The DD live chatroom is permanently open. Click here to access it after reading the guidelines below.

Please feel free to use it to chat to other friends of THIS IS NOT MY COUNTRY even when I am not around. If you have any problems, send me an email.

The room is password protected, so to get access for the first time, send me an email saying who you are and I will send it to you. I only consider people who have commented here before and I feel would be good community members.

Once you have the password, it will be the same each time you visit. I will only change the password if people start mis-behaving! In that case, I will send well-behaved members the new one! I will just say the following, for the record.

Please treat the room with respect and be very careful who you invite in. I do not want to have to block the invitation facility but I will if necessary. I would like to see this place as being a cosy, cool place for us to meet up in from time to time, to talk about anything that's on our minds or just to chill out in and have a bit of fun.

This might all sound a bit harsh but I tend to approve most people who ask so please don't be put off by the process. I am simply trying to protect our space from trolls and idiots.

See you all there one of these days.

Regular meet-up on Thursday Nights at the following times:

22:00 - Athens, Cairo, Beirut, Amman, Minsk (EEST)

21:00 - Rome, Paris, Madrid, Tirana, Berlin (CEST)

20:00 - London, Dublin, Lisboa (BST / IST / WEST)

16:00 - Halifax, St Johns (ADT)

15:00 - New York, Toronto (EDT)

14:00 - Chicago, Dallas (CDT)

13:00 - Denver, Edmonton (MDT)

12:00 - Los Angeles, Vancouver (PDT)

22:30 - Tehran (IRST)

00:30 - Mumbai, Delhi (IST)

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