Internet Orgy
What do you get when you put three geeks and two Pratchetteers (new word?) into one room? Lots of discussion on the pronunciation of Linux and router, rants of nested tables, World of Warcraft (hiss boo), chavs in Telford, Dreamweaver, FrontPage, web 2.0, Nanny Ogg's cookbook and sexual innuendo (although the latter two are much the same).
Yes: Katy, Amelie and her partner Alex decided to pop in to see Karl and I for a geeky Internet meet-up organised in about 10 minutes on the spur of the moment. Two hours later (Amelie and Alex had a long drive) we're all together drinking exotic juice, tea and orange and LOLing at general Internetness. Ahh, good times.
So, if you've ever wondered if I am secretly an old fat guy posing as a young adult blogger, Amelie and Katy will confirm that — yes — I definitely am.
On Sun 26th Nov 2006 @ 22:55, Grant Mc said:
lol! what did you use to meet on the net ive been trying to have net meet ups but i cant find any decent software!
On Sun 26th Nov 2006 @ 22:56, Jem said:
[quote]lol! what did you use to meet on the net ive been trying to have net meet ups but i cant find any decent software![/quote] Noo, we met in person!
On Sun 26th Nov 2006 @ 23:02, Shannon said:
I've /always/ known you were an old fat guy posing as a young adult blogger. It was too obvious...
On Mon 27th Nov 2006 @ 00:06, Xeronia said:
Nice! And yes, you're definitely an old fat guy with mad internet skills that old guys generally don't have.
On Mon 27th Nov 2006 @ 00:14, Hillarie said:
Sounds fun! When I talk about geeky internet stuff to my friends it's the same as talking to a wall...they're just like "whaa?" And I'm not even CLOSE to Jem's geniusness...so that is saying something about my friends.
On Mon 27th Nov 2006 @ 00:55, Manda said:
...what are Pratchetteers? Is this British lingo, or a made-up term for something...? *is confused*
On Mon 27th Nov 2006 @ 01:01, Carina said:
[quote]lol! what did you use to meet on the net ive been trying to have net meet ups but i cant find any decent software![/quote] All the cool kids are using Skype.
On Mon 27th Nov 2006 @ 01:04, Maren said:
Jemboo, long time no speak, how goes it, you internet geek you!
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On Mon 27th Nov 2006 @ 01:43, Rhiannon said:
@ Manda: I might be wrong but I think "Pratchetters" is in reference to a British (?) author named Terry Pratchett. Rather good one, too. Thanks for confirming my suspicions about your true identity - I always did wonder why the fascination with my knickers
Nice to hear that at least one net meet-up went well...a net friend of mine is on a world trip at the moment and is currently in NZ, and well, he's driving me up the bloody wall.
On Mon 27th Nov 2006 @ 01:43, Hillarie said:
@Carina: I tried Skype once. Apparently it doesn't work with 'slow' computers like mine...and I don't mean 'slow' as in speed, I mean a whole different thing...
On Mon 27th Nov 2006 @ 07:11, Mumblies said:
Old fat bloke? Always said you took after your mother Jem *grin* Glad you had a good time though.
On Mon 27th Nov 2006 @ 07:46, Dave said:
Wow, it sounds like heaven. I too am an old fat guy... but that's never really been a secret
On Mon 27th Nov 2006 @ 08:47, Amelie said:
:D Good times, good times. Mostly.
On Mon 27th Nov 2006 @ 10:13, Jem said:
[quote]...what are Pratchetteers?[/quote] I made the word up to describe Karl and Alex - two Terry Pratchett fans. I also like his books but was too busy being geeky
On Mon 27th Nov 2006 @ 11:28, Han said:
blog meets are abounding hehe!
On Mon 27th Nov 2006 @ 11:54, Nan said:
Sounds pretty exclusive! I feel kind of left out. It is great to know where to stop by for some exotic juice and tea if I stopped by England sometime though.
On Mon 27th Nov 2006 @ 13:37, Chans said:
I knew you were an old fat guy! There always was this little voice in the back of my head stating it over and over again
On Mon 27th Nov 2006 @ 15:39, Julie said:
I thought you'd be something more...unique...I mean who is *not* an old fat guy on the internet?
On Mon 27th Nov 2006 @ 18:19, Natalie said:
Sounds like fun! I'm not a complete internet geek though I do know some stuff... anyway I tried to rope my friends into making a website with me but I gave up after they asked me what a browser was. Is it just me but I thought that was pretty obvious? Oh and Jem even though your an old fat guy we'll all still wuv you!
On Mon 27th Nov 2006 @ 19:28, Niu said:
Pratchetteers is not new I'm afraid, and we've also been called Discworlders, Discworldians, Pratties and Discies (after Trekies), and various others I can't recall. A consensus is yet to emerge....thankfully. ;-)
On Mon 27th Nov 2006 @ 19:53, Jem said:
[quote]we've also been called Discworlders, Discworldians, Pratties and Discies[/quote] I think I'd be offended if someone called me a "Prattie"
On Mon 27th Nov 2006 @ 22:20, Tiddley said:
Terry Pratchet Discworld Novels- woop woop!
On Mon 27th Nov 2006 @ 22:49, Jenny said:
.. I.. you're like.. dude, dammit you're going to be responsible for my "Terry Pratchett"athon.. you know when I need to use my mum's credit card to buy 'some' books authored by him and probably black list her in the long run?
On Tue 28th Nov 2006 @ 02:43, Elea said:
Fat old guy? Oldest story in the book. Fat old woman, now that'd be something slightly new. P.S. "Exotic" juice? I thought old fogies stuck to goodies like lemonade, orange juice, or apple juice. ;P