I Say, Old Bean...

Is project upstream still active? I havent gotten an IM from salmon or cohos in over a year.

I got one of these just a minute ago for the first time in almost a year.

( Unfortunately they were kind of slow. )

620351164: Everyone who excels is overcompensating.

Sadly, I was not at my computer to answer!

I just had this conversation on AIM and was reminded of this community. Have the bots expanded to numbers?

(03:17:15 PM) 649233882: Hi.
(03:18:26 PM) sushimustwrite: hello
(03:18:49 PM) 649233882: i'm not going to talk to you unless you tell me who you are
(03:18:55 PM) sushimustwrite: I don't know who you are
(03:19:01 PM) 649233882: ok well then that's stupid
(03:19:04 PM) sushimustwrite: I just see a bunch of numbers for your name
(03:19:05 PM) sushimustwrite: You IMed me
(03:19:36 PM) 649233882: no, you're showing up as a bunch of numbers
(03:19:51 PM) 649233882: AIM IM with 6490228997/11/10 3:18 PM
(03:20:08 PM) sushimustwrite: You're showing up as (03:19:51 PM) 649233882
(03:20:22 PM) 649233882: yeah, that's my name. it's not a bunch of numbers rere
(03:20:35 PM) sushimustwrite: Weird
(03:20:38 PM) sushimustwrite: This sounds hat-related
(03:20:57 PM) 649233882: well this is weird. i'm leaving now.
(03:20:59 PM) sushimustwrite: ok

It's returned! Hooray!

[17:57:34] IridescentTrout: I say, old bean, have you seen my hat?
[17:57:48] AlenaBrolxFlami: HA! I WAS WONDERING WHEN THESE THINGS WOULD COME UP AGAIN!
[17:58:08] IridescentTrout: indeed
[17:58:12] IridescentTrout: it was a most excellent hat
[17:58:14] IridescentTrout: very dapper
[17:58:26] IridescentTrout: I don't suppose you might have seen it?
[18:00:40] AlenaBrolxFlami: no, I don't think I've seen any dapper hats today
[18:00:49] IridescentTrout: oh :(
[18:00:52] IridescentTrout: thanks anyway, old bean
[18:04:16] AlenaBrolxFlami: you're welcome
[18:04:49] AlenaBrolxFlami: I might have, if someone I liked would have come to church, but NO... :P oh well

So, has the Request a Connection page been down for a while and I've just not noticed, or is this a relatively new occurrence? It seems very sad.

I got a very inspirational IM from one of our friends today:

ConditionedCoho: I dare you to do something unexpected.

You know what.... I think I will. :D

Well, I'd pretty much forgotten these guys, but this time around, I might as well not have had the person on the other end reply at all...

RelationalCoho: I dare you to do something unexpected.
Themaster000: Nah.
RelationalCoho: No
RelationalCoho: trilby (Hats) (Hats worn in the past, or rarely worn today) (Men's) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trilby
Themaster000: That's a new one.

Oh well.

Tried going to request a connection since I haven't heard a peep out of the fishbots in quite some time and got "there's a request pending".

The last request I sent was months ago.

I'm wondering if the fishbots shut down or were shut down... anyone else get any bots these days?