Request for local chat
I am a single white male 30. I live in lancaster Pa. i am
having the hardest time trying to find chat sites in my area if
you know of any could you PLEASE! send there links? thanks alot
Dale
Chat lines (Chat rooms) I have
found.
Yahoo
Clubs
Join an existing club or create your own. Chat using text or
chat by talking. The talk option works really well and its easy
to find a Club to suit your interests. I in a couple of Jeep
Clubs and the body-for-life
club. (Yes, all that time sitting at keyboards took its
toll. I started to look like the Michelin Tyre Man..... sort of
overly round! Now I have shed 10 kilos and this club helps to
keep that going!)
Yahoo Chat -
Australia
Don't want to join a club, but want to chat to some skips?
Try yahoo chat. Didn't seem to have the voice option that yahoo
clubs had, but had the facility to send instant messages via
yahoo messenger, which needs to be sownloaded. (Yahoo messenger
allows instant messages to be sent, but is not quite as good as
ICQ. I found that with
yahoo messenger and the browser going the screen became a bit
busy. In the end 64Mb of memory on my laptop proved inadequate.
Works much better on my mac. There is also a list of yahoo
members so that you can more easily find someone to chat with.
(Why do so many advertise nude photos on their links!)
Webmasters - Click Here for
Infinity
Optichat
Easy to use. Seems to have a few
people on at most times and has a number of room options. Has
facilities to send actions... but I never quite mastered the
commands! With a bit of practice and help from chatters I'm
sure I'll work it out.
Excite
Voice Chat
Want to hear those southern
drawls in real time? Catch an Aussie or a Canadian. This room
gives you the opportunity to talk rather than type... a boon
for those brought up on the "hunt and peck" style of
typing!
Requires a download and has no
mac version at present, but worth a look. Has rooms classified
by age group and the facility to create your own room. Could
save you a fortune if you have a relative overseas! (No need
for telephone calls!)
Psychic
Chat
Chat with Psychics and
astrologers and learn what your future holds.... romance?
wealth? hours tied to a keyboard?
Gothic
Classifieds 29 April 98
A gothic chat site. Interesting people there when I logged
on. Suggested by Erin (AKA Sussy or Suspira ... say high from
Graham!) A bit fiddly to use as you have to scroll down to see
replies and scroll back up to send... otherwise easy enough to
use. Has a members section (I haven't joined yet!). Enough
people there to make chatting worthwhile..... not too many to
make chatting too slow!
Cawfee tawk welcome
(gives access to unmoderated lines), decaf
& regular
Decaf or regular are best because chatters are required to
be registered and can therefore be blackballed if they post
inappropriate messages! Registration is quick with most replies
coming back in a few minutes. Best times are late in the
evening (9pm their time onwards). My handle here is Graham.
Graham's own Chat Room
(parachat...requires Javascript.)(28/12/97)
This is my own chat room courtesy of parachat. You need a
Java capable browser to use this one. I will call in from time
to time to see who's using it! Feel free to meet your friends
here!
Page me on ICQ to see if I'm on line. My ICQ number is
4966316. Haven't got ICQ? Get it here!
Try ICQ Chat
e-pals
Send an email with details of your name, handle, gender,
date of birth, location (state/country) your email address,
occupation, hobbies/interests, things you really like, and who
you'd like to write to and I'll post the details on a separate
email pals page. Hopefully
once it gets underway I'll have a few names so that people can
find email pals. (You can send a photo too.) Use e-pals
as the subject heading.
Excite
Chat.
Lots of people there when I checked it out. Easy to use and
has a voice chat option.... (which doesn't work on my mac!!!!)
Has options for members and guests and other features such as
attaching photos.
Yap
The Australian Universities website. Chat on specific topics
with guest speakers or just chat. Lots of nice young Uni
students here! A bit quiet at the moment, but growing fast!
ecluboz
This site started as an email/advertising home page for
Aussies. It now has reminders and voice chat (with a
typing option if the sound is not up to scratch!). You need to
be a member (free) and they have regular competitions to
encourage people to join. If you're a skip, this could be a
good place to visit. If you meet the person of your dreams
there is a fair chance you'll be able to meet them in real
life..... they're probably locals!
ba
snakk 
My personal favourite. A chance to learn a bit about the
language and culture of people from a different country. If you
try this one out tell them you found out about it from Graham
(or 4hjuls-drift ...my norsk handle!) Best time is from 10pm to
1am Norwegian time. At other times the response is too slow or
there is no-one there! (To enter click on the talking viking
icon...snakk) Now requires registration and password. Send an
email to be registered. I have had trouble getting into this
one recently. Its still there but I'm not getting much of a
response to my requests for a new password. Watch for an
update... when I work it out!
Freetown
(22/12/97)
This one appeared on a link exchange banner. Easy to use,
with a range of chat rooms to choose from. Select your room,
give yourself a handle, type your message and press chat. What
could be simpler? Some swearing when I was on, even though
there was supposed to be some moderation.
Tim's
Chat doors. (22/12/97)
This link gets into a variety of chat rooms: L'hotel,
Geocities, Haunted House, Castle, Club Gabbay and Party House.
You're sure to find something that suits your mood! More for
the Serious Chatter than Freetown which is much easier to
use.
TADOW
Chat.
A chat room to suit everyone from teens upward. Requires a
login, but this was straightforward. Has a feature which
enables chatters to email you without them knowing your email
address. A good security feature. Worth a look and easy enough
for the novice.
Unichat.
(18/1/98)
Chat line for Free Help (a free help service for computer
problems). Bit quiet when I logged on, but easy to use and has
comprehensive instructions. Should be a good place for newbies
to try chatting.
Quickchat.
(25/2/98)
Downloads a Javascript chat program (works on any system)
making chatting quick and easy once you're in! Required a lot
of details to get registered....... at least I didn't have to
re-enter the details when I picked a handle that was already in
use. Look for Jeepster here.... I'll probably be talking cars
with the petrol heads in Nascar! Easy to use.... thanks to Tash
from Qld for this one!
Kailua
Hale
Bask in the sunshine of Hawaii. Well not quite, but some
friendly people here. Regulars are tamster, Rab and Ken.
Recently changed so that a registration (free) and password are
required. Helps to keep out the undesirables! If you are
already
registered, click here Look for Gray.
Talk.com
Takes a long time to load, but is fairly quick once the
initial loading is completed. It has a number of rooms and
allows private messages to be sent. Requires registration and a
password so no one else can use your "handle". Registration is
almost instantaneous and occurs online. Once registered you're
ready to chat.
Jitter
Recommended by a friend. I've tried it out and it is easy to
use and reasonably fast. It has a number of chat rooms so
you're bound to find someone to talk to.
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