Beardedbruce is fine... I have seen him 2-3 times in the last couple weeks. He is deep into acquiring & trading fiddles & violas these days, and brought my son a viola to experiment with, and took 2 old violins my wife owns to a shop for evaluation. (seems they are pretty good ones)

We 'almost' never talk about Mudcat issues in person, as we argue constantly as VT personalities.

(He also works a weird, variable set of shifts, depending on which satellites need monitoring)

He is also 'thinking' about retirement, and has acquired an old building for renovation when he retires, and is planning that.

He is also a fount of knowledge about how & where to obtain decent, cheap used computer hardware... he is watching for a flat-panel monitor for me.