Thanks folks for answering the question. I also felt that he seemed a nice guy (from reading his contributions and willingness to share his knowledge). Wish him all the best.
You know 2 guys I'm wondering about are darkhorse, who I see posted once last month after a year absence, and who used to have some good and thoughtful things to say, and aphexcoil , who was the king of posters for quite a while but hasn't posted in almost a year. You remember him, the guy that created the Jasper trading software. Whatever happened to those guys? Hmmm.