At 11:13 AM 7/6/2011, you wrote:
>Hi Philkype is very very cool and for us overseas folks about 
>essential if we want to keep up with you guys on the other side of 
>the Pond without going bankcrupt. We used to have a $$$ phone bill 
>sometimes ten and more years ago (replace the dollar with euro 
>signs, of course).


skype is the next best thing to being in the same room with someone. 
it is betterthan the telephone with audio quality.

Cheers,

Doris



>,
>
>sI need to install Skype.
>
>It would be cool if we could have a prayer session for the EChurch 
>group on Skype.
>
>I mean everyone that wanted to participate, and those loving folks 
>over-seas, as well.
>
>I know that Donnie Parrett has his prayer group, through Skype daily.
>
>I can't wait to get Skype installed again. I haven't used it for years.
>
>I can also install it on my loving notebook, as well.
>
>That has a video camera.
>
>I wouldn't mind putting a Web camera in my desktop computer, either. lol.
>
>Thanks.
>
>Blessings,
>
>Pat Ferguson
>
>
>At 09:48 PM 7/4/2011, you wrote:
>>tonight we tried out skype using video cameras to talk with my son 
>>in North Carolina with his wife and their three children; our 
>>grandchildren.  I got to talk to my year and a half old grandson, 
>>whose never seen his grandfather yet but has seen his grandmother, 
>>Sandy, and he was pretty talkative for a little boy not yet 2 years 
>>of age.  My son and I bought the same 40 dollar cameras and our 
>>computer repair guy came over, I had purchased a 19 inch screen for 
>>just under 100 dollars, and he hooked up the new screen and camera 
>>and got everything tuned in and focused so we could use it free on 
>>skype.  So for the 4th of July, we talked to our grandkids out east 
>>and they got to see all of us.  You can get at least two people in 
>>view with these little inexpensive cameras and if they are kids, 
>>even more can stand in front of the camera.  It doesn't help the 
>>blind person, of course, but it was fun letting everybody see our 
>>little dogs and anything we wanted to show each other free and 
>>across the country.  The audio    is great and last week, I had my 
>>first overseas prayer session using skype audio and it worked 
>>perfectly; just like being on a phone.  It has much better audio 
>>than my magic jack did, too.  So it was fun trying it out together 
>>and letting everybody talk as they wished rather than one by one on 
>>a standard landline telephone.
>>
>>Phil.
>>