Greetings and Salutations, Culero and Flossy!
Great to see the 'old guard' can still control their bladders long enough to sit and type a short post on a message board!
Starting in March of '03, I took about a 20 month hiatus from AH. I had been going full bore 30-50 hours a week in AW and AH since '94 in general play, Command of the BUFFALOS and scenario commands. To be honest, I was simply burnt out. The fun was gone and the new players that came into AH after the dreaded 'Wings Channel Commercial' didn't do anything to improve my attitude. One day in early March '03 some newbie dweeb called me a "stupid ass" because, though I gave him two '6 calls', I didn't clear his tail soon enough to prevent his demise. I just didn't need that crap, so AH went dark and remained so until recently. Also, an original BB was murdered in August '03 and that really stunned the entire squad and nobody really felt like playing games for a long time afterwards. A number of BB's have been getting itchy to hang together again in a flight sim atmosphere and AH is still the best place to do it. So.........
I never let my account lapse and have checked in here on the boards from time to time to lurk and keep up with assorted news.
In answer to FiLtH's question, I still live in Intervale about 10 miles from you....

We should do a pizza at Brennan's for old times sake soon!:D
Rick 'Buff1' West
CO BREWSTER BUFFALOS
Celebrating our 10th Year in AW/AH