Hi All.   ...Just to make it easier for any innocent souls who wander
in and wonder what's going on, here's an excerpt from the EchoList
providing a "relatively short" description of this message area...:-/

Hopefully this will help orient new meese, new herds, or any new
mailer meese carrying this message area on their mail hubs...

As for those folks reading this message in the alt.moose.rights UseNet
newsgroup, this will help define the MooseChat atmosphere and partly
explain why MooseChat is being "gated" to/from the alt.moose.rights
newsgroup.

View: D:\echolist.txt

MOOSECHAT
     Moose and Hoser "Canadian Humor" Chat
          MooseChat is an echo for anyone who wants to attempt witty,
          humorous, or just plain silly messages. Many distinguished
          moose, Hosers from the Great White North, and even famous
          Performance Artists like Saddam Hussein and George Bush
          have all frequented MooseChat at one time or another. A
          moose- like angle, alias, or shtick is appreciated but not
          necessary. Moose sometimes stray into serious topics and
          political satire is often seen, but those attempting serious
          discussion may need to survive receiving silly replies.
          The MooseChat "echo theme" is to disseminate knowledge about
          the noble moose, to discuss attributes of moose we have
          known and admired, and to enter messages which are a bit
          more silly or offbeat than one finds in most other echoes.
          Status: Active
     Origin:                                         Group:
     Distribution: Fidonet Backbone, alt.moose.rights UseNet newsgroup
     Gateways: gated to-from UseNet by 1:249/127
     Language:
     # Nodes: N/A          Volume: 20/mo        Rules: MOOSE.RUL
     Flags: [Has Rules]
     Notes:
     Moderators:   Stephen Hart, 1:249/127
                   Steve Hart, hart{at}io.nospam.com
                   (for e-mail messages: remove nospam.)

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