## Presently, the method I use:

  def self.handle_old( record )

  	if record.update_tracker < -1
  		#record.delete
  		print "bang bang!  I deleted #{record.name} at id #{record.id}.  I killed it good, pa!\n"
		end

    return 0
  end

## Error message with alias

alias :handle_old :handle_old_del

>> LocalAccount.first
NameError: undefined method `handle_old_del' for class `LocalAccount'
        from /srv/www/htdocs/usrsys/app/models/local_account.rb:135
        from /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.3.2/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:380:in `load_without_new_constant_marking'
        from /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.3.2/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:380:in `load_file'
        from /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.3.2/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:521:in `new_constants_in'
        from /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.3.2/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:379:in `load_file'
        from /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.3.2/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:259:in `require_or_load'
        from /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.3.2/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:425:in `load_missing_constant'
        from /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.3.2/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:80:in `const_missing'
        from /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.3.2/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:92:in `const_missing'
        from (irb):147


## class / extend module looks like:

class LocalAccount < Account
  extend UsrsysSuper

## Inside my UsrsysSuper module

module UsrsysSuper

  def set_hooks( ids_to_hook )


    return 0
  end

  def find_or_create( )

    return 0
  end

  def handle_old( obj = nil )

    return 0
  end

  def handle_old_del( record )

    if record.update_tracker < -1
      #record.delete
      print "bang bang!  I deleted #{record.name} at id #{record.id}.  I killed it good, pa!\n"
    end

    return 0
  end

end # end module UsrsysSuper