Did we lose a lot of members, did a lot of people go on vacation, or is there just nothing to post about? It seems like this place has been really slow the last few weeks.

Thomas used to post alot. Zuker was prolific for a while too.

Hmm, I doubt we 'lost' a lot of members, e.g. had members who have 'gone dark'.

I have noticed there's a lot of lurkers around these days. Myself, I haven't had time to play chess of late, never mind discussing it here

I've just been busy, so I haven't done much chess play/study/forum participation lately. I still play at the local club every Saturday and check in here once in a while, but I know I'm not posting as much the last month as I have at some times in the past.