Yup HTreg is right the <blink> tags used around a date mean that it is an old post - some people dislike people replying to such threads as they are deemed to be dead but in some cases i think you are completly justified as long as you ensure that your addition to the thread is valid....

i know i have posted to some simply for the fact that i missed them the first time round and wanted some clarification on a point raised in the thread so instead of starting a new thread asking the question i simply reply in the old thread

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