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 BBS: The Cutting Edge!
Date: 12-05-95 (21:04)             Number: 516357
From: BLUE DEVIL                   Refer#: 516275
  To: DUCKHUNTER                    Recvd: NO  
Subj: Same Ole Song and Dance        Conf: (137) warfield
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DU>Well I can see while I was gone on vacation certain users are still
DU>picking fights or arguments with other people....It's the same people
DU>over and over...they pick it then whin.....I lost some action words
DU>cause one would not talk out the problem and keep it up.....I can see
DU>the same people just found somebody else to mess with.....but admin
DU>still lets them get but with it...but the rest of get slammed....


For those of you having trouble reading this, let me familiarize you
with the rules of the New Order:

(1) Absolutely NO carriage returns.  EVER.  I realize I am breaking this
rule, but then again I am from at least two orders back...

(2) The proper way to separate two sentences is with three to five
periods and NO spaces, *not* with a period followed by two spaces.  I
don't care what the _Writer's Hotline Handbook_ says, do as you're told!

(3) There IS no proper way to separate paragraphs or to create pauses,
as your entire post should be one paragraph (or more accurately one long
run-on sentence).  Anyone who writes in separate paragraphs, even if
their post is over six pages long, is not a member of the New Order.

(4) If you *must* capitalize a word from time to time (say to give a
proper name or to start a new phrase in your run-on), try to do so
sparingly and keep it to a minimum.  Slight deviations will be allowed
but anything approaching proper grammar will NOT be tolerated.

(5) The only punctuation mark allowed is the period, and only then in
groups of three or more to separate phrases.  I realize there are lots
of pretty-looking symbols above the numbers on your keyboard and
over there by the ENTER key, but these should only be used to
simulate line noise before you drop carrier to avoid an embarassing
question.  Some fringe elements have begun using commas instead
of periods to separate sentences (and also begun, interspersing them,
randomly in the, middle of, sentences).  This is NOT kosher.

(6) If it's worth spelling, it's worth spelling WRONG. And if the first four
letters of a word are enough to give people the idea, don't bother with
the rest of it.

(7) The following sets of words are considered synonyms:
      a: "there", "their", and "they're"
      b: "its" and "it's"
      c: "your", "yer", and "your"
      d: "affect" and "effect"
      e: any two prepositions (i.e. "with" and "for")

(8) It is okay to quote either the ENTIRE message (no matter HOW long) you
are responding to, or to quote NONE of it, but nothing in between.  In the
former case be sure and restate as much as possible of the message you
quote, unless you just want to say "Yeah.".  In the latter case assume that
people reading your message will have memorized the contents of the
forum by message number and can easily recall the post you are responding
to, saving you the trouble of letting anyone know just what the hell you are
talking about.

(9) The use of QWK-mail readers will only be tolerated if it enables you to
write longer and more numerous posts using the rules above.  You should
not bother to change the default taglines that come with the QWK reader,
everyone will think you are "cool" if you use the original ones.


I hope this clear things up for everybody.

    ]:-)