Selene Gregoire
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1 hour ago, Blush Bravin said:
I tend to make the majority of my purchases in-world as well, but since 90% of my sales come from the marketplace, I tend to think that the added cost of tier isn't worth keeping an in-world presence.
I'm sorry to hear that. I wish more people cared enough to make the majority of their purchases in world. I think people have gotten far too used to being able to order things online (Amazon). I much prefer to support the local businesses. I tend to view my SL purchases the same way with local meaning in world. SL just wouldn't be the same if everyone closed up shop and went MP only. Many stores are beautifully crafted and the sims are wonderfully decorated. A joy to behold. It would be a huge loss, imo. At that point, I'd probably leave SL permanently.
Sometimes change isn't for the better.
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37 minutes ago, Tarani Tempest said:
I personally would not close my inworld shop though.
As some who uses the MP as a catalog and makes the vast majority of her purchases in world, I thank you from the bottom of my heart.
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14 minutes ago, LittleMe Jewell said:
When I meet someone, I will typically go with whatever version of their name is used during the introduction - by them or another - unless they tell me differently (or if they are a good friend and I'm just messing with them). Many Americans tend to try and get too casual with people a bit too soon (some would say it is one of our failings), but I think that is also why many folks immediately shorten names to something that doesn't seem as formal.
This reminds me of a letter I had notecarded and ran across last night while cleaning out inventory. It appeared in the Times Picayune after Katrina. It's not just South Louisiana.
QuoteAn open letter to America from the New Orleans
> Times/Picayune's Chris Rose.
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> Dear America,
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> I suppose we should introduce ourselves: We're South
> Louisiana.
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> We have arrived on your doorstep on short notice and
> we apologize for that, but we never were much for
> waiting around for invitations. We're not much on
> formalities like that.
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> And we might be staying around your town for a
> while, enrolling in your schools and looking for
> jobs, so we wanted to tell you a few things about
> us. We know you didn't ask for this and neither did
> we, so we're just going to have to make the best of
> it.
>
> First of all, we thank you. For your money, your
> water, your food, your prayers, your boats and
> buses and the men and women of your National
> Guards, fire departments, hospitals and everyone
> else who has come to our rescue.
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> We're a fiercely proud and independent people, and
> we don't cotton much to outside interference, but
> we're not ashamed to accept help when we need it.
> And right now, we need it.
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> Just don't get carried away. For instance, once we
> get around to fishing again, don't try to tell us
> what kind of lures work best in your waters.
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> We're not going to listen. We're stubborn that way.
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> You probably already know that we talk funny and
> listen to strange music and eat things you'd
> probably hire an exterminator to get out of your
> yard.
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> We dance even if there's no radio. We drink at
> funerals. We talk too much and laugh too loud and
> live too large and, frankly, we're suspicious of
> others who don't.
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> But we'll try not to judge you while we're in your
> town.
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> Everybody loves their home, we know that. But we
> love South Louisiana with a ferocity that borders
> on the pathological. Sometimes we bury our dead in
> LSU sweatshirts.
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> Often we don't make sense. You may wonder why, for
> instance - if we could only carry one small bag of
> belongings with us on our journey to your state -
> why in God's name did we bring a pair of shrimp
> boots?
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> We can't really explain that. It is what it is.
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> You've probably heard that many of us stayed behind.
> As bad as it is, many of us cannot fathom a life
> outside of our border, out in that place we call
> Elsewhere.
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> The only way you could understand that is if you
> have been there, and so many of you have. So you
> realize that when you strip away all the craziness
> and bars and parades and music and architecture and
> all that hooey, really, the best thing about where
> we come from is us.
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> We are what made this place a national treasure.
> We're good people. And don't be afraid to ask us
> how to pronounce our names. It happens all the
> time.
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> When you meet us now and you look into our eyes, you
> will see the saddest story ever told. Our hearts
> are broken into a thousand pieces.
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> But don't pity us. We're gonna make it. We're
> resilient. After all, we've been rooting for the
> Saints for 35 years. That's got to count for
> something.
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> OK, maybe something else you should know is that we
> make jokes at inappropriate times.
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> But what the hell.
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> And one more thing: In our part of the country,
> we're used to having visitors. It's our way of
> life.
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> So when all this is over and we move back home, we
> will repay to you the hospitality and generosity of
> spirit you offer to us in this season of our
> despair.
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> That is our promise. That is our faith.
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> Chris Rose for The Times-Picayune-
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1 hour ago, Scylla Rhiadra said:
As for "self-love" . . . well, most holidays are at least implicitly designed to support, cement, and entrench a particular culture/religion/ideology. Columbus Day, which is (so far as I know) recognized only in the US, "celebrates" the so-called "discovery" of the Americas by one particular ethnic/geographical group: it is very explicitly an imposition of a Eurocentric view of the relationship between cultures and ethnicities. And, to many First Nations people, it's not merely "synthetic": it's an outright unethical lie, and pure propaganda.
You hit the proverbial nail on the head.
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2 hours ago, Alyona Su said:
Yes, I know that part. I'm not aware of any other holiday like that (and I don't claim to be aware of all holidays) Though how will other react if we create a holiday that recognizes Hispanic heritage or Caucasian heritage and so on? This is my general point; it's synthetic for the reason of feeling special where it is basically self-love (generally and simply speaking, of course) - And to be clear: I have no problem with that at all.
I participate in this only because I'm curious about it, that's all.
Oh hello.
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1 hour ago, Alyona Su said:
As for holiday greeting, what baffles me is that anyone can be "offended" at them, for example," Merry Christmas" - if someone who celebrates Hannukah wishes me a happy Hannukah, I am thankful for that, even though I consider myself Christain, because they are wishing for me what they deem to be there own highest best wish. If a Hannukah believer wishes me a "Merry Christmas" it feels fake; they are just saying what they think I want to hear, which to me is disingenuous.
For many years I was baffled by those who were offended by my saying "Merry Christmas". They would insist it was offensive and I should say "Happy Holidays" instead. To this day I have never said Happy Holidays and still say Merry Christmas. There is nothing offensive about it. They just chose to be offended.
I don't think that those who are saying Merry Christmas to you are just saying what they think you want to hear. More likely they are saying it to show they respect your beliefs and would not presume to "offend" you by saying Happy Hannukah which is their beliefs. It's simply common courtesy.
If someone I know is Jewish and they say to me Merry Christmas, I do them the same courtesy and wish them a Happy Hannukah. I do that with people I don't know as well. Depending on the situation, of course.
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1 hour ago, Scylla Rhiadra said:
Wow, yes. That is gluttony! Or masochism!
I imagine that you have the tech background necessary to get back up to speed pretty quickly. In my case, it's much simpler (and therefore maybe more embarrassing). There's a lot I still don't entirely get about mesh (especially fitted mesh), but really quite shameful are the simple things I should know, like how to order tattoo layers on a system head (which I'm still using).
BTW I'm back on Firestorm, which is much better. And I haven't noticed any performance issues or differences yet, so yay for that!
I do but I'm still not going back to the team. The only thing I'm not familiar with are the mesh bodies and heads. Don't have the money for those yet anyway so I'll cross that bridge when/if I get to it.
FS has improved a lot in the last 4 years. I rarely ever had any issues with it. So far so good this go around. I'm glad it's working out for you.
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5 hours ago, Phorumities said:
I'm sure you do know, but I was speaking to the entire forum.
Heard that one a few times too many.
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8 hours ago, Scylla Rhiadra said:
There's something to be said for that!
On my own behalf, I should note that I've been away so long that I actually feel like a pathetic n00b, especially in-world!
(This is me trying to get the best of both worlds: wise and ancient, but also fresh and new! Is it working?)
I've been discovering just how much I have forgotten in 4 years. I just know Miro, Robo and the rest of the support team are laughing their butts off every time I ask a question I should know the answer to. It's amazing what you can forget even after repeating it every day 12 - 18 hours a day* for 5 years.
*Yes, I know. I was a glutton for punishment.
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8 hours ago, Phorumities said:
They aren't co incidences, as other have said, the early Christian church co-opted the major pagan holidays to make it easier to convert the populace. Same with sacred glades and springs, cut down the trees, build a church, incorporate the native spirits as saints, presto, done.
Even the virgin Mary was an add on.
The whole Christmas celebration was of zero importance to early Christians, but there was this major pagan celebration concerning the rebirth of the sun, so they said, hmmm let's make that day the day of the birth of Jesus
Tell me something I haven't known for a few decades.
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7 hours ago, LittleMe Jewell said:
Notice that Angeoco's isn't using the letter i in the first part of the word.
I'm actually quite surprised that those others made it through. And I'm still trying to figure out what got bleeped.
I was thinking pull my finger but maybe not.
Nope, definitely not.
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Meh. I don't celebrate any holidays. I just celebrate the equinoxes and solstices. That they happen to fall close or on certain holidays is mere co-incidence.
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4 minutes ago, Kimmi Zehetbauer said:
I remember the old percolators my folks had. In the morning that thing would wake me up with the noise it was making --- sounded like something you would hear in a adult movie.
As for lines --- I get the random teleports. It's bad if you're hosting an event or DJing. I just started at a Blues club as a back-up and sometimes I get the TP warp plop-up.
The ones my parents had, when I was a child, always sounded like lions roaring to me.
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Born on a mountain
Raised in a cave
Biking and...
Oh wait. Can't say that here.
I've been living in Oregon since 2006. I'm never leaving. It's too beautiful here to ever want to move to another state again.
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2 hours ago, Love Zhaoying said:
Well, a simple and easy example is the basic funhouse ride. Mouselook is required to enjoy it properly, often. But for other rides, moving your camera for you helps you not miss the thing!
And then there are those of us who can't use mouselook due to TBI. It used to freak people out when I would win at jousting because I can't use mouselook and didn't. They'd all insist that mouselook was a must in jousting. I proved them wrong.
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46 minutes ago, LittleMe Jewell said:
Actually, in that chart, the third column is the total of the first two. So it is saying that Portland is getting 142 days that contain some sun - total sun or partly sun. Which leaves 223 without sun.
Despite the amount of sun we get here, when I retire then I'll move somewhere where the climate is a bit more temperate. I'm really tired of cold. Even with our current daytime highs in the 60s and 70s, it is still only 30-35 when I go to work in the morning. And it won't be long before we don't go higher than 30s and 40s.
Hm. I must not have looked as closely as I thought. Either way, 223 days without sun is a load of horse hockey. It's just flat not true. We have way more days of sunshine, even partly sunny, than that.
Where I live is a little bit warmer than Colorado then and I live a stone's throw from the Coast Range (we can see the foothills from the driveway), due west of Portland. We didn't go far when we moved last year. From Beaverton to Forest Grove. We like it here so much better.
ETA: For the first time in my life, I've actually had a conversation about weather. A real conversation, not just how's the weather.
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15 minutes ago, Blaise Glendevon said:
If First Life husband doesn't stop bringing home 10 year old cast off computer parts from the Habitat for Humanity thrift store, he is going to have to get his own apartment. We are out of room!
Or "backups" purchased at Good Will. Who the heck needs 5 (yes FIVE) freakin coffee makers?!
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2 hours ago, Qie Niangao said:
Does everyone who hesitates to grant Experience permissions also never listen to a DJ's stream except through a whole separate VPN connection than they're using for SL?
Maybe not everyone but for me, my RL other half DJs in SL so if I want to listen I can just grab his stream. Or I can just sit here and listen to him singing along with a song or two. He's really the only DJ I listen to because he is an "old school" DJ. He DJs the way it's done on a radio station that you listen to on your car radio. It's just my personal preference as is not granting experience permissions when confronted with "accept or leave". I'll just leave as there are plenty of sims to enjoy that don't have experiences. At least, the ones I've visited since I've been back haven't offered me any experiences that I've noticed.
I think it really boils down to personal preferences. That's not something an experience creator will ever have any "control" over.
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1 hour ago, LittleMe Jewell said:
Despite the snow and cold in the winter in Colorado, the reason so many people tolerate it is the amount of sunny days that we get. At this altitude with very little humidity, seeing and feeling the sun can make a lot of difference during the winter months. Though I'm still moving when I hit retirement age.
Oregon:
Colorado
Hmm. If you add up the days for Portland it comes out to 284 days. That leaves only 81 days of partly cloudy to cloudy days. Less than 3 months.
Oregon is a bit further north of the equator than Colorado so that does have an effect.
New Orleans gets about 438 days of sunshine and is much further south than either Colorado or Oregon.
https://www.currentresults.com/Weather/Louisiana/annual-days-of-sunshine.php
Naturally, the closer you are to the equator, the more sunny days you have.
When I moved to Oregon in October 2006, it rained the whole winter and we had an "Indian Summer" that year. I don't think I saw the sun more than 2 or 3 days that winter. That hasn't happened since. I often find myself wishing/praying for rain. Especially in summer when it doesn't rain past June until late September/early October. Because it just gets too freaking hot but thankfully not as hot and humid as Lousyana, where I grew up.
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2 hours ago, Ivanova Shostakovich said:
I remember it used to. Or at least I remember it seemed to. And we'd get colder winters than we do now. I grew up in a small town that is barely bigger now than when I left it.
This recent Summer was marked as being the one which made us break down and buy two window air conditioners for the house.
Fun facts:
Portland gets 44 inches of rain, on average, per year. The US average is 39 inches of rain per year.
Portland averages 3 inches of snow per year. The US average is 26 inches of snow per year.
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8 minutes ago, LittleMe Jewell said:
Yuck - Colder and wetter than here in Colorado and way too close to my brother.
Nah. The weather here is pretty much like it is in Lousyana. I mean Louisiana. Just a tad bit cooler. Highs for the rest of the week in the mid 70s. It doesn't rain here (in Oregon) near as much as what people think. Seattle gets waaaaay more rain than we do. And eastern Oregon is a high plateau desert so...it's pretty hot here in summer. It's not uncommon to have near or above 100F for 2 to 3 weeks in August, high 80s and 90s in July and September.
Depending on where your brother lives, there's very little chance of ever running into him. If he lives in Portland... well... we avoid Portland like the plague. A bit too weird for us. lol We're also about 40 miles west of Portland.
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7 hours ago, Alyona Su said:
I was thinking of a different term, but I don't think a specific color juxtaposed with a specific facial feature would be understood by very many international readers. Bahahahaha!
Brown round usually works.
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2 hours ago, LittleMe Jewell said:
Tis what hate about Colorado and loved about growing up in the midwest. In Colorado folks go to the mountains to Oooh and Ahhh over the aspens turning gold. The only orange and red leaves around here are the few houses that have planted some maples. I'm totally not impressed with the gold leaves of the aspen trees.
Move to western Oregon.
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6 hours ago, Clover Jinx said:
You sansars get off my lawn!
Don't know what is going on. It won't let me insert the image or drag and drop either.
So here's the link:
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I participate in this only because I'm curious about it, that's all.
Heard that one a few times too many.
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Is it time for LL to provide an inworld grid-wide redelivery service?
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If the store isn't attractive, customers are less likely to enter, or make purchases.
I've been an SL resident since 2004. I had a strong dislike for X-Street. What little I did purchase by that method was from the Boutique. I will always prefer making my purchases in world. That's not going to change.