Hi all you ferret lovers! Yes, there is a well established ferret room on the IRC. (But any and all are always welcome.) It starts around 7 pm, Pacific Time, and goes to whenever. Many times, folk don't show up until after 9 PAcific time. Generally, there is someone found 7 days a week on-line. The hard part: The chat servers are a bit 'fussy' so you need to have a bit of patience when logging on. The two servers are: irc.prospero.com and irc.quarterdeck.com. Make sure you use port 6667 I have just recently been able to get on with mIRC 32 (Many of mIRC's standard / functions don't work when you are on the 2 servers), but for reliable connects, use Qdeck's Global Chat. To get a free copy of Global Chat, go to: www.qdeck.com and download it. It will only take a minute to install. BTW, the room we are in is called #FERRET in mIRC and FERRET in Global Chat. Something that is kind of fun to talk about is the FERRET CAM found at: http://pbob.speeder.com/ferret/ Most times the ferrets are not seen, but..you could be lucky and see one of the darlin's. I know I caught a human leg last week! And...to make it public...**I** am for the FML badges. As I have said in a private msg to another FML'er, I would like to see some nice metal pins with enameled surfaces. The cheap or inexpensive plastics don't cut it in my book. Also, I suggest that the pins be dated yearly, so that the purchase of pins would be an on-going happening. Why? Well, the idea of the pins is another way to raise money for the shelters...with people such as myself buying each year, it would be insured that a continual flow of money for the shelter/rescue operations would occur. This **is** something that needs be discussed, not just "I like it, etc." but ideas offered, publically (sp) so ALL the ideas can be discussed. Private messages are fine, but...*WE** are the FML and we all need to be able to input ideas. (I am now stepping off the soapbox) Back to you BIG!! [Posted in FML issue 1683]