Hi, Shambles - messages stay on the Forum Menu for 24 hours after the most recent message was posted. They can always be brought back by posting a new message, and you can find older threads by the Forum Search and "Filter" utilities. I'd agree with MMario's recommendation that we link to and don't refresh threads with more than 100 messages, but it's a great idea to resurrect the shorter old threads and continue the discussion.
-Joe Offer-