Hi Grandarog,
Birthday greetings can be automated with the Forum software, so it looks like the lights are on, but nobody's at home.
Smiffy, you make a good point about the license expiry on the old Forum. That's why it's important for people to move their stuff over to the new one. Once that domain name expires, the site will probably be taken down by the host and then it's gone. For good, unless Kyn has a change of heart, which given her last message on the old forum, seems highly unlikely.