What if he got ramped? Would it be such a little piece of missing paper
then?

Um, have you ever been ramp checked? I have, and:

1. They don't ask about your transponder, because...
2. There is no way for them to know your transponder is out of the 24 month
period.

Unless, of course, you carry your aircraft logs everywhere you go, and are
goofy enough to let the inspector see them?
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