First:
Patiodog may well be posting in the future, and the last thing I want to do is eulogize him into being sheepish about coming back -- we WANT him to come back.
BUT
Patiodog's last day at work is next Friday, August 1st. He posts exclusively from work.
He will be moving to Madison (yay) shortly thereafter to go to grad school, and says he probably will have much, much (MUCH) less time for and access to A2K. I keep thinking of Swimpy, who is one of my all-time favorite Abuzzer/A2Kers, and whose participation dropped off a cliff when she started her new job. (Miss ya, Swimp!) (Yes, I know you're here now and then, but miss you anyway!)
I, for one, will miss the peppermintpatiodog big-time if his participation is that severely curtailed, and thought I'd give other people a chance to say, if not "Goodbye", at least "Bon Voyage."
I've arranged for this thread to be pulled on Sunday night, and then reinstated next Friday morning, so all the stuff we've added will appear *poof* when he arrives at work on Friday. (Again, he posts exclusively from work, so exclusively Monday-Friday, won't see anything posted over the weekend.)
So... ain't he great?