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IT has been more than a year since most office workers have had one of those informal chats around the water cooler. And while some people are in no hurry to go back to the nine to five, many home workers are missing the social contact. A small band of people have been meeting occasionally at Southbourne Green to have the kind of contact that has bee missing from most people’s lives since March 23, 2020. Gordon Fong, owner of IT company Kimcell, became so weary of working at home that he started encouraging small, occasional gatherings at nearby Southbourne Green. People collect a coffee from one of the nearby shops and enjoy some informal conversation.