On 11-01-18, ED KOON said to TIM RICHARDSON:

>  > <<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

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


I didn't know this echo was still on the backbone.


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