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Roger Caffin
(rcaffin) - BPL Staff - MLife

Locale: Wollemi & Kosciusko NPs, Europe
Please Help! on 03/04/2010 13:38:28 MST Print View

Dear All

This thread has given many people much concern, and that includes the staff of BPL itself. Please note: we are making no judgements at all about the honesty or merits of any case or person. We know many people are having it pretty tough right now.

Our concern is that we do not want our Forum channels to become a general medium for begging, panhandling, soliciting or similar activities. We want the channels to stay focused on Backpacking (although much leeway is allowed in Chaff).

Accordingly, with some considerable regret and apologies to all concerned, we have decided to remove this thread. Any future threads of a similar nature will likely also be removed. Sorry, but the potential for abuse and spam is too much. Remember the shoe boy?

Roger Caffin
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Ben 2 World
(ben2world) - MLife

Locale: So Cal
Re: Please Help! on 03/04/2010 13:40:07 MST Print View

No regrets from this corner -- seeing off that stupid thread.

Jeffrey Kuchera
(frankenfeet) - M

Locale: Great Lakes
Shoe boy? on 03/04/2010 13:41:00 MST Print View

I agree with Ben, no regrets here either. Maybe you guys could enlighten me though. I don't remember the shoe boy situation.

Edited by frankenfeet on 03/04/2010 13:44:48 MST.

Travis Leanna
(T.L.) - MLife

Locale: Wisconsin
Re: Re: Please Help! on 03/04/2010 13:41:18 MST Print View

Good riddance.

Juston Taul
(Junction)

Locale: Atlanta, GA
+1 on 03/04/2010 13:43:20 MST Print View

I agree with this BPL policy. Some need our help from time to time... it's pretty easy to figure out who those people are. Moving on.

Ben 2 World
(ben2world) - MLife

Locale: So Cal
Re: Shoe boy? on 03/04/2010 13:43:31 MST Print View

Jeffrey:

Shoe boy was a spammer, not a beggar. Back 2 years ago (more or less), the guy would post "shoe sales" on this forum repeatedly.

Jeffrey Kuchera
(frankenfeet) - M

Locale: Great Lakes
Ahhh I see. on 03/04/2010 13:46:15 MST Print View

Thanks Ben I either didn't catch that hijinks or didn't remember it.

Edited by frankenfeet on 03/04/2010 13:48:13 MST.

Jarrod Handwerk
(PA_Hiker) - F

Locale: Orwigsburg PA
thank you on 03/04/2010 13:47:26 MST Print View

Non here at all...the only thing i have to say is...what took you so long :P

Ewker .
(Ewker) - M

Locale: southeast
Re: Please Help! on 03/04/2010 14:23:45 MST Print View

Roger, this thread should have been locked after your post. No need to read all the other post that will popup including mine.....just my opinion

Ike Mouser
(isaac.mouser) - F
shut down on 03/04/2010 14:45:59 MST Print View

nice job roge, you guys are doing a good job. keep it up!

Edited by isaac.mouser on 03/04/2010 14:46:31 MST.

a gould
(biointegra) - MLife

Locale: Puget Sound
Re: shut down on 03/04/2010 15:07:58 MST Print View

Whew; at first, I thought you were talking about the whole Gear Swap Forum.

Jack Bauer
(mclovin) - F
round 2 had been posted on 03/04/2010 18:29:06 MST Print View

Looks like round 2 thread had been posted.

Ben 2 World
(ben2world) - MLife

Locale: So Cal
Re: round 2 had been posted on 03/04/2010 18:31:28 MST Print View

Which we will all ignore -- till Roger zaps it away.

Dave T
(DaveT) - F
moderator. on 03/04/2010 18:48:18 MST Print View

Roger, please delete the new HELP thread, and either this whole thread also, or everything except your initial response (above). Let's have this all go away.