I also have to say I have met some fine people on HOL, who I am very pleased to have as friends ,...in real life. The opportunity of meeting some BBS'ers has not come my way, as yet. Mainly because I moved from SE London 5 years ago, and visits to Selhurst only come a couple of times a season.
A culling of posters seems to happen on HOL about every 8 years or so. The next generation of posters will sort it out.