>  > <<tumble weed rolling by>>..................
> 
> This used to be a pretty lively echo. It was begun as a `flame' echo,
> and it got pretty hot in here.
> 
> Along came Ross Cassell.
> 
> Cassell has been `collecting' moderatorship of echoes for a long time,
> now. And each time he `grabs' the moderatorship of an echo, two things
> happen; 
> 
> He changes the entire motif of the echo with a bunch of new rules, which
> have nothing to do with the echo's original purpose;
> 
> And almost immediately the echo goes dead, except for an occasional posting
> by Cassell of his `rules'.
> 
> It happened to this echo, the `Holysmoke' echo, and most every other one
> Cassell has taken over. Its dead in here because Cassell killed it.
> --- SBBSecho 2.27-Win32

Just got notification I'm now the moderator of this conference. Guess ole
Ross Cassell is long gone. Whatever happened to Mad Dog Matzdobre the guy
who threatened to sue Fidonet? And Wayne Chirnside? 
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