Hi SW
Just wondered if you realize this is not the original BT. A few people made that mistake at first. The original crashed a while back but should be back soon. Here's the link, in case you don't have it, so you can check to see when it's back up and running.
http://brain.hastypastry.net/forums/
Hope you are able to locate the old friends you were looking for. Or perhaps you can make some new ones here.
MA