Ophelia wrote in rec.food.cooking:

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> "Travis McGee" > wrote in message
> ...
> > On 9/13/2015 12:14 AM, Roy wrote:
> > > Who in hell is re-posting three month old postings just to create
> > > mischief?
> > >
> > > I'm sure its those !@#$% trolls who are screwing around as usual.
> > > They should all have their collective arses kicked and banned for
> > > life.
> > > =====
> > >
> >
> > Sometimes these are the results of hiccoughs at the news servers.
> > It also can happen when new google groups users discover ancient
> > posts, and don't realize that they are replying to people possibly
> > long dead.
> >
> > It's pretty funny to see all of the people who get ****ed of
> > nowadays on alt.true-crime when they read joe1orbit's posts from
> > 20 years ago.
>
> I don't mind such old posts if they are relevant and it is on topic.
> No harm in a discussion about something long forgotten.

Agreed. No real harm there.

The trolls get plonked so fast that they mean nothing to me.

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