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[Amfleet]

I think I will in the chat tonight.

Amtrak Railfan. You don't have to tell us you'll be in the chat. Just show up and we'll know who you are. B)

[Save Our Trains Michigan]

I think I will in the chat tonight.

Amtrak Railfan. You don't have to tell us you'll be in the chat. Just show up and we'll know who you are. B)

[tp49]

Sorry I missed it, my girlfriend dragged me to the SF Giants fan fest today. On the bright side though I got Willie Mays' autograph which makes me happy because he doesn't sign very often anymore... B)

[battalion51]

I wouldn't complain about going to Giants fan fest, especially when it's your Girlfriend that's wanting to go. She's a keeper.

[tp49]

I wouldn't complain about going to Giants fan fest, especially when it's your Girlfriend that's wanting to go. She's a keeper.

Yes she is she's definitely a keeper

[denmarks]

It doesn't seem to work properly for a Mac. (At least mine) I was getting double characters when signing on, and then seemed to lose the incomming messages after a while. When I got out and then tried to reenter my browser crashed. Netscape 7.02 on Mac system 9.0.4.

[Anthony]

Yep, depending on your Mac OS version and other things, you might be better off using a standalone IRC client like Ircle.

[AMTRAK-P42]

Hey sorry about missing the chat the past couple of weeks guys!, I have been swamped at school.

[Amfleet]

Hey sorry about missing the chat the past couple of weeks guys!, I have been swamped at school.

No need to apologize. Just make it when you can and we all understand if you don't show up. For instance, I haven't been on the past two Sunday's becuase I was on a train.

[AMTRAK-P42]

Hey sorry about missing the chat the past couple of weeks guys!, I have been swamped at school.

No need to apologize. Just make it when you can and we all understand if you don't show up. For instance, I haven't been on the past two Sunday's becuase I was on a train.

haha . That is the best excuse ive heard yet!

[KiwiKate]

Trying to connect to and have a "chat" but I guess I am a day ahead of everyone else! I get into the room OK and have even seen my name in lovely pink letters but no-one else is around. I'll try again later when someone else hopefully will be there to respond! In NZ, it's 4.22 p.m. Sunday February 29.

[AlanB]

Yeah Kate you're about 18 hours too early, if my calculations are correct. When you made your post it was only 10:22 PM Saturday night in New York City.

So again, assuming that I'm doing my math right, you would need to hit the chat room at 1:30 PM on Monday March 1st to find us in the room.

[Anthony]

Trying to connect to and have a "chat" but I guess I am a day ahead of everyone else! I get into the room OK and have even seen my name in lovely pink letters but no-one else is around. I'll try again later when someone else hopefully will be there to respond! In NZ, it's 4.22 p.m. Sunday February 29.

Oops. I think there is an EST and such out there also. We go by the American Eastern Standard Time zone which is GMT-0500.

[KiwiKate]

Thanks. I have a list made up comparing times with here and the time in Minneapolis where our son lives. Hadn't been able to drag myself away from here yet as I love flipping through all the posts - had a look at the photos of the almost accident posted a couple of days ago. Strewth - enough to put the wind up even the most enthusiastic Amrtrak Fan.
A query - I notice a lot of people announce trip reports with "See my trip report HERE" which is underlined and presumably links to their home page.
I have a couple of stories/travelogues I would like to share with people but alas, do not have a HERE of my own. Is it OK to put the whole thing on this discussion panel as a new topic or is there a website I can go to, publish writing and link it to this site? My stories are quite interesting as they are through China, Kazahkstan, Uzbekistan and Russia. They are not too long - could post a short chunk at a time. Or is it just AMTRAK stuff published here? Appreciate your help and will try and get on to the chatroom tomorrow.

[Anthony]

You can post everything in its entirety in the Trip Reports section - no "HERE" needed. It doesn't necessarily have to all be Amtrak - go ahead and put your foreign reports there too... we'll all enjoy reading them.

[Amfleet]

I was wondering, now that it stays light out until around 8-9pm this time of year, if we should start the chat later around 9-10pm?

[engine999]

good idea, but during the school year it is hard to stay up past 10:00 and have to get up at 6:00 the next morning. i don't like to get up early, after a short amount of sleep.

[Anthony]

I was wondering, now that it stays light out until around 8-9pm this time of year, if we should start the chat later around 9-10pm?

Well, there is another chat that starts around 9:30, if I'm not mistaken. I'd think that might interfere.

[Amfleet]

I was wondering, now that it stays light out until around 8-9pm this time of year, if we should start the chat later around 9-10pm?

Well, there is another chat that starts around 9:30, if I'm not mistaken. I'd think that might interfere.

OTOL starts it chat at 9:30pm, so if we moved ours up to 8:00pm-8:30pm that still gives a good amount of chat time. Also, for those of us who don't use the OTOL chat we can stay as others come and go as they please. I just feel that 7:00pm is a bit early, as those of us in the northeast and midwest savor the extra hours of warmth and day light we get during the spring and summer.

[AlanB]

Well considering that there are some who don't show up at chat until 9:00 pm and still find some of us hanging out there, I"m not sure that we need to change the start time. I just got done chatting with "luvtherails" at 10:50.

So just show up when you can.