Ben, I noticed the same thing on several occassions. The third time it occurred I took a look at "Users Online" and discovered that two of the "phantoms" were actually browsing other areas of the site.
Apparently, when we enter the Chat Room we are automatically logged in - even if we only look for two or three seconds. If we go to another area of the site WITHOUT ACTIVELY LOGGING OUT of the Chat Room, we still show up as being in the room until (A) we actually log out of the Room, or (B) we are automatically logged out after a preset period of inactivity ("idle time"). The "Idle" seems to be about five minutes.
Hope this helps.
John
PS - glad to see somebody else who the S&G line. I've gotten alot of mileage out of it over the years - constantly amazed at how many have never heard it before.
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