I never met Sandy Paton, and but for the Mudcat his name would have meant hardly anything to me. But I always read his posts with interest and pleasure, and from them and from other people's reactions I gathered he was someone special. I will miss him as another 'friend I never knew'. My sympathy to his wife, who seems to be a very special person in her own right, and to his family, for two sad losses in such a short time.