Bumping old threads. Irritating?

[Paul B.]

I'll preface this by saying that, despite my being "only" 43 years old, I'm a full-fledged curmudgeon. A real "Andy Rooney" in training, if you will, only without the insane eyebrows...

So, having said that, does it drive anyone else batty when they click a thread, read the last reply, then realize that it's a response to a thread that was started 1-2 years ago? Or one where there hasn't been any activity in months?

I understand the argument that if something's of interest to someone searching, they should read and share feedback, help, etc., but WOW I feel my curmudgeon level zooming to "11" (a la "This is Spinal Tap") when I see it.

Does anyone think that threads "x" days old (or inactive) should be locked? Or, should I just consider taking an 81mg aspirin each morning?

[James Hiddle]

Now I've seen some senior members here bump threads but these threads are usually discussion threads that have interesting topics to discuss so they'll bump it up to restart the discussion and I don't find that annoying.

What I find annoying is those who bump up old threads to talk to the OP about certain things like are they still interested in this type of property or they'll bump it up to have the OP contact them not realizing that the topic is 2-4 years old.

That I find annoying :roll: