I just had the best experience. I love the internet
By raydene
@raydene (9871)
United States
July 26, 2007 1:18pm CST
I just came from the Walmart with a new headset with micophone for my computer. I plugged it in went to my yahoo messenger asked Gabs to join me in a voice conference. Within minutes I was talking to my lovely friend Gabs who is in England and here I am in New York, USA. We invited WeeMam also but she didn't have her mic handy so could only type in but it was ok because I have heard her voice and now she has heard mine also. Gabs and I had a great time and I also said hello to my little buddy Gissi.
Isn't the internet wonderful? Today it made the UK and USA touch!
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17 responses
@mummymo (23706)
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26 Jul 07
I heard about that Mom! It would be great if we could all chat together but I am afraid I haven't got a microphone either and can't even think about getting one - both the kids have birthdays in the next few weeks! I am so glad you had a chat with our Angel though - and yes I do agree the internet is wonderful! xxx
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@raydene (9871)
• United States
26 Jul 07
You know Daughter I do not want to hear you calling my sis anything without an Aunt infront of it.. She is your own Aunt Wee ya know since she is my sis. And see how the family grows and so lovely and we have our very own Angel...What a great life we have,no?Love you both...
hugs hugs husg
xoxoxoxoxo
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@charms88 (7538)
• Philippines
26 Jul 07
Oh wow raydene, that's awesome. I actually heard Gabs' voice over some of her Gissi's videos. I even saw her feet, LOL. I have my own webcam (wire problem) and speakers but no headphone yet. It must be thrilling and exciting for you to get connected with Gabs and weemam. I'm hats off to all three of you.
PS: I'm still looking at the link you gave me. :)
@weemam (13372)
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26 Jul 07
I did a great response and the stupid Internet went off again , we are waiting for the AOL guy to phone us he was supposed to phone between 5&7 , Anyway it was so lovely to hear your voice sis , it was quite musical , it was lovely , I am so pleased I just happened to be on at the right time , I just can't wait until we can all get on together , It was quite fun listening to you and gabs . so now you know a new word , cheeky , that's what I cal my grand kids sometimes lol , I got quite emotional listening to you ,I asked Jim to turn the sound off on the TV lol xxx
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@raydene (9871)
• United States
26 Jul 07
Oh my cheeky Sis..We are going to have such fun but I will not be able to keep up with all of you when you gat going! I had all I could do to keep reading it all..I will like to try though. I feel so high tech now...haha
Love you Doll
xoxoxoxo
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@gabs8513 (48686)
• United Kingdom
26 Jul 07
Lol I enjoyed it to and it was great to actually hear your Voice
You sound like I imagined you to sound, a caring and soft Voice I loved our conversation and I guess Gissi enjoyed it to even though he was looking out the window looking for you lol and barking his head of, you couldn't get a word in with him. It was funny when he first heard you he was covering my face with kisses lol as I held him on my lap and every time you spoke his ears perked up lol but he could not figure out where your Voice was coming from thank you for contacting me and letting me hear your Voice it has made me feel even closer to you then I already did
Love you tons and tons xxxxx
@Willowlady (10658)
• United States
26 Jul 07
Am glad you had a great time. Was the headset with microphone very expensive and easy to hook up. Would it work with transcribing do you think?
Always willing to learn and see others succeed. Technology is good when it is used to good things. Thanks for sharing it in discussion form at Mylot.
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@raydene (9871)
• United States
26 Jul 07
The headset was 16.88 plus tax. And I got my money's worth today..te he..It is so easy. Just download yahoo messenger, plug it all in and request a conference and wait for the fun to begin. It was so much fun. I even heard Gissi bark. I just know he was saying hello to his Auntie Ray.lol
xoxoxo
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@Darkwing (21583)
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27 Jul 07
I chat with my online friends at times, when they're busy doing other things and find it difficult to type. Our lines remain open for ages, because it costs us nothing extra, and it's great to be linked.
However, I don't have a separate mike and headset, I use my webcam mike, which is just as effective. The strange thing is, I have never spoken with Gabs online, lol. I have spoken to friends across the "pond", which is great... I love to hear their accents. :)
What would we ever do if we lost our computers suddenly, and lost touch with all our faraway friends who can be brought into our own homes at the push of a button?
Brightest Blessings, my friend. xxx
@Darkwing (21583)
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27 Jul 07
Even better, we can get to meet up on occasions.
I don't use my webcam often for sending pics, but I use the mike for talking online. It's quite sufficient enough for me, as my comp is in a cupboard, lol, and the sound is like it's in a booth, so I can hear very carefully, and it's surprising how many people remark on the striking of the church clock! ha ha ha.
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@raydene (9871)
• United States
27 Jul 07
Hi Doll, My email and yahoo mesg is raydenee@yahoo.com .Come join me Sweets. I'll give u all the hard upstate ny accent you can take...tehe..I love to hear different accents too.It almost sounds like a different language at times.I find that we pronounce things all the way out whereas you all over there clip many of your words..then you can go down south and they drawllllllll their words out even more.....That's why you can more in ahead of me..Wee,Gabs,and Mo can all talk rings about me! hehe
xoxoxoxoxoxo
@r0ck_r0ck (1952)
• India
27 Jul 07
lol i vc'd fist when i was like 16 yrs old. it was some cool chik haging on the other side. we eneded up making frndz. sure the interent is wonderfull. L0L.
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@Kowgirl (3490)
• United States
27 Jul 07
I too love the internet. Where else can you meet so many wonderful,different, even strange people. I am happy that you can talk with your friends from across the vast ocean. If all the people in the world would see how the internet works to bring harmony to all it would be even better.
Have a great chatty day
Kowgirl
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@Kowgirl (3490)
• United States
27 Jul 07
I too love the internet. Where else can you meet so many wonderful,different, even strange people. I am happy that you can talk with your friends from across the vast ocean. If all the people in the world would see how the internet works to bring harmony to all it would be even better.
Have a great chatty day
Kowgirl
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@friendship (2084)
• Canada
27 Jul 07
Yes, I do believe that Internet is wonderful. Internet has changed our world today. We can talk with people from different countries more easily. It makes our world smaller.
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@kelly60 (4547)
• United States
27 Jul 07
That is great. I bet you have a great time. I know that it has to be wonderful talking to them instead of just typing it out, so that you can actually hear their voices.
@susieq223 (3742)
• United States
27 Jul 07
I didn't know you could do that! Is there a long distance charge involved? I agree the internet is wonderful for so many different things. It is a constant source of amazement to me. How wonderful to be able to talk to your friend. You'll have to get a computer cam next, so you can see and talk at the same time!
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@di1indilin (802)
• India
27 Jul 07
hey things just get better, when you use great internet apps you get to do a lot more things than just chat and talk, and all the social networking sites out there are a real positive factor in this regard. it helps to make tho world smaller , much smaller than what the other tech revoloutions could do. i luv the internet.
doesnt every1?!
why it also made shopping easier- not only to get the stuff but also to get thmoney to get the stuff(mylot) :)
@simplyshawn (650)
• United States
27 Jul 07
Good for you! I badly want to get a microphone. Is there anything specific I should look for or make sure it has? I am going to see what I can find next time I go to town.
@margieanneart (26423)
• United States
28 Jul 07
It is amazing how all this works. I am so happy you both got to chat. I had headphones once, but it did not work for me.
@MsTickle (25180)
• Australia
28 Jul 07
That's awesome raydene..it makes the world a lot smaller and brings us all a lot closer together. Where does it plug into?
@rekhum (2420)
• India
27 Jul 07
Did you just realised that the world has suddenly shrinked? I heard folks from the UK don't much use yahoo messenger though.I helped created few of my friend's ID for messenger.I was surprised they havn't yet signed up on messenger.Or may be they were just ignorant.Messenger's voice quality is the best among all voice chats.
I wish the 'touch' you are keeping in with them remains for ever and also wish you get in touch with more other folks of the world. Hats off to Yahoo and its founder.