Even though I haven't visited for a while, the long thread discussions caught my eye and I want to comment on it a little bit. Before I do that though, I just want to answer this question quickly and let you guys know at the bottom of the page there is an "archive" button that have this link:
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/archive/index.php
It's a very simple version of the forum with no user picture or signature. At times I fine it very useful to read the threads from there. It also gives you a huge amount of threads per page. The only thing to note is inside each sub forum the order of threads are reversed. You have to go to the last page to see the most recent threads. But you are all engineers and I am sure you can figure it out ;-).