Has suddenly everybody left?

[MissHoneychurch]

almost no traffic at all in the last ten minutes. Hello???? Anybody out there?

[matcom]

1. morning Honey

:hi:

i'm here. getting ready to bake :loveya:

[MissHoneychurch]

2. I know you are here

but it seems right now you and I are alone ..... hmmmmmm ..... maybe I should take advantage of you .... uhh ... I mean that .... :hide:

[matcom]

4. YES!!

THAT would wake me up! :D

TAKE ME NOW!!! :bounce:

[MissHoneychurch]

5. *looks around*

*runs over to matcom* and .... :evilgrin:

[Starbucks Anarchist]

3. I'm here.

:hi:

[MissHoneychurch]

6. Good morning

:hi:

[Starbucks Anarchist]

8. Good morning!

Actually, it's only 4:15 here on the West Coast, plus I work a night job, so this is "after hours" for me. :hi:

[MissHoneychurch]

10. That is really early

1.15pm here :hi:

3 more hours to work ....

[Starbucks Anarchist]

11. I had no idea you lived in Germany.

Guten Tag (I think that's right)! Are you an expat or native German?

[MissHoneychurch]

13. native German

main reason why I am working today :)

and "Guten Tag" was right :hi:

[Starbucks Anarchist]

17. I was curious...

How many weeks of vacation per year do you (or at least the average German) receive each year?

[MissHoneychurch]

20. I have 29 days

that is pretty much the average 29 or 30 days

[Starbucks Anarchist]

21. 29 days?!?!

Is that including weekends?

[MissHoneychurch]

26. no

29 work days

[Starbucks Anarchist]

35. Wow!

That's six weeks a year! You probably already know this, but the average American gets only two weeks of vacation per year, and I think that includes weekends.

Is the 29 or 30 days mandated by the government or mainly decided by corporations and other businesses? And is that six weeks straight, or can you divide up your vacation days any way you want?

[MissHoneychurch]

39. I am not quite sure who decides how many days you get

the job I had before I "only" had 26 days. It was a private company. Now I work in the non-profit sector and my moneay comes from the government, and we get 29 days and depending on how long you are in this job the vacation days get up.

You can take your vacation whenever you want. You don't have to take it in one piece.

And yes I know that the Americans don't have very much vacation.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

40. This is really interesting.

And frustrating for a Yank like me. ;)

Sorry to keep pestering you, but those are all paid vacation days, right? And at least in your job, how many additional vacation days can you accrue beyond your original 29? Like how many more days would you get after working there for one year?

[MissHoneychurch]

41. Yes, it is paid vacation

I have to work longer than for one more year, I get 30 days. Not sure are possible in the end. I think something up to 32. But don't nail me down on that.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

48. Nice!

And I know you're a young person like myself, but the fact that I could work for 40 more years in the States and still not have as many vacation days as you have right now is depressing.

But still, I congratulate you on your good fortune and applaud your country for its generosity. :hi:

[MissHoneychurch]

50. it was funny

when I was at my old job I was ok with the 26 days vacation. Then my vacation days went up to 30 (in the same job, to explain the reasons would take to long now). Anway, I suddenly had 4 more days and I didn't know what to do with them.

Edit: Right now I have 9 days left for this year. But I am allowed to take them over into the next year and use them till end of April.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

57. So you could potentially have three months off per year?

Assuming you don't take any vacation one year and roll them into the next year?

[MissHoneychurch]

60. If I take them at the beginning of the year, yes

but it would work only every three years, because you use all your vacation from one year in the next.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

66. That's right.

Math has never been my strong suit. :)

[MissHoneychurch]

67. but mine

so it equals out :)

[Starbucks Anarchist]

68. We're like yin and yang.

The transcontinental version, that is.

[MissHoneychurch]

69. The unity that isn't there

between our governments .... but hold on ... darn .... we aren't having Schröder anymore, it is Angie and she is licking Bush's boots .... oh well ....

[Starbucks Anarchist]

70. In a couple of years, Bush and Angie will be gone.

Then things will be better.

[MissHoneychurch]

74. Let's hope

those two years are gone FAST

[Starbucks Anarchist]

78. Angie may have two years.

I'm sorry, I don't know how your system works, but Bush is here for three more years. :mad:

[MissHoneychurch]

79. 4 years if everything is fine

but I am not sure this great coalition (between the two big parties in Germany) is going to hold for 4 years.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

84. Good point.

Well, MissHoneyChurch, I must get to sleep now. It was nice talking to you, and I hope you have a great day! :hi:

[MissHoneychurch]

86. same to you

Happy Thanksgiving.

We will talk again

[Cannikin]

7. I'm here! sipping coffee

[MissHoneychurch]

9. Enjoy your coffee

I just had me lunch

[tjwmason]

12. I'm guessing that the Lounge has slipped into holiday mode.

So we workers are stuck by ourselves. :(

Plus I'm actually trying to get some work done - as there's rather a lot of it on my desk. Double :(

[MissHoneychurch]

14. Yeah, even Clintmax is sleeping in

you do your work, but just look after me once in a while that I am not feeling too alone here today :pals:

[tjwmason]

23. Ensuring that you don't feel alone is far more important than work

:pals:

[MissHoneychurch]

25. awwww honey

(I should be working myself) ....

[In_The_Wind]

15. Hello ...

I've been right here.

[MissHoneychurch]

16. yes you were and are

:hug:

[In_The_Wind]

30. There's an inch and a half of snow on the ground already ...

1 to 3 inches expected

[MissHoneychurch]

32. no snow here

we have something that you might wanna call drizzling snow-rain if you are kind :eyes: and it is freezing cold.

[In_The_Wind]

94. 3 inches ...

It's still comin' ...

[emmajane67]

18. I'm here

at work in London.
No turkey for me today.

[MissHoneychurch]

22. welcome to DU

another European to join the club :hi:

Yeah, I am at work also. And since there is no Thanksgiving in Germany, no turkey for me either.

[emmajane67]

27. I'm not European...

Well, I am in that I'm white and my ancestors came from England, I'm an antipodean though, just living far from home.

[MissHoneychurch]

29. oh ok

still, you live in Europe right now (well, if the Britains accept being Europe also). So you are going to be part of the night lizzard crowd.

[emmajane67]

33. longtime lurker, that's me

been hanging about for over a year now.
Only been in a position to post for the last month or so though.
Ahhhh, temping!

[MissHoneychurch]

34. it is more than tempting

it is addictive once you start and make friends here.

[emmajane67]

37. Not tempting, temping

That's why I have time to post. I'm a temp!
I don't do much, or get paid much, but I get to post here instead.

[MissHoneychurch]

42. ooops

*tell myself to read more careful*

[tjwmason]

65. Welcome to D.U. emmajane67

:hi:

I'm just a little way out of London into Buckinghamshire.

[emmajane67]

73. Cool. What's it like there?

Are you an Englishfolk?
Not a big fan of London myself, hoping to move on soon.
What should I see do in England while I am here?
If you're from here...
Have there been any UK DU meetups?
If not, we should get on to that.

[tjwmason]

89. Well I love it here - depends on what you're after.

I'm about as English as they come - I know what you mean about London, but it has a very powerful energy to it which is a strong pull.

There have been talks of a D.U. meet-up, but I don't think that one has occured as yet. There is a U.K. forum where the folk are very charming and friendly - you'd be more than welcome over there.

[emmajane67]

93. I've been lurking in the UK forum a bit.

Would love to have a meetup as I came here to meet some English folks and you're all a bit hard to come by, well, in London at least!

[LaurenG]

19. We're here

at least those of us who didn't just go to bed and those who are cooking. :hi:

[MissHoneychurch]

24. it seems to be really quiet right now

why do you have an holiday anyway? :hide:

[Clintmax]

28. I'm here now, Miss Honey!

:hi::hug:
Yes, I decided to sleep in for a while today. Now, I wish I hadn't.

[MissHoneychurch]

31. Hello Clintmax

good to see you :hug:

You deserve to sleep in, esp. when you have to get up so early tomorrow morning

[Clintmax]

38. Awww...thank you, my dear!

It's DEFINATELY going to be an early start tomorrow!

[RevCheesehead]

36. They saw my posts and scurried away.

:cry: I'm really not that mean!

[MissHoneychurch]

43. which one?

that you are freezing? Or that you want to strangle your brother? (Is he still alive, btw?)

and nobody is running away from you :hug:

[RevCheesehead]

45. I'm not certain...

but really, when did you ever hanker for a hunk of ice-cold cheese?

John is alive, as far as I know. Unless Christian strangled him in his sleep.

What was weird was that just as I was coming back here, it seemed like everyone else scurried away. I'm the Cheese, not the cat!

[MissHoneychurch]

49. for some reason

there was no traffic at all her for about 10 minutes. That is why I started this thread. I really felt like I was alon

Did you call the people yet to check on the heater?

[RevCheesehead]

54. No - I'm going to let Dad do that.

He's already awake - and the other two rooms are warming up a bit. We'll call later.

[MissHoneychurch]

55. otherwise

ya'll can go to the kitchen and stand in front of the oven with the turkey in :D

[RevCheesehead]

59. I found the next best thing:

Some Strawberries & Cream flavored Cream of Wheat, and a hot cup of decaffeinated Constant Comment tea. :)

(It's just this bedroom/office that's out - the other two rooms are fine.)

[MissHoneychurch]

61. sounds good also

and I am glad it is only one room. Even though it is exactly the room you are sleeping in :eyes: :hug:

[RevCheesehead]

63. LOL.

Dad said, "I'll leave a note for maintenance." and I told him, well maybe someone is on call... I'd sure like to sleep sometime before I leave on Saturday. "Oh? Didn't you sleep?"

Men - even Dads - are clueless at times.

[LynzM]

44. Hello dude!

:hi: I'm around, but getting ready to start cooking some stuff! Sweet potatoes, and cauliflower... yum! We have some snow outside. Harrumph. How's your day treating you?

[MissHoneychurch]

46. The day is treating me good so far

not too much work and I am able to talk with my friends here :hug:

[LynzM]

47. Sounds good to me!

I am excited to have some days off, but not really 'off', because we're painting the kitchen this weekend.... :bounce:

[MissHoneychurch]

52. So you are allowed

to really mess the kitchen up while preparing the turkey? :hide:

[Call Me Wesley]

51. I'm here too,

and look who I've brought with me!

[MissHoneychurch]

53. ....

:rofl:

[chknltl]

56. I am here Missoneychurch

with further questions about computer use. I wish to graduate from absolute idiot to advanced moran in regards to copying and pasting. I suspect that you are at work, so at your convenience please, (when helping me does not interrupt anything.)

I tried as you suggested to right click on a photo, then clicked on properties. A screen pops up but the only further interactions do not get me anywhere.... I can not "copy" url as you suggest, nor can I do anything with it.

I was able to set up a photo-bucket account but so far I have not found a way to put stuff into it. I was attempting this with those professional photos from that link I gave you earlier, perhaps they are protected from my doing this.

I got frustrated and gave up on both. Any help you may offer up here is appreciated, please keep in mind that you are helping an illiterate Neanderthal who's "thinking cap" is on upside down...
(well I AM on the other side of the planet from you)...(a notion I am still in serious "awe" of)...(living in the future is SOOOO cool)
c

[MissHoneychurch]

58. ok, let's see

Photobucket. I only know how to upload pictures from my hard drive. I just saw that you can upload pics from an URL also. Anyway, when you upload pics from your computer klick on search (or whatever it says, it says "Durchsuchen" on mine, which is German for search). Klick the pic you want, klick on "open" and then you have the path in this little "window". Then klick on submit and the pic is uploading.


When you want to copy an URL from a pic, go to properties, then mark the whole URL adress, klick right mouse say copy. Come here (or wherever you want to copy it to), right mouse, paste and voilá it should work :)

[chknltl]

88. Ok tried that...I am missing something here...

here is photo link:
http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3893705

I went to photo placed cursor over photo right clicked and tried these 2 options:

1st: clicked on "copy". Window disapears, I come back here, open thread and right click again and the "paste" option is not open nor are any options which may be used to bring the copied material here.

2nd: (back at photo), clicked on "properties" I get a "properties" window which has:
--------------------------------------------------------------------
PROPERTIES General

a small cartoon diagram of a framed picture being sketched with jpg numbers next to it.

protacal
Type
Address/Url (photo address/url is listed here)
dimensions (gives pixel count)
created (11/24/2005)
modified (11/24/2005)

OK CANCEL APPLY (3 clickable buttons with OK and Cancel being active)
----------------------------------------------------------------------
If I put mouse over "Address/Url" I can further right click but "copy" "cut" "paste" "delete" buttons are not active
That is as far as I have gotten...did I mention that I booted myself offline once while attempting this? If I am hopeless here then I thank you for doing what you could...if you see something I missed, well you have my undivided attention.

[MissHoneychurch]

90. the copy button should be active

otherwise press "Control" + "C" after marking the adress. Go in here, press "Control" + "V" and you paste it. it worked for me

[chknltl]

92. Right click...copy button is active...

...but what next? When I run cursor over "Copy" I see in URL box at bottom of my screen: "Copies selection to clipboard". ("clipboard"???),
You have placed pretty flower here so my tasks are easier...no jumping back and forth between pages.

[Lochloosa]

62. Morning Honey....had to get the bird in the oven...

[MissHoneychurch]

64. did he go in without any fights?

:7

[seemunkee]

71. Good morning

Just taking a break for the kitchen.

[MissHoneychurch]

72. Is the turkey in the oven already?

gosh, I envy all of you who have turkey today.

[seemunkee]

76. On the smoker

I smoke it for a couple of hours and then stuff it and put it in the oven.

[MissHoneychurch]

80. OMG

that sounds yummy as hell. Where do you live? Can I come over? I bring some wine I promise :9

[seemunkee]

97. outside of DC

Come on over. There's plenty of food.

[hippywife]

75. Morning, Honey!

Just gearing up for the day. Hope yours is wonderful. Any word on new plans for the weekend yet?

[MissHoneychurch]

77. My day is fine

normal workday.

Looks good for the weekend so far that I see that guy.

[hippywife]

81. Great!

After all the anticipation and let down, I hope you have a wonderful weekend!

[kedrys]

82. Oy you're up early...

Guten Tag! :hi: Still here, barely. I'm in the States, but since our household is half expat Canadians :P, we don't really "do" Thanksgiving - just lounge around and drink to excess for no particular reason.

[MissHoneychurch]

83. what do you mean up early?

it is 3.40pm where I am :)

[kedrys]

91. I know...but if you were here, you'd be up early

:D Forgive the clumsy attempt at humour - the hangover is lifting slightly. :hi:

[Lavender Brown]

85. Good morning from snowy New York

:hi:

[MissHoneychurch]

87. Good afternoon

from a cold but snow-less Frankfurt, also called Mainhattan (Frankfurt lays on the river Main) :hi:

[GOPisEvil]

95. I'm here for a while longer.

I'm having dinner with friends a little later today. :hi:

[scarlet_owl]

96. I'm here now. I have to start the turkey at 11:30.

[malta blue]

98. I'm here, taking a break from chopping...eom