Well right now "shorty" is back, as well as "loki" - but "ragtime" is refusing to allow us in. But the most important thing is that the "random" connection seems to be working again.

So if that keeps up we can expect the crowds back in. But there may be some people who have decided that the Mudcat must have sunk to the bottom and never come up, and they're wandering round in a daze trying to drown their sorrows.