Still alive and kickin’. I haven’t visited the Straightdope site in a long time. Retired now and don’t spend nearly as much time on the internet. I’m fooling with a few horses for granddaughters and in general keeping this small farm up.
I’ll provide an update. “Bubba” did eventually acquire a wife from Ukraine. She’s not miss-Va-Voom by any stretch but not ugly either, just very ordinary in the looks department. However, she’s out here helping Bubba work his bees every time he comes. She puts on the beekeeper protective equipment and dives right into the job. She also does a lot of work in their processing house, aids with marketing and deliveries and so forth. She’s very pleasant on those times when I see her. He’s almost certainly better off with her than he would be with some super model type who only wanted a ticket to U.S. citizenship. I think it has ended well. Glad you enjoyed the thread.