milum, I must assure you that his leaving has nothing to do with how the board is or isn't. And I might add that a comparatively new person has looked through the old threads, and feels that we've had some just as good in recent times; and that perhaps we "oldsters" are more missing particular personalities than we are missing actual quality. So, although I too have a sense of nostalgia for "how things used to be", I think that it may be a helpful thing if we lessen how much we lament the good old days, and begin to recognize--and to create! --some good NEW days. For example, Recording my thanks.