The Retired but Active Chat Room

Submitted by rogerwebb on Tue, 03/06/2008 - 14:13.

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Chat Rooms put you in touch with the world

Chat Rooms are for teenagers: True: many Chat Rooms are designed for teenagers and others are dominated by them; Retired but Active Chat Rooms are for members only, and we don't have teenage members.
I understand people use strange names in Chat Rooms: That's true, people use nick-names to conceal their real identity. There's nothing sinister in that, they simply want to preserve their privacy.; You do need to remember, though, that people use the facility to adopt different personas so a retired bank clerk from Omaha might use the name 'Blackbeard' to appear more dynamic than he really is.; The trick is to use the Chat Room as a source of light relief and no more. The forums and the blogs are better mediums for more serious stuff.
Some guidelines

Never give any personal of financial information over a Chat Room link.
Use it only for banter and light chat.
Never use capital letters other than for names and the beginning of sentences: it's considered to be the equivalent of shouting.
Enjoy it - don't take it too seriously: that's what it's for.