Daverock's departure

Check.

The trick is for us never to announce our departure.

I'm not asking for drama, and I'm not making a big deal of it. I simply didn't see an obvious reason for him to leave, so I asked if anyone had any insight.

If anything, accusing me of drama, when I posed a simple question is drama. There's no drama here. There's been nothing but praise of Dave, until you threw this out. You could've dropped me a PM instead of THIS open discourse.

Dave embodies class, and his departure -- temporary or otherwise -- diminishes this site. Both his posts and his PM's are amusing when he wants them to be and always thoughtful. John

Damn, a shame. :(

and miss his chance at shooting someone else? Heaven forbid!

(and yes Lex, when you read this you know damned well what I mean For the record I too was puzzled as to why you would attack Novice_btm for asking a simple question which many others may also have thought of asking )