A Sunday afternoon before the weekday crowds seems like a good time to do one more acid test of the new Ajax-based Lizard Lounge. If you’re registered and logged in, click the green magnifying glass in the row of icons at bottom right of this post to enter LGF Spy for this article in “Lounge Mode” — this is the private “chat room” area for the thread, where comments are automatically updated at 2-second intervals.

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