So, there is real value in the internet! A childhood chum has found my website and looked me up. Mike moved away to Japan when we were in junior high, and I haven't seen or heard from him since. OK, so we sent a few letters back and forth, but after about a year of that, we just lost touch with each other. I would estimate that it has been about 16 years or so since I'd heard from Mike. This breaks the record set by a French friend of mine who I hadn't seen in about 10 years that had signed my guestbook.