I have been gone a long time as well. I lost my wife a couple of years ago and I guess it kinda knocked the starch out of me. I haven't been moping, but neither have I had ambition to maintain several hobbies and interests that kept me occupied in the past. FAOL was a casualty of my lethargy. This is the first year of my life since I was fourteen, that I haven't bought a fishing license, and I'm 75 now. I haven't tied a fly in a couple of years, and I fear I've lost dexterity as well as knowhow. I just covered up the boat for the winter that I bought last summer. I haven't had it out since I bought it. I've determined that the quote from the "Shawshank Redemption" movie would be applicable to my case. "Get busy livin', or get busy dyin'". Maybe I can renew some old acquaintances here. Betty probably doesn't remember me, and I haven't had a chance to look around yet, but I will.