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   PID: Synchronet 3.18b-Win32  Sep 12 2020 MSC 1927   
   TID: SBBSecho 3.11-Win32 r3.177 Sep 12 2020 MSC 1927   
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   Charles,   
      
    CP>> Seems it has gotten very Quiet here.   
    DS>   There are other things in life besides BBSing.   
      
    CP> I do understand that certainly.   
      
     I have a file on the BBS called "BEASYSOP.ZIP"...for those   
   who ever considered being a Sysop. Topics covered are:   
      
     1) Definition of a Twit -- Grant Bierman   
       
     2) You Want To Be A Sysop?? -- Tom Ezell   
       
     3) The Thankless Job -- Kris Lewis   
       
     4) Caring For Pet Sysops -- Fred Hunt   
      
     5) The True Twit Test -- Author Unknown   
      
     6) The Sysop Of A BBS -- Daryl Stout   
      
     Portions of it are funny...but sadly, much of it is true.   
   One Sysop, after a Co-Sysop, shared their logon with a   
   friend, caused that Sysop to shut his system down, go offline   
   forever, and sell his equipment (this was in 1985).   
      
     When I read #4 to a fellow Sysop (who was also a ham radio   
   operator...and this was patterned after ham radio operators,   
   but I modified it for Pet Sysops)...when I got to the last   
   section of "Breeding", he said "HELLO!!" .   
      
   Daryl   
        
   ... Never drink and drive. Hitting a bump spills your drink.   
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