Daily Post (Liverpool): IT'S GOOD TO TALK
Lines open Monday to Friday,9- 5pm. Answer - machine at all other times. WHEN Melanie Smith stops to chat with people as she strolls around her ``beat'' she has no worries that her superior officers will accuse her of skiving.For meeting and talking to local residents and business people is an important part of the work of Melanie and her seven colleagues. And though the Community Support Officers began their duties in Rhyl's West End only in September,...
LAWLESS FRONTIERS OF CYBERSPACE INVITE TROUBLE
ROBERT SIEGEL, Host: More and more people are using a computer and a modem to connect to online services where they can gather information, play games or chat with people around the country or around the world. These commercial online services have experienced explosive growth over the past year, partly because of all the talk about the information superhighway. Between four and six million homes are now connected to the big, commercial online services, and millions more, as many as 20 million,...
Sports talk makes great icebreaker
With all the holiday parties on your list (I'm waiting for the invitations to come rolling in any day), you might want to go prepared to meet and chat with people you don't know and won't ever see again. Politics can be dangerous, messy and upset your stomach worse than fruit cake. Religion can eventually harm the furniture at your hosts' house. Sports? Now there's a nice ice- breaker. Here are some tips to getting a lively discussion...