Hi! Welcome to the #Budgie-Chat homepage. I'm Cody, as most of you all know. I'd like to introduce you to the IRC channel, #budgie-chat on the IRC server, neato.ca.us.another.net. It's mostly for the people on Budgie-L, but anyone who likes to talk to friendly people about budgies is welcome! Please read my #Budgie-Chat FAQ for more details. It'll help you figure out what IRC is, but if you're still confuse, I advise you to check out the IRC Help Homepage. Also, check out This great #Budgie-Chat Link! By the way, to chat on IRC you gotta download mIRC! Budgie chatters usually meet every Friday night at the following times: 8:00 pm EST 7:00 pm CST 6:00 pm MT 5:00 pm PST 1:00 pm Saturday in AussieLand 3:00 am Portugal People are usually there for almost three hours, so if you come a little late, you'll still have someone to talk to! The Operators #Budgie-Chat operators are the friendly people with the "@" by their name. They keep control of the channel, and they also have the power to kick or ban you if they find your behavior inappropriate. Here are the current operators on #Budgie-Chat: Pava - She's the one who made up #Budgie-Chat. She's a real nice person! Peeper- That's Hillary!! Carrie- Carrie is the party animal! Regina- She's a nice little girl, and sometimes she goes by the nick Reg, or even Gegina! Common IRC Abbreviations On IRC, people often use silly abbreviations. It helps to know what these all mean! Abbreviation   What it means                             LOL Laughing Out Loud *S* Smile *G* Grin/Giggle TTFN Ta Ta For Now BBL Be Back Later BBIAB Be Back In a Bit PPL People G-G Gotta Go ROFLOL Rolling On Floor, Laughing Out Loud CAG/TAG Congo African Grey/ Timneh African Grey IRCop Internet Relay Chat Operator NM Never Mind Common IRC Commands Command What it does Example /JOIN #channel Joins a channel /join #Budgie-Chat /PART #channel Leaves a channel /part #Budgie-Chat /LIST Lists the currently available channels /list /ME message Tells the people in the chat room what you are doing. /me smiles. /MSG Nickname message Sends a private message to this person /msg Pava Hello! /QUERY Opens a query window for this person /query Carrie /WHOIS nickname Shows information about this person. /whois Peeper /QUIT [reason] This disconnects you from IRC, and shows a reason why you quit. /quit I need to feed the hatchlings. /TOPIC #channel topic This changes the channel topic /topic #Budgie-Chat Budgie Food /INVITE nickname #channel Invites a person to a channel. /invite Regina #Budgie-Chat /AWAY [reason] Leaves a message saying that you're away from the chat room. /away The doorbell rang...