water cooler :: IRC

I haven't used IRC in years, and didn't know much about it then - can you be on any server and just go to #damnsmalllinux, or do you have to be on a specific one?
I'm in Brisbane, Australia, so local time is GMT+10... so it looks like my 12noon Monday is like 6pm - 9pm Sunday in the US... so when's everyone usually go on IRC?
Just found this site,
http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/
Should come in handy for coordinating.

Any way of getting multiple clocks in DSL, with time zones from major areas, eg a US-ish clock, a Europe-ish clock, etc., to get a rough idea of what time it is in the rest of the world?

yep, evenings and weekends are usually busy