Being an 'old timer' on here I fondly remember conversations with Bird and I wish him peace in his afterlife as well. Besides, he was a 'Kubota' guy. I still have a couple of the TbyNet tee shirts from decades ago. The old days were the good days far as I'm concerned and I'm close to Bird's age so I appreciate how getting older and closer to the final end is...
I never knew what his last name was but then it was never important to me anyway.