I notice a few threads have been replied to of late that are well out of date.
Usually the poster is chastised for doing so, and it possibly is not their fault.
I suspect they may be responding to a "similar thread" suggestion at the bottom of each thread.
I noticed this morning on the thread about galvanised nuts and bolts started by Sir Stinky that there were 5 suggested similar posts, most were dated around the 2001 mark!
So in reality, don't jump on the person who responded to these threads when they are thrown up by the Bulletin Board software as seemingly "useful" links....