Gordon Shumway presented the following explanation :
On Mon, 1 Feb 2016 11:47:38 -0800 (PST), wrote:

On Tuesday, January 13, 2009 at 2:02:30 PM UTC-5, Jimw wrote:
On Tue, 13 Jan 2009 11:24:22 -0500, Phisherman
wrote:

On Mon, 12 Jan 2009 21:44:38 -0800, "CWLee"
wrote:

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Did your parents actually have any children that lived?

Apparently YOUR parents have at least one child that's brain-dead. Pay
attention to the date of the post you're replying to.

Do you always pay attention to the posting date and read the headers
before responding? That is a habit not always part of NG posts.