Who on Amiga.org have you met in real life?

[the_leander]

FYI, Makaton is a sigh support system for people with difficulties understanding or using verbal language. It's not capable of replacing language due to the fact that it only really contains nouns, verbs and adjectives. So, you can sign "big yellow cup" or "more" to help a child to understand (or help themselves to express their needs) but you can't express more complex semantic or syntactic language.

I didn't realise it had that limitation, then again my only exposure to Makaton was with dealing with a friends autistic kids.

[the_leander]

HAHA i met the guys at SCAG gathering including you, the_leander and a few others . Kind of funny when i think of it i just went to UK with out much of a plan but it was worth the tripp

Yeah, I still remember rescuing you (after I'd stopped laughing at your getting cornered) and having a few beers with ya. Was a pleasure to have met you

hehe yeah it was a slightly mad weekend! Esspecially when you almost missed your train back home and we had to dash in the small hours of the morning!

Good times.......

Lol I'd completely forgotten about that! Goddamn that brings back some good memories.

Am loving this thread so much

[Ryu]

hehe I can't remember but I think this was the weekend my front garden became a carpark... http://www.bambi-amiga.co.uk/6cars.jpg

@the_leander was you here the time we were having a BBQ and the toilet fell off the wall? LOL

[Karlos]

@the_leander was you here the time we were having a BBQ and the toilet fell off the wall? LOL

Heavy barbecue crowd?!

[Karlos]

I think this thread highlights the real need for some curry enriched get-together goodness...

[the_leander]

hehe I can't remember but I think this was the weekend my front garden became a carpark... http://www.bambi-amiga.co.uk/6cars.jpg

@the_leander was you here the time we were having a BBQ and the toilet fell off the wall? LOL

No but I remember the reaction on irc the next day

[the_leander]

I think this thread highlights the real need for some curry enriched get-together goodness...

Yeah. Bigtime.

Shame that the usual suspects don't do international kidnappings really. Still, when I win the lottery

[Karlos]

Yeah. Bigtime.

Shame that the usual suspects don't do international kidnappings really. Still, when I win the lottery

Have alleged predisposition, will travel :lol:

[spihunter]

Alright, the thread is back on!.

I feel like I've actually learned some things about some of the folks here. Maybe if more of us met in person there would be a lot less bickering going on here?

[motorollin]

I didn't realise it had that limitation, then again my only exposure to Makaton was with dealing with a friends autistic kids.

It's not really a limitation, more an indicator that they're completely different things. Sign languages are just that - whole languages which are manifest in sign rather than vocalised words. Makaton on the other hand is like a supplement to verbal languages which already exist. It isn's intended to exist or function as a language in its own right.

So your friend's autistic children might be having difficulty acquiring spoken language, maybe because their social communication difficulties don't allow them to attend to peoples' faces and the fleeting sounds coming out of them. Makaton attaches a visual support (the sign) to the word to provide a more accessible, (temporally) enduring representation of the concept which is easier for the child to learn to understand and use.

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moto

[Karlos]

Given the reaction to your previous comment, I'd say you've a few friends on this site.

In all seriousness I think that's a fair comment; I'm left wondering if perhaps the social problems she mentioned earlier have knocked her self esteem a bit. It would be understandable, but this is the web - a great leveller as far as disabilities of all kinds go.

On the bright side, you have deafness to account for difficulties with your speech, I only have the excuse of being born in Plymouth

Yarrr, avast etc!

[Karlos]

Alright, the thread is back on!.

I feel like I've actually learned some things about some of the folks here. Maybe if more of us met in person there would be a lot less bickering going on here?

It's like Wayne once said, if we all met at a bar we'd probably have a riot together.

It's fair to say that several of my closest friends today I happened to meet purely because of this site.

[TheBilgeRat]

Wow it sounds like runequester and I are the few non-crazy PNWers on here

I like my A2000, cos its what I got
But I sure would like a wedge, and an A4000 or 3000...and a natami.... lol

[Speelgoedmannetje]

A couple of local folks, nj_72, Speelgoedmannetje;

Too long ago

[paolone]

I've surely met ClusterUK, Dax and other italian friends at Pianeta Amiga...

[TjLaZer]

Well I have to say that I have met the great Doom master himself in his Beaverton, OR home!  

(bought an A600 from him years ago) LOL

Welcome back Doomy!!  Behave yourself ok?