"In spite of fire, flood, and earthquake, none of us died from these."

Touch wood. The year's not over yet. And of course, it may well not be true. There've been plenty of people who haven't posted in a long time, and we can just hope it's just changing tastes or changing circumstances, and nothing too bad has happened to them. We do know some people have had some pretty hairy times.

But I share your gratitude towards the Mudcat, Hollowfox.