> You should know (since you are a veteran here) that you cannot post on a thread that was created before your account.

If that is the case it is a new rule - I know for certain that I created my account to respond to a specific thread.

I understood there to be a tolerance on that, as the sibling said, for those who register an account to respond to a topic. I know that was what happened when I registered here.

I have created accounts to respond to particular comments. It works (worked?) fine.