Those whom you call "grumpy old men" have simply moved to other forums or have sadly passed away. There's so few young people entering our lifestyle...
It seems there is a fairly large number of "old timers" that do still care but the number of posts keeps going downhill. It may just be a little too...
I would just like to state that I don't yet consider myself old..... mid 30's.... and am still here. Yes my generation does tend to prefer newer more...