On Wednesday, 2 January 2019 10:23:33 UTC, Harry Bloomfield wrote:
Brian - you need to quote just a little of the post you are replying
to, because these threads often become disjointed, leaving your reply
in isolation and people wondering what your reply is in response to.

Brian quotes all the preceding post, but at the bottom (where it may be lost below the sig line in some newsreaders) because he top posts, which he is allowed to do as he's blind and his newsreader works for him that way.

Owain