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Welcome to the coffee lounge - A place to chat

Chris_Alumni
Chris_Alumni Scope alumni Posts: 689 Pioneering
edited November 2016 in Coffee lounge
A number of you have asked recently for a place to chat about everyday things away from the more serious issues. So we're pleased to fling open the doors to our new (digital) Coffee lounge, a place where you can talk about whatever you like, from what was on TV last night, pets and hobbies, to how you're getting on with your Christmas shopping, holiday recommendations or anything else.

So pour yourself a coffee, tea or even something a little stronger, and get chatting. Feel free to start a new discussion (give it an interesting and relevant name for the best chance of drawing people in), or join in with any conversation that interests you.


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  • Sam_Alumni
    Sam_Alumni Scope alumni Posts: 7,671 Disability Gamechanger
    Great news! 
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  • buffywin
    buffywin Community member Posts: 3 Listener
  • Richard_Scope
    Richard_Scope Posts: 3,638 Scope online community team
    This is great!
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  • milo
    milo Community member Posts: 129 Pioneering
    Great idea. To get things started , has anybody else been out enjoying a bit of winter sun today ? 
  • Chris_Alumni
    Chris_Alumni Scope alumni Posts: 689 Pioneering
    Am now about to pop out to get a sandwich so shall see the sun soon enough, having been admiring it through the window this morning :)
  • Sam_Alumni
    Sam_Alumni Scope alumni Posts: 7,671 Disability Gamechanger
    Only through the window @milo - but looking forward to a bit of dog walking in the winter woolies this weekend!  What about you?
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  • milo
    milo Community member Posts: 129 Pioneering
    @Sam_Scope I was walking the dog this morning while training for a disability triathlon I want to do next year. (I must be mad lol) 
  • Sam_Alumni
    Sam_Alumni Scope alumni Posts: 7,671 Disability Gamechanger
    Oh good work @milo  I am waiting to be signed off to exercise after my latest surgery and then can't wait to get more active. 

    Have you done a triathlon before? 
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  • milo
    milo Community member Posts: 129 Pioneering
    edited November 2016
    @Sam_Scope . No, I've never done one before . My able bodied brother has done a few though I don't if other forum users have heard about it but Sophia Warner , a Paralympian with CP has set up a new event where you can compete in mixed disabled /able bodied teams regardless of your ability . Don't know if we can put the link out there for it? Sounds like a lot of fun.  Here's the link to the website.  

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  • bam
    bam Community member Posts: 326 Pioneering
    This is great. This is exactly what I was looking for. I'm glad you guys The Coffee Lounge. I can't wait to go in and buy a cup of coffee
  • bam
    bam Community member Posts: 326 Pioneering
    Hello, is anyone out there?
  • Chris_Alumni
    Chris_Alumni Scope alumni Posts: 689 Pioneering
    Hi Bam and all, glad you like the new area. Do feel free to start new threads on the category page itself by clicking 'new discussion', and remember to give it a descriptive title. It's a little quiet at the moment, but I'm sure if enough people get interested then we can get something going here :)
  • Cutter123
    Cutter123 Community member Posts: 6 Listener
    Hi I live in the Nottingham area are there any support groups around please?
  • iza
    iza Scope Member Posts: 703 Pioneering
    edited January 2017
    Hi all,

    Does any one have the idea why I do receive strange notification once trying to send email to our official email address?

    Got a specific question?
    MS
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    Reply|
    Today, 09:53
    community@scope.org.uk
    This message was created automatically by mail delivery software.

    A message that you sent could not be delivered to one or more of its
    recipients. This is a permanent error. The following address(es) failed:

      community@scope.org.uk
        host 82.43.24.214 [82.43.24.214]
        SMTP error from remote mail server after MAIL FROM:<> SIZE=26353818:
        552 5.3.4 Message size exceeds fixed maximum message size


  • Alex
    Alex Posts: 1,305 Pioneering
    Hi @iza

    That's strange! Our community inbox appears to be receiving emails. It looks from your message that your email was too large for our system (I think the limit is 5mb or 10mb). Were you sending a large attachment?


  • bam
    bam Community member Posts: 326 Pioneering
     Good morning everybody. I live here in sunny California in the United States. I just wanted to tell everybody out there that it is pouring down rain here in California. We may float away
  • Sam_Alumni
    Sam_Alumni Scope alumni Posts: 7,671 Disability Gamechanger
    Oh dear, you wont get much sympathy @bam we are mid winter and it's freezing here in the UK! 
    Scope
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  • Markmywords
    Markmywords Community member Posts: 419 Pioneering
    edited January 2017
    iza said:
    Hi all,

    Does any one have the idea why I do receive strange notification once trying to send email to our official email address?

    Got a specific question?
    MS
    Mail Delivery System <mailer-daemon@electric.net>
    Reply|
    Today, 09:53
    community@scope.org.uk
    This message was created automatically by mail delivery software.

    A message that you sent could not be delivered to one or more of its
    recipients. This is a permanent error. The following address(es) failed:

      community@scope.org.uk
        host 82.43.24.214 [82.43.24.214]
        SMTP error from remote mail server after MAIL FROM:<xxxxxxxxx@hotmail.co.uk> SIZE=26353818:
        552 5.3.4 Message size exceeds fixed maximum message size

    Hello @iza,

    The answer is in the last line. The message was 26 megabytes!
    The receiving mail server rejected it as it was larger than it's limit setting.

    I assume you had one or more attachments. Can you split the email into several smaller ones ? Alternatively Dropbox is an option.

    Oh, and if that was your private email address then I recommend that you remove it from your post before you get spammed ;)
  • Alex
    Alex Posts: 1,305 Pioneering
    Well spotted @Markmywords!

    I've removed the email address.
  • bam
    bam Community member Posts: 326 Pioneering
    edited March 2017
    Yes, sam_scope but it's sunny here LOL 9 - 10 months a year  so when it starts raining so hard we start panicking thinking that our God is trying to cleanse our wicked wicked sinful lifestyles. You know the whole 40 days and 40 nights of rain thing.

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