psst. 4 month old thread.....
There are some threads, introductions in particular, that do not need to be revisited, ever. There are others like this that while unnecessary to talk to OP about are still valid conversations regardless. I don't understand why this is a problem for you. If Alan felt that threads should not be re-visited after a month or more, he would make sure they auto-locked. By someone re-opening the thread, we get more responses and ideas. Not a bad thing for anyone. Just my