I knew a bunch of Mudcatters before I joined, sort of WHY I joined, but Spaw is the first Mudcat personage I only met here that I thought I was going to meet in person someday, being just downstate from me. That someday didn't happen, and that makes me sad anytime I see him mentioned. Here on the eastern fringes of the Midwest, there aren't as many folks who contribute to Mudcat. (#$%^!@ spellczech wants to turn it into Muscat every time!) I enjoyed an Ohio camaraderie with him about some of the peculiarities of living in this state & just generally enjoyed his bad attitude, gleefully expressed on all manner of things. Stellar bad boy. How cool is it to know someone who is so intensely unique?