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    So, we've all had some great conversations interrupted by that misbehaving chatroom lately. Mr. Pid wrote a great song on the subject...

    Feel free to pick them up again here. Or report your more surreal episodes of being booted for misbehaving. 

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  • Anonymous (not verified)
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    it's not ok !
    it's not ok that a couple people, not entitled to do so by deadnet management ,register all the scripts of each word said at chatroom . it's not ok that one of these people feels also entitled to threatened to disrupt our computers with a virus at chat because someone's opinion is not approved by a bully . it's not ok to slander spitefully for a cheap thrill at other's expense . it's not ok to spy on other's conversations due to lack of respect and ill manners towards others , and then warp what was said to propagate needless strife among others . But , methinks, we shouldn't let that run us off chatroom and lat bullies win ! So good people , do take a stand and join us again at chat !
  • TigerLilly
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    What MONA said!
    Please don't go Badger! Would miss your wit and interesting travel tales like hell! Are a handful of us trying hard to get the old vibe back, a place for warm, intelligent conversation. If our old-timer friends desert us, how can we manage this?? ********************************** By trying we can easily learn to endure adversity -- another man's I mean. Mark Twain
  • Frankly
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    Cosmicbadger' s post....
    ...oh,how right you are Badger!!!!In fact there are moments on the chat when you have the feeling that instead of bein on dead-net,you hang around in a prison yard with strange laws,Bullies eager to jump on you for whatever comment one dares to do and those ganglike codes [..like strkyep,krkbe etc.;)!!!]which make you feel very strange.Oh,and to stay with your post-i am pretty sure that there ARE people there who God only knows how,able to manipulate the whole chat.Marye,i have seen and experienced it that i came into the chat with 2 people hangin around,and beside '' hallo'',i could not send away a single letter,with them 2 guys havin Big fun that the chat seems to have ''hickups'',so they where aware of the problem i had.How?Did they see my comments which did not appear on the screen?Is there a kind of electronic trap between the chatter and the chat-room?..or is it just like badger says that some folks have found other routes in...wow,pretty scary if you add the guy who claims to have all the chats on record.Anyhow,peace to all who enjoy the chat as a nice meeting place,but it for sure aint safe...
  • cosmicbadger
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    to all the nice, honest open people who still use the chatroom. I was really angry when I posted last night and I should have mentioned that a lot of good folks are there whose company I enjoy a lot. But it creeps me out that a) one person is apparently logged on there almost 24/7 and hardly ever never says anything. b) the names of some people in the chatroom do not appear on the lists of online users at the time (that includes the person logged in 24/7) c) Someone is claiming to be logging the entire record and is using that as a means to threaten people. If that is true, then it is quite sinister. If that person is bullshitting then that is just sick. It would be useful Marye if it could be discovered if people have 'cracked' the CR and are getting in through other routes. Thanks. I am really not sure how secure gagalive is. If course one has to accept that it is an open space and not everyone will click and see eye to eye, but it is all too weird for me these days. Its a shame cos it sure brightens up lonely nights in hotels in strange cities and there have been some great sessions (even recently) It would be good to have an 'is it safe to go in the chatroom right now' function somehow :-)
  • mona
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    to make change
    some of us on the chat r trying and hoping to have the old timers come back. last week had to stop more fights than i want to admit ;( if u all leave then thats whats left. please dont leave badger and more kind souls plz try to come back now and then. peace! :)
  • JackstrawfromC…
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    The last time
    I was in this chatroom (which I admit was a long time ago) I felt like I was hanging out with gang-bangers at a rap concert. I had to quickly check to make sure I was still in fact on dead.net. "Here's my half a dollar if you dare .. double twist when you hit the air. Look at Julie down below .. the levee doing the dopaso"
  • stuman
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    I have completley avoided the chatroom
    Ever since the gagalive thing happened . I would love to be able to chat with Dead.net members here . but it always seems like there is more people that I do not know in the chatroom then our own Dead.net members . It`s kinda sad. Bring back the old chatroom and I`ll use it .
  • Hal R
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    I used to go there a bit
    but it has seemed to have really gotten very juvenile, not funny. At times I have hit it right. I like to go there when I see certain people are there. Really had some great conversations there last year and before and as recently as several weeks ago. But usually will stay far away. There are certain topics on this site that attract certain groups of people each kind of taking on its own personality. I guess chat room is like that too. Kind of like a great bar that you used to hang out at and has slid downhill and now avoid and only visit to see if any of the old crowd might be doing the same. . If the doors of perception were cleansed, everything would appear to man as it is, infinite. William Blake
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    just stuck my head in there (chatroom)...
    ...agree with Badger. It appears rather voyeuristic. Hmmm, being fast w/the keyboard and getting your mental jollies? I dunno. Doesn't seem intelligent at all, but that doesn't mean there shouldn't be a place for people who want a cheap thrill. Sort of like hippie crack?
  • marye
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    Badger
    I'm not sure there's a practical way to fix this, but you're not the only one with this issue. I'll see if there's anything to be done.
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So, we've all had some great conversations interrupted by that misbehaving chatroom lately. Mr. Pid wrote a great song on the subject...

Feel free to pick them up again here. Or report your more surreal episodes of being booted for misbehaving. 

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pretty silly, huh?
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I guess the point was, misunderstood? or taken out of context. ? Not about whether or not you experienced the Grateful Dead OR HOW MANY SHOWS YOU WENT TO, but is about the folks that came into the Chatroom ( this IS The Grateful Dead Website) just to play ' chat games', and mess with people, and hack - day after day and they never would talk about the music. ! .thats all. c'mon... I think you know what I meant... either way, there's 4 original Grateful Dead members out there touring- right now, making some historic music, sure would love to be able to chat about that ! but -we are getting by -with texts and the forums and FB pages :)) we need a place here to post the current show reviews and current set lists. OO play on- KEEP LISTENING
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A large part of this grateful dead thing is family of course the main thing is music but family talk about other things,their lifes,the weather,their children,its all a part of relationship building.Im pretty sure theres threads in here about further and the rythm devils if not you start them sister i will be more than happy too get involved in anything dead related.
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that the chatroom has always been a non-topic restricted conversational flow (relationship building just like ripple said) since day one. And it will always be like that. Music AND whatever comes to mind. Think of it like a conversational jam! Conversations flows and twists JUST like the music does. If our "approved topics" lists are restricted, it will stifle the room. ********************************** By trying we can easily learn to endure adversity -- another man's I mean. Mark Twain
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Hey DSG if you wan't to talk about the music, talk about the music. You want to post reviews and setliests I would love to see them on the Furthur forum. If you want a new forum to post them ask Marye. Nobody should put you down for your passion and your head full of dead, but lots of us dont have the chance to see so many shows as you and, well you know, if we weren't there its a little hard for us to have a conversation about it. So we talk about other stuff too..and come on DSG...don't pretend you dont talk about other stuff in the Chatroom too :-) Its a drag when people get nasty and personal in the chatroom for sure and it gets me down too. But most folks are kind and if they step over the line are quick to apologise. I for one will be glad to meet up with you there when it is back on line and don't forget Donna Jean too!
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but there were times when people ...again, I won't point fingers...would be there just to complain about NOT getting on stage, or bragging in a sideways sort of manner about how many shows they had seen this year, or "so and so is out to get me", or "I spent X amount of dollars on tickets this year". That kinda stuff chased alotta people outa the chatroom. so, I'm hoping that when and if we get the chat back that crap will stay HOME or SOMEwhere else at least. wagwagwagwagwagwagwagwagwag....(waving paw) Time to look for a cooookie.....
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Cookies are a great topic anywhere and everywhere!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Cake too.********************************** By trying we can easily learn to endure adversity -- another man's I mean. Mark Twain
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is easier than herding Heads. You can't control the flow. Kinda the other way around. If what you want is a mindless groupie site filled with nothing but flacks spewing about how great their hero is, I'm sure there must be a Justin Bieber forum out there somewhere. Not that I've looked for one or anything... People everywhere just got to be free! Conversation is always more interesting than recitation, so speak your mind and not someone else's.
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I like hearing reviews of shows. Debating stuff about them is fun too. But that does not happen on this site much anymore. It did during the Dead 2009 tour but not so much with Furthur. I avoid chat rooms because I think they are creepy in a sense. Plus people's egos usually get in the way and that's where you get the putting people down, and other ugliness. Trust me non-DeadHeads show up with a goal of pushing the envelope and getting under your skin. So from that angle I agree with DSG. "The dire wolf collects his due while the boys sing round the fire"
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I just wanted to say how much i miss the chatroom and all of my dead.net family that i have grown to love over the last year.There is the occasional argument,some disagreements,and sometimes conversation gets a little weird,but that happens everywhere.We are all different and sometimes rub each other the wrong way,but mostly just enjoy each others company and conversation.I can just hope that the site will put a chatroom back up for us so that we can reconnect.In the meantime,i hope all my dead.net family is healthy,happy,and enjoying the music we have all enjoyed for so many years.I wish all of you peace love and prosperity until we meet again.
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that we're not "talking" to each via the chatroom...how the hell is everybody???
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could be worse...no use complaining....
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dunno why my post showed up above yours GC....it was in response...
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same time, same station maybe? How do u like my new profile pix of my granddaughter & Cosmic Charlie (the dog).......:)))
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wish I could see it better, though....
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Has anyone heard any rumors yet about a New Years Eve show?
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The chatroom was a great place to hang out. Kind of like therapy for me. Is it coming back??!!
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Folks, this is definitely on the radar. However, the tech wizard who was working on this had a family emergency, so progress is delayed. It will be fixed, just not as fast as many would like, sorry.
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I finally create a new user ~ it's me rider~ ( no dupe) & can't even chat with my dear folks I've missed so much!! I now have semi- regular internet access WHOO HOO !!!Hope everyone is having a groovy 1st day of fall. Can't believe summers done come & gone....HELLS BELLS! xoxoxoxoxo rider
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welcome home! Pull up a chair and open a bottle. Cookies in the oven will be ready soon. Now lets put on some music...
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We missed you girl! SO glad to see you got z internet again.♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥ Twirly Banner
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Leanne, Hello, hows ya :) All wot Badger said n more :) Hokay, pull up a chair n crack open the bottle n take a sip..pass the cookies to Johnman :) Keep dancing :)
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well....ok...i'll admit I knew where you were and that you are safe...but it just sounds so cool.....RIIIIIIIIIIDEERRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!
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did you ever make it out to SF?
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I hope the chat room doesn't crash with too many plp when it comes back......seems it's been missed....xoxo
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Well the chatroom is still down,but i wanted to say hey now to all my deadnet chatroom family again.I miss y'all very much and hope we will have our room back soon because i really miss it.Anyways,peace love and prosperity to you and keep on keepin on because the music never stops....
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Seems we have had some good luck with the IRC chatrooms, free, quick and easy on the slower puters...what do you think?♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥ Twirly Banner
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the tech stuff is pretty much outside my universe...
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... uh ... mmmh ... ah ... let me see ..... ah...... OH ! Yea ....! Now I remember Well Hell , .. Do yall miss me .? .. ah ... uh U-know since ye ole' yak room has been 100% snafu . I miss not being able to visit every now and then with dat famous land luber and armchair buccaneer "Ahoy Ye Matee' " ....JM...... you know who.. Argh ! And whats been happening in Portland O .. ? I don't know and it driving me crazy ... Because I can not yak it up with my OR .. Pear connection on the coast ..msmona.. Why must we suffer .... this cruel fait ... I mean like Gee Wiz, ... dude .. ! Whatsamotta University was invaluable ...... it has no value.. ah ... uh ..... Lets get Donald Draper in here and straighten this thing out... Because I'm drifting ..... drifting ... En art comme en amour, Ii'nstinct suffit.
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it'll be all right, tejas...........land lubber, huh?....I am an honorable and trusty Shellback, I'll have you know....arrrrr....
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It has been brought to my attention that Donald Draper will NOT be helping us with our problems...... He has made it quite clear .. That not only ' he ' .. but no one from his firm Sterling Cooper Draper Price ... will be offering any advice or services to ... uh ... As he put it "Hippies" ... uh.... Ah well ... hmmm.....So that about sez it all to what Madison Avenue has to say about ...GD.net .. of course ..... I don't agree ...But its not up to me...uh .. I'm just the messenger ... ah ... uh.. En art comme en amour, Ii'nstinct suffit.
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can kiss my hippie...................you all know the rest.
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you have your own hippie?...what do you feed it?....ya must spend a fortune on grilled cheese....save money on haircuts, though..........is that a cookie?...can i have it?
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that the flying monkeys keep ripple's hippy well supplied with beer for with the grilled cheese and cookies.********************************** By trying we can easily learn to endure adversity -- another man's I mean. Mark Twain
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I bet you he keeps his hippy in a yurt.********************************** By trying we can easily learn to endure adversity -- another man's I mean. Mark Twain
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Eureka! You have solved the mystery of why the flying monkeys have been scarce lately! (slaps forehead) They've gone into brewing beer, and then when there's enough stock on hand they'll start delivering again.********************************** By trying we can easily learn to endure adversity -- another man's I mean. Mark Twain
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doesn't show them actually brewing.....and they're more know for stealing then delivering....mebbe they are hiding in the yurt with ripple's pet hippie....do they grow spelt in Mongolia?? hey ripple....whatcha doin' in Mongolia, anyway?
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the Saga of ripple's yurt-residing hippy is going to bloom and grow. It's just too much fun to say ripple's hippy! :D********************************** By trying we can easily learn to endure adversity -- another man's I mean. Mark Twain
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Glad to be of service in solving the mystery. I was actually drinking some of that brew last night, for the first time, had never seen it before. I took one look at the label and started laughing...and we launched into this big Wizard of Oz didn't-the-flying-monkeys-scare-the-pants-off-you-when-you-were-a-kid jag. (They scare the pants off me to this day). But Johnman's right, I don't know what that monkey is doing in the wheatfield, looking sinister as flying monkeys are wont to do. No hippies in sight, but it looks like there's a flock of flyers in the background circling around SOMETHING. I'll need to drink some more to get to the bottom of it...the bottle, that is.
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I've seen in a long time! Miss you chatters...for now.... ♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥ Twirly Banner
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"you have lost your mind"........hahaa=so funny......