When did Arnold Winkelreid become a mod?
It’s kosher with me, BTW (not that anyone bothered to ask) I’ve always found his posts to be quite good.
TubaDiva officially announced the beginning of my probationary Moderator status on 05-22-2000 at 01:45 PM (Straight Dope time zone).
Thank you mouthbreather. I would have preferred that you had found my posts to be sub-par, it would have been easier to improve them to fit the new moderator title. 
or, it could be that I didn’t fully read Tuba’s thread before posting this.
D’oh.