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Registration is not required to view current topics on the Forum; however, if you wish to post a new topic or reply to an existing topic registration is required.  Registration is free and only takes a few minutes.  The only required fields are your UserName, which may be your real name or a nickname, and a bonafide email address (if changed during membership profiles must be updated to include the new email address).  The information you provide during registration is not outsourced by Rochdale Online Ltd. If you believe someone is sending you advertisements as a result of the information you provided through your registration, please notify us immediately.

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You've probably seen others use smilies before in email messages or other bulletin board posts. Smilies are keyboard characters used to convey an emotion, such as a smile or a frown . Here are the smilies that are currently supported by Message Board :

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