Welcome back! By all means, drop in again when you get the chance. (And your alternative view is exactly what I was hoping for when I started this thread. Sounds interesting.)
And even if something has timed out, you can always message me (or any other moderator) and we will either re-open a thread or come up with a good way to re-launch the topic.
And by the way, yours is probably among my favorite all-time user-descriptions. Friendly Mohawked YEC is one powerful word-picture! I like it.