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Underutilized Discourse Resource

William Duffield

It ain't Zoom, but it doesn't have a lot of the annoyances of Zoom, either. You do need to know how to type, and read words in English from the screen, but if you are too young to have learned those skills, you wouldn't be here reading this, would you? You don't need to look at the ugly mugs of the geezers who participate.

HAND TOOL (RumbleTalk) CHAT

Tonight, 9:30 p.m. E.S.T.

If you haven't visited in a year or so, lots of things have been improved, including easier posting of big pictures, videos, PDFs, text, etc.

You needn't be concerned that you won't be able to get a word in edgewise. Unless I've lost count, there are currently only about five of us who use the chat, and everyone is allowed to type at the same time. Now, three of us are in New Jersey where the weather is fine today, but one is in Texas, and may be without power and buried under a blizzard tonight. I always look forward to his amazing turned sculptures, but we may have to wait until next week to see his latest.

BTW, we more often also get together on Monday evenings at about the same time, but the chat room is always open. If you don't know how to get to the chat room, let me know, and I'll draw you a map.

At this time, the chat is open to discussion of any and all hand tool woodworking subjects, including debating advantages and disadvantages of muscle powered hand tools vs. electric powered hand tools vs. woodworking machines.

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No jackie weaver?

David Weaver

no relation! :)

Not sure if anyone has seen that meme.

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Re: No jackie weaver?

William Duffield

Is Jackie Weaver a hand tool woodworker? Does she play one on TV? :O

OK, Now I've looked up the meme and watched it. I guess it must be British humor, because I just don't get what is funny about it. It's just small town bickering about Rules of Order.

As long as she doesn't insist on discussing politics or religion, I wouldn't throw her out of the meeting. We always just remind them to "Be nice, and I won't have to try to find out where I put the RumbleTalk "Smite" button." :D

My invitation evidently fell on deaf ears, as no one special showed up to chat or share big pictures of their woodworking project or tool accomplishments. Maybe, next time I should be more direct? "Be there, or be square" might at least work for our turners.

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Jackie Weaver and Zoom

David Weaver

I'm guessing the reason the zoom meme has legs is because all of us have experienced it at work, but that meeting was turbocharged by a struggle for local power and decorum (or at least the people who were being the most rude complained about not following decorum/rules).

We often have meetings with older folks at work (people on boards), and it was comical how most of these folks dealt with zoom - not too much unlike that meme, losing their temper and screaming at others in their household thinking they had mute on or taking active calls and forgetting to mute (zoom instantly brings them into the seen group and shows their name while you hear the phone :))

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