@farmerman,
just thinking, re, the "Spendi" departure. Its kinda hard, when one is not part of a family that , at least, knows what you engage in on-line, to allow people in on whatever happens to you.
I think spendi was pretty much a loner (no wife or other close family). I originally thought he was in a religious order.
Spendi never availed himself of any of the networking in A2K and so, anything that's happened to him, from just quitting the boards to something more serious medically, nobody knows .
It was kinda spndi-like though.
I think hes in gaol for child porn.