On Sun, 22 Jul 2018 15:20:25 +0100
"FranK Turner-Smith G3VKI" wrote:

"Harry Bloomfield" wrote in
message news
J. Clarke explained :
Maybe his "vacation" is in the slammer and his "project" is
protecting the sanctity of his nether orifice.

Or maybe he has just taken the hint decided no one wants his
troublesome presence on ng's.

He's done this before many times. His disappearance will last a few
weeks if we're lucky.

Yes, I've always thought that was a particularly cruel trick; he posts
his valediction, gets everybody's hopes up, and then reappears within a
few days - terrible thing to do to people.