your post reverberates why i hang here. truth from every angle. i didn't have the pleasure to hang at Tornado Alley much less when Mark was the head mod.
like attracts like. Mark's standards might have been high but that is what a leader does,...points the direction and the participant makes the walk.
i surely don't mean to assume anything especially not associating with Mark/Tornado Alley,...but from the eloquence that some speak of Mark i can positively get the picture of the human being Mark was/is.
and,...i can most definitely be thankful that the quality of the people posting here is beyond superb.