I can't see any reason on earth why what one does outside of FlyerTalk should concern Randy in the least.

If you want to communicate with this person, by all means do so. If you don't, don't.

It has nothing on earth to do with FlyerTalk or a FlyerTalk temporary time-out. Someone recently described a time-out as just that, a time-out, a cooling off period. It doesn't mean that person is in exile, they are just being provided some reflection time to cool down before they start posting again.

Some of my favorite FLyerTalkers have enjoyed enforced vacations.