PearlRuby and Hayes may have abandoned ship? Nooooooo! Say it isn’t so!   :-(<br/><br/>Actually, I’m worried about Pearl too, it doesn’t sound like her to just disappear without letting us know ~ I really hope it’s just a matter of an extra-busy real life needing to take precedence for awhile, and she just doesn’t realize how much time has passed since she’s posted.<br/><br/>So I’m fine with either a new writer acting as temporary mechanic and then reverting to backup to Hayes/passenger when Pearl returns, or Steve being able to do double-duty as a hired gun and temporary mechanic if Tex likes that idea.<br/>