.   REAL SYSOPS DON'T EAT QUICHE  .............

* Real Sysops don't say they are getting a hard drive.
* Real Sysops have 1200/2400 baud modems.
* Real Sysops have a fan on their computer on at all times.
* Real Sysops turn off their monitor as often as possible.
* Real Sysops have their own phone line without call waiting.
* Real Sysops disconnect their computer's speaker.
* Real Sysops have a real computer such as IBM or compatibles.
* Real Sysops turn off the ringer on their telephones.
* Real Sysops won't give you level 8 for a copy of lotus 1-2-3.
* Real Sysops have a clock card.
* Real Sysops don't need a ramdisk.
* Real Sysops don't care if you say that you are putting up a
       board next summer.
* Real Sysops avoid 'chat mode' as often as possible.
* Real Sysops don't give access to someone just because they run
       'Sherwood Forest XXIII" and have 300 meg.
* Real Sysops don't post 'new board' messages on every other
       board in town until their board is really up and running.
* Real Sysops laugh when people say things like 'I have your
       voice number and 'I am a Phed'.
* Real Sysops know that 'phone' is spelled with 'ph' and fun with 'f'.
* Real Sysops don't bother to answer the phone when they are
       using their computer because they know the guy will have heart
       failure and hang up.
* Real Sysops don't change the name of their board every month.
* Real Sysops don't find it amusing when users leave numbers
       like: (CAN) NOT-TELL or (*UN)LIS-TED!
* Real Sysops don't make excuses like "My dad is calling" if they
       have to go!
* Real Sysops don't have on-line A.E. and/or Catsend.
* Real Sysops are n't in any local 'Warez Clubs'.
* Real Sysops don't take their BBS down every five minutes to
       call a board.
* Real Sysops don't use 'Text-Trix'.
* Real Sysops get angry if their boards are crashed. Fortunately,
       real boards are rarely crashed and Real Sysops make back-ups,
       anyway!
* Real Sysops don't care about "Improper Sign-offs".
* Real Sysops don't think they are God and are better than
       everyone else.
* Real Sysops try to help the new users; not cut them down.
* Real Sysops know the difference between a new user and a loser.
* Real Sysops don't procrastinate.
* Real Sysops are n't hypocrites.
* Real Sysops could n't care less about what some user posts
       about them on a loser board.
* Real Sysops put up a bbs as a service; not an ego trip!
* Real Sysops don't run 'pay boards'.
* Real Sysops don't get out their handy-dandy sector editor and
       plaster their name and number all over a new game.
* Real Sysops take pride in their BBS.
* Real Sysops don't care if users leave some obnoxious message
       100 times in feedback. They realize that this user just learned
       AE macros.
* Real Sysops know that it is their decision whether or not to
       sit in front of the computer all day. They  don't care what some
       idiot says.
* Real Sysops know how to spell.
* Real Sysops aren't that excited about HBBS (Hi-ress BBS).
* Real Sysops write their own BBS.
* Real Sysops make sure that "G" is for Goodbye, and that "Y" is
       for yell.
* Real Sysops don't have a command for every key on the keyboard.
* Real Sysops know that a disclaimer is useless, but they keep it
       for nostalgic reasons.
* Real Sysops do not have systems errors on every other line.
* Real Sysops use all 80 columns.
* Real Sysops don't use call back.
