The topic may not be outdated, but the situation is... people will start giving advise to the poster as though it just happened yesterday, as in above...
90% of the time, when I respond to a thread, I'm either responding to a post within the discussion or offering my general thoughts on the thread topic. Sometimes, I don't even read the original post. I'm pretty sure a lot of people use forums this way; it's not all about the OP.