Other ‘places’ to char

bikergran where did you find the point about 50+ being a public forum? The home page I accessed said it was a private forum and I certainly couldn’t access the forum comments as I am not registered

I'm on MN

Nan I clicked on the "forum" button (next to the "home" button}

It says "welcome guests" then underneath says

"about your forum" "front page" then under that in Red writing it says "this board is public visible to everyone" in bold red letters with exlamation mark at the end.

Maybe I have read it wrong and it means that its just public to that board I dont know..but after the media stuff on Gn maybe best to make sure.
Hope that helps

Re 50+
That is true, the front page is visible, how else would anyone know it existed. You have to register to join in the forums, just as you do for GN, And you really don't have to put much information, just enough to identify yourself as who you are when you login.

I am on a sort of geeky website where I've been a member since 2000. It often has similar conversations to here on Gransnet.

Me too, since about 1996. But few people know about Cix any more, especially since it isn't free like all these later ones. There are people there that I have known longer than in "real life", though, so I'm not leaving :-)