Welcome back justinthyme
To see if anyone is in the chat room, just scroll down to the bottom of the forum home page to the "What's Going On?" section and you will see something that says "Members using chat" - if there is anyone in the chat room, you will see their usernames there.
If you're only one in the chat room, obviously no names will show up in the room except yours.
Anyway, good to have you back around. Hope the dial-up isn't too slow for you.
Clancy
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