I thought that elucidator and Weird With Words were the same person, as they were posting from the same computer. Turns out I was wrong, so I have restored both their privileges.
I blame it all on the slowmoving hamsters, it took me FOREVER to get the info, then ban, then unban, during which time new info came out.
Lynn
“Reports of my death are greatly exaggerated.”
It certainly doesn’t look like justice. I read the boards for years before I jumped in and posted. Hell I can recite the Satan/Heather imbroglio if you wish. Barring other evidence it is quite possible that Weird jumped in and started posting after lurking and discussing the board.
My wife has less than a hundred posts here and she knows some of you more than you would care to know. I would hope this isn’t permanent. I am starting to feel like I have little chance of making a thousand posts without being banned.
Thank you. You scared the piss out of me. Who was I gonna argue with if he was banned?
[qoute]Originally posted by Airman Doors
Weird With Words, I think that Miller is as yet unaware that you are elucidator’s son.
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I was unaware of that. Sorry for for busting your balls, Weird.
Incidentally, sailor, I think this is a graphic illustration of how fair the Mods really are. So go bark up another tree.
Whew disregard the above posted in a fit of pique. Welcome back elucidator (who I have a strange tendency to mentally think of as lucy).
I see manhattan has reappeared. Have you no shame, sir?
If I say I lost my job, most folks are going to assume I was either laid off or fired, not that I quit.
No sweat, Lynn. I mean, when you get your servers at Radio Shack, well,…
Manhattan, you owe Sailor one serious goddam apology. You either have class, or you don’t.
Your call.
I did, in fact, have other evidence, mainly that the two posted from the same computer/static IP address. Otherwise I would have done more research and probably consulted with the other mods.
I’m sorry that I acted so quickly, but when I see the kind of evidence that I did, WITHOUT an explanation (that’s my child/spouse/roomie), then 99 times out of 100 it’s someone’s sock.
I’m going to go eat some dinner now, and probably won’t be back on the boards for a while.
Lynn
You did the right thing, both times. No complaints here, Lynn.
Oh, no you don’t! Didn’t anyone explain to you that being an Adminstrator means that you have to eat cold take-out Chinese food in front of your PC? 
I just wrote out a long and angry post, then thought better and deleted it.
I will however say this: the above quote seems to suggest a certain amount of satisfaction with “catching” me, and I wonder at the reason for that satisfaction.
Enough said. I think I’m done here.
On further reflection, forget what I just said. It’s over. Really, really over.
I DO take satisfaction in catching trolls, socks, and spammers, preferably just as they show their faces. One of my happiest moments was finding a spammer who had just registered and posted in two forums, and was apparently making his way down the rest of the forums. I banned him just after he’d made a post in Comments on Cecil’s Columns. I was able to see that he stayed online (and logged in) for quite a while afterwards.
Hey, the pay is LOUSY. I have to take any satisfaction I can get.
Damn, this is a bizarre thread.
I guess a rule clarification is in order.
Am I to take it then that sock puppets are now allowed, as long as you actually breed the sock puppet?
I kind of think this is unfair. My daughter is only four years old and it will be many years before I can indoctrinate her into an extension of my will that can nevertheless post with autonomy.
That would mean that I would actually be ALLOWED to leave the house in order to get the Chinese takeout.
Hmmmm, it’s been a while since I had Chinese food…I grilled a ham steak and had rice with peas and fried veggies (onion, celery, carrot, and mushroom). Chilled pineapple slices for dessert. I’d love some Chinese food, but generally I can’t handle the sodium. My tough luck.
No, no…socks are still forbidden. It’s evident now that father and son are two distinct entities, and I was mistaken.
Odd. I’ve never managed to impregnate one of my socks.
And it ain’t from lack of trying, either.
Oh, I suppose auntie em and I could breed a sock puppet just for the hell of it, but I’m fairly sure that we don’t have anything with which we really want people to agree. Unless it’s statements in support of her obvious beauty, or declarations of agreement in my one man battle to prove that Dairy Queen is “high rent” when being compared to Baskin Robbins.
Other than that… nah.