If the weather permits...

@amitkokiladitya It worked, but it was a pain getting it to work.

Yes. It helps a lot to see their faces and be able to feel as if they aren't so far away.

@ScribbledAdNauseum were you able to go ahead with it

The only person I talk to on the phone is my aunt. Everyone else I use instant messaging for. I prefer it as i do not like to speak on the phone for very long. Even with my aunt, I try to get off the phone as soon as possible.

@LadyDuck It's nice to catch up with people. I call my aunt to find out how my cousin is doing and how her mother in law is doing. They've both been in the hospital.

@ScribbledAdNauseum I never stay more than 5 minutes on the phone, but I love a lot to talk with people I love.

@ScribbledAdNauseum I'm not sure - Hubby and his sister worked it out - and we did the Zoom thing on his work laptop. With my son's Zoom class meeting, the teacher tells us through the Remind app. And then Zoom was already installed in my son's device from school . . . he get a notification through upcoming meetings (or something like that). A tech guy at the senior home said he could help with some installing in her room. But I think they can go downstairs to the community computers (I think there are 2) but I don't know if it's a good idea for them all to share computers like that right now. MIL wouldn't be good with that anyway.

@much2say Yes, i think it's best if they stay in their rooms for the time being. Even if the computers were sanitized... We finally got facebook video chat to work. I had to install the app to use it on my phone.

I am glad that it did work. How did you get invited to the zoom call? Was it through a text message? It would be nice if the senior care facilities were able to somehow help the seniors figure out how to use such services while still keeping their distance from them.

Actually, it's not supposed to storm though I thought it was. We had some last night though.

You are keeping up with your friends and family though?

@ScribbledAdNauseum yes

@Butterfingers Hmm, well this will be the first time video chatting for me.

Do you have good video quality?

@ScribbledAdNauseum Yes, it is fine. We do use it in a group chat. Well, I guess it is better Skype if it is in a group.

@Shavkat It was just three of us on facebook chat, there were a few times when the connection would fail for one of us, but it only lasted a few seconds and we were back to chatting.

Does FB messenger work really well for video chatting? I've only ever tried it once and that was through my phone .Today I will use my laptop.

Oh, that reminds me... I skyped with a guy once when I was playing a game with him...

@simone10 It was just a video game. He added me on xbox years ago when I used to play and then we got to talkng and started skyping. It was very innocent as he was just a few years older than my nephew at the time.

@ScribbledAdNauseum ok, you've piqued my interest. What kind of game

Yes, it appears as if we'll be doing it earlier or perhaps later, but I'm excited. Also, it seems as if the storms are out of here for now. I thought we had more coming in.

Thank You, I am sure we will.

@amitkokiladitya I agree, and just being able to talk to my friends as well.

@ScribbledAdNauseum a good movie is really worth all the time

Yes, it's nice to get lost in another world from time to time, isn't it?

@ScribbledAdNauseum Yes, I absolutely agree with you.

Yes, I can understand that completely. My friends and I are doing this quite regularly too.