In case anyone hasn't seen the latest message on Tom Sloper's site:
Note: In maintaining the site, I accidentally overwrote the bulletin board with an older archival copy. Posts between July 10 and July 12 were lost. They could be reconstructed if anyone feels strongly about it, I guess. Sorry for any inconvenience -- Webmaster.
I wonder if his replies to Tempest had anything to do with it. He didn't come across in a very favorable manner in his replies. Maybe he wanted to clean the slate or maybe they really did get lost. Hey Tempest, I dare you to recreate them...