What's there to complain of? I think 999 et al. are doing sterling work clearing up old requests. Unfortunately, I don't have as much time to devote to Mudcat as I used to, but no thread ever drops off. It's easy to call up the last 3 or 7 or even 14 days and work upwards from the last thread you looked at (shown in red in my settings).

I first posted to the Mudcat in 1996 and was among those who thought it was overwhelmed by the mass of 'general' threads at one time. I'm very happy with the division and never look at the BS ones. (Though I did today because the name Jimmy Savile caught my eye before resetting my cookie.)

As to the projects Joe could think of: Why not start a thread on "Proposed projects", call for volunteers and report there on the progress of every individual one? This way everybody with some time to spare will be able to find out exactly what needs to be done and where he or she can help. (In two or three years' time it may even be me again.)

So: Many thanks to all involved in this and other Mudcat projects!