Hello Jerry!
Sunday March 08 1998 11:29, Jerry Rudoff posted a message to Derek Brice:
 ->> My problem in the past has been that when I get settled in a
 ->> particular Fido echo, suddenly, I get a stiff letter from the
 ->> moderator telling me I'm off topic through some technicality, and I
 ->> end up by loosing my cool, which is something I don't enjoy doing.
 JR> Well, I've been a FidoNet Moderator as well as a Sysop since the
 JR> early 80's and have never seemed to have that problem.  I think you
 JR> will also find that todays Moderators are a lot more liberal in their
 JR> approach these days as Fido has lost many many folks to the Internet
 JR> and a moderator/sysop is generally very appreciative for regular users
 JR> regardless of their topic...
In general, yes, but I can quote a recent example. A very popular
echo over here is "penpal", and a few weeks ago I was trying to
establish a link with a guy in the South west of England, but were
having problems due one of his local sysopps not having his mail
flagged properly. We were exchanging a few messages discussing
how we could get the mail flow running properly and suddenly I got
a sarcastic netmail from the moderator, which in turn, put me up
on my high horse and I let rip at him with both barrels, saying
how surprised I was that there was such restrictions in a PENPAL
echo. He still wouldn't admit he was in any kind of error though.
 ->> What we over here call: yobos.
 JR> I guess these yobos (a breed of hobo)will steal you blind, eh.
 JR> Probably try and cook your birds for diner...hehehehehe
A "Yobbo" is a nickname for a young male, usually a teenager, who
is bored with life in general, so rather than find something useful
to do, they go around, smashing or wrecking things for fun.
 JR> And  if you saw my birds, your conclusion would be that hey this guy
 JR> is doing something right... Ask Rich Veraa this question..he is as
 JR> close an expert on birds than any one I know around here...
Is he in this echo?
BTW, which echos do you moderate,.....  this one?
Mine is   RAIL_UK  which deals with all technical aspects of railroads
including preservation. Unfortunately, it's not on the world backbone,
but if I had enough requests for it outside the UK, I'd have to look
into how to export it.
Bye For Now,
Derek
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