Eric stays very busy, and I think that's a common theme amongst the members of the exodus. They don't have the *time* to wade through the noise to get to the signal. However, I think some seemingly absent members might be lurking. Steve Robertson is one example who comes to mind. Eric remains everpresent on USENET, and co-collaborator Al Kossow continues to scan the list for comment-worthy material, so if you ring Erics's bell loudly enough, I think you'll get his attention. Others noted missing: Chris Kennedy (I fear my carburetor thread chased him off); Mark Crispin; Daniel Seagraves; Lance Costanzo; Rob Kapteyn; David Betz; Dave Mabry; Lawrence LeMay; Brian Wheeler; Brian Knittel; Dave Babcock; Clint Wolff; Curt Vendel; Jim Arnott; Shawn Rutledge; Edwin P. Groot; Brian Chase; Mike McFadden. If I keep digging through personal correspondance, I'm sure I'll find more. We didn't hear much from Allison until recently; did I just recently see a post from Megan? R. D. Davis was gone or silent for a long time (and please don't anyone use this as an opportuniyy for a gouge) My Co-Cyber Conspirator Greg Travis subscribed and unsubscribed in the very same day. Now, I'd like to believe in many cases, that people just get busy, and as you all know, if you subscribe to this list in non-digest mode, you MUST service your inbox or routed folder DAILY or you will just fill up. So I suspect some of these people unsub, then sub back up briefly to test the waters. They don't see what they like, they unsub again. Others may have switched to digest mode but don't post because there's not enough signal to be of interest. Oops, I forget I run at 1280 x 1024, and a windowfull of text might be pages for others, so I'll cut this short... -dq