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It came from Steve Shulenski... No further IP tracking necessary.....
Posted By: MaaMaw
Date: Saturday, November 4, 2006, at 2:44 p.m.(pst)
This **REALLY** gripes my gut.
I tried to be a tad delicate when I wrote this because I was haunted by just the *tiniest* shred of doubt.
"Could I be wrong?" I kept asking myself.
NO. I wasn't wrong.
Time to take off the fleece mittens.
For those who don't know, I'm talking about Steve Shulenski -- who, I believe, posted as Marjorie, Natalie, Loves2Write, Allie, Callie, and I can't remember who else.
At various times, he posted from a whole pile of IPs --
INCLUDING 124.148.78.166
"Who cares?" you ask.
Well, he and Bluto didn't see eye to eye on things... probably because Bluto saw through him.
So today, IP# 124.148.78.166 posted a really nasty reply to Pete Egeler and signed it "Bluto" (because Bluto also has problems with "pete" so what better way to make Bluto look like a jerk than to start swinging at the wrong Pete?).
Was it...
Could it be...
(gasp!)...
the successful Steve Shulenski, who doesn't have time to mess with this insignificant little board?
You decide...
It seems certain "recent edits" from IP# "124.148.78.166" were banned from Wikipedia (read all about it). Something to do with "commercial links" (which I believe I referred to as "billboarding" when I ranted about said "Popular Poster" [aka Steve Shulenski] using this board solely for his own profit).
But let's not jump to conclusions, since that's "Asia Pacific" and (I think) the IPs are "portable" or rotating or whatever you call it.
Lordy! Can it be???
As Gomer Pyle once said... surPRIZE! surPRIZE!! surPRIZE!!!
When you open up the article to which "recent edits" applied (when you get to that page, click on the title, which is [coincidentally] "Become a Professional Photographer") (Steve is a professional photographer, don'tcha know?)...
GOLLYWHIZ!
Look at the names on the bottom.
Steve didn't write the article... he "contributed" to it (i.e., edited it in some way).
Could it be that Fake Bluto is really somebody completely different whose Asia Pacific connection just happened to rotate to 124.148.78.166 and this person has NOTHING to do with the Professional Photographer who contributed commercial links to an article which has Steve Shulenski's name at the bottom?
Yeah, right -- and I've got some oceanfront property in Utah...
Don't email me with any more manipulations, Steve. I have nothing to feel guilty about... and I'm not listening.
Luv,
MaaMaw
P.S. Thanks to all who helped make the connection!!
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