you don't have to log in to use the chat room. you do have to log in if you want to post comments to existing threads/topics or to start your own. (it looks as though Admin has set up a way for folks to post without logging in, but i'm not sure if i'm correct about that or how it works if i am.) besides if you log in to post, we can get to know you as "you". it doesn't take long around here to be and feel like a member of the family.
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