See??? I was afraid members would think I was ignoring them
I will NEVER EVER EVER ignore any member that pm's me. That is, for one thing against my principle and for another, my job is to be available to the membership and I will always either respond or take care of an issue that is brought to my attention as soon as I possibly can.
I believe that the reason old members are not deleted is because DocJohn for one may keep records of such things and for two, there have been many times when old members do come back and ask for help with their password so they can sign back in again. They may not always be active on the forums, but active in other parts of PC. He wants them to always feel like they are important enough to continue keeping their account available to them.