While I'm not a member of the old guard, as it were (I've been a member since 2005), I have talked with David Pierce a few times (although it has been a few years back). I read about the terrible loss of his only daughter and was touched by it, so I contacted him through this board. He was very willing to chat and from the little I know of him, I admire him greatly;so I applaud your post in honor of his loss.

Felicibus brevis, miseris hora longa.