[John Robinson]

I am not sure why that date was chosen, the date recorded in the table is 0000-00-00 (no date) as these older threads existed prior to the database. (Fishing out the date after the fact has proven difficult.)

[RonDog]

I am not sure why that date was chosen, the date recorded in the table is 0000-00-00 (no date) as these older threads existed prior to the database. (Fishing out the date after the fact has proven difficult.)

Thanks, John!
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