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SergntMac
11-09-2006, 11:31 PM
Just thought I would take a moment to share with y'all some of the other stuff that came with buying a slice of our MM.Net.

One of my new duties is to approve new memberships. Applications for member screen names.

Some may be "guests" coming in from the cold. Some may be folks who have read about the MM.Net elsewhere on the www, and are just curious about what can be seen as a guest, and what a "registered member" can see/access, vs. not. Some may be existing members present today, but just trying to get a second screen name to use when and while their first screen name has run aground.

What ever...I have the assignment to screen the applications, but I won't tell y'all what I do to screen out the devious and ill-intended.

What I want to share with y'all, is that just today alone and just from 0500 hrs. to this moment now, I have approved 10 new members to join our ranks as screen names. Ten. 10. Ten (10) new members in less than 24 hours.

For a web site that is so "mismanaged" and "corrupt", that number seems to be a lot of new members in one day. I hope someone warned them of what to expect once they step into our home. If not, they will learn the truth fairly, and early on.

Maybe some folks just wanted to hear/see the truth for themselves, maybe not. Maybe I'll have ten (10) new thread deletions to deal with, and ten (10) new members to ban sometime soon.

Maybe not.

I suppose guessing is still part of this game, but so is trust. I'm low on guesses, and high on trust, so, welcome to the new ten (10).

Wait...I got some new e-mail to read...

Oh geeze...I'm wrong already. Mary just e-mailed me with some news. It's fifteen (15) in 48 hours. But, that time span laps over into my last approvals, which adds another four...Hold on, another new e-mail to read...

Ahemmm....According to Mary, and our ADMIN stats page in the ADMIN software, one-hundered and eighty-eight (188) new members have joined us since 6 Oct, 2006, the day of our purchase, and only 36 days ago. 188 / 36 = 5.5 new member screen names per day since us nine have consumated ownership. WOW...I never thought...

My bad...I need to learn more about our ADMIN software...

BTW...There is another "stat" I want to share, it's about the contributions.

Some of y'all have been very generous towards the MM.Net, and as one of nine, I thank you all for this.

What money isn't needed and dedicated to operations, will be coming back to all of you, one way, or, another. Added value in the MM.Net, or, added value right back to you contributing members.

We are still working on this, but it is all being worked on, "please hold?".

Again, thank you to all, and welcome to the "one-eighty-eight" (188). Hope to hear from y'all soon.

Big Time
11-09-2006, 11:37 PM
I was the first of the noobs, so I get to be in charge of them!

How are people donating to the site? paypal?

MM03MOK
11-09-2006, 11:41 PM
How are people donating to the site? paypal?
Yes, PayPal. A "donation" link on the Home Page, left column.

http://www.mercurymarauder.net/forums/payments.php

Big Time
11-09-2006, 11:52 PM
I am but a poor TV station worker, but I was able to donate a little.:)

Mike Poore
11-10-2006, 04:14 AM
I was the first of the noobs, so I get to be in charge of them!

Boy, BIG, I dunno! We've got some other big time Tee Vee guys from California on the net, not to mention a Californian has just become speaker of the house. You might be second in line. Perhaps putting someone from, oh, say, um, Arkansas, for instance, in charge of 'em, would be more appropriate. :D

But then, the decision really should be left up to Sgt Mac. ;)

Thanks for your support, and although some of us, me in particular, could have gotten off to a better start, we're trying to be good partners, and honestly see a bright future for MM.net.

I hold up the recant gathering at Seymour as an example of what a close-nit and great family you've joined.

Future? I suspect that sometime down the road, we're gonna morph into a group something like the Impala SS guys, with those purists who will strive to remain purely stock, along with the few lucky folks who snapped up the Kenny Brown cars, and those headed into various stages of wildness.

You know, of course, one of our guys has already plunged deeply into the tens, with one of these barges, with others on his heels.

I haven't seen anyone drop a big block into one of 'em, yet; but the day's coming ...then, look out!

MM2004
11-10-2006, 04:16 AM
I am but a poor TV station worker, but I was able to donate a little.:)

And a big thanks goes out to you and your generosity. ;)

Mike.

SID210SA
11-10-2006, 12:16 PM
Some of y'all have been very generous towards the MM.Net, and as one of nine, I thank you all for this.



So who is 7 of 9?:D

Now I havent been here all that long but I am a member with over one year here and over 1k in post, So I have seen alot of ups and downs, alot of deleted post and a few deleted threads. I honestly dont know how you guys do it, but my hat is off to all 9 of you. Maybe some day I will have the pleasure of being more involved in this site and not only contribute funds and knowledge but lend a helping hand and maybe get a promotion to MODERATOR!!! Hey I can dream cant I? Yall keep up the good work...:beer:

Mike

Mike Poore
11-10-2006, 12:24 PM
So who is 7 of 9?:D

Now I havent been here all that long but I am a member with over one year here and over 1k in post, So I have seen alot of ups and downs, alot of deleted post and a few deleted threads. I honestly dont know how you guys do it, but my hat is off to all 9 of you. Maybe some day I will have the pleasure of being more involved in this site and not only contribute funds and knowledge but lend a helping hand and maybe get a promotion to MODERATOR!!! Hey I can dream cant I? Yall keep up the good work...:beer: Mike
Hey, Mike. After some of the comments/suggestions hurled towards some of us lately, with that outfit in your avatar, you just might fit right in. :rofl:

SID210SA
11-10-2006, 12:43 PM
You line 'em up and I'll chop them down!!!:D

Bigdogjim
11-10-2006, 02:34 PM
None of us knew when we joined MM.net that someday we would own it, welcome to the land of dreams.

Breadfan
11-10-2006, 02:39 PM
None of us knew when we joined MM.net that someday we would own it, welcome to the land of dreams.

I knew I would when I joined, I guess you just don't know that yet, muahahahahaha

j/k :)

Thanks for the insights!

GreekGod
11-11-2006, 04:53 PM
None of us knew when we joined MM.net that someday we would own it, welcome to the land of dreams.
Owning MMnet a dream?...as in nightmare type dream?

Ryans PI
11-11-2006, 06:31 PM
Nice to see the site growing. I remember it wasn't very big when I joined back in '02.

Bigdogjim
11-11-2006, 10:49 PM
Owning MMnet a dream?...as in nightmare type dream?

No nightmare for me? Hope your doing better? ;)

Happy to be where I am. :cool: