If a topic is deemed irrelevant based on when it was started then maybe it should be deleted so nobody else can post to it. Otherwise, shouldn't any thread be fair game to post in? While I think it's bad form to dredge up old topics, I find no harm in doing so. He's an X-Pilot newbie and, as such, he's just catching up on the tons of stuff already posted. This thread apparently struck a chord with him and prompted a response. No harm. No foul.