cuz i don’t see why we shouldn’t have it otherwise…
What does it do?
The Calendar is on by default when the new software is installed. As the boards have not yet been configured fully, you will find some features active now that are likely to be disabled at a later date. The Calendar being one such feature. It adds to the bandwidth usage and load on the server, and is likely to be disabled once the customization begins.
Boy, xash, now I see why you don’t include your signature more often. 
I have to say that I love the image conjured by “ruin forum fastness.”
“Fastness” in the sense of “a. A secure or fortified place; a stronghold. b. A remote, secret place.” [1]
We are fighting ignorance [2], after all, and many are the moments when I feel besieged
Likewise “Ruin Forum Fastness” completes the image by conjuring an ancient citadel, or perhaps Luxembourg’s Casemate. “As we leave Castle Gwele [3] Cecil, you will see the Ruin Forum Fastness on your left, and Bastion Stepson de Cretiene on your right.”
[1] The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Third Edition copyright © 1992 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Electronic version licensed from InfoSoft International, Inc. All rights reserved.
[2] Not to be confused withe the “Fighting Ignorants” of Votre Dame [or, as it is known to the hoi polloi: “Yo Mama”]
[3] gwele-. Important derivatives are: devil, emblem, metabolism, parable, parliament, parlor, problem, symbol, ball2, ballad, ballet, and kill. (guel- 470.) [1]
[Damn I miss the ability to paste or ampersand Old English characters - Ed.]
The real reason is nobody wants to wish 120 people happy birthday when they check out the boards for the first time each day.