View Full Version : Virtual video groups are the way to go....
Taunton Blue Genie
18-03-20, 19:32
Every six weeks or so I tend to invite different groups of friends to a modest soirée at my place and we cram into my pretentiously-named beach bar at the bottom of my garden and which only accommodates 8 people. However, it has given me the idea to start a Virtual Beach Bar video group to enable my friends to feel less isolated in these strange times. I just set it up by Skype as it seems to allow more participants than some of the alternatives. Proceedings will start at 9pm on Friday when everyone will be armed with a bottle of wine, a glass and a tongue.
Just an idea to infuse a bit of a social life in what may otherwise be a bleak and solitary existence for many people.
Maccy Blue
18-03-20, 19:47
Every six weeks or so I tend to invite different groups of friends to a modest soirée at my place and we cram into my pretentiously-named beach bar at the bottom of my garden and which only accommodates 8 people. However, it has given me the idea to start a Virtual Beach Bar video group to enable my friends to feel less isolated in these strange times. I just set it up by Skype as it seems to allow more participants than some of the alternatives. Proceedings will start at 9pm on Friday when everyone will be armed with a bottle of wine, a glass and a tongue.
Just an idea to infuse a bit of a social life in what may otherwise be a bleak and solitary existence for many people.
Please don't tell me you are inviting people off here??
Just kidding - great idea. Who on here remembers the Skype crew?
Every six weeks or so I tend to invite different groups of friends to a modest soirée at my place and we cram into my pretentiously-named beach bar at the bottom of my garden and which only accommodates 8 people. However, it has given me the idea to start a Virtual Beach Bar video group to enable my friends to feel less isolated in these strange times. I just set it up by Skype as it seems to allow more participants than some of the alternatives. Proceedings will start at 9pm on Friday when everyone will be armed with a bottle of wine, a glass and a tongue.
Just an idea to infuse a bit of a social life in what may otherwise be a bleak and solitary existence for many people.
Good idea. How about a virtual City- inspired singalong, too? Anything this online choir can do, we can do better.
Every six weeks or so I tend to invite different groups of friends to a modest soirée at my place and we cram into my pretentiously-named beach bar at the bottom of my garden and which only accommodates 8 people. However, it has given me the idea to start a Virtual Beach Bar video group to enable my friends to feel less isolated in these strange times. I just set it up by Skype as it seems to allow more participants than some of the alternatives. Proceedings will start at 9pm on Friday when everyone will be armed with a bottle of wine, a glass and a tongue.
Just an idea to infuse a bit of a social life in what may otherwise be a bleak and solitary existence for many people.
I’d love to pop along - thanks.
please invite wales bales, sludge, tlg and life on mars. Oh and that cheerful fecker stan butler
Wales-Bales
18-03-20, 22:04
please invite wales bales, sludge, tlg and life on mars. Oh and that cheerful fecker stan butler
Sorry mate, I do live cam sex on Fridays!
please invite wales bales, sludge, tlg and life on mars. Oh and that cheerful fecker stan butler
and if any of those are teachers make sure you invite organ morgan.
and if any of those are teachers make sure you invite organ morgan.
Best of luck to anyone who is still in the classroom. The situation regarding who can and who cant go to school is unclear and will be very divisive, socially, when implemented. Plus, teachers are front line when it comes to catching illnesses.
Great idea just a shame this feckin weather we've had for what seems like 6 months doesn't break as the beach bar doesn't evoke the images it should.
Coronavirus might not get you but hypothermia might well.
Careful you don't get that ruffian Gareth Malone knocking on your door, stealing his thunder!
Taunton Blue Genie
19-03-20, 09:39
Great idea just a shame this feckin weather we've had for what seems like 6 months doesn't break as the beach bar doesn't evoke the images it should.
Coronavirus might not get you but hypothermia might well.
Careful you don't get that ruffian Gareth Malone knocking on your door, stealing his thunder!
Not sure who Gareth Malone is but I posted this thread to prompt others to make an effort to make their friends and family less isolated. If some people have come up with the same idea that's great.
Great idea just a shame this feckin weather we've had for what seems like 6 months doesn't break as the beach bar doesn't evoke the images it should.
Coronavirus might not get you but hypothermia might well.
Careful you don't get that ruffian Gareth Malone knocking on your door, stealing his thunder!
Gareth Malone is already on the case regarding a virtual choir. I don't think a rousing chorus of "sheepshagging bastards" will make the BBC edit though. Channel 4, maybe! A new virtual football-related sing off series? It has legs.....so to speak. If there are no matches at least we can try and outsing the opposition and keep the vocal chords ready for when matches resume. All we need now is some new CV chants....or is that going too far?
Not sure who Gareth Malone is but I posted this thread to prompt others to make an effort to make their friends and family less isolated. If some people have come up with the same idea that's great.
I know your reasons for posting and I've said it's a good idea.
GM (as you obvs couldn't be arsed to Google him :shrug:) is a choirmaster who some years back made ordinary people into choristers bringing them together and has been on the tele last few days as he is putting together a "virtual" piece of work to keep spirits up.
Any ideas to try and pick people up in these days of toil are most welcome. Your idea is good and some footage would I'm sure be welcome too :thumbup:
Gareth Malone is already on the case regarding a virtual choir. I don't think a rousing chorus of "sheepshagging bastards" will make the BBC edit though. Channel 4, maybe! A new virtual football-related sing off series? It has legs.....so to speak. If there are no matches at least we can try and outsing the opposition and keep the vocal chords ready for when matches resume. All we need now is some new CV chants....or is that going too far?
There's some good ideas there.
Now for the creative minds on here, of which there are plenty, to provide some meat on those bones :biggrin:
There's some good ideas there.
Now for the creative minds on here, of which there are plenty, to provide some meat on those bones :biggrin:
I did suggest to the lads around me (back in the day when football matches happened) "Always sneeze on the English side of the bridge" which raised a titter. Sadly, not so funny now.
Maurice Swan
19-03-20, 13:39
On a practical note, the schools here in France are closed over as week now......but each day there are virtual classrooms, with children and teacher interacting via Remote Connection - so lessons continue...and has the benefit I can see how my son interacts and understands French. Wonder if UK schools will do the same?
I did suggest to the lads around me (back in the day when football matches happened) "Always sneeze on the English side of the bridge" which raised a titter. Sadly, not so funny now.
I think it could well be resurrected after this whole thing blows over (no pun intended).
The Knack's My Sharona was part of a list of songs put forward before it got a bit serious.
Personally I think The Smiths 'Panic' fits the situation pretty well.
I've read that there are quite a few songs currently being written by artists, Bono being one.
There's another which was a song for vietnam war veterans which the writer asked to be taken down as he felt uncomfortable about it being parodied.
https://www.google.com/amp/amp.abc.net.au/article/12065962
Now more than ever is a time to think carefully about what one says and writes.
On a practical note, the schools here in France are closed over as week now......but each day there are virtual classrooms, with children and teacher interacting via Remote Connection - so lessons continue...and has the benefit I can see how my son interacts and understands French. Wonder if UK schools will do the same?
I have heard that this is one of the things being put forward and pupils being schooled on the logistics this last couple of days.
Sounds an excellent idea.
Taunton Blue Genie
20-03-20, 07:26
Did a trial run with four of us last night. It was chaotic but great fun.
For people who hate socialising, this Virus is a gift. Don't have to make up crappy excuses anymore!
You mean people like us? :hehe:
You mean people like us? :hehe:
Certainly people like me!
splott parker
20-03-20, 08:52
I suppose that we’re fortunate (couldn’t think of a better word, sorry) that it’s happened in this day & age. We’ve complained about folk staying at home using all the technology, television channels etc that’s available without leaving your home instead of actually getting out and doing things. Ironically it’s the things that a few of us have ridiculed, as in get out and socialise, actually meet people in person has taken a back seat and things like FaceTime are helping in the loneliness issue. Imagine this present scenario 15,20,25 years ago or longer, 3 TV channels and a house phone:yikes:
I suppose that we’re fortunate (couldn’t think of a better word, sorry) that it’s happened in this day & age. We’ve complained about folk staying at home using all the technology, television channels etc that’s available without leaving your home instead of actually getting out and doing things. Ironically it’s the things that a few of us have ridiculed, as in get out and socialise, actually meet people in person has taken a back seat and things like FaceTime are helping in the loneliness issue. Imagine this present scenario 15,20,25 years ago or longer, 3 TV channels and a house phone:yikes:
There is a certain irony in what you say yes.
Cards, monopoly, charades, I spy, blind man's buff.... whilst listening to the Archers.
What people never had they never miss.
I have heard that this is one of the things being put forward and pupils being schooled on the logistics this last couple of days.
Sounds an excellent idea.
Virtual Learning Environments don't come free....about £30k a year last time I used one professionally years back. Plus staff and students need training on them. So, schools that haven't got or cant afford a VLE will not have had time to prepare. Also, if teachers stay in school teaching selected pupils, there would not be time to prepare/mark work. More expensive versions now tailor students' learning automatically but rely on pre planned materials from external sources. That said, eventually, apart from the safeguarding/socialising element of education, schools as we know them wont be needed. Just need to move away from linear learning to interactive education. Doable, but needs a huge input of resources tailored to individuals' needs. BBC Click gave it a go in terms of viewers working their own way through an episode, interacting with a limited amount of material, I a way that they chose. The planning and execution showed that it can be done. But that was just one episode. Teachers are expected to plan, execute, mark, review four/five "episodes" a day.
So, TBG, enjoy the virtual beach bar. You've started something now.
splott parker
20-03-20, 12:32
There is a certain irony in what you say yes.
Cards, monopoly, charades, I spy, blind man's buff.... whilst listening to the Archers.
What people never had they never miss.
‘Mob’ around the house, classic game when your parents were out. :hehe:
‘Mob’ around the house, classic game when your parents were out. :hehe:
Indoor mob....how big was your house? Outdoor mob should be an Olympic sport. Just don't hide under cars when they are about to pull off. Roofs are allowed. No going inside. No cree. Kept us happy for hours as kids and didnt half develop spatial awareness and tactics.
https://youtu.be/52duiUapITQ
Indoor mob....how big was your house? Outdoor mob should be an Olympic sport. Just don't hide under cars when they are about to pull off. Roofs are allowed. No going inside. No cree. Kept us happy for hours as kids and didnt half develop spatial awareness and tactics.
Cree :hehe:
https://youtu.be/52duiUapITQ
This next one is slightly longer but worth sticking with :thumbup:
https://youtu.be/2sqTmhB0BNQ
splott parker
20-03-20, 16:09
Indoor mob....how big was your house? Outdoor mob should be an Olympic sport. Just don't hide under cars when they are about to pull off. Roofs are allowed. No going inside. No cree. Kept us happy for hours as kids and didnt half develop spatial awareness and tactics.
Not a big house at all, but we’d find some cracking places to hide, in fact one of my mates is still missing and this was all taking place in the mid 60s:getscoat:
Taunton Blue Genie
20-03-20, 16:15
Sludge is gutted that he hasn't had any takers for online Twister.
splott parker
20-03-20, 16:23
Great how Cardiff had it’s own name for things, Mob for hide and seek, Gobs for jacks or five stones, daps for plimsolls (or whatever), mitching (the Irish use it as well though) for truanting, bogeys for soap boxes???, Gulley’s for cut throughs between houses. Must be more.
Taunton Blue Genie
20-03-20, 17:01
Great how Cardiff had it’s own name for things, Mob for hide and seek, Gobs for jacks or five stones, daps for plimsolls (or whatever), mitching (the Irish use it as well though) for truanting, bogeys for soap boxes???, Gulley’s for cut throughs between houses. Must be more.
I'm not sure if any of those terms are exclusive to Cardiff or even to South Wales.
splott parker
20-03-20, 17:46
I'm not sure if any of those terms are exclusive to Cardiff or even to South Wales.
Maybe not but when I’ve mentioned these words to people from other places I’ve invariably had to explain. By the way you surely mean bollock naked twister:hehe:
Taunton Blue Genie
20-03-20, 18:47
Maybe not but when I’ve mentioned these words to people from other places I’ve invariably had to explain. By the way you surely mean bollock naked twister:hehe:
I stand corrected regarding Twister :-)
splott parker
20-03-20, 19:09
I stand corrected regarding Twister :-)
As long as you don’t stand erected TBG:yikes::yikes:
Not a big house at all, but we’d find some cracking places to hide, in fact one of my mates is still missing and this was all taking place in the mid 60s:getscoat:
Mob shirley has different rules to hide and seek which is what you seem to be describing? I was late 60's. Mob has a "mobbing place" Ours was a lamppost or corner of a garage. Yes, you had to hide. The object of the exercise then was to get to the mobbing post without being seen. Stealth tactics could be employed...two or three or more would go in one direction and deliberately have poor hiding places enabling one to creep up from behind and reach the mobbing post, shout "One two three mob" and the person who was on, had to stay on if you got there before them. Great game, unless someone went in for their tea and didnt tell anyone! Best hiding places ever....up the lamppost and on top of the garage where the mobbing post was. Hide and seek was just indoors and see if you could find them, as far as I can remember. In a cupboard, behind the sofa or the curtains were our only choices so not that good compared to mob.
I just did one with three other mates on WhatsApp. Novelty will probably wear off but was fun.
Taunton Blue Genie
20-03-20, 23:44
I just did one with three other mates on WhatsApp. Novelty will probably wear off but was fun.
I just did it for a second time and it was an absolute hoot. There's no reason why it can't continue to be fun if you are engaging with the right people.
Dai Hard Too
21-03-20, 00:11
I'm not sure if any of those terms are exclusive to Cardiff or even to South Wales.
Yep, daps is west midlands and west country too at least.
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