for a spin sometime tonight.

[I am giving this one away for a limited time! Just ask, and it is yours!]

How incredibly generous you are Hippie,  I'd love to have a Space RV!   

[The Different Types of SL Users]

Hmm.  Not sure where I'd fall on the scale.  My RL significant other and I joined SL to help bridge the miles that separate us in between the times we spend together in RL.   We're definitely ourselves inworld as far as personalities go.  Even though I'm myself, I do seem to get completely immersed in whatever activity I'm participating in, whether it's at a dance club socializing, a community meeting, going boating, or talking with someone about shopping,  

When I meet people I don't talk much about my RL though, I'm a very private person by nature and prefer to just enjoy whatever we're doing in the moment.  I don't mind someone asking me where I'm from, I give a rather vague answer but at least they can tell what time zone I'm in.  In fact the couple of times I've asked someone what part of the world they were in was only after they'd asked me, and we were comparing time zones.  

Now I'm rambling. I'd say I'm a 5.   

[Where are all my friends? Come on in and lets get comfy by the fire!]

Valerie, I'm so very sorry to hear about Greta.  

And welcome to Gordon - he's simply beautiful!  What a dear face!  

[So what's up with this obsession with realistic avatars?]

I'm a tall girl in RL, and though I didn't set out to make my avi just like me, I've found that I am more comfortable with a taller avi.  My RL best friends are between 5'1" and 5'3", so I'm very used to being around people who come up to my...well who are less tall.  

[Counterproductive themes]

So you wanted to be social, and found a club where there were lots of people, everyone was nice, and they were friendly and greeted you. Sounds like things were great until you told them to turn on their mic.  Hmm.  I don't know many people that appreciate being told what to do, particularly by someone new. Maybe you did "ask" as opposed to tell?  

Either way, there are many reasons people choose to not use voice.  There was an eleven page thread here recently about it, and by far the majority of poeple responding to the thread don't like to use voice.  Not one of the reasons given was due to the price of a mic.  For many it takes them out of the immersive experience, and there were other reasons as well.

My partner prefers to use voice,  there are reasons that typing is difficult for him at times.  I really don't like it, so we try to find a compromise.  He never "tells me" to turn on my mic.  He's considerate that way.   

I don't undertand where you got the "fake lesbian" thing, but obviously this particular club isn't a good fit for you, there are plenty of others to try.  

[Preferrence.. Trans No copy or No trans yes copy]

B. Yes copy, no trans  would be my first choice.  

I was thinking it would be great to have the option to choose, but if I'm gifting something and they can't copy for editing purposes I don't think I'd chance sending it to them.  

If I had an alt and wanted to transfer items like clothing, I'd need to be sure her shape was very similar to my present avi's shape.  

[Help!! Can't Wear Clothes. D:]

Hi Ikiro, welcome to SL!   And it's not a dumb question at all.  A sandbox is one of the places where you have permission to open or "rez" the boxes that are in your objects folder.  

Drag the box to the ground, right click on the box, and in the menu that comes up click on "open".  A window will pop up.  At the bottom of that window click "copy to inventory", and your items will be put into your inventory and will be ready to wear or attach.  

It looks like you were in a sandbox when you took that snapshot, and that's where you can open your boxes.  

 

[The Real Life You in Secondlife!]

Hippie that's awesome!  It looks like you guys were having a blast and it was fun to watch.   You're far more courageous than I am.  

 

 

[What looks hot on a guy? (advice needed)]

I was just at an event and saw a guy (quite masculine looking) wearing women's clothing, a dress, stockings and heels.  He had a five o'clock shadow and male short hair.  His profile makes it clear that he is male in RL as well as SL, and that his preference is definitely women.  

And I thought he looked great!  He seemed confident, playful, and a lot of fun - I'm not suggesting that men run around dressed like women, (though I have no problem with that) but this guy was certainly intruiguing.  

[Chrome and SLurls]

OMG!  You're right!   How funny I never clicked for it to launch.  Well that's gonna be a big time saver.  Thanks so much!  

[Chrome and SLurls]

I've had this issue ever since I began using Google Chrome a couple of months ago. (it's set as my default browser) 

Anytime I try to TP from a SLurl in Chrome, I get an "External Protocol Request" pop up that says GC needs to launch an external application to handle second life links and it wants to launch my viewer even though my viewer is already launched. 

Has anyone else had this problem?  

 

[What I Believe About SL]

I wish I could give kudos in this particular forum.  I like that Randall.

I've only been here about six months and I'm not sure what I believe about SL yet. I will say that it's got one of the steepest learning curves of anything I've attempted in recent years (and have stuck with)  Oddly enough the challenge of it has probably been one of the things that's kept me logging in. I'm such a stubborn egg.   :matte-motes-nerdy:

[Do you sleep in SL? How do you sleep? Where do you sleep?]

How funny, I never even considered putting my avi to bed in SL.  I like the idea, and now I need to find a nice comfy blanket to slip under  when it's time to turn out the lights.  Oh wait a minute - our bed *does* let me get under the covers!  I discovered that at some point accidentally I think.  Obviously the bed doesn't get used much.  

 

[Voice: Yes or No?]

Doing something where I have to communicate while moving things around, whether it be prims or textures or my camera or myself, I hate having to stop what I'm doing in order to type out what I have to say. I absolutely suck at multitasking.

 

This sounds like my partner.  It can be so much easier for him when we're using voice to communicate in SL, and he finds that  having to stop and type is distracting. 

I much prefer to type, I like the quiet and I'm able to be much more immersed without voice.  I don't mind slowing down and taking the time to think and type, I think that's part of why it can be relaxing for me.  With voice it almost feels like my brain is trying to digest two different worlds, and I prefer to be in one or the other  - not both simultaneously.

So we kind of take turns, sometimes voice, sometimes not.

[women's sneakers]

Success!  I got two pair, one from Hoorenbeek and the other from *DL*      thank you! 

 

Melita, as far as leather sneakers here's kind of what I was talking about, except I hate the gold shininess. (plus they're men's)  I'd wanted something that had a nice worn look to them.   

https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/Shelly-Laufer-Sneakers-GB-For-Men/1725847

 

edit: I just saw that this store has women's too - but still too shiny.

 

 

[women's sneakers]

Thank you! I'll check all of your suggestions.  I'm not sure what *DL* is?  

[women's sneakers]

excellent!  thanks so much

[women's sneakers]

I've been looking for some women's sneakers, and can't seem to find anything that doesn't look glowy or plasticky.  I'd prefer dark leather, either brown or black.

Awhile back I saw some men's sneakers I liked at Hoorenbeek, and I just saw in the MP that they list their shoes as being unisex but I hesitate to spend the money because I'm not confident about them looking right. Oh - it just occurred to me that I may be able to demo them inworld.  

Any tips or ideas would be greatly appreciated. :D 

[Bliss]

The first time I experienced those feelings I was taken completely by surprise, even shocked that it was possible.  I have this insatiable questioning mind, and did my best to dissect the experience to try to understand how and why - because it didn't seem logical.  I've since let go of need to understand, and instead I just go with it because it's wonderful when it happens. 

One of my favorites so far was with my SL and RL partner, We'd been dancing at Madhu's, it was one of those nights that you could just feel the electricity in the air.  I think he forgot to stop his dancing animation, and so as we were walking home,  any time he paused he'd break into some interpretive dance moves.  It was one of those things that is so stupid but I was laughing til I was crying.  Then we got closer to the bonfire that's by our parcel and noticed that some dance balls were still there from an event that took place earlier that week.  

He asked me to dance, and I don't know why it felt different when he asked me at the bonfire as opposed to when he asked me at Madhu's,  Of course I said "yes', and...magic.  Suddenly all my senses were engaged, as it turns out his were too.  We experienced the same fragrances in the air and the same tactile experiences, even heard some of the same sounds that weren't actually there, down to the last detail. 

I remember still feeling glowy the next morning.

Anyhoo, here's one of the pics from that night.

[Is private voice really private?]

I hope I'm posting this in the right forum....

There have been a few instances where I've overheard people using voice chat.  A couple of times it likely wasn't meant to be private, but on other occasions, I'm confident the parties talking believed no one could hear them. Either because of the way they were talking about the people around them, or how the direction of the conversation was headed in regards to....erm... intimacy.   

So now when my partner and I are voice chatting, I can't help but wonder if we're being heard.  Is it common to overhear people's private conversations?