Starting today, all threads that have not been replied to within 4 and a half months will be automatically closed by the forum software. The primary reason is the propensity for some to mine a really old thread and pick back up on a conversation that long died out. Forums are more like pubs than libraries. When you walk into a pub and start talking about a conversation that occurred a year ago as if it just started it confuses many.
Thus, if you find a really old thread then just link to the old thread (perhaps even quote a portion of it) and then pick up a new conversation about it. This forum isn't one of those obnoxious places where people say: "Didn't you search the forum?!" We run in pretty well worn grooves here.
If you really want a thread to be opened back up then I can accommodate that on an exception basis.
Thus, if you find a really old thread then just link to the old thread (perhaps even quote a portion of it) and then pick up a new conversation about it. This forum isn't one of those obnoxious places where people say: "Didn't you search the forum?!" We run in pretty well worn grooves here.
If you really want a thread to be opened back up then I can accommodate that on an exception basis.