I had a call from Eliko earlier as he is now within "range".
He asked me to pass on greetings to all the forumers and to say that he will be back on the forum in about two weeks time.
Special mention was made of Miltiades and his wife, to whom he wishes all the best. Miltiades, he was pleased to hear you are a grandpa again and politely enquired if you still posted in the same manner.
He sounds like he is very much looking forward to the forum exchanges, and he will regale us all with his adventures.
I have permission to end the message with his favourite emoticon ....
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