So I'm pacing through my house trying to work up the motivation to gather all my sling stuff and begin the prep work (which I'm decidedly NOT fond of lol) and it occurs to me ya know... we live in a post covid world... there's nothing at all keeping us from doing zoom meetings is there?  That's right gentlemen. A zoom meeting. I'm throwing the gauntlet down here. Anyone interested? Probably best if we have more than two lol. If not just know I will still love you all even if I give you the stink eye here from Texas.

https://i.imgur.com/PQO872i.jpg

Just so we are clear on the severity of a good stink eye. Make your choice MEN.

Zoom, eh?  Ok. Why not. Of course you were probably hoping to rope in someone who lives more than 3 hours away from you. You don’t really need Zoom to give a fellow Texan the stink eye.

The fact that this hasn't occurred to any of us before now is a serious oversight. I'm in :D Finland should be far enough away. Of course one problem is we're going to start running into timezone issues but we can cross that bridge when we burn it.

Kick wrote on Nov 6^th, 2020 at 1:31am:

The fact that this hasn't occurred to any of us before now is a serious oversight. I'm in :D Finland should be far enough away. Of course one problem is we're going to start running into timezone issues but we can cross that bridge when we burn it.

Damn right sir!! I would love to chat with some fellow Slorgies. And see your different projects and stuff. As for bridges I’m pretty sure Ive got them all but if I missed one we could definitely burn it too. Some Ive burned even twice which I didn’t know was possible.

NOOC- Well yes, we are relatively close if you don’t take my laziness and your busyness into account. Also I’m reasonably sure with your profession that at least one of your children is a mandroid. Which terrifies me. But yes we should definitely get together some time and throw some rocks. I would love to actually have a fellow slinger to sling with even if just for a day.

I’ll wait a week and see if anyone else is interested. I would love to get a nice group together to tell stories and chat.

Good to see you back, Morphy. 

Rat Man wrote on Nov 6^th, 2020 at 11:09am:

Good to see you back, Morphy.

Thanks RM. And good to see you as well my friend. I hope you are doing very well.

It would be nice to chat real-time with a few that share my favorite hobby.

Yeah time zone is the thing to think about.
They do one on my bbq forum, but it’s 5pm pacific time (I know I know, Americans have never worked out that there are other countries in the world and we all use a standard time measurement :-)

Which works out to about 10pm my time. Or dinner time.
It’s when my medication wears off and I start feeling like eating again.

So we’ll either need it early afternoon for the yanks, either puts Mersa in the middle of the night or their middle of the morning, or late night for the yanks.
I lose track on the antipodes. I believe they’re 9 hours ahead of the uk, or 11.
Quite what’s that equates to in us time - will take some working out :-)

Let’s face it - it’s you awkward buggers in North America with your 3 time zones that bugger things up.

We British invented time so if we could all work with GMT as the base point - it would make it easier to work out:whistle:

Let’s list our time zones and we can go from there.

I’m at GMT: 0


Never done a zoom - But I have sorted it out for a few clients recently. And my new-to-me(old one my mate gave me) iPad Pro is a decent size for it.

I’m not an apple fan and for the  800 odd quid he originally paid for it, it was massively over priced. But for a freebie with neat fold out keyboard cover  - great little piece of kit :-)

I’ll go download zoom and have a play.

I’m all zoomed up  :-)

Stickied the thread and changed title to hopefully pull in more members.

Lets see what we get :-)

GMT -6 depending on daylight savings... but I also have an infant in the house... the fourth one in 6 years. Sleeping hours are a long lost concept, so my timezone is probably less relevant than most.

Working on figuring out a time I can do this. Good to hear others are interested. Be aware that in Houston all Zoom meetings are clothing optional. But I will try to have a strategically placed sock.

Gmt -5, but iam technology impaired so i shall see.

@Morphy that reminds me of the RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS concertnack in the late 90s. Nothing but tube socks

I would be interested if I'm available at the decided time.

I am also GMT -5.

Forgot to mention I am also GMT -6.

@Vetryan I definitely remember that haha.  :D

GMT 0

But I will be unable to do anything this week. Also I have unlimited zoom so we won't be stuck with the 40 min limit.

I'm at GMT+2.

GMT +8

GMT +1

GMT +1

I'm going to try and get on Zoom tonight at 6am Monday GMT (12 am Central Standard Time)
If anyone is interested.   :thumb:  I'll post the link later. (I hope, never set up a Zoom meeting myself.) I'll be at the station so if I don't show assume I'm on a call.  ;)

So for me (GMT +2) 8am? I think I can just about manage that. I may be half asleep (or 3/4 asleep...) but I can try :D

Kick wrote on Nov 15^th, 2020 at 10:40am:

So for me (GMT +2) 8am? I think I can just about manage that. I may be half asleep (or 3/4 asleep...) but I can try :D

Who you kidding Kick you work in medical. You don't get sleep. Lol. That would be 2 am here? I think. I'll try to get on at 12am (my time). If I can't sleep or if I get a late call and I'm up anyways I'll jump on around 2am. I have the sock ready so should be good to go.

8am GMT+2 should be 12am CST

Kick wrote on Nov 15^th, 2020 at 1:34pm:

8am GMT+2 should be 12am CST

My bad you are correct sir.

Well, I may have jinxed myself. Busy day already and then some person drove down I45 with faulty brakes or something and sparked up grassfires all along the roadway for miles. So, so very awesome. I smell like I would taste good with barbeque sauce right now.

I really want to get on Zoom but the fates have deemed otherwise. I will try again next shift.

Too bad. Normally I have a very precious sleep window between midnight and 4AM CST, but somehow my family picked up a virus (a cold... not coronavirus) in spite of the lockdown, and each of my kids has taken turns screaming throughout the night. I am wide awake... although I probably would not have been the most engaging conversationalist under the circumstances. 

Ok, tomorrow is the plan if anyone is interested, same time, same place. If all goes well I will be sitting in the fire station talking to someone in a different part of the country/world. Be there Gents if you can! I promise to be dressed-ish.

Same time? I unfortunately have a morning shift tomorrow so I will already be hard at work. I'll have to catch the next one.

Ya the time zone thing is tough but eventually this should work. Lot cheaper than a plane ride too. Can't wait to take part in a slinging competition via zoom.  ;D

Ya but I'll try to be on. At work seems to be the best time to do it. Just depends on the calls.

I will try to join in at some point, i just gotta figure out zoom. Never did it,  but did hear that on Thanksgiving and black Friday,  zoom will be allowing unlimited zoom calls for the holidays.  I heard on the radio, so might want to check that out to confirm.

https://i.imgur.com/50Szr6V.jpg


This will be me tonight. If that doesn't make you all want to join I don't know what will.  12 am Central Standard Time. I'll pop on and see if anyone is coming. Maybe wait ten minutes if no one shows I'll try again another day. :thumb:

I wont be awake. My bedtime is 9am. Usually iam so tired i am asleep before that. Maybe try something in the evening littlee bit earlier. Lol.

https://us05web.zoom.us/j/83399437504?pwd=cEdoNU5xdEJrUkpYTFhCeVF0emlGUT09

Well Gents I'm not going to make it to 12 so I'll post the link here and hop on. Join me if you want. I'll wait for a bit to see if anyone comes.  :)

Passcode-  c8NB6V

Meeting id- 833 9943 7504

Not sure exactly what is needed but there it is.

I would love for this to work. At least a little better than the old chat function we had here.  ;D

I'll hop on at 10 pm and 11pm CST tonight (3 and 4 hours from now) if anyone is bored, drunk or otherwise looking to chill. If you are on the fence just remember the rules for drinking clearly state that if at least one person in the group is after 5pm drinking is fair game for the whole group.

Probably shouldn't have stayed up to almost 3am. I might have been able to make 11pm CST otherwise...

At work which is often the best time for me to try this since I typically don't sleep great. I'll try to get on again at somewhere between 10PM -12AM CST if anyone is available. Which is 4am to 6am GMT. Not super surprised this has not been done since it's so hard to coordinate a group even when everyone lives in the same time zone. As always if I am not there I am probably on a call.  Anyways hope to see ya there.  ;)

I would, if only it was an hour or 2 earlier. Since ilive in a tiny home, my gf sleeping 8 ft from me, while on a phone call. She wouldn't be too happy

vetryan15 wrote on Nov 23^rd, 2020 at 2:46pm:

I would, if only it was an hour or 2 earlier. Since ilive in a tiny home, my gf sleeping 8 ft from me, while on a phone call. She wouldn't be too happy

Shoot what would be an ideal time for you Vet?

An hour or hour and a half earlier.  I am an hour ahead of ya. I was just informed that last time we tried zoom, it didnt work. So i will attempt to work on it tonight, to see if i can get it working

Sounds good man. Like  I said I'm at the station so this isn't ideal but I guess if you don't hear from me you'll know why.

I just got it up and running, just still learning it, and see where to inout the meeting room information


Sounds good. Hopefully i dont fall asleep

Great talking to ya Vet! Hope we can do it again sometime.  :D

Of course. My gf said i was talking like a female.  She was quite surprised i could talk that much. Lol. We definitely need to do it again.  I will try not to be as chatty.

Ryan

vetryan15 wrote on Nov 23^rd, 2020 at 9:03pm:

Of course. My gf said i was talking like a female.  She was quite surprised i could talk that much. Lol. We definitely need to do it again.  I will try not to be as chatty. Ryan

Not at all. I really enjoyed the conversation lol. I got that look from my boss that said "I need to tell you something now". Hence my rather abrupt departure. My bad bro.  ;D ;D ;D Hope y'all didn't take that the wrong way. Turned out to be nothing but ya had to go double quick just in case lol.

I understand.  Its all good. Rather be safe then sorry. But i definitely enjoyed it. We should do it again, and try to get more people involved. Gllad i was able to do the maiden voyage of slinging.org zoom.

I would happily join but the times haven't lined up for me :/

For me my schedule is very weird. I work a lot of hours each pay period but technically only about 10-11 days a month. Weird I know. So it's easy for me to try and make it work but realistically for most it's going to be quite difficult. But I couldn't agree with Vet more. I want to meet my slinging.org family. Either on Zoom or down at Mallorca.

I'm going to try to jump on tonight if we can work out a time that works. (And if they don't drop a call on us)

If anyone is interested let me know and what time is good a d I'll try to make it work.

Any time for me I guess. I just got back from work and I have the next two days off so a late night won't kill me :D

I am open Till about 10pm. (Its 330pm right now where i am)Working on some sling orders i got, 

Oh damn! Zoom gangsters gonna do it tonight lol. Vet I'm not sure I can take this bro.  We got the boys coming. Kick youre the boys if that wasn't clear enough. ;D

How does  8 pm CST sound? Is that too early/late for you Kick?

Lol  yeh its crazy. Hopefully he can join

Did u ever get my cell through IG? On the first night we did zoom? Just curious.

That's 4am for me which is a LITTLE early :D

Maybe I was hasty when I said any time...

Kick wrote on Nov 25^th, 2020 at 4:37pm:

Maybe I was hasty when I said any time...

Set an alarm.  ;D

For 4 hours time?

vetryan15 wrote on Nov 25^th, 2020 at 3:59pm:

Lol  yeh its crazy. Hopefully he can join Did u ever get my cell through IG? On the first night we did zoom? Just curious.

Sorry $h!t things just went crazy for awhile. My goodness. I'm not sure that I did to be honest Vet. I'll check again though.

Kick what would be a good time for you ? Just let me know.

If anyone is interested in talking tonight let me know. I’m at the station so all the same disclaimers apply.

Any time today if I'm not on a call let me know.   :D

Yeh. If my body says its ok. I been waking up at 230am every morning for almost 2 weeks. Its killing me. Lol.  Is anyone else gonna ever join?

I would love to but getting these time zones to match up has been difficult. Even if I stay up, I wouldn't be able to chat much with my wife asleep :D

Kick wrote on Dec 13^th, 2020 at 1:28pm:

I would love to but getting these time zones to match up has been difficult. Even if I stay up, I wouldn't be able to chat much with my wife asleep :D

Ahh I figured my good man. The time zone thing is a tough one. I feel betrayed, all the flat earthers lied to me!

But ya, just got back from a call, Kick or anyone if you are interested I’m not doing a whole hell of a lot here at the station so I’ll just leave an open invitation today if anyone is interested.

I’m up and on if anyone is interested. 

I would do it but all you’d hear is screaming children. It’s dinner time and we’re at peak low-blood-sugar chaos this time of day.

I cant tonight,  but maybe another night,

vetryan15 wrote on Dec 29^th, 2020 at 7:24pm:

I cant tonight,  but maybe another night,

Got stuck at the hospital for 3 hours. So turns out I can’t either.

If anyone has a particular time schedule they would like to try please feel free to leave the times here.

What bit of software is being used ?

I'm generally around and online in my workshop 19:00ish to 22:00 GMT.

Which is 1100 west coast time and 1400 easy coast USA.
(That's a genuine typo, but appropriate :-)

1900gmt is about 0600 the next day in Australia and 2000 mainland Europe.

During the great spamwars having everybody spread out around the clock was extremely useful.
Not so great for anything else :whistle:

So is there a link that's always live that people can drop in and out of ?

And would it be useful to set up a standard chat room ?

We've got a decent one on smoked-meat.com that I believe is entirely independent of the forum, I can get the details from Ken.

https://minnit.chat/SlingChat

Permament always open, drop in chat room.

We'll see how it goes and if it does the job, I'll add link to the main forum template.

Looks pretty good so far.

Oh and no account or email or any other info, needed, just use it as a guest.

To change your nickname (and various other things), click the little gear at the bottom of the screen.

If you could use your forum usernames, it would probably make life a lot less confusing :-)
lol
And gaius - no - just no ! lol (yeah you know what I'm talking about)

I know exactly what you’re talking about…  ;D

Maybe we could do a zoom catch-up to meet online and have a yarn about CA?