Where have all the cowboys gone?

So Dave and Ali have both now left for their moderately lengthy international volunteer experiences (or at least caught planes that take them to their first stops). This leaves a huge void of space cadetery, the likes of which have never been seen. I send these two kindred spirits off with some words that I have only briefly considered before writing them just now but nonetheless may or may not come from the heart:

-words of solace: genetics, at this point, is/are on your side, in my opinion
-say good-bye to barbeque sauce
-Both Ali and Dave will certainly be missed and not forgotten

I give to you, the avid blog reader, two crude effigies of the aforementioned Dave [Gunther] and Ali Space Cadeticus

Rage.