As many of you know, larc died. Due to my hiatus, I didn't find out until several months after he did. I was able to get to know him in the few years before he passed. We had many lively conversations and he always deferred to me as a sage! What a dummy! He had the PhD. and I was the not-formally educated idiot!
Jan, his wife of around 200 years or so, suffered a major stroke several years ago, and I was privy to her recovery process, which, as it turns out, was remarkable. Jan is quite the woman. Carl was as salt-of-the-earth as they come. Moreover, he never waived his sheepskins in one's face. Yet, he was a primary HR person for screening low and high profile applicants in such companys as General Motors (in case you haven't heard about them).
Carl was my PRIMARY source for my piece on Berta and Bonnie. He was perfect for that role. He didn't think he could write it up properly (he could). More importantly, he was a close relative of Berta and his information was nearly first-hand. That piece caused a lot of research to be done and confirmed not only Berta's existence, but Carl's statements about her family tree and history.
Carl has been cited in professor Ed Gruss's scholarly books on dub bullshit and had helped me in ferreting out bogus IQ tests that are prolific on the Internet.
Have a great eternity, Carl. I salute you with the utmost respect.
Farkel