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It's not hard to forget a writer taking time to write from Germany! I can remember (several times) that though we seem to be in our states-side world, that contributions came from around the globe. Also, the timeliness of the posts was something else.... I never could figure out what time you were posting!
After I read your post, I thought about the migration from IF... that we still had Hatem & Mike (the lawyer from Las Vegas) but we lost Hanna on the move to RB. Wow... Cindy's gone... not sure whatever happened to Ron Anderson in NY & his port#1, port#2, and his outcome on Visa zero-financed mortgage. (I'm sure Richard just got a huge flashback!) Lots of good folks & lots of good stories!
Anytime you want to fill us in, have at it! Glad I can still make you smile; if nothing else, I'll print your post out & see if I can garner some brownie points from the guy upstairs. This is a good day... very glad you posted!