Originally Posted by
fietsbob
At least it shows they considered the question may have came up before,
and upon finding an existing thread , did choose to add to it ,
rather than start as if they were the only one to ever have that thought.
True, but I still wish folks would refrain from posting to really old threads. There are lots or reasons why. For one things may well have changed with new products and new techniques coming along all the time. For another the person who asked the question is long gone. For another the folks quoted may no longer hold the opinions they are expressing. So advice that was good advice may no longer be and opinions expressed may have long been reconsidered.
Given that this thread was started 10 years ago, then revived again 5 years ago it seems especially likely that answers are likely to be out of date.
Just me, but... My preference would be for replies to threads that have had no activity for over a year to be blocked. Linking to them and quoting them is another matter, I consider that to be OK as long as it was obvious that it was a zombie thread.