Just wanted to Say HI to everyone..
My name is Richard Biehl I'm the Sysop of The "NO" Ratio BBS here in Chicago.
I'll be taking over for David Smith.  I'll post the Echo rules and I want to 
thank David for the Fine job he did and wish him Well!!!!!
 Happy fishing Dave!!!!!!
                         Fishing Echo Rules
Fishing can be defined in many different ways to many different people.
To some, it may be a pastime; a hobby; a sport; a job; a way of life;
a way to feed millions of people; a way to generate billions of dollars
of revenue. There are literally millions of companies who rely on the
fishing industry for their bread and butter. There are also many
different kinds of clubs dedicated to A) Promote fishing; as well as
B) Do anything they can to stop people from fishing. Sometimes fishing can be 
an issue that is very sensitive to some from the type of fishing they do, to 
the species they like to fish for and to even the fishing club to which they
belong. This echo is a public forum which is read by thousands of people
on every continent in the world, please be careful and try not to offend
anyone when writing messages here. This is a small list of guidelines we
should all go by when writing to this echo.
This echo has been started for your enjoyment and as a place to gather
valuable information about the sport we love. Please treat this echo
as such with pertinent information while being kind to each other.
Rule 1: Treat the other folks on this echo with respect. This echo is not
       a flame base, abusers will be ejected from this echo.
Rule 2: Discussions about illegal activities are strictly off topic.
       Anyone who discusses illegal activities could be investigated
       by the authorities. (i.e. talking about shooting a human being
       or dynamiting fish, etc...)
Rule 3: The subject here is FISHING please stay on topic.
Rule 4: No Foul language of any type will be tolerated. If you use such,
       your sysop will be asked to ban you from this echo. This is a ZERO
       tolerance policy. The moderator will determine what is foul
       language.
Rule 5: For Sale postings and Commercial advertising are considered off
       topic. A warning will be sent to your sysop asking them to explain
       to you the proper use of echomail.
Rule 6: Do not post high-bit ASCII, ANSI or other graphics formats in this
       message base.
Rule 7: Please leave the moderating of this echo to the moderator. Also,
       don't quote any messages that are off topic or of bad taste, you
       are just as bad as the originator for doing so.
Thanks,
 Richard Biehl          (Moderator, FISHING)
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