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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>

<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. ;)

We finally got the winter's first snow here in France yesterday. But the weather was really strange. Either it was a snowstorm(view from my dorm) or the sun was shining and then the snow was melting. So this morning there was a fine layer of snow and below that the snow which had earlier melted had become ice.

Second semester is now going on here. We only got a weekend after first semester was over.

[ 01-25-2005, 09:32 AM: Message edited by: dplax ]

Great snow pic, dplax! Our view was similar, at least the falling snow part, a few days ago. It was so windy that piles of snow were swirled around and it made driving almost impossible.

I've read on BBC about the snowstorms the northeastern parts of the US has been having. I usually like snow, but that is too much. Has the situation calmed down since?

Wish it would snow that hard over here. We got some yesterday morning but it melted really fast. This morning we had even less.

Afternoon all. I just got back home. Nothing drastic happend today. I ate some good chocolate before I came to IW. I have to study now, becuase I have an exam from history tomorrow.

Study hard for it, Xen! And watch all that chocolate talk...we might start expecting you to share! :D

Take some of my snow, philip! We have plenty to give you!

[ 01-25-2005, 10:11 AM: Message edited by: Cloudbringer ]

I would take a picture from my window but you all would hate me

Hehe..nah, but I'd sigh wistfully and think "snowy thoughts" your way! ;) :D