On 2016-01-06, Michael Black wrote:
On Tue, 5 Jan 2016, wrote:

I recently picked up a Dumont scope type 2559a serial # 1252
Looks really cool and the thing weighs like 100 lbs.

Just because you have something to say doesn't mean you should reply to a
17 year old thread, even if it was resurrected last year.

That doesn't matter at all because the posting doesn't quote any of that
article. The only clue that it's a followup is the References: header
and the " " prefix in the subject line.

Take away those, and you would have no clue it's a follow-up to
anything old.