Unlikely you know me, spent very little time in the Wairarapa - I did think my post count was in the mid thirties (! wooo !) - in fact I guarantee it. Because of this, I think the entire previous thread has been deleted, along with the posts associated with it - dropping me back to single figures at the time this thread started.
My guess is, that along with the new SOA offer, OGOG sent a 'please remove thread' mail to sharetrader, as some of the posts could 'perhaps' be considered defamatory to certain individuals, and legal action may follow if not removed. This of course ties in well with the new SOA offer as statements and posts that are negative to OGOG's preferred outcome (and lets face it, the vast majority were) would be removed.
edit: A quick forum search shows that the 'big players' in the thread are either still active or have not been deleted.