Why aren't the older members still active ?

I have been a member since 2005, so am in the middle of the ten year cycle. Started with finding A'gon invaluable for all kinds of newbee questions and the members being extremely helpful on and off site to guide me through learning about tubes and other things. This also resulted in several members with whom I keep up a telephone relationships that have ripened into friendships.
It has been a great place to learn about new music, to buy/sell equipment, learn about new equipment, follow trends such as computer audio, so I am happy enough to wade through discussions that do not interest me.
I post when I think I can be helpful. I believe in kindness someone should step up to answer under the assumption that no question if sincere is stupi

Happy Columbus Day, old timers.
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10-01-11: Garebear
Hello Danlib 1 - ...your right ! What ever happened to '' Slappy ''....I recall a time when he was either getting dumped or had to dump a girlfriend and we ALL went through that with him and it was hysterical !!!! I too, have wondered what ever happened to him !

(Real name Chris) Slappy and I trade email occasionally, although it's been at least a year since I last heard from him. When he was active at Audiogon I throughly enjoyed him. A good natured, honest, funny young guy with an obvious love for life.

Slappy loves photography as well as music so he sends me images of his latest work and I send him some of my commercial stuff.

Not mentioned here, but Carl Eberhart and I still send each other email over photography. Very bright guy who was very active here ten years ago.

For technical responses I guess Sean is the most missed on my list. Our last communication he was in Chicago area but he stopped responding about four or five years ago.

Shubertmaniac, if you really want to know why people drop out, read the thread, "Best Way To Archive Vinyl on My PC"

Maybe the answer is less complex and more simplistic in terms of common sense and wisdom. It has always been a common belief we grow in wisdom as we grow in years and perhaps in doing so they choose the wisdom of listening to good music over bull shit.


Too tired to race
Too wise to still chase
The simple wisdom to enjoy the rythem and pace.