smeagolsfree 16686 Report post Posted May 5 Hey folks, I am posting the Guidelines for all to see for a while. Most of you, (99%) do a GREAT job following these, however there are a few that seem to not know what they are or just ignore them. I do realize this is a stressful time for all of us as well. So I UNDERSTAND everyone's frustrations. We, as a group of Mods are a little tired of playing nice to the rule breakers and have been tolerant for a little too long and this is to put those of you who continue to not follow the rules on notice. I do realize that we all tend to break a few of the rules from time to time when some of the threads get a little out of hand and that can be forgiven, but there is a VERY small minority that have no regard for others on the board or the rules and this is to put those folks on notice! BTW, I had to re-read to remember all the rules, so its everyone that needs to be reminded. 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