kb9kyy: is the log open?
phoenyxx: is that the topic tonight?
Mooooooo: yes
kb9kyy: I got a good way... fill in number of fingers you have here] finger discount...
HelloKit: Oh boy guys... do I ever feel like an idiot.
DopeHat: ok how do i save my mind
kb9kyy: nc
kb9kyy: don't leave yourself open like that....!
phoenyxx: ways to save.....use Pespi for paint remover :-)
kb9kyy: quit smoking dope, hat
kb9kyy: :-)
Mimi: lol
HelloKit: Okay, as most of you know... I'm an idiot and completely forgot about the meeting.
DopeHat: yep
Mimi: really?
kb9kyy: don't insult yourself like that, let us insult you!
HelloKit: LOL shut up Mimi
phoenyxx: I was getting ready to do an MST3K treatment on Party of Five when I remembered the meeting :-)
* kb9kyy smacks mimi with a large power transistor
HelloKit: I have an excuse, but I won't bore you.
Mimi: whatever that means, Simon :o)
HelloKit: Instead I'm just going to wing it.
kb9kyy: He was stuffing his face
kb9kyy: *g*
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Mimi: hello al2 :o)
HelloKit: Hey al2.
kb9kyy: yo al
* DopeHat gives hugs and smooches to Emilie, Mimi, and
HelloKit: al2, I was just telling everyone that I completely forgot the meeting and am going to have to wing it.
phoenyxx: Party of Five is the closest thing on Earth to a black hole :-)
phoenyxx: brb.....
* Mimi is lost
HelloKit: So anyway... um, Daniel is the log on?
kb9kyy: when aren't you lost, mimi? *g*
al2: is nobody talking or am I really lagged?
Mimi: *HUGS and SMOOCHIES* Keith
kb9kyy: really lagged
Mimi: I'm lost because Simon is talking, as usual :o)
Fenicia: see you later :))))
Fenicia: XXXX
Mimi: bye!
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al2: what's a good server?
kb9kyy: irc.tyme.net
Mimi: no, al2
Mooooooo: irc.worldnetla.net
kb9kyy: shut up mimi
DopeHat: mimi you've been getting lost alot lately
Mimi: irc.worldnetla.net
HelloKit: irc.1stnet.com or irc.worldnetla.net
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HelloKit: Although I had trouble with worldnetla
DopeHat: awwwwwwwwwwwwwww
Mimi: Blame it on my shrunken brain, then, Keith
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kb9kyy: one sixth of the meeting time is over, and you're all blabbing about nothing!!!! (i can't talk, i'm doing it too...)
HelloKit: So the first thing I'm going to ask you guys, is how many of you have a significant amount of equipment or assistive technology that you use regularly?
kb9kyy: me...Voice synth and scanner
* al2 raises his hand
kb9kyy: (to read mail, etc.)
DopeHat: geez i give hugs and smooches and only one woman returned
HelloKit: I have a wheelchair, custom made hairbrushes, wall-mounted dressing hooks.
* HelloKit smooches Keith.
kb9kyy: don't complain, be glad one did!
Mimi: You know who loves you, then, Keith ;o)
HelloKit: Anyone else?
Mimi: I don't have any
Mimi: oops, wrong...
Mimi: Yes, I have sunglasses
Mimi: and a bite splint
* kb9kyy smacks mimi with his cane
Mooooooo: i have $550 glasses
HelloKit: Sunglasses, Mimi?
Mimi: what now, Brad?
HelloKit: Yikes!
kb9kyy: ^--Don't get any bright ideas!
kb9kyy: Yes, I have sunglasses
Mimi: Yeah, my anticonvulant medication makes my eyes very sensitive to light
kb9kyy: oops, forgot the <Mimi>
HelloKit: Ah...
kb9kyy: oh...never mind
kb9kyy: sorry mimi
Mimi: s'ok Brad, don't know what you're doing anyway :o)
Mooooooo: my medicine costs about $15 a day for all of them
* kb9kyy is crying 'Nobody likes me!'
Mimi: mine is $1 a day
DopeHat: i have motorized chair, lift in room to pick me up
kb9kyy: mine is none a day...(Don't take medicine)
kb9kyy: pick you up?
HelloKit: Is anyone having to pay for their equipment out of their own pocket? (ie. insurance doesn't cover, etc.)
kb9kyy: me...I couldn't get assistance on my computer equipment
DopeHat: yes
Mimi: nope, ins. covers my meds
* Mooooooo pays cash for everything
kb9kyy: (good thing I got it used)
al2: i have to pay for some
HelloKit: My parents' insurance has just changed their prescription program... and only covers drugs bought at certain select pharmacies.
kb9kyy: eek
HelloKit: And they won't cover any pharmacies in our town, so all of our family's prescriptions are paid out of pocket now.
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Mimi: that's awful