[I am new to SL and I am having issues with my avatar.]

Check out this page of system requirements in order to be able to run SL.  You might also try another viewer (in addition to meeting the requirements).  I use Firestorm but there are others.

Welcome to Second Life!

[Strange Disappearance of Pictures?]

When you switch the photos inworld do you click 'OK' at the bottom left?

[Kudos to the poster who know exacly where to to sent someibbe for the answer to questions asked]

Using the spell check tool in this forum is not arduous. Look at the top right corner of the 'post message' box and you'll see the little icon.  Be prepared for many, MANY underlined in red words (in your case).  Just click on the word and you will be offered a corrected word.

Of course, you can go on doing what you are doing now and come across as lazy.  Your choice!

[Second Life Account Keeps Crashing]

Whirly wrote:

"There have been a lot of people having login timeouts lately and if they do manage to get logged in, disconnecting soon after login and the cause has been  that they have a really large, flat inventory structure. If your inventory is large and flat, it can take a long time to create inventory views during login and you will time out.

It isnt so much the size as such though, it's how your inventory is structured that can cause the problem. If you have thousands of items within a folder or folders without any subfoldering in there, that is a flat inventory structure. The more subfoldering you do within your inventory, the better."

Wow, that is the first time I've heard of a large, flat inventory structure causing problems. This is excellent information. I am so glad I structure mine in a way to make it easy to find things (and reducing the 'flatness').  Thanks Whirly.

[Is it worth being a DJ or should I just hang out and enjoy the music?]

If you've been to Rez and Ambrosia, you know that management frowns upon and will eject anyone who starts gesturebating.  DJ's for AEG must interact with patrons on mic and some are better at doing so than others. I worked for Ambrosia for seven years and it's evolved (e.g., gestures used to be accepted).

You sound ambivalent about DJ'ing so I would recommend not doing it now.  Find a club or clubs you enjoy.  Observe and talk to the DJ (preferably after they finish their set).  Check the club website if there is one to see if they are staffed 24/7 or something less than that.  Only play music you enjoy.  I heard a DJ spinning tracks they hated and they shared their feelings with patrons.  People don't go to clubs to hear the DJ complain.

Anyway, good luck with whatever you do.

[How would you have handled this situation]

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Roche Runo wrote:

I agree    Though i am a little different   I have only one rule listed.  

We expect you act responsibly.

    Most people do.

Listting  a bunch of rules  as no bearing  on the good people.    The people who dont  wont listen to the rules anyway.

anyone doing the latter  i eject immediantly  so they know i mean business.   If they come back  and conintue  i ban

Of course i make mistakes  and as soon as it is brought to my attention. 

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You don't know how many people don't understand that one.

[WHoop de doo!]

[Eyes]

Neighhhh

[I accidentally deleted my lost and found items]

Can you also please remember to use the spell check function on a post before hitting 'Post'?  Thank you in advance.

[How would you have handled this situation]

I think every club should have rules that other staff can use when assessing complaints like this.  You cannot be there 24/7 to police everything.  Stick to the rules and be fair.  Rules should be in the covenant, too, so everyone can see/read them.

[Looking for old friends]

Good luck on finding any of them with those descriptions.  They probably all hit the red 'X' in the top right when you did and never returned.  It would not have been the same without you.

[Any recent changes?]

Welcome back, Rhonda.  Vintage clothes, and hair, skin...well, you get the idea.  Just take your time scoping things out.  Visit a few of the events (Collabor88, Fameshed, Chapter Four, Shiny Shabby, etc) where you can pick up a wide variety of goods, including hair, skin, etc.

[Hi looking for a friend]

Eat flowers?  What kind?

And, you don't fit the requirements?

[May Someone Explain to me the "Rules" Governing this Game?]

I despair when a new resident joins SL and does not feel inclined to explore (in wonder, amazement and sometimes disgust) the world.  You will learn things as you go along. It may take many months to learn some things. For some things, you may need (mostly free) classes offered inworld.

Just enjoy the experience.  Meet friends if you care to do that, learn to build and/or script or to DJ (as I did). Shop until you drop.  Rent and own land.  The possibilities are endless.

[Sorry to ask...but]

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CheriColette wrote:

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Roche Runo wrote:

As a former male  escort myself  maybe i can enlighten you

The male escorts job is  to entertain you.  To be there for your every whim  without question.

You set the fantasy (and sometime where)  Want a cop?  A fireman?  A Cowboy? 

and best of all no string attached.   And it isnt just sex.    There is coversation, laughter  and some times we  are just asked to hold them. 

Some of the payment goes to club  where the escort works.

ANd man  the tips are usaylly in the 1000's

But tipping is option

hope i anwered your question

 

 

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I have one question about the tipping...

so if its optional, can a guy work and not get paid at all?  That seems tough. 

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I think the answer is in the bolded text above.

[Sorry to ask...but]

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Muletta wrote:

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Venus Petrov wrote:

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Muletta wrote:

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Venus Petrov wrote:

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I think the 'service' is negotiable. Perhaps the client wants a bit of small talk in a warm embrace, nothing more.

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Well, if so, it makes it even more difficult to understand for me, sorry...Because the paying woman can not be ignorant about, that the receiver of her small talk, is only thinking about the money he is earning,

while he is only pretending some genuine interest in her welfare and her thoughts...

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A wise woman is not so foolish to expect that the service provider has a genuine interest in her welfare and thoughts. She is paying him for his time, nothing else.

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Yes, but still I think it must be a kind of empty feeling for her, to pay a male escort for listening to her, instead of consulting a therapist, a vicar, or to get some real caring friends to talk to....

But okay, if the listening is a part of a foreplay to the sexual act,

I guess a vicar is a bad idea, after all...

 

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'Warm embrace' does not mean 'sexual act' nor is it necessarily 'foreplay'.

[need help finding a hair like this]

I believe the OP said the hat kills it for them (I assume they mean the hat is attached to the hair as many hats are).  I see no separate credit for the hat.  Plus they wrote they have the hair in the photo.

[Sorry to ask...but]

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Muletta wrote:

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Venus Petrov wrote:

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I think the 'service' is negotiable. Perhaps the client wants a bit of small talk in a warm embrace, nothing more.

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Well, if so, it makes it even more difficult to understand for me, sorry...Because the paying woman can not be ignorant about, that the receiver of her small talk, is only thinking about the money he is earning,

while he is only pretending some genuine interest in her welfare and her thoughts...

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A wise woman is not so foolish to expect that the service provider has a genuine interest in her welfare and thoughts. She is paying him for his time, nothing else.

[What is the average age in SL?]

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Luxmai wrote:

Hello,

I like how this might be one of the few comnuities in the interent where is the age average is somewhat high.

Is there any study or some estiamtion about the age average in SL? if there is non what do you think it is from your experince?

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I haven't visited many other like 'communities'.  There are residents who are over 40 and act like they are 12. There are some residents who are under 16 and act like they are 35 (most can be found in adult communities luring unsuspecting RL adults into pixel relationships with minors).

As a side note, I wish the spell check here would not highlight all the misspellings in the quoted text.

[Is this a discussion forum?]

There *are* Answers Fora in four languages other than English. Admittedly that will not cover all possibilities in SL but it will cover quite a few.

[Library or literature sims?]

Thanks for that link, Theresa.

[desperatly seeking avatar]

You might check Pulse skins for the skin. 

[Sorry to ask...but]

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Muletta wrote:

 

Curiously enough, I do not understand either, why a woman would pay an SL-male-avatar for only 15 - 30  minutes of "service".... What happened to the generally claim about women needs dinner, romance, sweet words in the ear and trust, before they jump on the poseballs?

- I mean, if women only want a quicky, lasting only 15 - 30 minutes, why pay for it? it would be much more easy for me to understand, if they pay for a really great long evening, with an attentive and handsome man, whom they don't need to get involved with, after the meeting….But 15-30 minutes with payment? I still don’t see the point, sorry.

 

 

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I think the 'service' is negotiable. Perhaps the client wants a bit of small talk in a warm embrace, nothing more.

[Sorry to ask...but]

Yes, both male and female escorts exist.  If you suggest that someone with a 'free offer' has the same level of wordsmithing ability as an experienced escort, I suggest you may be wrong.

[is this store legit ?]

The Forum will help those who first help themselves.  If you don't see any energy expended by the questioner despite several attempts at helping, why continue banging your head against a wall?