Oh, I miss 
Gandalf_theGrey too 
 
  
He wrote such wonderful visual filled posts, and I will remember him for those.  I had forgotten though that he had not been here for quite awhile.  I hope though that he does someday come back to the downs.  That would be wonderful.
I do though get sad when people leave and never come back.  I have never liked it.  But then I do know that in the life of a forum, these types of occurances are commonplace.  But they still are sad.  Especially because I tend to be quite the quiet type, so I never really know why, or if there is an actual reason of why they left. I do know that most of the time they leave with no warning.  With most just dissapearing into the vastness of the internet.