> I have been granted the authority of moderator status. All posts
> must be personally approved. Stupid questions will not be
> tolerated, and the poster of such questions will be given one
> warning. If such poster posts a second stupid question, he or she
> will be banned from the list for one month. If, after that cooling
> off period, the person continue to post stupid questions, they will
> be banned forever.
>
> I know this sounds drastic, but hopefully, if we all follow the
> rules, this will be a happier, more cheerful place.
>
> Thanks for understanding....
>
> -- Ryan

Ryan, what does that PF stuff mean? Can I plant a letterbox in my
own backyard? Will the U.S. Postal Service get mad if I carve one of
their stamps?
--Buzzard

> Ryan, what does that PF stuff mean? Can I plant a letterbox in my
> own backyard? Will the U.S. Postal Service get mad if I carve one
> of their stamps?

Buzzard--

You're fired! =)

-- Ryan

> Buzzard--
>
> You're fired! =)
>
> -- Ryan

Dang! Another letterboxing job outsourced to India!
--Buzzard

Even though this feels like an inmate becoming a guard,
I'm sure you will do a good job.

Silver Eagle
(one of the "padded cell" inmates)

--- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, "rscarpen"
wrote:
> I have been granted the authority of moderator status. All posts
> must be personally approved. Stupid questions will not be
> tolerated, and the poster of such questions will be given one
> warning. If such poster posts a second stupid question, he or she
> will be banned from the list for one month. If, after that cooling
> off period, the person continue to post stupid questions, they will
> be banned forever.
>
> I know this sounds drastic, but hopefully, if we all follow the
> rules, this will be a happier, more cheerful place.
>
> Thanks for understanding....
>
> -- Ryan

> Even though this feels like an inmate becoming a guard,
> I'm sure you will do a good job.

*grin* Rest assured, I'm not really a moderator of this board and
just wanted to give a few people a heart-attack by making them think
I was. ;o)

You're safe, little people.... for now..... *MUHAHaHaHahahaha!!!!*

-- Ryan, always the troublemaker!

That was awesome. Like the April Fools page only more believable. As
one of the Little People I was beginning to wonder what flame wars I
would need to get involved in to Stay On the list. Thanks Ryan.
y-nought

--- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, "rscarpen"
wrote:
> > Even though this feels like an inmate becoming a guard,
> > I'm sure you will do a good job.
>
> *grin* Rest assured, I'm not really a moderator of this board and
> just wanted to give a few people a heart-attack by making them
think
> I was. ;o)
>
> You're safe, little people.... for now..... *MUHAHaHaHahahaha!!!!*
>
> -- Ryan, always the troublemaker!

> As one of the Little People....

There are no little people on this list.

Glad you enjoyed the joke, though. =) It seemed so heavy-handed, I
didn't think anyone would actually fall for it. Especially since
I've never taken that attitude towards the other talk lists I really
am a moderator of. But I've been reprimanded by Pandora for dumping
a "10 pound bag of crap" on her desk having to reply to all the
irate e-mails, so I guess it really did work. Sorry about the
workload, Pandora. I figured I'd get all the irate e-mails calling
me names and saying how evil I was! (Didn't even get one.)

But I didn't want the joke to go on for too long--didn't want to
scare anyone off the talk list before they realized it was a joke.

Carpe diem!

-- Ryan