Long time freepers will remember with fondness this wonderful, sometimes cantankerous freeper who added a lot to FR a few years back. He and I used to email back and forth a bit, and today, I thought of him, and realized that I hadn't heard from him in a long time, so I sent him an email. Here is his reply: Well, Mari: old friend.... thank you for your e-mail. It has indeed been a long time... I haven't been able to "tune in" on FreeRepublic for.... I guess it's been well over a year, since my Boss decided to...