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With this corvid around
anytime anybody can disappear without a trace.
Notice some regulars are no more here.

If a virologist is to be believed, Omicron sub-variants are evolving and becoming “less of a threat.”He said, quote: “When viruses evolve, they become more easily transmissible and less deadly. This happened with the deadly Spanish flu in 1918, which became the dominant strain of seasonal influenza for nearly 40 years.”

 Does “less of a threat” and “less deadly” mean people are less likely to become decimated by the pathogen and are therefore less likely to be laid up by it? If that’s the case, Covid-19 couldn’t be the only reason for some of our fellows pulling a vanishing act. People drop out of active participation for a variety of reasons, such as migrating to a more lively forum to become actively involved in forum banter, having other diversions, ill health or simply feeling stale or sickened of the endless round of idle conversation. There may be some other reasons best known to the MIAs.
 
Debono was so actively involved in conversations that he became part of the furniture. His trademark concurrence with others’ comments left an indelible impression on us. Somehow he just vanished and was never seen again. His disappearance is shrouded in mystery. He’s greatly missed, and the question continues to niggle at many: where the hell is he? Heaven knows.