Peter, if there's no one left to talk with, I agree it is sad, at the same time, I am exceedingly grateful that you are who you are and that you CHOOSE to do with your time what you do. More articles, more of us talking about it and
expressing our interest may turn up someone to sort of apprentice with you.
Or someone already on the forum who has been willing to stand back will perceive the need to step up. This has always been the challenge of being
1, an educator; 2, a historian. I'm sure Cajunscot would have thoughts here.
One spends a life gathering information hoping to inspire others, I think it's
clear you've done that. We must all have faith that the system will continue
working as well as it has, and hope that there will be improvement.