[rockrr]

You raise an interesting point.

For many here, FreeRepublic is a home away from home and its posters almost family. So when someone disappears without notice or explanation it leaves a lingering question in our hearts and minds. You want to hold hope that they just got busy with work or family or something like that.

When my daughter died I thought about her friends and how they would wonder the same thing so I hacked her accounts so that I could inform them. Many of these people cared about her and deserved to know.

There are a couple of AWOL’s here and I hope that they are doing OK...

[JoeProBono]

[betty boop]

For many here, FreeRepublic is a home away from home and its posters almost family. So when someone disappears without notice or explanation it leaves a lingering question in our hearts and minds. You want to hold hope that they just got busy with work or family or something like that.

Oh, so very true rockrr! I've been here long enough (since1998) to have seen the passing of too many good friends.... But OWK just seemed to disappear without a trace.

So, Senator Pardek, thank you so very much for letting us know that he has been "sighted" in recent times!