[GreenKeys] Ed Sharpe

[ken Schwieker]

Thank you.

Ken S

At 12:29 AM 12/20/2016, you wrote:
>I hate dealing with this stupid shit.  I have work to do, bills to 
>pay, and life is too frickin' short...
>
>For years now, "many" greenkeys members have been complaining that 
>Ed Sharpe has been bogarting this forum.  I have had to intervene 
>and try to patch things up, to keep things running smoothly.  A 
>couple of years ago I put him on moderation to calm things down, and 
>a few months later let him wander free in the wild again, hoping he 
>learned a lesson.
>
>A few weeks ago it came to a head again when someone called him out 
>on all his vague rambling posts.  He called my cell phone at 9:30 
>that night to "talk about it."  I did not answer.  But I put him on moderation.
>
>He had 138 posts in November, an absurd number of posts for any 
>member.  Most were one-liner nonsense.
>
>For several weeks, I have been quietly discarding 3/4 of his (now 
>moderated) posts, but letting a few rational posts through.
>
>He was today again on a rant with many posts (you did not see most 
>of them, since I have him moderated), and after not getting his way, 
>he called my cell phone at 10:30 tonight, and left a 3-minute 
>message about this tty shit in California.
>
>That did it.  10:30?  Really?  I need to leave my cell phone on in 
>case my 86-yo mother has a problem, and I do not need to be woken up 
>by this silly nonsense.
>
>Ed# has been deleted from greenkeys.  This is only the second time I 
>have taken such drastic measures -- years ago some joker would not 
>stop with personal-opinion political posts, and I deleted him.  This 
>makes two times in 20+years as moderator that I have asserted 
>greenkeys executive power.  I try to stay out of things -- I really 
>do.  But don't piss me off.
>
>So, you can call me an ass, vote to have me replaced, or whatever, 
>but I have no more patience for this nonsense.
>
>If this was a modern forum, everyone would be able to easily block 
>crap from specific individuals, and never see it.  But this is an 
>old-school email list, a "reflector" as some call it, and there are 
>no such controls.
>
>I need to get some sleep.
>
>gil
>
>
>
>gil smith, AF7EZ
>greenkeys moderator
><mailto:gil at baudot.net>gil at baudot.net
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