Smed,
Some of us aren't racing to get to 80 -- so, I'll definitely be around for hanging out doing silly stuff. Mali is 72, but that happened just because I did all of Howling Fjord. There is so much I haven't seen yet and I'm not in any hurry to get to all of it. Surely, you've guessed that is mine and Zurg's modus operandi considering all the Burning Crusade (and even classic!) content he and I hadn't seen until we joined the Crushers.
Oh, and I have a Death Knight that has hit 64, but that came from doing nothing but Hellfire! They really ramped up the experience there, so it's not like it take a race to level up lower toons quickly anymore. In that time, I also performed a grind getting mining and smithing up. I think that may have been the most painful experience in game, ever!
Well, I'm rambling for no good reason. Whenever you come back, I'll be happy. And then, we can do stuff.