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<H2><font color="plum">Cloudy's Cafe</font></H2>

Come in, be welcome, be comfortable, be yourself

Welcome to Cloudy's Cafe, a place to have a cup of coffee or a good
darjeeling and the finest in conversation and camaraderie.

The proprietor asks that you follow a few simple guidelines:

<H3>this is a real conversation zone, not a role-play zone</H3>

* no flaming; if you disagree with a viewpoint expressed by any patron, please do so in a civil manner

* any topic is fair game, but keep posts to the standards that Ziroc has set for the entire forum, please (ie: foul language is not appropriate and things should be suitable for all audiences)
-a side note from Cloudy: I see this as a place for those short
conversations about a new baby or the latest soccer fiasco, not for things that are big enough to warrant their own threads, by all means give those things the space they need and post separately!

* Please, no one word or smiley posts (Ziroc has declared them 'real spam' and the proprietor doesn't want the reputuation of "good spam" to suffer!)

* do feel free to be serious or silly and enjoy the company of others while you are here. By all means POST if you have something to say, even to start another topic , we can handle multiple chats, we're a CAFE!!! But be courteous and don't disrupt a conversation just to disrupt it.

Come on in! The bar is stocked with coffees, teas, juices and waters from around the world. And purple napkins, of course!

<font color="pink">The lighting is low, the golden oak counters and tables glow with inviting warmth. Near the window, the lighting is brighter, as comfy, plush leather armchairs wait for those who'd like to read a book while relaxing to music or just lazily watch the world go by.</font>

[ 04-25-2003, 10:24 AM: Message edited by: Cloudbringer ]

<H1><font color="plum"> PLEASE NOTE </font></H1>

This is a modified reminder that I've posted before in reply to someone asking "can we spam the cafe". It still holds true, so I'm going to repeat it periodically for anyone who hasn't seen it.

Read the first post of the thread, it's NOT a spam zone. If you want to discuss you grades, a problem with a teacher,the weather, your neighbor's new car etc.....etc.. (real life conversations) this is the place. I don't mind a SMALL amount of spam but when the Cafe gets to be 8 pages in one day and it's all one liner pure spam, I have to ask people not to do it because most of the members who would come to talk about their day or things that they want advice or sympathy or cheers on, will not post in that atmosphere. I want you to be comfy here, but not at the expense of other members.

So the answer is NO, I don't want to see page after page of roleplay spam or one liner spamfests that could be done on msn or aim etc. because our goal is to TALK WITH one another , not fill up a cafe in five hours. ;) :D HOWEVER, I'm not gonna jump on anyone for a few of these kinds of things, only if it gets out of hand. :D

First non-Cloudy post? Yay, it is. Wellard, the doctor is still IN, for a while.

[ 04-25-2003, 10:29 AM: Message edited by: Attalus ]

Heya Attalus! :D I was thinking Vaskie might get in first today..he's on a roll these days!

CLOUDY!!!! Hon, how are you? I haven't talked to you in for-EVER!!!!

Hi all. [img]graemlins/happywave.gif[/img] I was hanging at the Casbah all morning. *shakes sand off feet*

all i can say is I HAVE BROADBAND!!!! WOOOOO!!!!!!
Its so fast. i love it. i also got cable digital. I'M THE HAPPIEST GUY IN THE WORLD!!!! [img]smile.gif[/img] :D [img]tongue.gif[/img]

Get Kazaa, get Speedup, have a blast :D

Great, isn't it?

Hi guys, just another boring day studying for examns. :(

Broadband? Congradulations, you'll never want to go back to 56K again.

[ 04-25-2003, 12:15 PM: Message edited by: Rimjaw ]

hi just wanted to say hi to everyone, and say i am sorry for lastnight, forgive me forgetting upset and understand i am having a hard time right now and anything i feel was directed towards me is going to upset, so again, i am sorry

I know how you feel, i went nuts too when i got broadband. If you could see my last two phonebills, you'd know why. :D

Careful not to get that sand on your desk, TL. It can scratch up that nice pine in just a matter of moments :D

Greetings, all. The weather is warm, life is good, and I've got one last printer to define correctly to call my Linux experiment a success.

K-DOG! Hiya! I've not been online much, other than to pop into IW. How are you doing?! [img]smile.gif[/img]

Afternoon, everyone. Timber, I've gotten into the habit of checking into the Casbah every morning. I just shake the sand out of my shoes in the Doctor's Dressing Room. :D

Are you guys going to the Sahara desert on your lunchbreaks or something ?

No, Johnny, we are just talking about the conversation thread at The Oasis, which we and several other Ironworkers belong, like Cloudy, Saz, Epona, antryg, Horatio, Lioness, and Nacht. You would be most welcome, too. Visit us at "The Coconut Casbah."

I'll be sure to check that out one of these days Attalus, thanks for the link. Is that a new place ?

Once had a best friend playing in my D&D game name his character "Shalie Donliket" from that song "Rock the Casbah." LOL. :D Never did understand the words to that song. [img]graemlins/1ponder.gif[/img]

Yeah, i remember that song, never understood the words either. But the beat was quite good, so who cares about words. :D

K-DOG! Hiya! I've not been online much, other than to pop into IW. How are you doing?! [img]smile.gif[/img] </font>[/QUOTE]Good! Taking some time off due to an upcoming knee surgery...too much trying to act like I'm still in my twenties, I guess...oh well!

I guess it's been up about a couple of months. Good place, check it out. LOL, Timber, the only words I remember were "dadadadadadada ...rock the Casbah, rock the Casbah." :D

[ 04-25-2003, 03:06 PM: Message edited by: Attalus ]

I think the line was "Sharif don't like it". It becomes a little more clear if you see the video... from way back when...

The song was about war, combat, guns, bombs... all over the middle east, I think.

Thanks for the info about the dated news at issue in the song. Gosh, it's a good thing solved all those problems in the middle east, that must've been a real pain to deal with. [img]tongue.gif[/img]

K-DOG! Hiya! I've not been online much, other than to pop into IW. How are you doing?! [img]smile.gif[/img] </font>[/QUOTE]Good! Taking some time off due to an upcoming knee surgery...too much trying to act like I'm still in my twenties, I guess...oh well! </font>[/QUOTE]OUCH! Hope that goes ok!

I've been working and trying to find time with my future hubby, mainly his work schedule's been a little hectic, but hopefully now we'll have more time. We're starting..*gasp* to seriously plan the nuptials.... :eek:

Greeting's all... Well I changed my sig and found out I had to get rid of the words "Sig Doctor / Manga Ka" of ironworks :(

Let us know, Cloudybride. Maybe you can have a webcam there and we can all watch. What happened, /)eath, Z get after you?

*pops head into cafe*
*plays the bagpipes*
So...what's been going on since Sunday? Me dad nicked me computer for "repairs" (See: hitting it repeatedly with a spanner [img]graemlins/whackya.gif[/img] )
*leaves cafe with a threat that she'll be back*
*drags a squalling Johnny with her*

*comes in and sweeps* 'Lo all. Today has been another boring day at school. Like always. Paige thinks her boyfriend is cheating on her with some girl from another town we met at a friend's b-day party at the Imbassey(sp?) Suites Hotel while at the indoor swimming pool. It's probably one of them since they were ALL flirting with them. Of course I thought they were nothing close to Paige so I stayed away from em. [img]smile.gif[/img] May have also had to do with the fact that when I went down to the indoor pool the clorine nearly burnt out my eyes. [img]tongue.gif[/img] I just hope Paige will be okay. She's really upset about this. :( So how's everyone else been today?

well... I've been about. [img]tongue.gif[/img]

*hugs* Hey Kalt. [img]smile.gif[/img]

Hi, Kat. Ooh, bagpipes. Play "Blue Bonnets Over the Border," will ya? Or else "Cock Of the North." :D

Hmm the Oasis forums? Is that yours Cloudy? I have a faint memory of you saying something about creating one.

Good evening folks. Dinner is on soon to come and I haven´t lifted my finger yet. It is so nice to have dinner made for you for once. ;)

So how is everyone? Timber is still loitering, Nessy is still spa.. serving and Attalus is listening to bagpipes. :D

Atually, I am watching Kat play them, which is much more entertaining. Yep, the Oasis is Cloudy, Saz, LadyZ, and Nacht's brain child.

Cloudy and Nacht have a child? I'm glad it has a brain and that they finally decided to get married.

LOL, the legitimacy of the brain-child is not in doubt. You should just ask the opinion of the Oasis' Spammer-In-Chief.

Hey SomeGuy! You are a great friend to Paige, dear. Just keep being her friend, I'm guessing she's gonna need one now!


Willow, yes, it is. It's sort of a cafe with some substance.. LOL we learn new things, swap tips, stories and opinons on pets, laundry, home repairs, gardening, sports etc.

Ahem...Attalus and Antryg... [img]graemlins/whipitgood.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/heee.gif[/img] You two just made me laugh so hard I made a most unladylike snorting noise at my monitor! [img]tongue.gif[/img]

[img]graemlins/wow.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/jawdrop.gif[/img] OH NO! webcam? EEK! :D We'll post pics at Stealthy's and Oasis, though, I promise.

and here I thought we were all invited to the wedding and reception. Well I'll just take that waffle-iron and spam cookbook back to the store and get my money back.

I don't know what you are afraid of. I'm sure only a few hundred hecklers *ahem* I mean members of IW would actually show up.

But Cloudy! What better way can you think of to add 11,000+ people to the guest list? At least you won't need extra chairs! [img]tongue.gif[/img]

*tumbles down the stairs*

'Morning everyone. [img]smile.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/wavey.gif[/img] CloudLady, I wanna come! :D whoo!

Evning all or G'day or whatever!

Puts kettle on for all those early risers out there. Who is up for coffee *notices lioness* whooops demarkation, "sorry I'll leave the waitressing up to you!" [img]graemlins/heee.gif[/img] grabs a chair, scratches himself in the way men do and looks out the window to see who will be in next.