WeNuts Newsletter

                                                                                     February 18, 2010
Hi my nutty buddies: 

I’ve been quiet for the past couple of weeks, and I can’t keep it in any longer. I just gotta let her rip!!! You know if you hold it all in, the fumes go to your brain, and that's where chitty ideas come from. Fasten your seatbelts and get ready for this newsletter.

First of all, some good news for you players who like late night tours and those on the west coast. Prettyboy will be doing night tours nightly. Who knows??? Jammin’ In Jammies may be back some too.

I do want to take this opportunity to thank all you for your thoughts and prayers since the death of Mike’s uncle and the illness of my daughter. Boy, when it rains, it does pour. Right in the middle of the funeral arrangements, my daughter gets sick and my sister-in-law announces her husband wants a divorce after 22 years of marriage. All is settling back down at the Curtis houses now, thank goodness! It’s great to have the support that the nuts give each other. WeNuts is the best!!!!!!!

I want to remind all the members that we actually have two sets of rules for our league. First, Case sets their rules for all their leagues. Secondly, the leagues set their own rules also. The rules that we have set have come from experience for the most part. One new rule that we have set is that, unless we know who is applying for an invitation to the league, we have to make sure the player has been a member of Pogo for at least 3 months. This rule evolved from members who have been removed from our league coming back under different names to cause problems. Therefore, if you have friends and/or family members who want to join and are new to Pogo, please make sure the staff knows that you know these people and can vouch for them. Otherwise they will be told to reapply once they have been a member of Pogo long enough.

A combination of our rules and the Case rules are as follows:

EACH PLAYER IS RESPONSIBLE FOR REPORTING HIS/HER OWN SCORE. REPORT AS UR SCORE/WINNER’S NAME/LOSER’S NAME. UNREPORTED SCORES WILL RESULT IN A SCORE OF ZERO.

TD WILL REQUEST SCORE ONE TIME ONLY. IF NO RESPONSE, SCORE WILL BE REPORTED AS ZERO

TDS WILL ANNOUNCE WINNERS OF EACH ROUND. IF NO ERROR IS NOTED BY START OF SECOND FRAME, SCORES WILL STAND AS TD HAS THEM. BE SURE TO VERIFY WINNER OF YOUR ROUND BEFORE AGREEING TO VERIFICATION

NO USE OF PROFANITY WILL BE TOLERATED. AGGRESSIVENESS OR RUDENESS TOWARD OTHER PLAYERS WILL NOT BE TOLERATED. VIOLATORS SUBJECT TO BOXING OR BANNING.

CHEAT PROGRAMS ARE NOT ALLOWED TO BE USED IN THIS LEAGUE. VIOLATORS WILL BE BANNED!!!!

THERE WILL BE NO RECRUITING BY ANYONE WHILE IN OUR ROOM FOR ANY OTHER LEAGUE BE IT BOWLING OR OTHERWISE. ANYONE CAUGHT RECRUITING WILL BE SUBJECT TO BANNING.

NAMES IN CHAT MUST MATCH NAMES ON LADDER. PLAYERS MUST MAKE SURE THIS IS THE SAME. CASE WILL NOT ALLOW US TO REPORT LOSSES TO VIOLATORS. TDS ARE VOLUNTEERS AND MUST BE TREATED WITH RESPECT. ANYONE ENGAGING IN TD BASHING WILL BE BOXED 3 DAYS FOR 1ST OFFENSE AND SUBJECT TO BANNING FOR SUBSEQUENT OFFENSES.

ANY MEMBER OPENLY ACCUSING ANOTHER IN THE ROOM OF CHEATING WILL BE BOXED.

Also, if you jump into a tour and start the tour, you will NOT be removed. Too many players are using this as an excuse to avoid taking a loss on the ladder and it is considered to be a form of cheating.

Along those lines, if you jump into a tour, it is expected that you will be there and finish. If you jump into a pairs tour, for example, if you are not there, it messes up the tour for the others. This is a disciplinary problem and we have started boxing players for that. Please, please try not to jump until you know you will be here.

For all new players, we have quarterly birthday tours. The 1st quarter birthday tour is scheduled for March 24, I think. (lol) This tournament is by invitation only, so it is important that all birthdays be turned in so all can be invited. Please send your birthday to TERESASW at crazytse57@yahoo.com.

This newsletter is going to highlight one of our players. I’ve done the stories of our Tds before, but this is the first member that I’ve interviewed and spotlighted. Cressley9 is a dear sweet girl who appears to be MIA (missing in action) a lot. Well, during countless hours of interviews, I now know why.

Cress grew up with a wonderful family in North Carolina. She had what I considered to be a normal childhood even though the family all rubbed limburger cheese on their feet. Apparently, it was a family tradition started long ago as a way to ward off nasty spirits. (As we all know, Cress continues this tradition today and that’s why we want her to keep her shoes on!!!)

She was loved and appreciated by her family. Once she grew into womanhood, her father wanted her to be protected when she moved out on her own. He felt that she needed that protection and made sure she would always have it by enrolling her in the “Dog of the Month Club.”

She has had several dogs who have been very protective and good to her. However, her newest dog, Grizz, has really made himself at home with her. He has fully explained things to her and has laid the law down so Cress knows exactly what she must to to protect herself.

Grizz arrived at Cress’s house as the October pick of the Month. She was delighted to see him since she had tried to dry one dog in the microwave and one in the dryer after she had bathed them. Grizz immediately jumped out of the crate, licked her face and sat up straight. He looked her in the eye and very plainly said, “Hey, chick, you gotta wash them socks!”

From the time Grizz arrived, he and Cress were inseparable except when she went to the casino. Grizz didn’t approve of that at all and let her know. She felt that Grizz didn’t know what he was talking about until one night Grizz cornered her. He told her plainly that his one duty was to protect her from bad things happening, and hanging around in casinos could be very bad because of some of the creatures known to be there. Cress continued to say she wasn’t doing anything wrong by gambling and finally Grizz felt he had to tell her the truth.

Now, most people do not realize that the very popular “Dog of the Month” Club is situated in Birmingham, Alabama. When Grizz told Cress that fact, he immediately caught her attention and she began to listen in earnest. Grizz was raised from birth to be a protective dog. One of his trainers was a Birmingham policeman who had taught Grizz the worst criminals to protect his owner from. All it took was from Grizz to see that Jan Curtis was one of Cress’s online friends to know Cress was in danger. He nearly went rabid when he saw Jan tell Cress that she was coming to a casino near them and for Cress to come meet her. Grizz knew that could NOT happen on his watch and he worked feverishly to protect Cress from Jan. He pooped in the floor, ate her philly cheese subs and farted every chance he got to ruin their home. He finally got time where he could talk to her and explained that they had to move before Jan got her hooks into Cress. Now you know why Cress had to move from North Carolina to Pennsylvania. I honestly had no idea that these dogs were being trained as undercover detectives on me. That seems a little farfetched to protect people from my enemas, but Grizz and Cress are living happily in Pennsylvania now. And now you know the rest of the story.

Well, it’s about time to close this issue out and try to some time with the nuts. See you at the lanes!!!!!!

Jan (mikesdream_)
Head Admin